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Rectors of St Edmund’s church, Marske
List of Rectors and Priests in Charge. Taken from information sheets in church.
Name of Rector/Priest | Date | Other notes (from Wikipedia unless noted) |
R. Campellanus de Mersc | 1225 | |
Samuel, persona de Mersc | 1240 | |
John, persona de Marsc | 1270 | |
Philip, de Saperton | 1294 | |
Stephen, de Scrope | 1310 | Family of Norman origin with Yorkshire connections |
Adam, Parson of Marske | 1343 | |
Thomas, de Laton | 1354 | |
John, de Preston | 1362 | |
John, de Cleseby | 1394 | Last French name. Henry IV came to throne in 1399. |
John Dobley | 1440 | |
Richard Bennok | 1446 | |
John Place | 1476 | |
John Weddel (or Woodall) | 1531 | Reformation Parliament 1529 to 1536. |
John Conyers | 1545 | Family connected to Huttons |
Thomas Myer | 1548 | |
Matthew Blaymer | 1552 | |
Anthony Addison | 1572 | Matthew Hutton (1529-1606) was Archbishop of York 1595 to 1606. |
John Price A.M. | 1603 | Reformation concluded during reign of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). |
John Jackson A.M. | 1623 | He was gt gt grandson of the Matthew Hutton (1529-1606), also Archbishop of York. |
Edmund Mauleverer A.M. | 1646 | English Civil War 1642 to 1652. Family connection to Allerton Castle, York. Related to sister of Matthew Hutton (1597-1666). |
Thomas Hutton | 1661 | Nephew of Matthew Hutton (1597-1666). |
Henry Stapylton | 1694 | Related to son of Matthew Hutton (1597-1666). |
Richard Horne – Curate | 1738 | See notes below. |
Richard Horne – Vicar | 1747 | Richard was great great grandson of the Matthew Hutton (1529-1606), also Archbishop of York. Matthew Hutton (1693-1758), Archbishop of York (1747-1757) and Canterbury (1757-1758) during this period. |
John Fisher A.B. | 1803 | |
James Tate M.A. | 1808 | |
William Kendall M.A. | 1833 | Catholicism illegal until Relief Act of 1829. Clints Hall demolished c1842. |
Thomas William Robson B.A. | 1855 | His daughter, Amy, had married the John Hency D’Arcy Hutton, brother of the owner of the Marske Estate, John Timothy. The south window is dedicated to Thomas Robson (see page on church windows). |
Thomas Agmondisham Vesey M.A. | 1879 | |
Cavendish Moxon M.A. | 1914 | |
George Thomas Shettle, L.A. | 1919 | |
Walter Haslewood M.A. | 1924 | |
Alexander MacIntosh | 1930 | |
Edward Lawson Brewis | 1939 | |
William Steel | 1940 | |
Charles William Clarke | 1953 | |
William Michael Case | 1958 | Vicar of Grinton – in charge also of Marske |
Arthur William Cave M.A. | 1964 | |
H Welby Lee M.A. | 1969 | |
Jeremy Nicholas Orkney Horton | 1973 | |
William Michael Case | 1975 | Vicar of Grinton – in charge also of Marske |
James Richardson | 1985 | Interregnum before James Richardson |
Melvin D Gray | 1988 | |
William M Simms | 1990 | |
John G Haigh | 1993 | |
H C Stoker | 1996 | |
J Ball | 2000 | |
R T Cooper | 2007 | Rector of Richmond – in charge also of Marske |