{"id":3114,"date":"2017-02-28T18:26:15","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T18:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stuartmillerosborne.co.uk\/?p=3114"},"modified":"2017-02-28T18:33:29","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T18:33:29","slug":"the-rectors-and-vicars-of-long-wittenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/28\/the-rectors-and-vicars-of-long-wittenham\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rectors and Vicars of Long Wittenham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Robert de Wytham (Mayor of Wytham 1086)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Robert de Clifford (Rector in 1232) from a family in Shrivenham <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Drogo de Turberville came from a family resident in East Hendred <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Almaric de Plessis (He of the knight\u2019s fees)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>William de Braybroke (Rector 1293 -1320<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Richard de Pye (Entered Exeter College 1326 Died in 1355) <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>John Berford (Chaplain of Exeter College undertook the Long Wittenham duties between the death of Richard de Pye and the institution of the first vicar in the autumn of 1355)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>How thin the paper of history is<\/p>\n<p>It is delicate to the touch<\/p>\n<p>And inhibits study<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>John Foliot (The first vicar of Long Wittenham vacated on the 7<sup>th<\/sup> of March 1361) <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>John de Brendon (Born 1305 instituted by the Bishop of Sarum on the 9<sup>th<\/sup> of April 1361)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>John More (Mentioned in the Computi of the Rector of Exeter College from 1381 till 1398) <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>John Yeate (1420 vacated 1424)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>John Shepherd (1434) <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>John Baker (1462 died 1487) <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The Six John\u2019s how perfect in number they are <i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>William (Chaplain 1487) <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>William Wellys (1505)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Richard Northcot (Appointed vicar 1511) <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>John Conner (Came from Cornwall appointed c 1540 died 1569) <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>John Best (Resigned 1607)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Richard Raynolds (The Great Pluralist)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>William Prouse (Vicar of Long Wittenham 1617-1645)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>What confusion there is<\/p>\n<p>Is this God\u2019s humour<\/p>\n<p>Or man\u2019s folly?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Brian Holland (Presented 1644-45 he died in Long Wittenham)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>It is said that his silver coffin plate and false teeth were found in the churchyard in 1850<\/p>\n<p>There are humours to be found<\/p>\n<p>Forgive my jest Brian<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>John Bickle (Instituted 1672 vacated 1685 his wife Ann in buried in the chancel of the church)<br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Thomas Farr (Vicar 1686 to 1722 all of his six children were wild and extravagant)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Poor Thomas<i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Six is such a Perfect Number<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>George Stubbes (Another Pluralist) <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Ralph Bridcoacke (Vicar 1740-1749) <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Robert Speed (Vicar 1749-1765)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>William Tonkin (Vicar 1765-1771)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Francis Upton (Vicar 1771-1778)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Sampson Newbury (Vicar 1778-1785) <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>What a wonderful name<\/p>\n<p>I would have liked to have met him<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>John Sarraude (Vicar 1785-1788) <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Henry Richards (Vicar 1788-1794) \u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Stephen George Francis Triboudet Demainbray (Of Huguenot extraction)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Stephen was vicar between 1794 and 1799 he succeeded his father as Astronomer Royal<\/p>\n<p>Please forgive my unwanted excursion<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Thomas Smyth Glubb (Vicar 1799- 1823)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Thomas\u2019s accounts were disorderly<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Peter Johnson (Vicar 1823-1825) <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Robert Bateman Paul (Vicar 1826 \u2013 1829)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Robert rebuilt the Vicarage<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>James Charles Clutterbuck (Vicar 1830-1885) <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>A long serving and devoted man<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Evelyn Gilborne Hodgson (Vicar 1885-1887) <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Edward Ilbert Crosse (Vicar 1887-1890) <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Thomas John Puckle (Vicar 1890 \u2013 1896) <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Edward Richard Gardiner (Vicar 1896 1902) <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Edward died at Long Wittenham on the 1<sup>st<\/sup> of September 1902 and is buried there<i> <\/i><\/p>\n<p>Let not summer end with the passing of the month<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Thomas Daniel Hopkyns (Vicar 1903-1925) <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Hubert Cecil Roberts (Born in Bombay in 1888 instituted at Long Wittenham on the 29<sup>th<\/sup> of December 1925<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>And this is where my story ends<\/p>\n<p>My vintage book does not disclose more<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your company on this journey<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert de Wytham (Mayor of Wytham 1086) Robert de Clifford (Rector in 1232) from a family in Shrivenham Drogo de Turberville came from a family resident in East Hendred Almaric de Plessis (He of the knight\u2019s fees) William de Braybroke (Rector 1293 -1320 Richard de Pye (Entered Exeter College 1326 Died in 1355) John Berford 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