Here is a list of the past clergy of St. Andrew’s Church.
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1269-1318 |
William Hurwarde |
1318-1324 |
William de Walleghe |
1324-1350 |
Richard de Twyverton |
1350-1356 |
Robert Danwe |
1356-? |
William de Combe |
?-1409 |
Geoffrey Palmer |
1409-1412 |
John Lavington |
1412-1415 |
Adam Thomas |
1415-1423 |
John Davey |
1423-? |
Hugh Giffard |
1502-1532 |
Richard Newcombe |
?-1535 |
John Bond |
1536-1558 |
William Roll |
1558-1586 |
Stephen Cleave |
1586-? |
Thomas Whitingstall |
1653-1660 |
Interregnum during the Commonwealth when services were registered by duty lay gentlemen of the parish, there being no priests. Hugh Trevellyan – Court, John Champneys – Cogworthy, William Bellis – Ward, Matthew Loveband – Northchurch, Richard Pollard – Langley, John Pollard – Langley and John Bellew |
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Curates and Other Priests | ||
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1660-1677 |
James Evans |
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1677-1723 |
John Pyne |
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1723-1738 |
Philip Bowden |
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1738-1768 |
William Palmer |
1769-1772 |
Samuel May |
1770-1803 |
Thomas Bliss (N/R) |
1772-1773 |
Frederick Freke |
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1774-1786 |
Charles Bryce |
1803-1861 |
John Kendal Fletcher (N/R) |
1787-1821 |
Thomas West |
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1821-1831 |
J. Dent |
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1831-1832 |
James Arthur |
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1832-1834 |
Philip Somerville |
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1834-1840 |
John Francis |
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1840-1841 |
C. A. Johns |
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1841-1842 |
Edward Reynolds |
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1842-1845 |
James Harris |
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1845-1848 |
Richard Podmore |
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1848-1849 |
Anthony Loveband |
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1849-1851 |
James Mules |
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1851-1856 |
Thomas Arthur |
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1856-1860 |
Octavius Dene |
1861-1870 |
Henry Baker (N/R) |
1860-1865 |
John Fenwick |
1870-1872 |
William Watson (N/R) |
1871-1872 |
H. J. Dixon |
1872-1882 |
H. J. Dixon |
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1882-1919 |
John Singleton |
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1920-1922 |
Cyril Spencer |
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1922-1926 |
Edward Clark |
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1926-1928 |
Francis Allwork |
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1928-1935 |
Charles Kirkham |
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1935-1938 |
Frederick Legg |
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1939-1946 |
Charles Powell (N/R) |
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1946-1951 |
Patrick Harvey (N/R) |
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1951-1953 |
Leonard Hustwayte |
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1953-1967 |
Edward Elliott (N/R) |
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Rector |
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1967-1988 |
Bernard Tinsley (N/R) |
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1988-1998 |
Richard Acworth (N/R) |
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1999-2002 |
Arthur Parsons (N/R) |
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2003-2006 |
Stephen Thorp (N/R) |
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2007-2015 |
Michael Clark (N/R; Team Vicar)* |
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2015-2019 |
Michael Clark (N/R)* |
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2019-date |
Gary Owen (N/R)* |
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N/R denotes non-resident
* Although Michael Clark replaced Stephen Thorp in 2007, the allocation of churches in the Two Rivers Mission Community is now such that direct responsibility for Yarnscombe is held by the Team Rector who, until August 2015, was The Revd. Kim Mathers. Michael Clark was appointed Team Rector in October 2015 and The Revd. Paul Bysouth was appointed Team Vicar in January 2017 on a fixed-term contract for three years. Michael Clark moved to a non-parish-specific post in the Diocese of Exeter in January 2019 and the post of Team Rector was filled in September 2019 by The Revd. Gary Owen. The post of Team Vicar was filled by The Revd. Cathy Gardiner in May 2023.