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Bobbing Church
Role of Vicars

  • 1540 - 1650

    1540 - 1555 Approx

    Wilhelmus Maye

    1561 - 1562

    William Clarke

    Buried at Bobbing Church

    1565-1590

    Peter Johnson

    1591 - 1594

    Nicolas Champyon

    1594 - 1607

    Thomas Shawe

    1607 - 1630

    Francis Reynoldes

    1631 - 1633

    William Heath (Non-Resident Vicar)

    1634 - 1639

    Samuel William (Curate)

    1640

    Samuel Wright (Curate)

    1640 - 1642

    Alexandra Read (Curate)

  • 1650 - 1750

    1662 - 1664

    William Scarlett

    1665 - 1667

    Benjemin Phinnies

    Vicar of Upchurch 1667

    1672 - 1672

    John Hurt (Curate)

    Vicar of Milton 1661-1672

    1672 (Mar 13th) -1673 (Sept 29th)

    Titus Oates

    Later the leader of the 'Popish Plot'

    1675-1689

    Thomas Turner (Curate)
    Vicar of Milton 1672-1695

    1689-1690

    Thomas Conway
    Vicar of Bredgar 1690

    1691-1696

    Robert Philpott

    1697-1700

    John Crew (Curate)
    Vicar of Harltip 1676-1704

    1701-1702

    Thomas Dyche (Curate)
    Writer of 'Dyches Spelling Book'

    1703-1712

    John Napleton

    1712

    James Oldsworth (Curate)

    1712-1726

    John Burman
    Buried at Newington

    1726-1730

    Richard Fletcher (Generally Non-resident)

  • 1750 - 1950

    1753-175

    Isaac Priest

    1757-Unknown

    Joseph Parry

    1818-1840

    George Simpson

    Unknown-1872

    George Stringer Simpson

    1869-1880

    William Hutton
    Curate until 1873

    1880-1882

    Walter Ottley

    1882-1883

    Bennet Forster

    1884-1890

    Edward W. Carpenter

    1891-1893

    G. Harris

    1893-1894

    Frederick Ball

    1895-1903

    Drayson Moor

    1903-1904

    C. Ernest Julian
    Buried at Newington

    1906-1907

    Claude Hunscliff

    1907-1909

    John A. Townley

    1909-1951

    Richard Wall