Potton clergy

List of Rectors:

- Ralf Foliot, Archdeacon of Hereford and clerk to Henry II appointed by St.Andrew's Priory at the King's request to a perpetual vicarage - c.1181/4;

- William de Avalun, clerk to David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon, forced on the Priory at the expense of part of its pension, Ralf retaining his vicarage - c.1186;

- Thomas de Sancto Edmundo, clerk of David of Scotland, became parson, apparently simultaneously with William de Avalun - 1202;

- Benedict de Burgo - 1239 [deacon];

- Walter de Merton;

- Thomas de Stratton - 30 Oct 1274 [subdeacon; on consecration of Walter de Merton to Bishopric of Rochester; Thomas to resign living of Jakeden];

- John de Cancia - 8 Apr 1280 [on death of last Rector];

- John de Sudington - 14 Nov 1286 [clerk; patron Prior & Convent of St.Andrew, Northampton; on death of Philip de Kancia; presented, found not to be in holy orders and custody given to the Archdeacon of Bedford until next ordination; ordained subdeacon 21 Dec 1286 and instituted];

- Ralph Beler - 12 Dec 1323 [on death of John de Sodyngton];

- John de Dalby - 31 Jul 1324 [subdeacon; on resignation of Ralph Beler];

- John de Denton - 1 Oct 1325 [capellanus; on exchange from Luyceburgh Rectory];

- Richard de Eccleshale - 13 Feb 1348 [clerk; on death of John de Dentone;];

- Thomas de Eccleshale - 8 Jun 1349 [clerk; on resignation of Richard de Eccleshale];

- Richard de Eccleshale - 2 Jan 1351 [Rector of Wyttele [Whitley, Berkshire?], by exchange with Thomas de Eccleshale];

- Richard de Stratton - 16 Jul 1381 [priest; on resignation of Richard de Eccleshale, exchanged to Offelegh Rectory [Offley, Hertfordshire?];

- Henry Maupas - 19 Oct 1393 [priest; on death of Richard de Stratton];

 

 List of Vicars

- William Rycheman - 8 Apr 1403 [capellanus];

- John Gurry - 11 Feb 1414 [Rector of Wolverhampton [Staffordshire], on exchange with William Richeman; will 1416];

- Robert Eddyngley - 1 Jul 1416 [capellanus; on resignation of John Gurry, exchanged to Driby Rectory [Lincolnshire]];

- Thomas Cotes - 15 Apr 1419 [capellanus; on death of Robert Eddyngley];

- Thomas Atkins;

- William Atkynson - 27 Jun 1515 [priest; on death of Thomas Atkins];

- Thomas Fetherston - 25 Oct 1537 [priest; on death of last incumbent];

- William Pollarde - 25 May 1546;

- Christopher Chapman - 25 Aug 1546 [clerk; on death of last incumbent];

- John Hassell - 17 Aug 1554 [patron Roland Lytton];

- John Vorgeri;

- Thomas Acworthe - 10 Jun 1562 [clerk; on death of John Vorger];

- John Clarke - 16 Jun 1574 [patron Rowland Litton; vacant by resignation of D.Thomas Ackworth];

- Thomas Crabtree MA - 22 Dec 1592 clerk; will dated 4 May 1616, proved 8 May 1618; to be buried in chancel];

- Thomas Ward - 1616;

- James Durrant - 1 Dec 1618;

- Samuel Moulton - 2 Feb 1621 [clerk; buried 15 Nov 1629];

- Isaac Turner BA - 17 Dec 1629 [on death of last incumbent];

- George Shieres MA - 2 Jan 1630 [on death of last incumbent; sequestered];

- John Kinge - 1647 [intruded];

- Esdrae Marshal - 1659;

- Thomas Haxby MA - 23 Dec 1667 [ordained the day before; buried 5 May 1693; will dated 27 Apr, proved 8 Jun 1693];

- Ralph Emerson BA - 25 Sep 1693 [on death of last incumbent; licence of non residence granted 4 Mar 1697];

- Robert Hicks AM - 12 Jul 1720 [on cess. of Ralph Emerson; died 1745];

- John Jackson - 27 Jun 1745 [clerk; on death of Robert Hicks];

- William Woodhouse - 4 Jun 1746 [clerk; on death of John Jackson; also Rector of Hardingstone [Northamptonshire] and prebend of Westminster; died 1783];

- William Affleck BD - 13 May 1783 [on death of last incumbent; Rector of North Luffenham [Rutland]; died 8 Sep 1806; buried in cemetery of Saint Marylebone, London];

- Richard Whittingham - 24 Sep 1806 [clerk; on death of last incumbent];

- Woodward Clarke Bidwell BA - 24 Jul 1845; on death of last incumbent];

- W.H.Evans - Feb 1888;

- Gorges Fettipace John Gwynne Gwynne - Jun 1890;

- Charles Gregson - Aug 1901;

- Alfred Long - Jan 1905;

- Arthur Shillito - May 1912;

- Robert Sutton Bagshaw - Jul 1915;

- Arthur William Collins - Sep 1938 [now united with Cockayne Hatley];

- Henry Thomas Pimm - Nov 1942;

- Albert Henry Willson Cleaver - Sep 1946;

- John Gordon McKinley - Dec 1951;

- Cecil Verden Appleby Longden - 1959;

- Philip Henry Cecil - 1967;

- Ian Joseph Stewardson - 1973;

- Ian W.Arthur - 1983

- V.Wyn Beynon - 1997