Annesley Old ChurchList of Incumbents
The following is a list of all the incumbents up to the transfer of the
living to the New Church in 1874. The later
incumbents are listed separately.
The old Saxon Church
| C1100 |
St Robert of Felley, Hermit |
The old Norman Church, built c1150
| 1156 |
Prior Walter |
| C1170 |
Prior Adam of Nocton |
| C1180 |
Prior William of Lovetot |
| C1200 |
Prior Richard of Thurgaton |
| C1220 |
Prior Henry |
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Prior Thomas |
| C1240 |
Prior Walter |
| C1250 |
Prior Henry |
| 1268 |
Prior Ralph of Pleasley |
| 1276 |
Prior Thomas of Wathenowe |
| 1281 |
Prior Alam of Elkesley |
| C1300 |
Prior William of Toton |
| 1315 |
Prior Elias of Linby |
| C1322 |
Prior Adam |
| 1328 |
Prior John of Kirkby |
| 1349 |
Prior John of Holbrook |
| 1349 |
Prior Richard of Shirebrook |
The old Annesley Church, built 1356
| C1360 |
Prior Robert Eaves |
| 1378 |
Prior Thomas Elmton |
| 1381 |
Prior John of Mansfield |
| C1390 |
Prior William of Tuxford |
| 1405 |
Prior William Hopwood |
| 1442 |
Prior Peter Methley |
| C1450 |
Prior John Throughcroft |
| 1454 |
Prior William Acwarth |
| 1463 |
Prior Richard Congreve |
| 1482 |
Prior William Symondson (alias Bolton) |
| 1500 |
Prior Lawrence Ingham |
| C1510 |
Prior Robert (or Thomas) Gateford |
| 1519 |
Prior Thomas Stock |
| 1525 |
Prior Christopher Bolton |
Up to 1536, all Vicars of Annesley were also the Priors of Felley. The Priory
at Felley was dissolved in 1536 and Christopher Bolton accepted the living
of Attenborough.
| 1536 |
Richard Samond |
| 1573 |
George Holme |
| 1576 |
William Bradford |
| 1587 |
Nicholas Bee |
| 1599 |
Thomas Kirkby |
| 1604 |
Joseph Holte |
| 1609 |
Thomas Reste |
| 1617 |
Anthony Robinson |
| 1621 |
Robert Aynsworth |
| 1622-29 |
William Perry |
| 1630-38 |
William Hewitt |
| 1639-42 |
Thomas Bowes |
| 1651-55 |
Cuthbert Stote |
| 1656 |
Christopher Sanderson |
| 1663-65 |
Sampson Hopkyn |
| 1667-74 |
Richard Munn |
| 1675-79 |
Nicholas Sore |
| 1680-81 |
George Sissons |
| 1682-84 |
Thomas Howitt (see below) |
| 1684-85 |
Thomas Knight |
| 1685-88 |
Christopher Newton |
| 1688 |
Thomas Kimpson |
| 1689-90 |
Edward Hawkins |
| 1691-93 |
Thomas Howitt (see above) |
| 1694-99 |
Richard Kay |
| 1700-08 |
Christopher Overend |
| 1709 |
William Mince |
| 1710-62 |
Andrew Matthews (also Rector of Linby, 1723-62) |
| 1762-94 |
Robert Stanley (also Rector of Linby, 1762-94) |
| 1794-1805 |
Thomas Cursham (also Schoolmaster of Sutton-in-Ashfield) |
| 1805-08 |
William Clarke (also Vicar of Gonaldston, 1785-1808) |
| 1809 |
William Tiffin |
| 1811-48 |
John Rolleston (also Vicar of Burton
Joyce, 1822-62) |
| 1814-18 |
Guy Bryan (Curate) |
| 1819-21 |
Henry Jenour (Curate) (Rector of Epperstone 1822-29) |
| 1822-47 |
Thomas Leeson Cursham (Curate) |
| 1848 |
Richard Howard Frizell |
| 1869 |
James John Trebeck |
| 1869-70 |
Francis Douglas Dymock (Curate) |
| 1871 |
Clement Howard Prance |
The New Church was consecrated in 1874,
and from that date onwards the Vicars of
Annesley have been based there.
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