| Date |
Name and Notes |
Patron |
| Not known |
John de Attelberge |
Prior & Convent of Launde |
| 7 March 1267 |
Dns Roy de Martinast (acolyte) |
Prior & Convent of Launde |
| |
Dns Nicholas de Welle Clerk
appointed Guardian of Roy de Martinast until he attained lawful age |
Archbishop of York (W Giffard) |
| 28 December 1269 |
Roger de Martinans
Obtained 3 year leave of absence for study from Archbishop Wickwene 1 Aug 1280 |
Prior & Convent of Launde |
| 15 May 1290 |
Dns Will de Medburne, priest |
Prior & Convent of Launde |
| 20 December 1294 |
Dns Jordan de Lincoln, priest |
Prior & Convent of Launde |
| 26 June 1315 |
M John de la Launde, deacon
(buried in church 1347 – granted the benefice of St Mary Nottingham, but died before he became its priest) |
Prior & Convent of Launde |
| 4 April 1347 |
Dns John Cosyn, priest
The Patent Roll records that in 1347 his close house and chests were broken into and goods and money stolen, and his servants and men assaulted. |
Prior & Convent of Launde |
| 6 May 1355 |
Dns Paul Fyn de Lokyngton, chaplain |
Prior & Convent of Launde |
| 15 May 1355 |
Dns Will de Burgh, priest |
Archbishop by lapse |
| 1400 |
Rectory became a Vicarage in 1400, and a priest was ordained 1408 |
St Mary’s Leicester |
| 16 October 1417 |
Dns Tho Kybbeworth, priest |
Dean and College of Leicester |
| 21 October 1420 |
Dns Robert Atte Townshend, priest (resigned) |
Dean and College of Leicester |
| 18 February 1481/2 |
Dns Will Smyth, priest |
Dean and College of Leicester |
| Not known |
Dns Will Thrumpton, priest (resigned) |
Dean and College of Leicester |
| 7 July 1434 |
Dns John Hastlyne, priest |
Dean and College of Leicester |
| 18 October 1442 |
Dns Tho Hall, chaplain (died)
Buried in church 18 August 1475, will proved at York |
Dean and College of Leicester |
| 6 September 1475 |
Dns Thomas Clerke, chaplain (died)
Buried in Chapel of St Catherine 4 February 1500, will proved at York |
Dean and College of Leicester |
| 5 February 1500/1 |
Dns Thomas Barowe, priest |
Dean and College of Leicester |
| Not known |
Dns Thomas Howselyn, priest (died) |
Dean and College of Leicester |
| 19 April 1536 |
Dns Jac Wellen, Bachelor in Degrees (resigned) |
Dean and College of Leicester |
| 28 March 1537 |
Dns Ric Pereson, priest (died) |
Dean and College of Leicester |
| 8 September 1553 |
Dns Oliver Heywoode, priest (resigned) |
Assigns of the Dean and College |
| 1560 |
Dns Will Grene, clerk (resigned)
In 1566 the vicar was suspended for giving Holy Communion to an excommunicant. |
Not known |
| 18 July 1568 |
Dns John Hayton, clerk (resigned) |
HM Queen Elizabeth I |
| 2 August 1596 |
Dns Edward Meeke, clerk (resigned) |
HM Queen Elizabeth I |
| 27 March 1623 |
Thomas Naylor, clerk (died)
Buried Arnold 17 November 1631 |
John Woode, Esq |
| 10 April 1632 |
Peter Coates, clerk (died) |
Christiana, Dowager Countess of Devon |
| c1648 |
Peter Fullwood, Preaching Minister
Possibly a non-Conformist, who held the tithes when he married the grand-daughter of Sir Francis Willoughby. |
Not known |
| 20 July 1683 |
Daniel Chadwyk, clerk
Buried in Chancel 1701 He left a legacy for the first school in the village. |
William, Earl of Devon |
| 26 November 1701 |
T Fenton |
William, Duke of Devon |
| 8 June 1721 |
Joseph Chadwick, BA
Buried in Chancel 1744, wife buried in Chancel 9 Jan 1714, stone near vestry door |
William, Duke of Devon |
| 24 September 1744 |
John Parsons, MA
His brother was hanged at Tyburn, and the family retired to Arnold. |
William, Duke of Devonshire |
| 13 February 1760 |
E Beresford, MA |
William, Duke of Devonshire |
| 1787 |
Wenman Langton, BA
It has been suggested that this man may be connected to William Henry Langton, Chaplain in Ordinary to the Prince of Wales, 1800. |
William, Duke of Devonshire |
| 29 July 1789 |
William Walker BA |
Duke of Devonshire |
| 11 June 1812 |
George Francis Holcombe BA
died 24 August 1872 aged 84, having been Vicar of Arnold for 61 years, as well as holding the Rectory of Brindley, Cambs. He lived out of the parish at Sherwood Lodge. |
William Spencer, Duke of Devonshire |
| 21 September 1872 |
Marcus Joseph Truman MA |
Duke of Devonshire |
| 6-May-07 |
Rupert William King MA |
Sir Charles Seely, Bart |
| 14-Dec-29 |
Michael Giles |
Sir Charles Seely |
| 11-Jan-46 |
Kenneth Leigh-Wood – also wrote a history of the parish |
Sir Charles Seely |
| 31-May-48 |
Arthur Kirton |
Sir Charles Seely |
| 30-May-52 |
Robert Collier |
Lady Seely |
| 27-Sep-58 |
Norman Todd |
Lady Seely |
| 8-Dec-65 |
John Clarkson Milner |
Bishop of Southwell |
| 18-Jul-73 |
Roy Williams |
Bishop of Southwell |
| 14-Apr-93 |
Arthur Clarke |
Bishop of Southwell |
| 31-Jan-04 |
Kenneth Shill |
Bishop of Southwell |
