Headon cum Upton St Peter

List of Incumbents

The Rectors of Headon

For much of its history Headon has had both a Rector and a Vicar.

Date of Institution Name Patron Vacated
Before 1234 William    
21 December 1244 Joh de Headon Sym de Headon  
By 1282 Joh    
10 February 1295 Will de Ebor. Edward 1 Rex as guardian of Joh de Headon  
2 November 1316 Greg Fayrfax de Beverlaci Sir Lawrence de Chaworth, knt. Died
24 August 1369 Hardolphus Wastneys Florentia, Lady of Hedun Resigned
16 May 1370 Jac de Kyneton Florentia, Lady of Hedun Died
16 March 1397 Hugo de Ker Joh Wasteneys, Arm. Died
12 May 1401 Petrus de Ker Joh Wasteneys, Arm. Died
20 February 1428 Joh Cantyng Joh Wasteneys, Arm. Died
3 August 1450 Joh Wyche Joh Wasteneys, Arm. Died
5 May 1474 Edm Percey vel Perchay Johanna Wasteneys Resigned
31 March 1494 Galf Blyth, M.A., S.T.P. Geo Wasteneys, Arm. Consecrated Bishop of Lichfield
7 December 1503 Joh Helwys Geo Wasteneys, Arm. Died
21 May 1513 Geo Wasteneys Geo Wasteneys, Arm. Resigned
15 July 1521 Galf Blyth, L.D. Geo Wasteneys, Arm. Died
20 July 1541 Rog Newbald Geo Wasteneys, Arm. Died
9 September 1548 Will Byngham, M.A. Geo Wasteneys, Arm.  
1557 Robert Cressie   Died
10 April 1581 Tho Wetherhed Assignees of Gervase Wasteneys, Arm. Died
25 August 1595 Frcus Nevill Assignees of Gervase Wasteneys, Arm. Died
27 July 1611 Ric Hubbald Hardolphus Wasteneys, Arm. Ceded
16 July 1627 Nat Wastneys Hardolphus Wasteneys, Bart. Resigned
19 November 1631 Gerv. Nevill, S.T.B. Hardolphus Wasteneys, Bart. Died
25 June 1642 Joh Revell, M.A. Hardolphus Wasteneys, Bart.  
10 September 1651 Samuel Smyth Hardolphus Wasteneys, Bart. Died
5 December 1673 Joseph Palmer, B.A. Sir Edmund Wasteneys, Bart. Died
9 June 1695 Thomas Hey Sir Hardolph Wasteneys, Bart. Died
18 October 1707 Antonym Garley Sir Hardolph Wasteneys, Bart. Died
5 December 1727 Richard Jackson Sir Hardolph Wasteneys, Bart. Died
22 May 1760 John Shilleto, B.A. Dame Judith Wasteneys Died
7 October 1792 Charles Eyre, M.A. Judith Laetitia Eyre Died
1 August 1796 John Eyre, M.A. Judith Laetitia Eyre Died
7 June 1830 Charles George Venables Vernon Antonym Hardolph Eyre, Esq. Resigned
7 June 1836 George Hardolph Eyre, M.A. Granville Harcourt Vernon & Julia, his wife Resigned
17 July 1846 Evelyn Hardolph Harcourt- Vernon, M.A. Granville Harcourt-Vernon Esq. Resigned 4 April 1883

Vicars of Headon

Date of Institution Name Patron Vacated
By 1246 Tho    
21 December 1282 Robert de Weston Joh Rector  
7 February 1310 John de Crofton vel Orston Will de Ebor Rector Died
1 August 1349 John de Cestre of South Leverton Greg Fayrfax ,, Resigned
1 April 1360 Will de Yarwell Greg Fayrfax ,, Resigned
2 May 1360 Joh de Leverton Greg Fayrfax ,, Resigned
29 April 1400 Greg de Upton Hugo de Ker ,,  
30 July 1416 Joh Pete Petrus de Ker ,,  
26 July 1418 Joh Colyngham Petrus de Ker ,, Resigned
26 October 1429 Jac More Joh Cantyng ,,  
4 April 1432 Joh Walton Joh Cantyng ,, Resigned
6 June 1433 Robertus Wyghtman Joh Cantyng ,, Resigned
11 October 1442 Ric Willeswyk vel Worswyk Joh Cantyng ,, Died
7 October 1468 Tho Turnoure Archiepiscopus lapsus Died 1471
1471 Tho Breton   Resigned
4 December 1479 Will Tavener Edm Percey Rector Resigned
3 June 1484 Rich Jekyll Edm Percey Rector Resigned
27 October 1487 Joh Helwys Edm Percey Rector Resigned
27 August 1497 Ric Bolton Galf Blyth ,, Died
11 March 1533 Will Southworth Galf Blyth ,,  
5 June 1561 Joh Swynscoe   Deprived 1567
2 March 1567 Will Wastnes Robert Cressie ,, Resigned
23 September 1579 Tho Hunte, M.A. Gervas Wastneys, Arm. Resigned
29 November 1596 Robt Southworthe, M.A. Assignees of Francis Nevill, Rector Deprived 1605
13 August 1605 Tho Hancocke, M.A. Francis Nevill Rector Resigned
18 October 1623 Edw Jackson Hardolph Wastneys, Bart. Died
25 February 1626 Rog Manners, B.A. Hardolph Wastneys, Bart. Resigned
19 September 1637 Geo Sarson, B.A. Hardolph Wastneys, Bart. Died
29 February 1640 John Revell, M.A. Hardolph Wastneys, Bart.  
  Samuel Smyth   Died
31 December 1673 Robert Lassells, M.A. Joseph Palmer Rector  
16 May 1683 John Smith, B.A. Joseph Palmer ,, Died
5 August 1729 John Edward Bellinger, B.A. Richard Jackson ,, Died
11 August 1744 John Shilleto, B.A. Lady Judith Wasteneys Died
7 October 1792 Charles Eyre, M.A. Judith Laetitia Eyre Died
1 August 1796 John Eyre, M.A. Judith Laetitia Eyre Resigned
17 December 1826 George Hardolph Eyre, B.A. Antonym Hardolph Eyre, Esq. Resigned
31 August 1836 George Gould, M.A. Granville Harcourt-Vernon Esq. Resigned
4 August 1840 Colin Postlethwaite Granville Harcourt-Vernon Esq. Resigned
17 July 1846 Evelyn Hardolph Harcourt-Vernon, M.A. Granville Harcourt-Vernon Esq. Resigned
2 September 1859 Humphrey Pountney Chesshire, M.A. Granville Harcourt-Vernon Esq. Resigned
27 May 1864 Charles Nesfield, M.A. Granville Harcourt-Vernon Esq. Died
18 April 1879 Nathaniel Keymer, M.A. Granville Harcourt-Vernon Esq.  

Rectors & Vicars (Rectory and Vicarage united)

By an Order in Council, dated 2nd March, 1881, the Rectory and Vicarage were united, by the gift of the Patron, the Reverend Evelyn Hardolph Harcourt-Vernon, to take effect on the next avoidance of either of them.

Date of Institution Name Patron Vacated
4 April 1883 Nathaniel Keymer, M.A. Granville Harcourt-Vernon, Esq. Resigned
12 December 1911 Alexander Knight Moore, M.A. Edward Evelyn Harcourt-Vernon Resigned
29 June 1931 Arthur Kingston Dearden Edward Evelyn Harcourt-Vernon Died
31 July 1933 Robert Entwistle Rogerson, L. Th. Granville Charles Fitzherbert Harcourt-Vernon Resigned
1939 Walter William Pulford Granville Charles Fitzherbert Harcourt-Vernon Resigned
4 June 1941 Edward Arthur Paget Granville Charles Fitzherbert Harcourt-Vernon Died
16 November 1953 John Wilfrid Alban Cowgill, M.A. Granville Charles Fitzherbert Harcourt-Vernon Resigned

Priests-in-Charge (patronage suspended)

Date of Licensing Name Vacated
2 August 1974 Thomas W. Swift Resigned
23 November 1976 George Frederick Wright Resigned
8 September 1978 Malcolm George Henry Booth Tudor, B.A. Resigned
29 May 1987 Gavin John Wickstead, B.A.  

Rectors

Date of Institution Name Vacated
6 March 1990 Gavin John Wickstead, B.A. Resigned
16 June 1993 James Harry Little, B.A. Resigned January 2006

Team Vicar

Date of Licensing Name
2008 Julia Margaret Jesson