A large part of the manor of Ordsall with the advowson of the church, belonged to the Hercy family of Grove. The advowson passed through the family until it was eventually sold by Thomas Cornwallis to Lady Whortley. It was then sold in 1907 to S.W. Stott, the then Rector. His widow sold the advowson to the Parochial Church Council of Ordsall, who gave it to the Bishop of Southwell. This exchange was confirmed by Order in Council on 21st February 1935.
Date |
Name |
Notes |
1276 27th Dec |
Willam de Bliburg |
Entry in calendar of Patent Rolls Dec 27th 1276. 'Presentation of William de Bligurgh to the church of Ordeshal in the diocese of York, in the king’s gift by reason of his custody of the land and heir of Hugh de Hercy, tenant in chief.' |
1301 12th Jul |
Thomas de Burton |
Admitted patron Sir Hugh de Hercy. Patent Rolls entry of July 17th 1313 'Protection for one year, for Thomas de Burton, parson of the church of Ordeshale.' |
1314 24th Feb |
Acard de Longo Prato |
By exchange of rector of Newchurch Kent with T de Burton. Patent Rolls entry 26th August 1314 'Protection, without clause, for one year, for Acard de Long Preez, parson of the church of Ordeshale.' |
1322 10th Nov |
Laurence de Hercy |
Clerk, vacant patron as above. He was a member of the Hercy family who were Patrons and lived at Grove Hall |
1364 10th May |
Thomas de Ordesale |
Chaplain, on resignation of L Hercy. Possibly also acting as Chaplain of Headon as is mentioned as being there in the will of Sir John de Bolinbroke. |
1373 23rd Jan |
Thomas Bacheragh |
Canon of Lure (France) Patron Crown. Patent Rolls entry Jan 23rd 1374 'Presentation of John Bacheragh, canon of Lure (de Kutra), of the Premonstratensian order, to the church of Ordesale, in the disocese of York, in the king’s gift by reason of the voidance of the archbishopric of York' |
1375 27th Apr |
John de Sandall |
Absent for 3 years. Rector Wispington Lincs., 1379 – 1380 |
1410 20th Jun |
William Burgh |
Prebendary, on the death of J de Burton. Rector of Babworth |
1415 15th Jun |
Robert Cave |
Prebendary, on death of W Burgh. Vicar of E Retford. He died a year after institution |
1416 20th Jun |
Reginald de Tylne |
Prebendary, also died a year after institution. |
1417 22nd Jun |
John Marton |
Prebendary, on death of R. de Cave |
1418 2nd Dec |
Robert Conynge |
By exchange of rector of Grayingham, Lincs with J de Martin |
1424 26th July |
Adam Louthe |
Priest, by exchange of rector of Blyborough, Lincs with R. Conynge. In his will he left 4/6d to the Fabric of the Church tower. |
1428 - 1441 |
Robert Smyth |
Prebendary. Resigned 1441 |
1441 5th Dec |
John Hardfisshe |
Chaplain, on resignation of Robert Smyth. Patron Hugh Hercy |
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Master Robert Thorneton |
Resignation 8th July 1451 |
1451 2nd Sept |
Robert Dynnyngton |
Priest, on resignation of R Thorneton. Patron Hugh Hercy. Probably vicar of Clarborough. Left money in his will to be buried in the chancel of All Saints church Ordsall. |
1483 29th Sept |
Master Ralph Stanhope |
On death of R Donyngton. Patron Humphrey Hercy. First rector mentioned to have a University degree |
1485 14th Mar |
William Roce |
By exchange of rector, of Salle, Norfolk with R Stanhope. Patron Humphrey Hercy. Another vicar with only one year tenure. He also desired to be buried in Ordsall church. The surname Roce is another spelling of Rose or Roos, originally a great Norman family of Laxton |
1487 9th Jul |
Gregory Waren |
Chaplain, on death of W Roce. Patron Thomas Knyght and twelve other feoffees of Hugh Hercy |
1506 20th Aug |
John Helwys |
Priest, on death of G Waryn. Patron Humphrey Hercy. He obtained a B.A. degree at Cambridge. He was also the vicar of East Retford. He is buried at East Retford. |
1512 31st Jan |
Master Robert Nevile |
On death of J Helwishe. Patron Humphrey Hercy. Graduate of Cambridge. He had previously been Rector at Grove. He was a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge and later Provost Of Jesus College, Rotherham. He was also Vicar of Almondbury, Yorkshire and Prebendary of Bilton at York, Prebendary of Lichfield and possibly Canon of Salisbury and later Canterbury. |
1550 2nd Jun |
William Denman |
On death of R Neville. Patron Sir John Hercy. He was related to the Hercy family as his mother was the sister of Sir John Hercy of Grove. He graduated from Cambridge and was made Fellow of his college in 1549. Deprived of his living by order of Queen Mary for three years in 1556, the reason given was that he was married. After the accession of Elizabeth a Visitation of the Northern Province was held at Blyth Church on August 26th and 28th 1559 and William was restored to his living. He was buried at Ordsall in 1587. Unfortunately a monument to his memory that bore a Latin inscription (fully listed in Thoroton) disappeared sometime in the 18th Century. |
1556 16th Jan |
Robert Blundeston |
On deprivation of W Denman. Patron Sir John Hercy. He covered the three years during which Denman was deprived but was removed on Denman’s re-instatement. |
1559 19th Sept |
William Denman |
Reinstated as rector. Patron of West Retford |
1588 4th Apr |
Francis Nevill |
On death of W Denman. Patron John Nevill of Grove and Henry Nevill of Ragnall. Rector of Grove. 1579 – 1611 and wished to be buried there according to his will dated 24th January 1606. |
1589 12th May |
Stephen Coe |
On death of F Nevill. Patron George Mackworth. Buried at Ordsall. There are several plaques in the church to the Coe family. |
1614 20th Sept |
Edmund Mason |
Vacant, Crown by lapse. Held several posts including Newark, Cottenham, Cambs, Dean of Salisbury chaplain to the King. He is buried in the North Transept, Westminster Abbey. |
1631 3rd Mar |
Marmaduke Moore |
On resignation of E Mason. Patron Lyon Faulkner of Uppingham. He and his wife Jane Moore had ten children baptised at Ordsall. He was a Royalist under Charles 1, and on 18th November 1652 all his estates were forfeited for treason. He was buried at Ordsall in 1652. There are various reports that he was deprived of his living for 'damnable sin of playing cards with his wife'. The story cannot be proved. It was reported in Walker’s 'Sufferings of the Clergy,' but only the name 'Moore, D.D.' was given – no Christian name or Parish. It is not known that Marmaduke was ever a D.D. The estates of those who were fined for treason were restored to them at the Restoration of Charles 11, but it isn’t known what happened to the Rector’s family. |
1652 17th Mar |
William Houghton |
Patron Edward Wortley. Appointed in Cromwell’s time and a schoolmaster. He was a benefactor of King Edward V1 Grammar school in the town. He left land in the parish, the rents from which should benefit the school. He desired to be buried on the south side of the Communion Table in the church. |
1673 22nd Oct |
Edward Raines |
On death of W Houghton. Patron Anne Wortley. He didn’t record burials in the register for 16 years from 1679. A record states 'Here the Minister being ill, the Register was neglected until his death'. |
1695 9th Oct |
John Pigot |
On death of E Raynes. Patron Sydney Wortley. His daughter Catherine married Joseph Hall (the window on the north side of the chancel was given by their descendant.) His son Robert acted as his curate. There is a brass plaque to his memory on the south wall. |
1727 2nd Oct |
George Mason |
On death of J Pigot. Patron John Barker of E Retford. Married to Elizabeth, daughter of John Pigot. His mother was one of the daughters of Stephen Coe, the grandson of a former vicar of Ordsall. His ancestors were the Mason’s of Moreton Hall. |
1743 9th Apr |
Thomas Cockshutt |
On death of G Mason. Patron Hon. Edward Wortley. In 1743 he answered to the Archbishop of York that the duty at Ordsall was performed by Mr Heald of Babworth, until he could get a proper curate. He allowed the curate £30 a year for a service once a Sunday and Communion 5 times a year. It is thought that he never performed any duties at Ordsall. Following several other appointments, in 1710 he became Vicar- General of the Southwell College of Canons, and had jurisdiction over 28 churches. |
1774 30th Sept |
Joseph Stott |
On death of T Cockshutt. Patron Edward Woodcock. Again absent from the Parish. Parish duties were performed by Rev. Joshua Flint, Vicar of Clarborough. |
1812 6th Jul |
Francis Foxlow |
On death of J Stott. Patron John Bright. He was also the Rector of Elmton where he lived, whilst Ordsall again was served by curates. A rectory was built near to the church but he never lived there. |
1842 9th Mar |
Thomas King |
On death of F Foxlowe. Patron Lord Wharncliffe. His father-in-law Rev. S. Corbet had refused the living, the living was then offered to King. He had a small farm and was a familiar figure in the village, having a wooden leg. He is buried on the north side of the church. |
1873 5th Sept |
Samuel Kelson Stothert |
On death of T King. Patron Lord Wharncliffe. He was a Royal Naval Chaplain 1853-1870 – H.M.S. 'Queen'. He served in the Crimean War, and saw the Charge of the Light Brigade. He was awarded the Crimean, Turkish and Baltic Medals. He wrote a series of letters from the Crimea, which were published in a book, called 'From the Fleet in the Fifties'. He suffered health problems through his Crimea experience. He was the founder and first incumbent of St. Andrew’s Constantinople. He was the incumbent of Ordsall during the 1877 restoration of the church and services were held at Thrumpton school for a year. He died on 14th June 1896 and is buried at Ordsall. |
1896 2nd Nov |
Samuel Walter Stott |
On death of S.K. Stothert. Patron Earl of Wharncliffe. He added several rooms to the rectory and enlarged the garden His interests included music, photography and gardening. Oversaw the initial building of St Alban’s within the parish. Visited Egypt for his health, but contracted typhoid fever on his return. He died in 1907 and is buried in the churchyard. The clock at Ordsall and the Reredos at St Alban’s were given in his memory. |
1908 2nd Nov |
Robert Dennis Foster |
On death of S Stott. Patron Elizabeth Stott. Curate at Ordsall 1900 – 1908. Master at King Edward V1 Grammar school, Retford 1893-1902.
Married Helen daughter of S.W. Stott. They lived at Holly Mount, next to St Alban’s church throughout his period at Ordsall. The old rectory was let for a few years and then sold in 1920. |
1923 6th Feb |
Montague Clifford James |
On resignation of R.D. Foster. Patron E. Stott. He had been a Major in the Indian Army. He was married and had nine children. He built the new rectory in 1924. Retired to Rye. |
1925 June |
Reginald Felix Wilkinson |
On resignation of M.C. James. Patron E Stott. Canon at Southwell 1940 – 1961. President of Thoroton Society. He wrote and published a comprehensive history of All Hallows |
1941 4th Jan |
John Alexander Ramsbotham |
On resignation of R.F. Wilkinson. Patron Bishop of Southwell. He became Bishop of Jarrow. |
1943 2nd Jan |
Reginald Foskett |
On cessation Of J.A. Ramsbotham. Patron Bishop of Southwell. He became Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral Edinburgh. |
1948 14th Apr |
Cecil Henry Barrett Watson |
On cessation of R. Foskett. Patron Bishop of Southwell. Came from West Bridgford. |
1958 |
William Alfred Williams |
On cessation of C.H.B. Watson. Patron Bishop of Southwell. Retired 31st Aug 1975. |
1976 27th Feb |
Philip Ronald Allin |
Following interegnum. He had been curate of Sutton in Ashfield and was also Priest in charge of Grove. Became the rector at Ordsall from 1976 to 1980.Moved 31st Dec 1980 and became vicar at Mansfield, St Mark’s from 1981 to 1983. From there he became Team Rector in Oxfordshire, late moving to Sheffield. He retired from the ministry in 2003. He has since taken up roles in Pastoral Care and Spiritual Direction in Sheffield and latterly in Durham. |
1981 1st May |
John Marshall |
Having a background in tutoring and having been Vicar Choral at Southwell Minster he became the rector of Ordsall from 1981 to !988. He was also Priest in charge of Grove and was Rural Dean of Retford between 1984 and 1988. He moved on to Wakefield and then on to Gloucester. He retired in 2009. |
1988 17th Nov |
Anthony Evans |
Had been at St Georges Nottingham, Worksop Priory and St Cyprian Nottingham. He became rector of Ordsall from 1988 to 1995. He moved on to be priest in charge at St Mary Sutton in Ashfield. He was also Area Dean at Newstead. Honorary Canon at Southwell Minster from 2004. |
1996 29th May |
Paul Bagshaw |
Became priest in charge of Ordsall from 1996 having been in Sheffield as Curate at Handsworth Woodhouse, then a non-stipendiary minister and then again curate. He left Ordsall in 2008. |
2010 |
Sue Caddy |
Curate at St Mary Sutton in Ashfield before becoming priest in charge of Shelton and Oxon, Lichfield. She has been team Vicar with responsibility for Ordsall since 2010. |
A curate of note was Francis Orpen Morris who was a famous authority on British birds. He was curate in charge in the absence of the Rev. Francis Foxlowe. He was appointed in 1831. He lived at the rectory and was responsible for the planting of many of the beech trees. During his lifetime he wrote several books including 'A history of British Birds', 'A history of British butterflies', 'The Natural history of British moths' others on the natural history on the nests and eggs of British birds and also regarding the Articles of the Darwin faith. He moved to Yorkshire and died in 1893.
