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Perlethorpe St John

List of Incumbents

The Parish of Perlethorpe with Thoresby was one of the Chapelries of Edwinstowe whose vicarage was ordained 15th January 1260/1, [LR Soc 27, pp. 17, 199, 206]; this was confirmed by Archbishop Melton 31st March 1337, [YR 9,392v].

Incumbents of Edwinstowe during this early period:

Perpetual Curates:

List of clergy since 1836

In 1836 Earl Manvers by Act of Parliament, was allowed to endow the chapelry of Perlethorpe, with Thoresby included, and it was created a separate benefice. The right of nomination was vested upon the Earl and his heirs.

The title of Perpetual Curate can be traced back to before the Appropriation of Benefices Act of 1391, and came into use with the appropriation or impropriation of benefices; that is to say, benefices which were attached, respectively, to a religious or a secular corporation.

These bodies were responsible for funding incumbents who, although they were neither inducted nor collated, were licensed by the Bishop, and had the duties of a vicar, and were called perpetual curates - perpetual in the sense that once licensed could not be removed.

At the Reformation, all appropriate livings became impropriate. By the Incumbents Act of 1868, perpetual curates could be called vicars; but they were vicars in name only. Under the Pastoral Measure of 1968 all the remaining perpetual curates became vicars in law. In 1969, the Act of 1391 and subsequent Acts were repealed, and hence the breed became extinct on 1st April 1969.

Vicars of Edwinstowe:

From 1887 - 1918 the vicars of Edwinstowe held dispensation from Archbishop of Canterbury to hold Priest with Perlethorpe. The Rev William Berry Cardew was curate.

Chaplains:

From 1925 - 1950 the chaplain to Earl Manvers also officiated at Perlethorpe, and from 1951 a chaplain to Perlethorpe was appointed.

Priests in Charge:

In 1969 Perlethorpe became detached and was entitled to have its own Priest in Charge.