Selston St Helen

List of Incumbents

Date of institution	Name	Notes
1176?	Adam	Board only: no proof
1244? Died by 1249	Roger de Essex, Rector	Board: Roger de Clay
30 July 1252	John le Vavasur, Rector	Board: Verasour de Wansley. Resigned
23 Sept 1290	John, son of Robert de la venele of Gayteford, Rector	Board: Robert de Gateyford as next Rector.
13 Apr 1293	Robert le Brun of Thorneton, Rector
23 Oct 1310	Master Thomas de Hothum, Rector
15 Dec 1321	William de Ilkeston, Rector
20 Sept 1322	John de Kendale, Rector	Resigned
16 Mar 1334/5	William de Loscow, chaplain	Resigned
23 Sept 1339	William de Ros, acolyte	The last incumbent named as Rector rather than Vicar in Train’s list.
26 July 1344	John, son of Richard de Hill of Little Halum, chaplain	The first named on Train’s list as Vicar
?	John de Arnhale	Rector of Kimberley 1363/4 to 1368
14 Feb 1363/4	Thomas Shippeley, chaplain	Rector of Kimberley with John de Arnhale
?	Matthew Upton	Vicar of Cosby 1388-90, Vicar of Stow-by-Threckingham 1390
9 Oct 1388	Nicholas Barton	Vicar of Cosby with Matthew Upton
?	Henry Burton	Died before June 1434
15 Jun 1434	John Estwayt
?	Richard Twig	Resigned
15 Dec 1446	Richard Holt, chaplain	Resigned
8 Feb 1456/7	John Day, chaplain	Died before Mar 1483
27 Mar 1483	John Derman, chaplain	Resigned
2 Sept 1490	John Wilson	Resigned
1 June 1525	Richard Martyn, priest	Died 1550
19 Dec 1550	Nicholas Walker
1568 to c1573	Vacancy
By 1573	Henry Stopparde, vicar	Probably never instituted. Died 1573
19 Oct 1573	Thomas Taylor	Possibly buried Oct 1592
c 1592	Thomas Milner, curate	Curate by Oct 1593, but probably never instituted. Buried Feb 1610/11
23 Jan 1611/12	George Longden	Resigned
17 Aug 1614	Peter Pawte	Collated
4 Mar 1615/16	Francis Stephenson	Collated on cession of Pawte
23 Nov 1621	William Williamson	Collated on cession of Stephenson
28 Jan 1624/25	Thomas Bowcher
1630	_ Taylor, vicar	Probably never instituted
1631 - 1642	Henry Denham, curate	Not instituted
By 1650	Samuel Sildon
13 Jun 1654	Charles Jackson	Member of Nottingham Presb. Classis 1656-60, formed Congregational Church of Selston (1670). Ejected. Licensed at Halam 1672.
21 Aug 1662	William Pearson, vicar	Still vicar in 1668
1669 - 1749		The living held in commendam
1669 - 1681	Nicholas Sore	Not instituted. Curate of Annesley 1675-79, suspended 1679, excommunicated 1680-83 for not paying synodals and for contumacy
1683 - 1684	John Tott, curate	Not instituted
1685 - 1693	Robert Gettcliffe, curate	Not instituted
5 March 1693/4 - 1697	Gilbert Mitchell	Admitted curate. Not instituted. Died 1738.
1697/8	Richard Kay, curate	Not instituted
Nov 1699 - 1741	J Cooper, curate	Not instituted. Vicar at Greasley 1728-1748
1742	Thomas Fellows, curate	Not instituted
1743 - 1748	William Wright, curate	Not instituted. Vicar at Greasley 1748-1776
22 July 1748	Anthony Carr, curate,
24 May 1749	Anthony Carr, vicar	First to be instituted Vicar since 1669. Deacon 1743, priest 1744, Vicar of Alfreton, 1768-1799. Died 1799
1799	William Pares, vicar	Died 1 Dec 1809 at Narborough
25 June 1810	Joseph Dixie Churchill, vicar	Died 1836. Rector of Blicking-with-Empingham 1802-1810 and 1811-1836, Vicar of Cadesby 1810-1836, Vicar of Henstead 1811-1836.
25 Nov 1836	Fleetwood Churchill, vicar	Son of J Churchill, born at Empingham. Vicar of Roughton 1817-1855. Died Feb 1855
19 July 1855	George Frederick Williamson, vicar	Also chaplain to Duchess of Gordon 1847-1863, Vicar of Longnor 1856-1864 and other posts
11 Sept 1856	Robert John William Wright, vicar	On cession of G Williamson. Died 2 Aug 1887, buried in the churchyard.
26 Nov 1887	Charles Harrison, vicar	Died 28 April 1916, buried in churchyard
21 July 1916	Richard Dudley Weller, vicar	He went to Ruddington 1924
5 Nov 1924	Philip Hannington Hart, vicar	Served in RGA 1917-1920. Resigned 12 Aug 1929
23 Nov 1929	Palmer Allison Sharp, vicar
22 Apr 1937	Henry Wright Schofield, vicar	On cession of Sharp
22 Sept 1945	Edward Frederick Holwell Dunnicliffe, MA, vicar	On cession of Schofield
1 Dec 1949	Hugh Bickersteth Bidell, vicar	On cession of Dunnicliffe. Biddell resignation 1 Oct 1956
1956	Gerald Nettleton Pearce, BA, vicar	Sequestration (cession) 14 Sept 1961
1962	Hubert Victor Simmons	On cession of Pearce. Died 3 March 1978, buried in churchyard
1978	John Frederick Jacklin	Retired
1996	Robert White Yule	Went to Soul Survivor, Watford
2001	Timothy Mitchell	Went to New Cross Community Church, Sutton-in-Ashfield
2006	Fiona M Shouler	Priest-in charge 2006 to 2011, then Vicar

Note: 'Board' in 'Notes' refers to the list of vicars on a board in the church. Additional information from Train, K. S. S., Thoroton Society Record Series XV, part III. List of the Clergy of Central Nottinghamshire (1954).