Abbotsley vicars

Rectors of Abbotsley:

Robert Grossetete (1225-1228)

Richard John Maunsell (1228-1272)

William Brunton/Brumpton (1272-1303)

William de Goseford (1303-1317)

William de Clyf (1317-1318)

William de Kingeston (1318-)

Vicars of Abbotsley:

Robert de Osagod (-1367)

John de Hugate (1367)

Nicholas de Croiland (1367-1382)

William Willesthorp (1382-1424) MA

Hugh Benesych (1424-1463)

Thomas Jackson (1463-1465) MA

George Drynkhall/Drynhale (1465-1471)

John Maltby (1471-1477)

Richard Aylesham (1477-1478)

Robert Brigham (1478-1501)

Robert Pierson (1501-1519)

Richard Blackus/Backhows (1519-1541)

Thomas Proct/Prettle (1541-1543)

Thomas Clerk (1543-)

Francis Hancoke (1561-)

James Aspinall (1566-1620?) BA

Richard Rider ()

John Pitts (1627-)

Christopher Holmes (1630-)

Robert Bell () MA

Richard Woodes (1662-1688) MA

John Williams (1688-1714) BA

Samuel Montague (1714-1724) MA

George Salter (1725-1735) MA

Robert Dagge (1735) MA

Edward Ashwell/Astwick (1736-1752) MA

John Darch/Dagge (1752-1755) MA

John Abbot (1755-1760)

John Watkins (1760-1772)

George White (1772-1805) MA

George Powell (1805-1822) MA

Charles Atmore Ogilvie (1822-1834) MA

John Mitchell Chapman (1834-1839) MA

Herbert Randolph (1839-1849) MA

Henry Alexander Douglas (1849-1855) MA

John Durbin Gray (1855-1876) MA

George A. F. Watson (1877-1893)

George Gibson (1893-1897) MA

John Frederick Rowbottom (1897-1901) MA

John Robert Lawrence (1901-1913) MA

William John Wickins (1913-1916) MA

Thomas Henry Higgins (1913-1927)

William Steele Dobson (1927-1931)

Stanley Cruwys Sharland (1931-1935)

Harold Clarke (1935-1944)

Bromley Birkbeck Walker (1944-1946)

Hugh Kitson Stallard (1946-1951)

In 1956 the benefice was merged with Waresley. Vicars of Abbotsley and Waresley:

Reginald Francis Durrant (1956-1959)

Ralph Thicknesse (1959-1967)

Philip Charles Romans (1968-1973)

John Reginald Jackson (1973-1979)

Douglas Roy Sorfleet (1980-1985)

William Alan Batty (1986-1990)

William James Patterson (1990-1993)

On 1 August 1999 the Benefice of Abbotsley and Waresley was merged with the Benefice of Great Gransden and Little Gransden. Rectors:

Bruce Curry (1999-2004)

Catharine Mary Furlong (2006-2018)

Rachel Blanchflower (2019-)