The Rectors of The Benefice
Date | Rector |
1319 | Hubert de Stanham |
1361 | Walter Russell |
1364 | Nicholas Cobald |
1390 | Willam de Beningholm |
1400 | John de Gunthorpe |
1524 | John Wyat |
1565 | Vincentius Goodwyn |
1600 | Vincent Goodwyn |
1646 | Richard Allyson |
1660 | Robert Loude |
1670 | Joseph Ward |
1736 | John Girdlestone |
1764 | Robert Thomlinson |
1802 | Richard Gough |
1804 | John Morphew |
1824 | Robert Moore |
1828 | Charles Collyer |
1830 | Charles Codd |
1852 | Hugh Bishop |
1859 | Thomas Bewsher |
1878 | John Blackmore |
1884 | Everett Bishop |
1898 | Everett J. Bishop |
1923 | Gilbert Bartlett |
1935 | Charles Toft |
1958 | Arthur Gamble |
1975 | Clifford Bishop, Bishop (Priest in charge) |
1978 | David Maurice, Canon |
1989 | Nicholas Martin |
1998 | Philip Norwood, Canon |
History of the Rectors
There were rectors of the Benefice for at least a century before this roll begins with Hubert de Stanham. In the Patent Rolls of King Henry III for the years 1225 Alexander de Bassingburn was made rector of Cley juxta Mare.
In 1523 the church was staffed by a rector, a parish priest and two chaplains. Today the rector serves five parishes, (the Glaven Association of Parishes consisting of Blakeney, Cley, Wiveton, Glandford and Letheringsett). The rectory is in Blakeney.