Clerks, Chaplains, Vicars and Rectors from 1183:
This page is based on the board on the South aisle pillar, showing Rectors and Vicars from 1213, with additional information from articles on this web site.
To mark the octocentenary, in 2013, The Penn Trust commissioned a window for Holy Trinity by the artist Sophie d’Souza. Installed in the south aisle, the stained glass celebrates the unbroken line of Christian service by the rectors and vicars during those 800 years. Their names are recorded on the adjacent oak board.
The design symbolises the gift of the fire of the Holy Spirit, the source of the clergy’s devotion of their lives to our Parish, the three entwined flames representing the Trinity. Etchings within the design represent one of the original Consecration Crosses inscribed and painted on the walls of the nave; a medieval Penn floor tile in the south aisle and a pane showing grapes with vine leaves, biblical symbols but which also form a link with the vineyard that once stood where the lower churchyard is today.
Clerks – (‘Clerk in Holy Orders’) |
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| Hugh Clerk of Penn | 1183 | How Old is Our Church 1, Early Priests at Penn, A Brief History of Penn Church |
| Walter de la Penn | 1200-1225 | How Old is Our Church 1, Early Priests at Penn |
Rectors |
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| Nicholas de Langley | 1213 | |
| William de Londonis | 1253 | |
| Adam de Botingdon | 1229 | |
| Richard de Middleton | 1302 | |
| Gilbert de Segrave | 1304 | |
| Jocens de Kynebanton | 1304 | |
| Richard de Wycombe | 1314 | Middle Ages 14 |
Chaplains to Penne Family |
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| WaIter de Upton Waryn, Thomas Freelond | 1302-1337 | Chaplains at Penn |
| John Tagge | 1339 | Chaplains at Penn |
Vicars |
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| Henry de Rokeby | 1348 | Some Medieval Rectors and Vicars |
| Henry de Erdyngton | 1349 | |
| William de Clifton (murdered 1368) | 1361 | Murder in the Vicarage |
| Robert atte Green | 1368 | |
| Robert de London | 1389 | |
| John Dyzch | 1414 | |
| Robert Duston | 1416 | |
| Robert Lovecock | 1420 | |
| John Selby | 1425 | |
| John Freeman | 1445 | |
| Robert Kinethorp | 1461 | |
| John Arnold | 1471 | |
| Richard Mason | 1473 | |
| John Tayland | 1474 | |
| Thomas Goodlake | 1474 | |
| Robert Snell | 1481 | |
| David Ranton | 1481 | |
| Roger Austen | 1484 | |
| William Bracey | 1497 | |
| Laurence Dodson | 1497 | |
| Thos. Dyer alias Bayley +Richard Monkton (curate) 1519-1520 |
1500 | Reformation – Background |
| John Holland M.A. | 1527 | Reformation – Background |
| William Egleston | 1530 | Reformation – Background |
| Thomas Kyng | 1553 | Reformation – Background |
| John Blower | 1557 | Reformation – Background |
| Robert Rudrope | 1596 | Reformation – Background |
| William Lincke A.M. | 1607 | Altar Arrangements 2 |
| Martin Hill | 1661 | |
| Thomas Freeman | 1663 | |
| Richard Smith | 1676 | |
| John Davis A.M. | 1684 | |
| Aaron Wood | 1692 | |
| John Bennet A.M. 1700 | 1700 | The Church Bells, Altar Arrangements 3, Monuments 17, The Church Clock, The Church Clocks, The Royal Arms, The Little Gallery, Wall Paintings, John Bennet’s Tomb |
| Benjamin Robertshaw | 1716 | Benjamin Robertshaw 1, Benjamin Robertshaw 2, Benjamin Robertshaw 3, Benjamin Robertshaw 4, Roger Penn, ‘the last of all his Family’ |
| John Page A.M. | 1728 | |
| John Nevil Birch M.A. | 1750 | |
| Thomas Prichard M.A. 1754 | 1754 | |
| Roger Mather D.D. | 1757 | Revd Doctor Roger Mather (1719-68) |
| John Dabbs M.A. | 1768 | |
| John Middleton | 1787 | How Old is Our Church 1, How Old is Our Church 2, The Rev. John Middleton 1766-1808 |
| Benjamin Anderson | 1808 | The Rev. Benjamin Anderson |
| Henry Calveley Cotton A.M. | 1813 | |
| James Knollis B.D. | 1823 | Rev. James Knollis (1776-1860) |
| John Grainger M.A. | 1860 | Rev. John Grainger 1860-1898 |
| Benjamin John Short Kerby L.Th. | 1898 | Penn Church between the Wars |
| Ernest Albert Smith M.A. | 1922 | Penn Church between the Wars |
| Kenneth William Mumford M.A. | 1937 | Penn Church between the Wars |
| Edward Philip Comber | 1939 | |
| Oscar Muspratt Th.L. | 1944 | A Tribute to Rev. Oscar Muspratt, 1906-2000 |
Priests in Charge |
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| Peter John Widdicombe | 1990 | Rev. Peter Widdicombe, Priest-in-Charge 1991-1993 |
| Jeffrey Pierce | 1993 | Rev. Jeffrey Pierce, Priest-in-Charge 1993-1997 |
| Carol Jean Picknell Williams | 1997 | Rev. Carol Williams, Priest-in-Charge 1997-2001 |
Vicars |
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| Michael Bisset | 2003 | Rev. Michael Bisset, Vicar, 2003 – 2020 |
| Samuel Thorp | 2023 | Rev. Samuel Thorp, Vicar, 2023 |
Photographs, Michael G Hardy, Stained Glass of Buckinghamshire web site