Please notes there are two lists of the Vicars of this Church in the building. One is a decorative framed list. It begins with the very early Vicars. Click here to read about them.
The list that is show below is taken from the more modern notice board that dates back only to 1571 but which shows the vicars up to the present day.
William Singleton | New College | 1571 | 1577 |
John Moreton | Christ Church | 1577 | 1602 |
John Sprint | Christ Church | 1602 | 1624 |
William Maxey | Christ Church | 1624 | 1657 |
Guy Lawrence | Christ Church | 1657 | 1701 |
Ralph Grove | Christ Church | 1701 | 1728 |
Thomas Willis | Christ Church | 1728 | 1748 |
William Forbes | Christ Church | 1748 | 1762 |
William Holwell (shown here as Howell) | Christ Church | 1762 | 1798 |
Richard Slade | Christ Church | 1798 | 1823 |
Maurice Fitzgerald Townsend Stephens | Christ Church | 1823 | 1872 |
Thomas Waters | Christ Church | 1872 | 1885 |
Henry Bernard Hodgson | Christ Church | 1885 | 1897 |
Alexander Nairne Scott | Exeter College | 1897 | 1899 |
Alan Whitmore Cornwall | Christ Church | 1899 | 1924 |
Claud Rutledge Cotter | Christ Church | 1924 | 1930 |
Frederick Bernard Gunnery | Christ Church | 1930 | 1937 |
Henry Erskine McLeod | Durham University | 1937 | 1943 |
Robert Gwillym Rawstorne | Christ Church | 1943 | 1976 |
Edward Arthur Nobes | Christ Church | 1976 | 1984 |
Michael George Peter Vooght | St. Peter’s Oxford | 1985 | 2002 |
David Primrose | St. John’s Cambridge | 2002 | 2011 |
John Suddards | Trinity Hall, Cambridge | 2011 | 2012 |
Revd Dr. Jan van der Lely | Durham University | 2012 |
We have collected some information about the vicars of Thornbury and now have some extra web-pages:
Vicars before 1602 Vicars 1602-1798 Vicars 1798-1899 Vicars after 1899