Written by the Reverend Christopher Beake, Vicar of Hanslope with Castlethorpe

PARISH CLERGY

Incumbents

The first Rector of Hanslope with Castlethorpe was installed in 1227. The living was valued at £40 in 1291. The right of presentation was appendant to the Manor of Hanslope until 1522, when the rectory was annexed and appropriated by the Crown to the Collegiate Church of Leicester. After the suppression of religious houses, the rectory, advowson and the patronage became vested in the Crown, and were [by Letters Patent dated 11 December 1546] afterwards bestowed on the Corporation of the City of Lincoln, and a perpetual vicarage was endowed to take effect at the death of the Rector. The Corporation retained the advowson [i.e., the right to present an incumbent] until 1860, when it was transferred to Bishop of Oxford, who is the present patron. A Chantry was founded at Hanslope in the fourteenth century, and the first priest presented in 1325. It ceased at the Dissolution in 1747. A full list of priests who have served in the parish follows.

A Rector’s income came from tithes; a Vicars is paid a stipend.
RECTORS
1227
 Thurstan Basset Presented by Sir William Mauduit
1246
 Silvester de Everdon Bishop of Carlisle 1246
1246
 Philip Luval Presented by Sir William Mauduit 06.02.1246
1261
 Henry de Wengham Resigned
1261
 Richard de Hengham Presented by Sir William Mauduit
1269
 James de Beauchamp Presented by William de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, 07.06.1269
1293
 Simon de Ellisworth Presented by William de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, 07.09.1293
1297
 Peter de Blund Presented 09.04.1297
1300
 Thurstan Keswick (or de Hanslap) Presented by Guy de Beauchamp 30.06.1300; resigned after 9 days; buried Hanslope Chancel
1301
 Peter de Blund Presented for a second time 09.07.1301; buried Hanslope Chancel
1316
 Adam de Herwynton Presented by Alice, Countess of warwick 02.20.1316
1329
 Walter de Windlesore Presented by Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, June 1329
1329
 Richard Pyriton Exchanged with successor to become Archdeacon of Colchester
1373
 Michael de Northburgh Formerly Archdeacon of Colchester presented 02.10.1373
1382
 William de Hermesthorp Presented 12.02.1382
1383
 John de Hatfield Presented 16.11.1383
1383
 William de Morton Exchanged with successor to become a prebend of S. John's College Church, Chester;
1395
 Thomas Knight LL.D. Formerly a prebend of S. John's College Church, Chester; presented 15.07.1395; built Hanslope Spire
1414
 John Baysham Presented by Richard, Earl of Warwick 15.5.1414; exchanged with successor to become Vicar of Olney
1415
 Thomas Aldebury Formerly Vicar of Olney
1419
 Nicholas Wymbyss Presented 25.03.1419 by Earl of Warwick
1434
 Richard Monier Presented 22.06.1434
1434
 John Hurle Died 1467
1467
 John Stonys Presented 15.8.1467
1485
 John Morgan LL.D. Presented by the Crown October 1485
1496
 Richard Hatton Presented 26.11.1496
1509
 Geoffrey Wrenn Presented by the Crown 23.06.1509
1527
 Robert Bone Presented by the Crown 17.04.1527.Robert Bone was the last rector, and, on his presentation, the living became annexed to Leicester Collegiate Church; a licence was obtained for its appropriation in 1523.

VICARS
1250
 Robert
1274
 John de Harliscot Presented by James de Beauchamp, Rector, Nov 1274
1278
 Warnus de Hanslap Presented April 1278
1309
 John de Vouseby Presented 08.05.1309
(list imperfect until)
1555
 Thomas Grantham B.A. Presented by William Rotheram, Mayor of Lincoln, 14.08.1555
1558
 Ralph Sutton Presented 28.10.1558
1558
 John Sibsthane
1598
 William Jones Returned to be curate of the parish
1605
 William Lingard Married Hanslope 06.07.1605 to Ann Hillyer; buried Hanslope 15.04.1620
1620
 William Houghton Married Hanslope 05.05.1617 to Isabel Wilcockes
1640
 Nathaniel Netmaker Presented 14.01.1640; married Hanslope 30.11.1640 to Susanna Stackville; afterwards Rector of Pitchcott
1658
 Edmund Lawrence
1663
 John Hatch Presented by the Crown
1666
 William Barton Presented 24.12.1666
1677
 William Ward B.A. Presented 08.02.1677; married Hanslope 19.02.1705 to Anne Middleton; died 23.09.1714; buried Hanslope
1714
 Shadrach Garmston M.A. Instituted 24.11.1714; died 18.10.1741; buried Hanslope chancel
1742
 David Fowler LL.B. Presented 03.04.1742; buried Hanslope 12.01.1746
1745
 George Shelton B.A. Presented 22.02.1745; resigned
1749
 Moses Agar B.A. Presented 01.11.1749; died 08.06.1785; buried Hanslope chancel
1783
 John Parsons
1786
 William Walmsley M.A.
1806
 William Singleton Had been curate since 1794; presented 19.04.1806; resigned and returned to Cumberland; died 11.10.1841
1838
 Mathew W. Keiley M.A. Presented 18.01.1839; died 25.06.1841; buried in Hanslope churchyard
1841
 John Mayne M.A. Presented by George Hyde of Norwich 02.12.1841; died 07.02.1851; buried Hanslope chancel
1851
 Mark A. Nicholson
1892
 William J. Harkness M.A. image Buried Hanslope 17.05.1930
1930
 J. Percy Taylor L. Th.
1944
 David Wingate A.K.C. image Died 13.01.1977; buried Castlethorpe churchyard
1968
 Anthony Otter image
1978
 Christopher M. G. Beake B.A., A.K.C. image
2003
 Gary Ecclestone
These names from the Church registers. Other sources given:
1783
 Richard Curtois LL.B. Presented 24.09.1783; resigned
1786
 Henry Davis Presented 15.06.1786