Past Vicars of Bearsted
Affixed to the South wall of the nave is the Vicars of Bearsted board, this goes back to the reign of Henry III (1216-1272) It is believed to be virtually complete, and is mainly the work of the Rev. Walter Harold Yeandle (Vicar of Bearsted 1944 -1952), to whose learning and industry much of the material used in this account of the Church is attributable, a Church he loved and served so faithfully.
Patrons: Prior and Canon of Leeds. Peter, Chaplain of Berghstede, temp. Henry III 1216-1272 1281 - John de Faversham 1313 - Richard de Hoo 1316 - William de Bredeshale 1317 - Jordan de Chishelle 1318 - Thomas Plomer c.1374 - William de Wydehy 1391 - William Leringe 1394 - Richard Grigge/Richard Botyngton 1403 - Thomas Birran 1409 - William Mildenhale/Richard atte Watere 1444 - John Partridge 1452 - John Crisping 1473 - William Gouxhill c.1502 - Robert Bylton	1510 - Reginald Metcalfe 1530 - Robert Rowe Patron: Mr Richard Day 1545 - Robert Marshe MA Patron: Dean and Chapter of Rochester 1554 - Stephen Singuldon 1558 - Tanguid Bealecke 1563 - John Braynford 1565 - Christopher Sprott 1614 - Henry Pausson MA 1616 - Thomas Angood MA 1624 - Richard Sheldon DD 1641 - John Shawley BA (dispossessed during the Commonwealth, but restored in 1660) 1661 - Francis Drayton 1667 - John Collins MA 1677 - Thomas Gregory BA 1685 - Francis Smyth MA 1690 - Thomas Woodhouse 1693 - Henry Dering MA	1720 - Thomas Price 1723 James Hales MA (Minor Canon of Rochester) 1733 - Henry Rand MA BD 1765 - Samual Markham BCL (Minor Canon of Rochester) 1767 - Henry Jones MA (Minor Canon of Rochester) 1773 - Arnold Carter MA (Minor Canon of Rochester) 1783 - Richard Jacob MA 1795 - Charles Cage MA 1849 - Frederick St. Leger Baldwin BA 1874 - Frederic Otway Mayne MA 1884 - John Scarth AKC (Hon. Canon of Rochester) 1903 - Thomas Godfrey Law Lushington MA JP (Rural Dean of Sutton)	Patron: The Archbishop of Canterbury. 1914 - Frederick John Blamire-Brown MA 1928 - George Arthur Mence Griffiths MA 1940 - Richard Arthur Felix Parsons 1944 - Walter Harold Yeandle MA AKC 1953 - John Sanderson Long MA 1959 - John Henry William Willmington AKC 1964 - Frederick Charles Waghorne MA LTh 1973 - Peter William Poole MA 1976 - Alan Arthur Duke 1986-2001 - Geoffrey Harold Sidaway (Hon. Canon of Canterbury, Rural Dean of Sutton)
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