# Monkton Clergy, 1291–2025

```{admonition} Note
:class: note

Originally recorded on a board that stood in the church porch, presently in storage.
```

The church at Monkton was in existence at the time of the Doomsday Survey 1086, together with the church at Wode (Woodchurch). The inhabitants of Birchington were required to contribute to the upkeep of Monkton Church as late as 1356.


**EARLY RECTORS OF MONKTON**

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| Date | Name |
|------|------|
| 1291 | RICHARD de PEVENSE |
| 1309 | ROBERT de BURLITONE |
| 1311 | RICHARD FRAUNCEYS |
| 1314 | ALEX de CREHINGE |
| 1316 | WILL de STALISFIELD |
| 1321 | RICHARD de CANTUAR |
| No date | STEPHEN BOLES - *also Rector of Minster* |
| 1356 | THOMAS BARKER |
| 1361 | THOMAS TUFORD |

```{admonition} 1361 — Monkton becomes a Vicarage
:class: important

Monkton was created a vicarage with chapels at Birchington & Wade.
```

**VICARS OF MONKTON**

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| Date | Name |
|------|------|
| 1367 | HENRY de WOOTON |
| 1369 | ROBERT de WALLCOTE |
| 1377 | THOMAS ? HENEWAY |
| 1402 | AMALDAS TONGE |
| 1408 | WILLIAM SMITH |
| 1417 | PHILIP PEMBETHIGH |
| No date | RICHARD WYNWYCH |
| 1426 | WALTER BROKE |
| 1427 | JOHN SPICER *{ buried in entrance to chancel in 1460 }* |
| 1451 | WILLIAM WIRHAM |
| 1473 | ROBERT BARTON |
| 1475 | HUGH SHEREFF |
| 1482 | THOMAS *(no surname!)* |
| 1490 | EDWARD PAYN |
| 1497 | DAVID BYFORD |
| 1505 | JOHN REYNES -- *buried in Birchington Church* |
| 1523 | JACK GILFORD -- *from this date onwards there were regularly appointed curates of Birchington* |
| 1535 | HENRY MARS |
| 1552 | ROBERT SERLES |
| 1561 | WILLIAM DARRELL AW |
| 1576 | MARTIN SAUNDERS |
| 1579 | ANTHONY KINGSMILL |
| 1585 | RICHARD COLFE |
| 1589 | JOHN BRIDGES |
| 1590 | HENRY PARRY AM |
| 1594 | RALF? TALBOYS |
| 1596 | JOSEPH POPE AM |
| 1611 | JOSEPH CLERKE *(also Vicar of Minster)* |
| 1642 | NICHOLAS THOROGOOD *(nonconformist) { also THOROWGOOD }* |
| 1644 | MERIC CASSANBON DD *{ also CASAUBON }* |
| 1660 | MERIC CASSANBON *(restored) { also CASAUBON }* |
| 1662 | JOHN AYLING *{buried inside the church nave #14}* |
| 1710 | THOMAS WARDROPER | 
| 1727 | JAMES BAYLEY |
| 1729 | PETER VALLAVINE LLB *(nonconformist)* |
| 1767 | JOHN BIRKETT *{ also Burket }* *{buried inside the church nave #9}* |
| 1772 | JOSEPH HARDY |
| 1786 | JOHN PRAT *(from Curacy at Birchington)* |
| 1810 | TUFTON CHAS SCOTT DD |
| 1824 | GEORGE MAY *(in charge)* |
| 1832 | RICHARD PETER WHISH *(at this date the Vicarage of Birchington was created & the living divided) {buried in the churchyard #127}* |
| 1871 | EWAN HUGH MACLACHLAN *{buried in the churchyard #129}* |
| 1884 | RICHARD LEE ALLNUTT *{?buried in the churchyard #130}* |
| 1894 | ROBERT ALFRED WOOD |
| 1901 | JOSEPH WHITE HORNE |
| 1904 | WATKIN WYNN WILLIAMS |
| 1915 | FREDERICK FABIAN BRACKENBURY |
| 1927 | HUBERT COLLISON HENHAM *{buried in the churchyard #153}* |
| 1947 | FREDERICK RICHARD GOWER SMITH *{buried in the churchyard #91}* |
| 1974 | GEORGE BEDFORD *(1<sup>st</sup> Vicar of Minster with Monkton)* |
| 1982 | RAYMOND CLIFFORD HOULDSWORTH *{buried in the churchyard #91.5}* |
| 1996 | ROBERT REGINALD COLES B.Sc. *(priest-in-charge)* |
| 2014 | RICHARD BRADDY *(1<sup>st</sup> vicar of the Wantsum Group -- Minster, Monkton, St Nicholas-at-Wade & Chislet)* |
| 2023 | JEF FOULGER *(priest-in-charge)* | 

```{admonition} Peter Gausden
:class: important

Whilst not our vicar and so appearing on this list, 
Peter has been leading the services at St Mary Magdalene for many years.
[Ask Stuart to write something]
```