A History of Worship in the Parish
CLERGY OF WARMINGTON
The Rector was appointed to the benefice of the parish and received the tithes of the parishioners. He was responsible for the church services and the spiritual welfare of his parishioners and for maintaining the chancel of the parish church. At the Reformation, when monastic land was confiscated by the crown, the right of appointment (patronage) of Warmington parish was purchased from the king by the lord of the manor.
In the early 17th century the patronage was purchased by the rector himself – Richard Wotton was the first priest to be both rector and patron. The patronage was passed down through Richard Wotton’s descendants for several generations. William Harrison sold the patronage to the Hulme Trustees in the mid 19th century. Their right of appointment continued until the 1970s when it passed to the Bishop of Coventry.
Curates were appointed by the Rectors to carry out their duties when they themselves were unable to do so, either through age or infirmity or because they were pluralists (having more than one parish or role within the Church of England) .
Parsons and incumbents of Warmington. Dates given are of their institution, where known
died 1311 – Elye de Napton
1311-1331 – William de Bockstanes (or Bucston)
1331 – Thomas de Multon
1349-1350 – John de Uppynham
1350 – John de Penerwich
1361 – John Careswell
1364 – John Bosevill
1373 – John Leech
1376 – Thomas de Pennerudok
1404-1429 – Robert Lymbourne
1429-1432 – Richard Nayler
1432-1440 – William Hull
1440 – John Reedhill
1461 – Thomas Reynald
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died 1536 – John Englysh (or Inglysh)
1543 – Simon Pope
1554-1561 – John Hawle (or Hall)
1570-1602 – John Richardson
1602-1628 – Anthony Petipher
1628 – Richard Wotton (or Wootton)
1643 – Thomas Nocton (or Norton)
1655-1681 – John Wotton (or Wootton)
1681 – William Wyatt
1694 – Gilbert Wharton
1697-1726 – Bernard Gilpin
1727-1729 – Benjamin Fra(u)ncis
1729 – Philip Bliss
1735-1764 – Thomas Farrer
1766-1799 – John Farrer
1799-1830 – Henry Bagshaw Harrison
1831-1877 – William Harrison
1878-1906 – William Henry Taylor
1907-1935 – Robert Peel Willock
1936-1945 – Walter Rosslyn Simpson
1945-1964 – Arthur Philip Wales
1964-1975 – W Anthony Richards
1975-1984 – John Graty
1984-1998 – Roger Paul
1999-2006 – Christopher Lamb
Some of the curates who served the parish of Warmington
c. 1561 Henry Gere
c.1646 John Batty
c.1684 – 1692 Isaiah Knibb
1697 – 1698 Andrew Archer
c. 1713 James Collins
c.1731 – 1765 Robert Jackson
1765 – 1766 Christopher Hatton Walker
c.1767 – death 1773 George Story
c.1793 – c.1801 T(homas?) Gill
1802 – 1811 Thomas Ridge
1811 – Robert Lambe Ward
c.1817 Charles Boultbee
1818 – 1819 George Hornsby
1819 – 1827 Arden Bayley
1827 – 1830 Henry Augustus Holden
1872 – 1875 A T Morland
Clerks of the parish church – many were also schoolmasters
1632 – John Hinton
1660 – 1697 John Katch
died 1714 Thomas Astill
died 1742 John Keache (or Katch)
c. 1731 – 1777 Ralph Adams
c. 1777 – c.1794 Richard Gurman
c. 1795 – 1825 John Willis
c. 1828 – c.1872 John Haynes
1877 – 1909 William Hawkes
METHODISM: THE LOCAL PICTURE
Development of Methodism
In 1729 a group of 15 university men started meeting in Oxford to examine how a faithful life should be led. From these meetings they drew up a Rule of Life which stated they should be diligent in:
- studying the scriptures
- caring for the poor, sick and prisoners
- observing Wednesday as well as Friday as a day of abstinence
- communicating (taking communion) at the altar as frequently as they could find opportunity.
The group was called the Holy Club or Methodists….. More