Vicars of Wedmore, Somerset

A recent purchase. There is nothing nicer than the smell of these old books. I'm sure it's addictive.  

These local history books are crammed full of information written mostly from first-hand knowledge.  Sydenham Henry Augustus Hervey was the Vicar of Wedmore from 1876 to 1898 and was writer to The Wedmore Chronicle.

'The Wedmore Chronicle No. 5, November 1886'.

Most of the chronicle focus' on 'The Vicars and the Vicarage' and marriages and deaths in the parish of Wedmore in 1885. Surprisingly the chronicle lists all denominations in the parish and includes Wedmore Church, Wesleyan Chapel, Wedmore Baptist Church, Crickham Baptist Church, Blackford Chapel and Theale Chapel.

The list of Vicars of Wedmore begins early 1300s and states why their term ended. Those 'deprived' (of work) is in regard to the changes of religion from Christian to Catholic or vice versa.

Vicars of Wedmore

 

1311 to		Thomas de Harptre		Edward II
1361 to		John Browning		Edward III
	to 1416	Robert Tanner	Died	Henry V
1416	to 1418	John de Leicester	Resigned	Henry V
1418	to 1446	Phillip Mellys	Resigned	Henry V
1446	to 1455	William Veysy	Died	Henry VI
1455	to 1492	Roger Jannys	Died	Henry VI
1492 to		John Retford		Henry VII
	to 1513	T. Cornish, Bishop of Tenos	Died	Henry VIII
1513	to 1525	Christopher Gomulon	Died	Henry VIII
1526	to 1529	Robert Nooke of Noke	Died	Henry VIII
1529	to 1542	Richard Wayde	Resigned	Henry VIII
1542 to		Thomas Slatter		Henry VIII
	to 1554	John Smyth	Deprived	Mary
1554	to 1559	John Caseley	Died	Mary
1559 to		Thomas Suarpon	Deprived	Elizabeth
1564 to		George Spaggott		Elizabeth
	to 1592	Robert Holgate	Died	Elizabeth
1592	to 1627	John Godd or Gadd	Died	Elizabeth
1627	to 1647	Matthew Law	Deprived	Charles I
1647	to 1650	Robert Edwards		Charles I
1650		Francis James		Commonwealth
1654		Jeremy Harler		Commonwealth
1661	to 1672	James Downton	Died	Charles II
1672	to 1687	Thomas Davies	Died	Charles II
1688	to 1707	Richard Downton	Died	James II
1707	to 1721	John Tillam	Died	Anne
1721	to 1742	Henry Castleman	Died	George I
1742	to 1779	Francis Taylor	Died	George II
1779	to 1802	William Bishop	Died	George III
1802	to 1811	John Lewin Warren	Died?	George III
1811	to 1825	John Richards	Died	George III
1825	to 1827	Joseph Richards	Died	George IV
1827	to 1876	John Kempthorne	Died	George IV

The chronicle gives an insight into the lives of some of the vicars listed above. To be continued.

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