Norfolk: King's Lynn

Ministers of St Margaret's Church

This list has been found by the Norfolk transcribers for FreeREG, in the King's Lynn St Margaret register of baptisms 1721-1776 and marriages 1722-1754.

Ministers of Lyn St Margarets As appears by The Registers.
	Years Min^r
1. Mr Tho. Howes - 1559 To 1599	40
2. Mr Sam. Staller - 1599 - To [blank]
3. Mr Willm Leeds 1603 To 1623	20
4. Mr Mathias Swallow 1623 To 1635	12
5. Mr Tho. Purchas 1635 To 1637	2
6. Mr Lionel Galford 1637 To - No Name in the Registers till 1669 - In this interval was Mr Paul Gosnel during Oliver's Time
7. Mr Mordaunt Webster Vicar of South Lynn from 1669 To 1680	11
8. Mr Tho. Fisk from 1680 To 1689	9
8. Dr Tho. Littel from 1689 To 1732	43
9. Mr Tho. Pyle from 1732 To 1755	23
10. Dr Charles Bagge from 1755 to 1791	36
11. Mr Stephen Allen from 1791 to 1847	56
12. Mr Robt. Hankinson from 1847 to 1850	3
13. Charles Nurse Wodehouse from 1850 to 1860	10
14. Edward Francis Edwards Hankinson from 1860 to 1866	6
15. Philip John Wodehouse from 1866 to 1871 Sept	5
16. John Durst from 1871 to 1882
17. Benjamin Dale from Oct 1882 to 1890 (died Dec 28 1890)
18. Edward George Adlington Winter from March 1891 to June 1899
19. Robert Gordon Roe M.A. R.D. from October 1899 to June 1909
20. John Cossham Vawdrey M.A. Surrogate
21. Jacob Blackbourne C.M.G. M.A. from 1923 to 1929
22. Maurice Hinton Knowles M.A. R.D. from 1929 to [blank]

Notes
6	Presumably Oliver is Oliver Cromwell.
8	There really are two ministers with this number.
11	From White's Directory of Norfolk 1845: "the Rev. Stephen Allen has been incumbent since 1791, and is now in his 90th year. [...] Being superannuated, his duty is performed by his grandson, the Rev. Stephen Allen, jun."
13	White's Directory of Norfolk 1854 shows: "Wodehouse, Rev. Chas. Nourse"