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Transcribed by Susan D. Young.

Chronological

DATE	SURNAME	GIVEN NAME
1358	Lightfoot	Richard
1367	Perkin	William
1447	Reede	John
1489	Godwyn	Bartholomew
1505	Claringbold	William
1512-14	Uden	Thomas
1515	Goldworth	William
1532-37	Red	William
(Henry	Inmyth	Edmund
VIII)	Kenet	William
1539-40	Baker	William
1539-40	Hunt	Thomas
1540-45	Wollett	Ralph
1540-45	Monynges	John
1540-45	Inmyth	Edmund
1540-45	Red	William
1540-45	Hunt	Thomas
1547	Lambard	John
1548	Baker	William
1549	Read	William
1550	Read	William
1551	Sandfield	George
1552	Bacar	Thomas
1553	Bacar	John
1554	Bacar	John
1555	Jenkin	William
1556	Read	William
1557	Read	William
1558	Read	William
1559	Godden	Bartholomew
1560	Jacob	William
1561	Baker	Thomas
1562	Kennett	Henry
1563	Kennett	William
1564	Holliday	Robert
1565	Holliday	Robert
1566	Wood	Thomas
1567	Ryland	William
1568	Read	William
1569	Wood	Thomas
1570	Read	Richard
1571	Holliday	Robert
1572	Holliday	Robert
1573	Holliday	Robert
1574	Kennett	William
1575	Godden	Bartholomew
1576	Kennett	Henry
1577	Holliday	Robert
1578	Holliday	Robert
1579	Ward	John
1580	Jenkin	William
1581	Ward	John
1582	Pyx	Michael
1583	Ward	John
1584	Read	William
1585	Jenkin	William
1586	Harvey	Thomas
1587	Baker	Thomas
1588	Jenkin	William
1589	Jenkin	William
1590	Kennett	William
1591	Kennett	William
1592	Kennett	William
1593	Philpot	Henry
1594	Philpot	Henry
1595	Philpot	Henry
1596	Read	William
1597	Fowl	Ingram
1598	Jenkin	William
1599	Harvey	Thomas
1600	Jenkin	William
1601	Harvey	Thomas
1602	Kennett	John
1603	Jenkin	William
1604	Kennett	Richard
1605	Philpot	Thomas
1606	Jenkin	William
1607	Kennett	John
1608	Jenkin	William, Jr.
1609	Philpot	Thomas
1610	Jenkin	William
1611	Harvey	Thomas
1612	Kennett	Thomas
1613	Jenkin	Robert
1614	Jenkin	Robert
1615	Baker	Thomas
1616	Kennett	Richard
1617	Pemble	Nicholas
1618	Jenkin	Robert
1619	Philpot	Thomas
1620	Philpot	Thomas
1621	Philpot	Thomas
1622	Bennett	Richard
1623	Philpot	Thomas
1624	Jenkin	Robert
1624	Philpot	Thomas
1625	Tiddiway	Thomas
1626	Hogben	William
1627	Kennett	Richard
1628	Inmith	Thomas
1629	Kennett	Henry
1630	Kennett	Henry
1631	Inmith	Thomas
1632	Inmith	Thomas
1633	Stiles	James
1634	Master	Benjamin
1635	Stiles	James
1636	Godden	Daniel
1637	Stiles	James
1638	Culverden (or Cruttenden)	Robert
1639	Master	Benjamin
1640	Master	Benjamin
1641	Inmith	Thomas
1642	Stiles	James
1643	Inmith	Thomas
1644	Chapman	Stephen
1645	Master	William
1646	Stiles	James
1647	Inmith	Thomas
1648	Chapman	Stephen
1649	Master	William
1649	Jenkin	Henry
1650-51	Jenkin	Henry
1652	Inmith	Thomas
1653	Jenkin	Henry
1654	Inmith	Thomas
1655	Medgett	John
1656	Minter	Israel
1657	Medgett	John
1658	Nankelyn	Edward
1659	Inmith	John
1660	Chapman	Stephen
1661	Jenkin	William
1662	Jenkin	William
1663	Pragell	John
1664	Jenkin	William
1665	Franklyn	Edward
1666	Pragell	Clement
1667-68	Jacob	Miles
1668-69	Fagg	Thomas
1669-70	Pragell	John
1670-71	Francklin	Edward
1671-75	Jenkin	William
1675-76	Jacob	Miles
1676	Pragell	John
1676-78	Francklin	Edward
1678-79	Jacob	Miles
1679-81	Jenkin	William
1681-83	Francklin	Edward
1683-84	Fagge	Thomas
1684-85	Jacob	Miles
1685-86	Jenkin	Thomas
1686-87	Masters	Benjamin
1687-88	Jenkin	William
1688-89	Fagge	Thomas
1689-90	Jacob	Miles
1690-91	Hammond	Robert
1691-92	Ladd	Gibbon
1692-94	Nichols (or Nickalls)	Thomas
1694-96	Jordan	John
1696-98	Ladd	Gibbon
1698-99	Fagge	Thomas
1699-01	Hammond	Robert
1701-02	Nichols	Thomas
1702-04	Jordan	John
1704-05	Ruck	Adam
1705-07	Watson	John
1707-08	Everenden	Thomas
1708-09	Ladd	Gibbon
1709-11	Bax	John
1711-12	Jordan	John
1712-14	Watson	John
1714-15	Jordan	John
1715-17	Wraight	Jacob
1723-25	Watson	Henry
1725-26	Jordan	John
1726-27	Jordan	John, Jr.
1727-29	Hammond	Edward
1729-30	Fearne	John
1730-31	Minter	Michael
1731-32	Fearne	John
1732-36	Jordan	John, Jr.
1736-38	Baker	Thomas
1738-39	Wraight	Jacob
1739-46	Watson	John, Jr.
1746-47	Watson	John, Sr.
1747-49	Baker	Thomas
1749-54	Jordan	John
1754-46	Watson	John
1756-59	Jordan	John
1759-61	Baker	Thomas
1761-69	Hague	John
1769-72	Baker	William
1772-74	Marsh	Steven
1774-76	Hague	John
1776-82	Farley	Thomas
1782-84	Harvey	John
1784-85	Rolfe	Thomas
1785-87	Minter	John
1787-89	Minter	Michael
1789-91	Farley	Thomas
1791-94	Baker	Thomas
1794-95	Castle	John
1795-96	Knight	William
1796-97	Baker	Thomas
1797-98	Sladen	Joseph
1798-00	Baker	Thomas
1800-01	Minter	John
1801-02	Knight	William
1802-03	Castle	John
1803-04	Sladen	Joseph
1809-10	Bateman	John
1810-11	Major	James
1811-12	Castle	John
1812-13	Baker	Thomas
1813-14	Major	James
1814-15	Butcher	Henry
1815-16	Baker	Thomas
1816-17	Butcher	Henry
1817-18	Baker	Thomas S.
1818-19	Hart	Richard
1819-20	Bateman	John
1820-21	Butcher	Henry
1821-22	Baker	Thomas S.
1822-23	Hart	Richard
1823-24	Major	James
1824-25	Bateman	John
1825-26	Hobday	Richard
1826-27	Major	James
1827-28	Hobday	Richard
1826-27	Minter	John
1829-30	Hart	Richard
1830-31	Bateman	John
1831-32	Hobday	Richard
1832-34	Bateman	John
1834-35	Major	James
1836	Bateman	John
1836-37	Major	James
1837-38	Bateman	John
1838-39	Sherren	William
1841-42	Bateman	John
1842-44	Major	David
1844-45	Bateman	John
1845-47	Sherren	William
1847-49	Golden	Charles
1849-50	Major	David
1850-51	Hart	Richard
1851-52	Smith	William
1852-54	Kelcey	William
1854-55	Mackie	Samuel
1855-56	Tolputt	James
1856-58	Boarer	Robert William
1858-60	Kennicott	Gilbert
1860-61	Wightwick	William
1861-62	Boarer	Robert William
1862-63	Kelcey	James
1863-66	Doridant	Charles
1866-68	Gambrill	John
1868-69	Doridant	Charles
1869-71	Caister	Thomas
1871-73	Hoad	John
1873-75	Wightwick	William
1875-77	Sherwood	John
1877-78	Fitness	John
1878-79	Banks	John
1879-80	Holden	John
1880-81	Tolputt	John Bennett
1881-82	Coules	Francis
1882-83	Sherwood	John
1883-84	Tolputt	John Bennett
1884-85	Poole	Henry W.
1885-86	Banks	John
1886-87	Sherwood	John
1887-88	Pledge	James
1888-89	Penfold	Stephen
1889-90	Holden	John
1890-91	Spurgen	George
1896-97	Banks	John
1897-98	Penfold	Stephen
1898-99	Salter	William
1899-1900	Carpenter	W.C.
1900-01	Baker	Daniel
1901-02	The	Earl of Radnor
1902-03	Hall	Frederic
1908-09	Pepper	Albert Edward
1909-10	Young	Walter C.
1910-11	Bishop	Edward J.
1911-12	Penfold	Stephen
1912-13	Mumford	Charles E.
1913-15	Penfold	Stephen
1915-19	Penfold	Sir Stephen
1919-22	Wood	Reginald G.
1922-26	Bishop	Edward J.
1926-28	Wood	Reginald G.
1928-30	Castle	Albert
1930-33	Stainer	John W.
1933-35	Castle	Albert
1935-36	White	Richard
1936-38	Castle	Albert
1938-41	Gurr	George A. (killed by enemy action on 29th May 1941)
1941	Clark	Joseph S. (term began in June)
1941-45	Castle	Albert
1945-46	Hollands	William
1946-47	Hughes	Howard
1947-49	Bridgland	Ernest P.
1949-50	Lister	Charles E.
1950-51	Rule	William J.
1951-54	Moncrieff	John F.
1954-55	Neate	Charles E.
1955-56	Franks	Thomas I. E.
1956-57	Bradley	William J.
1957-58	Fowler	Leopold V.
1958-59	Brown	David H.
1959-60	Harris	Wilfred M.
1960-61	Archer	Frederick W.
1961-62	Aldridge	Leonard C.
1962-63	Lawrence	Wilfred
1963-64	Moody	Diana H.
1964-65	Johnson	Herbert J. V.
1965-66	Harris	Wilfred M.
1966-67	Lamb	Edward A.
1967-68	Setterfield	David J.
1968-69	Banfield	John D.
1969-70	Ellender	Cecil A.
1970-72	Jacques	John M.
1972-74	Harris	Wilfred M.

Alphabetical

DATE	SURNAME	GIVEN NAME
1961-62	Aldridge	Leonard C.
1960-61	Archer	Frederick W.
1552	Bacar	Thomas
1553	Bacar	John
1554	Bacar	John
1561	Baker	Thomas
1548	Baker	William
1587	Baker	Thomas
1615	Baker	Thomas
1539-40	Baker	William
1736-38	Baker	Thomas
1747-49	Baker	Thomas
1759-61	Baker	Thomas
1769-72	Baker	William
1791-94	Baker	Thomas
1796-97	Baker	Thomas
1798-00	Baker	Thomas
1812-13	Baker	Thomas
1815-16	Baker	Thomas
1817-18	Baker	Thomas S.
1821-22	Baker	Thomas S.
1900-01	Baker	Daniel
1968-69	Banfield	John D.
1878-79	Banks	John
1885-86	Banks	John
1896-97	Banks	John
1836	Bateman	John
1809-10	Bateman	John
1819-20	Bateman	John
1824-25	Bateman	John
1830-31	Bateman	John
1832-34	Bateman	John
1837-38	Bateman	John
1841-42	Bateman	John
1844-45	Bateman	John
1709-11	Bax	John
1622	Bennett	Richard
1910-11	Bishop	Edward J.
1922-26	Bishop	Edward J.
1856-58	Boarer	Robert William
1861-62	Boarer	Robert William
1956-57	Bradley	William J.
1947-49	Bridgland	Ernest P.
1958-59	Brown	David H.
1814-15	Butcher	Henry
1816-17	Butcher	Henry
1820-21	Butcher	Henry
1869-71	Caister	Thomas
1899-1900	Carpenter	W.C.
1794-95	Castle	John
1802-03	Castle	John
1811-12	Castle	John
1928-30	Castle	Albert
1933-35	Castle	Albert
1936-38	Castle	Albert
1941-45	Castle	Albert
1644	Chapman	Stephen
1648	Chapman	Stephen
1660	Chapman	Stephen
1505	Claringbold	William
1941	Clark	Joseph S. (term began in June)
1881-82	Coules	Francis
1638	Culverden (or Cruttenden)	Robert
1863-66	Doridant	Charles
1868-69	Doridant	Charles
1969-70	Ellender	Cecil A.
1707-08	Everenden	Thomas
1668-69	Fagg	Thomas
1683-84	Fagge	Thomas
1688-89	Fagge	Thomas
1698-99	Fagge	Thomas
1776-82	Farley	Thomas
1789-91	Farley	Thomas
1729-30	Fearne	John
1731-32	Fearne	John
1877-78	Fitness	John
1597	Fowl	Ingram
1957-58	Fowler	Leopold V.
1670-71	Francklin	Edward
1676-78	Francklin	Edward
1681-83	Francklin	Edward
1665	Franklyn	Edward
1955-56	Franks	Thomas I. E.
1866-68	Gambrill	John
1559	Godden	Bartholomew
1575	Godden	Bartholomew
1636	Godden	Daniel
1489	Godwyn	Bartholomew
1847-49	Golden	Charles
1515	Goldworth	William
1938-41	Gurr	George A. (killed by enemy action on 29th May 1941)
1761-69	Hague	John
1774-76	Hague	John
1902-03	Hall	Frederic
1690-91	Hammond	Robert
1699-01	Hammond	Robert
1727-29	Hammond	Edward
1959-60	Harris	Wilfred M.
1965-66	Harris	Wilfred M.
1972-74	Harris	Wilfred M.
1818-19	Hart	Richard
1822-23	Hart	Richard
1829-30	Hart	Richard
1850-51	Hart	Richard
1586	Harvey	Thomas
1599	Harvey	Thomas
1601	Harvey	Thomas
1611	Harvey	Thomas
1782-84	Harvey	John
1871-73	Hoad	John
1825-26	Hobday	Richard
1827-28	Hobday	Richard
1831-32	Hobday	Richard
1626	Hogben	William
1879-80	Holden	John
1889-90	Holden	John
1945-46	Hollands	William
1564	Holliday	Robert
1565	Holliday	Robert
1571	Holliday	Robert
1572	Holliday	Robert
1573	Holliday	Robert
1577	Holliday	Robert
1578	Holliday	Robert
1946-47	Hughes	Howard
1539-40	Hunt	Thomas
1540-45	Hunt	Thomas
1628	Inmith	Thomas
1631	Inmith	Thomas
1632	Inmith	Thomas
1641	Inmith	Thomas
1643	Inmith	Thomas
1647	Inmith	Thomas
1652	Inmith	Thomas
1654	Inmith	Thomas
1659	Inmith	John
(Henry	Inmyth	Edmund
1540-45	Inmyth	Edmund
1560	Jacob	William
1667-68	Jacob	Miles
1675-76	Jacob	Miles
1678-79	Jacob	Miles
1684-85	Jacob	Miles
1689-90	Jacob	Miles
1970-72	Jacques	John M.
1555	Jenkin	William
1580	Jenkin	William
1585	Jenkin	William
1588	Jenkin	William
1589	Jenkin	William
1598	Jenkin	William
1600	Jenkin	William
1603	Jenkin	William
1606	Jenkin	William
1608	Jenkin	William, Jr.
1610	Jenkin	William
1613	Jenkin	Robert
1614	Jenkin	Robert
1618	Jenkin	Robert
1624	Jenkin	Robert
1649	Jenkin	Henry
1653	Jenkin	Henry
1661	Jenkin	William
1662	Jenkin	William
1664	Jenkin	William
1650-51	Jenkin	Henry
1671-75	Jenkin	William
1679-81	Jenkin	William
1685-86	Jenkin	Thomas
1687-88	Jenkin	William
1964-65	Johnson	Herbert J. V.
1694-96	Jordan	John
1702-04	Jordan	John
1711-12	Jordan	John
1714-15	Jordan	John
1725-26	Jordan	John
1726-27	Jordan	John, Jr.
1732-36	Jordan	John, Jr.
1749-54	Jordan	John
1756-59	Jordan	John
1852-54	Kelcey	William
1862-63	Kelcey	James
VIII)	Kenet	William
1562	Kennett	Henry
1563	Kennett	William
1574	Kennett	William
1576	Kennett	Henry
1590	Kennett	William
1591	Kennett	William
1592	Kennett	William
1602	Kennett	John
1604	Kennett	Richard
1607	Kennett	John
1612	Kennett	Thomas
1616	Kennett	Richard
1627	Kennett	Richard
1629	Kennett	Henry
1630	Kennett	Henry
1858-60	Kennicott	Gilbert
1795-96	Knight	William
1801-02	Knight	William
1691-92	Ladd	Gibbon
1696-98	Ladd	Gibbon
1708-09	Ladd	Gibbon
1966-67	Lamb	Edward A.
1547	Lambard	John
1962-63	Lawrence	Wilfred
1358	Lightfoot	Richard
1949-50	Lister	Charles E.
1854-55	Mackie	Samuel
1810-11	Major	James
1813-14	Major	James
1823-24	Major	James
1826-27	Major	James
1834-35	Major	James
1836-37	Major	James
1842-44	Major	David
1849-50	Major	David
1772-74	Marsh	Steven
1634	Master	Benjamin
1639	Master	Benjamin
1640	Master	Benjamin
1645	Master	William
1649	Master	William
1686-87	Masters	Benjamin
1655	Medgett	John
1657	Medgett	John
1656	Minter	Israel
1730-31	Minter	Michael
1785-87	Minter	John
1787-89	Minter	Michael
1800-01	Minter	John
1826-27	Minter	John
1951-54	Moncrieff	John F.
1540-45	Monynges	John
1963-64	Moody	Diana H.
1912-13	Mumford	Charles E.
1658	Nankelyn	Edward
1954-55	Neate	Charles E.
1692-94	Nichols (or Nickalls)	Thomas
1701-02	Nichols	Thomas
1617	Pemble	Nicholas
1888-89	Penfold	Stephen
1897-98	Penfold	Stephen
1911-12	Penfold	Stephen
1913-15	Penfold	Stephen
1915-19	Penfold	Sir Stephen
1908-09	Pepper	Albert Edward
1367	Perkin	William
1593	Philpot	Henry
1594	Philpot	Henry
1595	Philpot	Henry
1605	Philpot	Thomas
1609	Philpot	Thomas
1619	Philpot	Thomas
1620	Philpot	Thomas
1621	Philpot	Thomas
1623	Philpot	Thomas
1624	Philpot	Thomas
1887-88	Pledge	James
1884-85	Poole	Henry W.
1663	Pragell	John
1666	Pragell	Clement
1676	Pragell	John
1669-70	Pragell	John
1582	Pyx	Michael
1549	Read	William
1550	Read	William
1556	Read	William
1557	Read	William
1558	Read	William
1568	Read	William
1570	Read	Richard
1584	Read	William
1596	Read	William
1532-37	Red	William
1540-45	Red	William
1447	Reede	John
1784-85	Rolfe	Thomas
1704-05	Ruck	Adam
1950-51	Rule	William J.
1567	Ryland	William
1898-99	Salter	William
1551	Sandfield	George
1967-68	Setterfield	David J.
1838-39	Sherren	William
1845-47	Sherren	William
1875-77	Sherwood	John
1882-83	Sherwood	John
1886-87	Sherwood	John
1797-98	Sladen	Joseph
1803-04	Sladen	Joseph
1851-52	Smith	William
1890-91	Spurgen	George
1930-33	Stainer	John W.
1633	Stiles	James
1635	Stiles	James
1637	Stiles	James
1642	Stiles	James
1646	Stiles	James
1901-02	The	Earl of Radnor
1625	Tiddiway	Thomas
1855-56	Tolputt	James
1880-81	Tolputt	John Bennett
1883-84	Tolputt	John Bennett
1512-14	Uden	Thomas
1579	Ward	John
1581	Ward	John
1583	Ward	John
1705-07	Watson	John
1712-14	Watson	John
1723-25	Watson	Henry
1739-46	Watson	John, Jr.
1746-47	Watson	John, Sr.
1754-46	Watson	John
1935-36	White	Richard
1860-61	Wightwick	William
1873-75	Wightwick	William
1540-45	Wollett	Ralph
1566	Wood	Thomas
1569	Wood	Thomas
1919-22	Wood	Reginald G.
1926-28	Wood	Reginald G.
1715-17	Wraight	Jacob
1738-39	Wraight	Jacob
1909-10	Young	Walter C.


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