Manaccan
Date of Institution |
Rector |
Patron |
1258 / 9 |
Nicholas Bozun |
Lady Jane Brown |
1264 |
Robert de Stormy |
Lady Jane Brown |
Date of Collation |
Vicar |
Patron |
1277 |
David de Sancta Beriana |
Bishop of Exeter |
1308 / 9 |
William de Mongluthe |
Bishop of Exeter |
1338 / 9 |
William de Trenewithe |
Bishop of Exeter |
1351 |
John Whiry |
Bishop of Exeter |
? |
(a) John Nans |
Bishop of Exeter |
1395 |
(b) John Oppy |
The King in vacancy of See |
? |
William Kam |
Bishop of Exeter |
1425 |
John Perkyn |
Bishop of Exeter |
? |
Thomas Nycoll |
Bishop of Exeter |
1477 |
Richard William |
Bishop of Exeter |
1505 |
Bawdewin de Lens |
Bishop of Exeter |
1506 |
Lawrence Tregythyowe |
Bishop of Exeter |
1549 |
Thomas Corff |
Radulf Conch for this turn by grant of Bishop of Exeter |
1554 |
Robert James |
Bishop of Exeter |
1564 |
John (Bedo?) |
Bishop of Exeter |
1565 |
Thomas Eve (deprived) |
Bishop of Exeter |
1572 |
John Tristean |
Bishop of Exeter |
1573 |
Richard Martyn |
Bishop of Exeter |
1576 |
Nicholas Brode |
Bishop of Exeter |
1576 |
William Robbins BA |
Sir Nicholas Halsee, Kt., for this turn, by grant of Bishop |
1625 (not regd) |
John Periam |
Bishop of Exeter |
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(c) Philip Howell |
Bishop of Exeter |
1666 |
Edward Archer |
Bishop of Exeter |
1683 |
John Ashburne |
Bishop of Exeter |
1684 / 5 |
John Taylor |
Bishop of Exeter |
1714 |
John Vyvyan MA |
Bishop of Exeter |
1716 |
James Edwards MA |
Bishop of Exeter |
1730 |
Francis Carthew |
Bishop of Exeter |
1765 |
John Hosken MA |
Bishop of Exeter |
1778 |
John Peard BA |
Bishop of Exeter |
1794 |
(d) Richard Polwhele |
Bishop of Exeter |
1821 |
Henry Comyn, MA |
Bishop of Exeter |
1837 |
John Reveley Mitford, MA |
Bishop of Exeter |
1838 |
William Thomas, BA |
Bishop of Exeter |
1839 |
Edward Budge, BA |
Bishop of Exeter |
1846 |
Edward Griffiths, MA |
Bishop of Exeter |
1854 |
Thomas Hopkins Britton, MA |
Bishop of Exeter |
1856 |
Edward Seymour, MA |
Bishop of Exeter |
1865 |
William Houghton |
Bishop of Exeter |
1871 |
William Avery |
Bishop of Exeter |
1883 |
(e) William Henry Hodge |
Bishop of Truro |
1890 |
Alexandre Richard Eager, DD |
Bishop of Truro |
1903 |
(f) Edward Ormerod, MA |
Lord Chancellor |
1933 |
(g) William Percy Gilpin, MA |
Lord Chancellor |
1936 |
Charles George Kerslake, MA |
Lord Chancellor |
1945 |
Evan Thomas, BA |
Lord Chancellor |
1947 |
Herbert Henry Dixon, MA |
Lord Chancellor |
1966 |
George Francis Dow, A.L.C.D., Hon. C.F. |
Lord Chancellor |
1977 |
Owen Ronald Maxwell Blatchly |
Lord Chancellor |
1983 |
Trevor McCabe, BA Canon of Truro |
Lord Chancellor |
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(a) |
The collation of John Nans is not registered, but his name appears as vicar in a Deed dated the 18 August 1385, relating to the dedication of the Church of St Martin in Meneage |
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(b) |
John Oppy was also vicar of St Martin in Meneage, as were several succeeding Vicars of Manaccan. |
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(c) |
In 1653 the Living was vacant by sequestration; Philip Howell may have been priest-in-charge or possibly an intruder minister |
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(d) |
Richard Polwhele was a poet and historian of Devon and Cornwall |
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(e) |
The Cornish Bishopric was re-constituted in 1877, when Edward White Benson was consecrated its first Bishop. The foundation stone of the Cathedral was laid in 1880. The patronage of Manaccan was transferred to the Bishop of Truro. |
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In 1902 the Bishop and Lord Chancellor exchanged the patronage of the benefices of St Clement and Manaccan. |
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(g) |
The Rev. W. P. Gilpin was consecrated Suffragon Bishop of Kingston-upon-Thames in 1952 |
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