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Rectors

Rectors 2015

From the 12th century Havant was an Episcopal Peculiar, the Archdeacon having no rights of visitation or induction.  The bishop would appoint to the living, and issue a mandate to one of the neighbouring incumbents to induct.  Peculiars, other than certain Royal Peculiars, were abolished in the early 19th century.  In medieval times Havant was one of the best endowed rectories in the gift of the Bishop of Winchester.  Such benefices were usually filled by those in diocesan administration, the pastoral work in the parish being largely left to assistant curates.

The Rectors of Havant include many distinguished names. Diocesan Registers prior to 1282 have been lost and the first recorded name is OTTO DE CHAUVENT.

A list of the Rectors displayed on the plaque and brief details where known are shown below:

1289 OTTO DE CHAUVENT – a Frenchman appointed by  Henry III and became Bishop of Lausanne

1321 NICHOLAS DE FIGHINO

1326 JOHN DE FLETE

1327 BINDUS DE BANDINELUS

1345 WILLIAM DE BURES

         ROBERT DE KYLLUM

1346 GALFOID DE KYLLUM

1355 JOHN DE BURTON

1356 JOHN NOYON

1390 THOMAS CRANLEIGH – first Warden of Winchester.  Later Archbishop of Dublin       

1396 THOMAS AYLWARD – secretary and executor to Bishop William of Wykeham.  There is a brass to his memory in the Chancel

1413 THOMAS MARCHAL

1457 JOHN PLENTY

1459 ROGER BRODE

1463 ROBERT PEVESEY CANYNGE

1475 JOHN DOGER (DOGGET) – was among the first boys educated at Eton, and became Provost of King’s College, Cambridge.  He left a small legacy to Havant

        WILLIAM DAVEY

1522 OLIVER CORRY

1527 NICHOLAS HARPESFELD

1548 LEONARD BYLSEY

1567 HENRY COTTON – son of Sir Richard Cotton, of Warblington Castle, later became Bishop of Salisbury

1599 ARTHUR LAKE – one of the most distinguished theologians of his time, who became Bishop of Bath and Wells

1601 ROBERT PISTER

1627 FRANCIS RINGSTEED

1649 JOHN BELCHAMBER

1661 JOHN BELCHAMBER     

1670 JOHN READE

1668 WILLIAM BROWNE

1671 GEORGE HOOPER – became Bishop of Bath and Wells

1672 JOHN LARDNER

1699 PETER EDGE

1702 ALEXANDER FORBES

1712 JOSEPH BINGHAM

1723 RALPH BADDELEY

1727 RICHARD BINGHAM

1765 JOHN MICHELL – became Rector of Thornhill, near Dewsbury

1767 EDWARD MORRIS

1776 DAVID RENAUD

1807 WILLIAM HAMISON

1809 CHARLES AUGUSTUS NORTH

1825 GEORGE ROBERT MOUNTAIN – helped in the foundation of the Church Schools.  The plaque at the base of the font refers to the Reverend George Mountain and says:

The Font placed in this church in the year of our Lord MDCCCXLVII and dedicated to the service of Almighty God was erected by a contribution of the inhabitants of this parish as a memorial of their affection, esteem and veneration for the Reverend George Robert Mountain Rector of Havant who having for a period of XX years with zeal and with kindness and untiring diligence ministered to the temporal and spiritual necessities of those committed to his pastoral charge died on the XXV day of June AD MDCCCXLVI in the fifty-seventh year of his age.

1846 THOMAS GOODWIN HATCHARD – became Bishop of Mauritius

1857 FRANCIS PAYNE SEYMOUR

1870 HENRY ARNOLD OLIVIER – arranged for the restoration of the church

1874 WILLIAM RENAUD

1892 SAMUEL GILBERT SCOTT

1916 ARTHUR GEORGE MUSGRAVE – just one year as Rector.  Died, aged 48, from contracting a fatal illness while carrying out his military hospital visiting duties

1917 HAROLD NICKINSON RODGERS – became Archdeacon of Portsmouth and was responsible for much of the administration in the early years of the Portsmouth Diocese – became Bishop of Sherborne

1937 BASIL ASTON DSO – awarded for conspicuous gallantry during operations in World War One – became Prebendary of Salisbury

1943 PHILIP HOWARD DUKE-BAKER – became Rector of Botley

1963 RALPH HARRY BASSETT – became Vicar of Hambledon

Researched by Mr AR Hawkins & Mr LR Wi

Additional researching by Ann Griffiths

1969 DEREK FREDERICK BROWN

2001 DAVID AUSTEN GIBBONS – became Rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church,, Barrington Hills, Illinois, USA

2009 PETER ANTHONY WATSON JONES – became a House for Duty Priest at All Saints, Pavement, York  on 10 April 2014.

2015 THOMAS PHILIP KENNAR

Rector & Bishop

Tom with the Bishop of Portsmouth, the Rt. Revd Christopher Foster at his installation as Rector on 15 February 2015