Appendix
A List of the Vicars of Pickering
The living itself, at the time of the Norman Conquest, came into the possession of the Crown, and remained at the king’s gift till Henry I. annexed it to the Deanery of York. It thus became one of the Dean’s peculiars, until in the last century his property was vested in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and the patronage transferred to the Archbishop.
| 1150 | Hugh | ||
| 13--? | Midelton, Thos de. | Resigned for the | |
| Church of Scalton | |||
| 1341 | Acaster, Hen de. | Dismissed | |
| 1349 | Queldriks, Robert de | ||
| Pokelington, Robert de. | Resigned for | ||
| the Church at Holtby | |||
| 1388 | Laytingby, Will de | ||
| 1568-1570 | Coleman, William | ||
| 1581-1600 | Owrome, William | ||
| 1602-1615 | Mylls or Milnes, Edward. | Deprived 1615 | |
| 1615-1659 | Bright, Edward. | Died 1659 | |
| 1661-1690 | Staveley, Robert. | Died 1690 | |
| 1691-1712 | Newton, Joshua, A.M. | Died 1712 | |
| 1713-1740 | Hargreaves, Robert. | Died 1740 | |
| 1740 | Hill, Samuel | ||
| 1745 | Dodsworth, George | ||
| 1764-1784 | Harding, Samuel. (Blind.) Died 1784 | ||
| 1784-1786 | Robinson, John | ||
| 1786-1804 | Harding, Samuel J. | Died 1804 | |
| 1804-1809 | Laye, W.T. | Died 1809 | |
| 1809-1814 | Graham, C.R. | ||
| 1814-1857 | Ponsonby, F. | ||
| 1858-1863 | Cockburn, G.A., M.A. | ||
| 1863-1875 | Bennett, Edward (Curate-in-charge) | ||
| 1875-1881 | Lightfoot, G.H. (Curate-in-charge) | ||
| 1881-1902 | ″ | ″ | (Vicar) |
| 1902 | Drage, E.W. |
“Here taketh the Makere of this Book his Leve.”
“Now preye I to hem alle that herkne this litel tretys or rede, that... if ther be any thyng that displese hem, I preye hem also that they arrette it to the defaute of myn unkonnynge, and not to my wyl, that wolde ful fayn have seyd bettre if I hadde had konnynge.”
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.