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Vicars of Holy Trinity Church |
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Hanging on the walls in the bell tower are two boards detailing all the vicars.
| Walter de Warnecamp |
1250 |
| William de Staines |
1279 |
| Walter |
1306 |
| William Springham |
1332 |
| Robert Longe |
1349 |
| William de Chyntynge |
1349 |
| John |
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| William de Northwolde |
1366 |
| John Forester |
1388 |
| John Stoke |
1393 |
| John Stoughton |
1400 |
| Sir Richard Peere |
1400 |
| Thomas Seward |
1402 |
| William Malpas |
1406 |
| John Porter |
1410 |
| Robert Browne |
1412 |
| John Schyreborne |
1415 |
| John de Spurston |
1416 |
| Richard Lynde |
1417 |
| Thomas Watton |
1417 |
| Thomas Symond |
1430 |
| John Fitzroberd |
1431 |
| John Tewksbury |
1458 |
| John Bullock |
1472 |
| Gerard Burrell |
1483 |
| Ninian Burrell |
1508 |
| John Savage |
1536 |
| Hugh Mellers |
1560 |
| Edmund Curteis |
1570 |
| Alexander Southwick |
1581 |
| John Waterhouse |
1581 |
| Thomas Wilsham |
1607 |
| Roger Andrews |
1609 |
| Thomas Vicars |
1622 |
| James Marsh |
1638 |
| Samuel Greenhill |
1643 |
| James Herring |
1666 |
| Tobias Henshaw |
1672 |
| William Snatt |
1681 |
| Robert Middleton |
1690 |
| Daniel Walter |
1713 |
| Charles Ashburnham |
1761 |
| Joseph Frances Fearon |
1801 |
| Canon Henry Plimley |
1817 |
| Thomas Astley Maberley |
1841 |
| Canon Francis John Mount |
1877 |
| Canon James Hughes Cooper |
1888 |
| Canon Robert Fisher |
1909 |
| Canon Charles William Goodall Wilson |
1915 |
| William Hilton Wright |
1936 |
| Harry Francis Christopher Kempe |
1941 |
| Joseph Oliver Smart |
1957 |
| Henry Charles Naylor Lawson |
1964 |
| John D C Fisher |
1967 |
| Eric H A Haden |
1978 |
| Nicholas Guy Wetherall |
1992 |
The inscription on the board states:
This Church founded by William 2nd Earl of Warrene, Surrey, 1090. It was served by the clergy of the Priory
at Lewes until 1250 when S. Richard, Bishop of Chichester, erected this Vicarage, and appointed as the first Vicar
his own Chaplain.
Charles Ashburnham was also vicar of Cowfold and was the brother of Sir William Ashburnham,
Bishop of Chichester. He began rebuilding the new vicarage in 1780.
Hugh Mellers was instituted vicar upon the death of John Savage. His name appears
in Bishop Barlow's visitation in 1564. He was vicar for 10 years.
John Savage was vicar throughout the changes from Catholicism to Protestantism.
In 1538 Henry VII gave the revenue of Lewes Priory, including the tithes from Cuckfield, to Thomas
Cromwell. After Cromwell's execution these passed to Anne of Cleves. Savage remained vicar throughout
the reigns of Edward VI and Queen Mary. He was mentioned in the deeds of the Grammar School and in the Bishop's
visitations at "Cowkfeld" in 1554, 1555 and 1556.
Walter was also Custos of the Hospital of St Edmund at Wyndham, a home for sick clergy.
The first vicar Walter de Warnecamp was appointed by deed. He was instituted
to the parish of Cheam in 1279, where he stayed until he died in 1279.
John Waterhouse was vicar for 25years and was held in high esteem. He provided a musket
in defence of the realm as a result of the threat of the Spanish invasion. The records of the Court of the
Archdeacon in Lewes show that in 1605 he was charged with "not wearing the surplice nor using the cross in baptism".
Thomas Astley Maberley was born in Powis Place, London on Dec.12th 1810 the eldest of the five children of Joseph and Henrietta née Serle. in 1841 he took up the living as Vicar of Cuckfield, Sussex which he held until his death on Apr 18th 1877.
He was buried in the churchyard at Cuckfield. His widow continued to live in Mytten House their Cuckfield home until her own death in 1892. They had five children
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