Pocklington Vicars

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Pocklington Vicars

The dates are from a plaque on display in the Church. The notes are from the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Volume 14, Page 85 by Alex. D.H. Leadman.

Year	Vicar	Notes
1349	Robert de Kernetby	Robert de Kernetby, capellanus, collated 21 October, 1349, by the Dean of York who always presented.
1356	Reginald de Senior	Reginald de Senier, capellanus, collated 17 April 1356 on the resignation of Kernetby. He resigned on being appointed to Chantry of Hamelton.
1364	Stephen de Bubwith	Stephen de Bubwith, capellanus, collated 22 April 1364 and resigned in six months for the vicarage of Bubwith.
1364	Adam de Esyngton	Adam de Esyngton, collated 31 October 1364. He resigned.
	John Stale	John Stale, collated ... He resigned for the vicarage of Burnby.
1382	Robert de Pocklington	Robert de Pokelington collated 27 June 1382. Resigned for vicarage of Addingham.
	Robert de Hewitt	Robert de Hewitt, collated ... He resigned . . .
1418	Richard de Cleuyng' (or Richard de Clenyng'), the vicar of the church of Pokelyngton', and John Lathome, chaplain	Reference in Feet of Fines: CP 25/1/280/154, number 4.
1451	Richard Yotton	Richard Yotton, presbyter, occurs in 1451—53. Richard Yotton vicar de Poklington is an executor under the Will of Alicia Burgh, pr. Nov. 20, 1453. Test. Ebor. vol. ij. p. Ib7. Again William Felter, Dean of York in his Will pr. April 10.1451 —leaves "Domino hicardo Yotton cs." Ibid., vol. iij., pp. 115-17.
...	Unknown	" Item, I bequeith to the vicar of Poklington my gowne, ye lyeith at Thornton, and one snod of damaske."— Will of Thomas Forne, Sub-treasurer of York Minster, pr. 12 Nov. 1533 Ibid, vol. v. pp. 177-79).
1541	Franciscus Parkar	Franciscus Parkar, clericus, collated 27 May 1541. He resigned.
1549	Alexander Smith	Alexander Smith, collated . . . 1549. Died here and was buried 19 January 1603.
1603	John Dobson	John Dobson, collated 19 January 1603. Buried 11 January 1619.
1619	Richard Elcock	Richard Elcock collated January 1619. He was both vicar and Master of Pocklington Grammar School, resigning in March 1622.
1622	Leonard Moyser	Leonard Moyser inducted 25 March 1622. Buried 29 February 1624.
1624	James Sotheby	James Sotheby collated March 1624. He also was vicar and schoolmaster. Buried 12 August 1630.
1630	Francis Bland	Francis Blande collated August 1630. He appears to have resigned.
1641	James Hudson	James Hudson inducted May 1641. Buried 2 August 1673. Vicar Hudson must have been a pronounced Royalist. It was in his day where the entry occurs in the Registers 1644 " Bellum." In 1649, Sept. 26, Recognisances for the appearance at the azzizes of Marmaduke Richardson of Pocklington, clerk, for " praying publickly before his sermon in the parish church of Pocklington for Charles II., Kinge of Scotland and heire apparent to this realme." Depositions from York Castle, p. 24. Surtees Soc Mr. Richardson had to find sureties for his good behaviour. Humphrey Sydenham is said to have held this vicarage for a few years during the Commonwealth along with the rectory of Ashbrittle in Somerset, but was ejected from both as he was a staunch Royalist. He died 1650 and was buried at Dulverton, also in Somerset. He was succeeded by a Puritan Minister, named Mayne, a man of inferior talents.
1673	John Moor
1707	Joseph Lowe	Joseph Lowe. M.A. inducted 18 October 1707. He resigned.
1722	Thomas Lovett	John Moor B.A. clericus. collated August 1673. Buried 14 July 1707.
1779	Anthony Fountayne	Anthony Fountayne collated December 1776. He resigned.
1779	A F Eyre	A. F. Eyre occurs as vicar in 1779, with T. Wilcock as his curate.
1794	John Coultred	John Coultred collated 11 May 1794. He resigned.
1796	Charles Wolf	Charles Wolf collated 27 March 1796 and afterwards assumed the name of Eyre in addition. He resigned.
1832	Charles Hawkins	Charles Hawkins B.C.L. inducted 30 March 1832. He resigned.
1834	George Alexander Cockburn	George Alexander Cockburn M.A. inducted 9 October 1834. Resigned 1843.
1840	James Francis Ellis	James Francis Ellis . . . 1840. Died 1876.
1876	John Henry Wicksteed	John Henry Wicksteed M.A. Oxon inducted May 1876, resigned 24 September 1893 for vicarage of Bexley, diocese of Canterbury.
1893	John Mason	John Mason M.A Cantab., collated November 1883 instituted 9 January 1894 by the Archbishop of York in person. Inducted 13, and read himself in on 14 January.
1898	George Herbert Stock
1908	Arthur Thomas Fisher
1921	Jan McNaughton Smith
1933	Ernest Albert Page
1941	Ernest Aldington Hunt
1943	Frederick Richardson
1960	Graham Christie
1982	James Woodhouse
1990	R.Hugh Keble Prosser
2002	Christopher J. Simmons
Nov. 2009	Geoffrey Hollingsworth	Reverend Geoff Hollingsworth and his wife Marilyn pictured at Hook Church. Previously Vicar of Airmyn, Hook and Rawcliffe (Sheffield). Picture: Tony Saxton, Goole Courier.

There was a Chantry in the Church of Pocklington, at the Altar of St. Mary the Virgin, founded 1302. Only two chantry priests are recorded, Sir William Brown, who died, and 27 November 1545 Sir William Mudy or Moodie who was the last, as chantry priests were abolished in 1547. He died 2 January 1548. (See Testamentary Burials.)

A Guild was founded in this church 1514 by Archdeacon Dowman.