Vicars and Incumbants of All Saints Church Merriott
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Definitions:
VICAR – incumbent in receipt of small tithes only.
RECTOR- Incumbent who received all or part of the great tithes, that is one tenth of all crops grown in the parish; also sometimes received small tithes.
For instance, Merriott had a Vicar, while nearby Hinton St George had a Rector. Barb Dembinski has taken a photo of the list of Vicars on the wall inside the All Saints Church. [Thanks Barb!!] Here is the transcription and picture:
** Note: Correspondent Nick Crabb was at school in Merriott in the late seventies and suggests John King must have become Vicar in 1978 or maybe even 1977. Can anyone verify a correct date? Thanks.
The following details are taken from the Parish Registers.
| DATES | VICAR | NOTES |
| Jan 1813- May 1822 | Joseph H Price | Vicar |
| 1822- 1826; once in 1827 | Thomas Price | Vicar |
| Sept 1832 – Jan 1855 | Joseph Cross | Usually wrote date of birth/death in margin of baptismal/ burial entries. Himself buried 4 Aug 1855 at All Saints [PC Pratt, Off. Min] |
| Feb 1856 -Oct 1877 | J. Higgon-Evans | Vicar. Born in South Wales. |
| Oct 1883-Jun 1887 | Donald Mackam Claxton | Vicar. Buried at All Saints on 18 Aug 1887 aged 45. |
| Dec 1887- Apr 1836 | Stanley Edward Percival | Vicar. Died 2 Feb 1947 at Woking; buried at All Saints, Merriott on 8 Feb 1947. |
| Oct 1936- Apr 1947 | William H Elwin | Vicar. |
| Oct 1847 – | William F W Aux | Vicar. |
Vicars mentioned in the Merriott censuses:
| YEAR | REF | ABODE | NAME, AGE, (etc), OCCUPATION, WHERE BORN (N= Not Born Somerset; Y= Born Somerset)) |
| 1841 | 28 | Vicarage House | Cross Joseph 45 Clergyman Y Cross Ann 40 N Boycell? Mary 25 F Female Servant N Hadley Charles 35 M Ind N |
| 1851 | 343 105 | Higher St | Cross Joseph Head M 57 M Vicar of Merriott Som, Bristol Caroline M Wife M 37 F Wife of Vicar Som, Fivehead Francis R Son 3 M Som, Merriott Joseph I Son 2 M Som, Merriott Unnamed Son under 1 mo M Som, Merriott |
| 1861 | 57 112 | Vicarage Church | Evans James Higgon Head U 38 M Vicar of Merriott South Wales Driver Jessie Serv U 45 F House Servant Scotland White George Serv M 48 M Gardener Dorsetshire, Forster? Collard Priscilla Serv U 15 F Servant Som, East Chinnock |
| 1871 | 5 1 | Vicarage House | Evans James Higgon Head U 48 M Vicar of Merriott Pembrokeshire, Ambleston White George Serv M 60 M Groom and Gardener Dorset, Forston Ford Henrietta Serv U 22 F General Servant Wilts, Bridford Richards James Visitor U 14 M Pupil Teacher Som, Pethminster? |
| 1891 | 29 156 192 | The Vicarage | Percival Stanley E Head S 36 Vicar Of Merriott S. Mims?, Herts Oxborrow Amelia S 60 Domestic Servant Stonham Aspal, Suffolk |
Fill-in Ministers for short, not necessarily continuous periods between the dates mentioned:
| DATES | NAME | Signed Himself as…. |
| Jun 1813 | Henry Stanbury | Officiating Minister |
| Mar 1813 – Jan 1838 | W. T. Price | Curate or Minister |
| Aug 1827- Feb 1831 | W G Roach | Officiating Minister |
| May 1831- Apr 1834 | Jas. Ayres | Officiating Minister |
| Jun 1831- Nov 1834 | R.A. (Robt. or Richd?) Templeman | Officiating Minister |
| May 1832-May 1867 | Alex. Templeman | Officiating Minister |
| Dec 1833 | F. Jekyll | Officiating Minister |
| Feb 1834- Jan 1836 | Charles Tucker | Officiating Minister/ Curate |
| Jan 1835- Jun 1837 | Richard Beadon | Officiating Minister |
| Oct 1835 | Peter Cornwall | Officiating Minister |
| Mar 1836- May 1855 | Wm. S. Hadley | Officiating Minister |
| Jun 1836- Nov 1836 | Richard A’Court | Officiating Minister |
| Nov 1836 | Wm Beadon | Officiating Minister |
| Aug 1837- Jul 1843 | Geo. Hadley | Officiating Minister |
| Jan 1838- Jun 1845 | R. Lowe | Officiating Minister |
| Apr-May 1840 | W.H. Braund | Officiating Minister |
| Apr 1842 -May 1870 | Charles Penny | Officiating Minister/ Rector of Chaffcombe on 1870 entry |
| Oct 1842 | G B Garcon | Officiating Minister |
| Jul 1843 | Richard Cox | Officiating Minister |
| Oct 1843 | Henry Guy | Officiating Minister |
| Sep 1845 | J. B. B. Clark | Officiating Minister |
| Jan 1846 | George Swaine | Swansborough, Off. Minister |
| Nov 1846 | Francis Hannan | |
| Aug 1849 to Jul 1857 | Thomas Newbery | Rector of Hinton St George |
| Jun- Sep 1854 | R. J. Lambert | |
| Dec 1854-Jun 1856 | E. W. Stubbs | Officiating Minister |
| Feb-Apr 1855 | Thomas W. S. Langdon | Officiating Minister |
| Nov1854 -Nov 1855 | PC Pratt | Curate/ Officiating Minister |
| Sep 1853 – Jul 1857 | Chas Wm Hodson | Incumbent of Lopen |
| Jun 1856 | John Stroud | Officiating Minister |
| Jul 1856 | F. Harrison | Officiating Minister |
| Oct 1856-Nov 1856 | John M H Whish | |
| Mar 1838- Jun 1873 | Henry Bond | Vicar Sth Petherton, Officiating Minister |
| Aug 1857 | C Henry DD | Officiating Minister |
| Aug 1857 | Alex. Ramsay | P. C. of Crewkerne |
| Feb 1857-May 1861 | J. M. Cox | Officiating Minister |
| Jan 1859- Aug 1865 | Frederick Davies | Rector of Hinton St George |
| Jul 1855-Apr 1866 | J. S. Stubbs | Officiating Minister |
| May 1863 – Jul 1866 | Wm. S. Langdon | Officiating Minister |
| Nov 1866-Oct 1868 | William B Dalby | Officiating Minister |
| May 1867 | A Stocks | Curate Shepton Beauchamp |
| Jun 1868- May 1869 | Henry Hilyar | Officiating Minister |
| Nov 1868-May 1869 | HD Soulby | Officiating Minister |
| Jun 1871 | GS Blomfield | Rector of Norton, OM |
| Jan 1871- Aug 1880 | James R Dolling | Officiating Minister |
| Sep 1874 | JEG Farmer | Curate of Haselbury |
| Dec 1877-Jul 1879 | T. K. Eaton | Curate in Charge |
| May 1879- Oct 1883 | Thomas Hodson | Curate-in-charge |
| Oct 1877 – Jul 1882 | RT Willis | Vicar of Chillington (1877 & 1880) Vicar of Chiselborough (1882) |
| Mar 1883 | ES Edwards | Officiating Minister |
| Mar 1883- May 1890 | RP Billing | Vicar of Lopen |
| Aug 1887 | Wm Savage | Vicar & Prior Of Burcombe…. |
| Jan 1892 | WH Dixon | Curate of Crewkerne |
| Jun-Nov 1892 | E. Taylor | Officiating Minister |
| Feb 1895 – Aug 1906 | Robert Dolling | Curate/Rector of Hinton St George |
| Jul 1896 | WR Lloyd | Vicar of Crewkerne |
| Aug 1897-Sep 1897 | Edward W Whitley | C of W Chinnock & Chiselborough |
| Aug 1897 | Edward Ewing? | Rector of Wayford |