Churches - Bevendean History Project
Falmer Church Vicars
St Lawrence Church at Falmer
The dedication of Falmer church is to
St. Lawrence. A testator in 1530 mentions the “church yard of
Saint Lawrence of Falmer.”
The date of consecration of Falmer church is not known.
The date of consecration of Falmer church is not known.
Vicars of Falmer
| Thomas Midelham 1385 exchanges with Robert Mapell | |
| 1398 Oct. 4 | John Dent alias Bedale – Instituted |
| 1400-1 Feb 15 | William Clerkes – Instituted |
| 1409-10 Jan 15 | John Mason alias Wollaston – Instituted |
| 1411 Nov 26 | Thomas Pownfret – Instituted |
| Thomas Shene | |
| 1421 Apr 9 | John Fynch – Instituted |
| Thomas Elwathe | |
| 1429 Nov 13 | John Wyndhowt – Instituted |
| 1430 Dec 7 | William Dale – Instituted |
| Andrew Shorham | |
| 1438 Oct 18 | John Selby – Instituted |
| 1439/40 Feb 28 | Ralph Grenehurst – Instituted |
| 1440 Aug 10 | John Goodryche – Instituted |
| William Hat | |
| 1528 July 20 | John Marbile |
| There are not any more Institutions to Falmer until | |
| 1724 Jul 15 | Robert Lamb |
| 1727 Sep 25 | William Preston |
| 1771 May 14 | George Metcalfe |
| 1802 Oct 24 | Thomas Baker |
| 1832 Mar 27 | John William Goodley |
Vicars of Stanmer with Falmer from 1858
| 1858 - 1891 | Charles George Torrington Barlow | |
| 1891 - 1902 | Edward D. Stead | |
| 1902 - 1918 | Henry Venn Bickerstall | |
| 1920 - 1930 | Francis Payton Hughes | |
| 1930 - 1939 | Frank Stanford Morgan | |
| 1939 - 1952 | Joseph Hanbury Wykes Ashdowne | |
| 1952 - 1963 | Rev. William Ronald Newton | * |
| 1963 - 1975 | Rev. Jack Humphrey Money | * |
| 1976 - 1981 | Rev. Bruce Sherwill Hayllar | * |
| 1980 - 2012 | Andrew Nesbitt Robinson | |
| * Joint benefice with Moulsecoomb | ||
| 2008 |
Stanmer Church was declared redundant and closed | |
| 2013 - 2018 |
Revd. Colin Lawlor, Chaplain of Brighton University and Priest-in-Charge of Stanmer with Falmer. He left Falmer in August 2018 to take up the post of parish priest at St George’s Church, Waterlooville | |
| 2020 - 2021 |
Revd. Jonathan Gillespie from June 2020 to May 2021 licensed as Priest in Charge of Falmer | |
| 2023 |
Revd. Prebendary Alan Green, who was Rector of St. John in Bethnal Green was licensed as Priest in Charge of Falmer on 22 January 2023 | |
