Clerks & Church Wardens

Clerks

• Daniel COOPER (b.1776) 1806-1811

• Rev. Marshall LUGAR (b. 1754) Clerk1796

• Robert MUNSON (b.1724) Clerk1784-1794

• John SOUTHGATE (b.1753) 1793-1818

• Joseph SOUTHGATE (b.1790) 1834-1843, 1848

• John SPARROW (b.1774) 1819-1834

• George WATTS (d. 17 Nov 1795) 

Curates

• Eustace H. CRATE, Curate Of Ardleigh, 1881

 Teachers

• William MERCHANT snr, (b.1751) taught children on Sundays 1800-1804

 Churchwardens

• Churchwardens role came into existence in the medieval times and were guardians of the parish church. Two churchwardens were elected for a year by the vicar and parishioners, in some places elected by the vestry. Their role was mainly concerned with the upkeep of the church, administration of parish charities and arranging the baptisms of foundling children or the burials of people who lived elsewhere and died in the parish. The churchwardens could also summon parishioners to the church courts. These offences included failing to attend church and blasphemy. In Ardleigh the vestry meetings were held on the first Monday morning of the month. Usually at one of two inns - the King's Head and the Lion.

•  Churchwardens 1768-1846

  • BROMLEY, John (b.1784) Church warden in 1823-1835 & 1838

  • BROMLEY, Nathaniel (b.1780) Church warden in 1812-1814

  • BROMLEY, Philip (b.1746) Churchwarden 1795-1805

  • BROMLEY, Philip (b.1782) Church warden in 1812

  • COOPER, Samuel (b.1767) Church warden 1819-1826 & 1833-1835

  • COOPER, Thomas (b.1742) Church warden 1773-1776 & 1779-1782

  • COOPER, Thomas (b.1766) Church warden 1790-1814

  • DUNNINGHAM, William (b.1731) Churchwarden 1768

  • FENN, John (b.1766) Churchwarden in 1815-1816

  • INGRAM, Edward in 1770

  • LUFKIN, Thomas in 1675

  • LUGAR, Robert (b.1790) Churchwarden in 1845-1846

  • WILLSMORE, Joseph (b.1766) Churchwarden 1815-1818

   

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