Rectors of Garsdon
List of the Rectors of Garsdon taken from ‘A brief History of All Saints Church, Garsdon’ (pub. 2015)
| Date of Induction | Name | Patron of Benefice | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1297 | Laurentius Croke | Abbatia de Malmesbury (Malmesbury Abbey) | |
| 1309 | Nicholaus de Strattone | Abbatia de Malmesbury | |
| 1336 | Walterus Drueys | Abbatia de Malmesbury | |
| 1355 | Robertus de Northwode | Abbatia de Malmesbury | |
| 1362 | Robertus Sketon | Abbatia de Malmesbury | |
| 1370 | Robertus --------- | Abbatia de Malmesbury | |
| 1376 | Adam Kyngescote | Abbatia de Malmesbury | |
| 1394 | Willielmus Swyft | Abbatia de Malmesbury | |
| 1430 | Davidis Lloyd | Abbatia de Malmesbury | |
| 1448 | Johannes Grene | Abbatia de Malmesbury | |
| 1464 | Ricardus Goldsmyth | Abbatia de Malmesbury | |
| 1482 | Johannes Hasler | Abbatia de Malmesbury | |
| 1494 | Johannes West | Rex Pro Abb. de Malmesbury | |
| 1511 | Thomas Hall | Abbatia de Malmesbury | |
| 1512 | Johannes Bowre | Abbatia de Malmesbury | |
| ? | Johannes Harryes | Abbatia de Malmesbury | |
| 1546 | Christopher Wilton | Abbatia de Malmesbury | |
| 1551 | Thomas Harmar | Ricardus , filius et hoeros Ric. Modye de Garsdon etc. | |
| 1554 | Thomas Arnold | Wmus Baseley, Armiger & Cath Uxor ojus. | |
| 1555 | Edwardus Jankyns | Wmus Baseley, Armiger & Cath Uxor ojus. | |
| 1579 | Robertus Bigg | Ricardus Moodie de Garsdon, Armiger | |
| 1612 | Ricardus Woodroffe | Joh. Pury de Beverstone, ex concess R.Moodie | |
| 1640 | Johannes Hieron (alias Herne) | Wmus Palmer de Somerford Parva, hac vice | |
| 1670 | Abraham Griffin | Elizabetha Washington | |
| 1690 | Samuelus Labonell | Elizabetha Washington | |
| 1698 | Thomas Orme | Rbertus Dominus Ferrers de Chartley | |
| 1715 | Antonius Johnson | Robertus Comos Ferrers | |
| 1728 | Ricardus Yaldwyn | Laurentius Shirley, Armiger | |
| 1763 | Joseph Simpson DD | John D King of Halton | |
| 1797 | William Lewis | Paul Cobb, Methuen | |
| Feb 5th 1814 | Thomas Anthony Methuen DCL | Paul Cobb, Methuen | |
| Oct 26th 1869 | Henry Gale DCL | William Wilkins Gale & John Weston Peters Gale | First resident Rector for 115 years |
| Oct 25th 1877 | Thomas Sill Gray DD | John Weston Peters Gale | |
| June 11th 1892 | Reynell Wreford Hay MA | Thomas Sill Gray | on his own resignation |
| Nov 22nd 1916 | Arthur Heywood Tredennick MA | Mrs Margaret Alice Hay | wife of R.W.Hay |
| Oct 6th 1918 | Charles Harris | Mrs Margaret Alice Hay | |
| June 24th 1929 | Frederick John Wicks | Church Association Trust | |
| 1947-1954 | No incumbent in post | Church Association Trust | |
| July 19th 1954 | John Stanley Marshall | Church Association Trust | |
| 1959 | Christopher Hunter-Dunn | Church Association Trust | |
| 1975 | John Wilson | Church Association Trust | |
| 1984 | Alan Denyer | Church Association Trust | |
| June 1992 | Richard East | Bishop of Bristol, Church Association Trust | |
| January 22nd 2014 | Stephen Wilkinson BEng DipTh | Bishop of Bristol, Church Society and Exeter College Oxford | Initially Priest in Charge, then Rector from 2016 on creation of the Woodbridge Benefice (Garsdon, Brinkworth, Dauntsey, Great Somerford, Little Somerford, Lea). A reordering in 2021 added hospitality and sanitary facilities |