Rectors
and Vicars in the Isle of Man
Note Chaplains of Douglas churches are included though strictly
they were not vicars. Many of those in the list will have served a
curacy in one or more parishes - a full list of such curates does not
appear to be extant.
Overlapping years may be due to the calculation of an incumbancy by
the date of installation of his successor. However thare are known to
be inaccuracies in the list (especially 17C and earlier) - this list
covers those from c.1570 to those still in office in 1900.
For a list ordered by parish and some discussion see parish
list.
Airey |
Robert |
1874-1878 |
Michael |
|
|
1878-1889 |
Santan |
Aitken |
Robert. Wesley |
1862-1869 |
Marown |
Alcock, |
J. |
1848-1852 |
Douglas St.Barnabas |
Allen |
Henry |
1714-1726 |
Lezayre |
|
|
1727-1746 |
Maughold |
Allen |
John |
1734-1735 |
Michael |
Allen |
Robert |
1660-1666 |
Maughold |
Allen |
Thomas I |
1625-1660 |
Maughold |
Allen |
Thos. II |
1666-1727 |
Maughold |
Allen |
Thos. III |
1746-1754 |
Maughold |
Allwork |
Arthur |
1879-1881 |
Rushen |
Aynsley |
Lord Charles Murray |
1803-1808 |
Andreas |
B
Baguley |
Edward |
1580-1598 |
Ballaugh |
|
|
1581-1597 |
Santan |
Bellamy |
Joseph |
1879-1891 |
Jurby |
Birkett |
Thomas |
1732-1736 |
Douglas St Matthew |
Brew |
Robert |
1758-1761 |
German |
Bridgeman |
Arthur A. |
1879- |
Lezayre |
Bridson |
John |
1691-1696 |
Braddan |
Bridson |
John |
1799-1809 |
Marown |
|
|
1808-1817 |
Bride |
Bridson |
William |
1713-1728 |
Marown |
|
|
1728-1729 |
Lezayre |
|
|
1729-1729 |
Bride |
|
|
1729-1751 |
Ballaugh |
Brown |
Joseph |
1818-1860 |
Michael |
Brown |
Robert |
1817-1832 |
Douglas St Matthew |
|
|
1836-1847 |
Braddan |
Browne |
Blundell |
1887-1893 |
Rushen |
Broxop |
John |
1632-1645 |
Andreas |
C
Caine |
Thomas |
1853-1879 |
Lonan |
Callow |
Donald |
1580-1580 |
Ballaugh |
Callow |
Edward |
1580-1580 |
Arbory |
Callow |
Edward |
1609-1610 |
Malew |
Cannell |
Hugh |
1609-1672 |
Michael |
Cannell |
John |
1835-1873 |
Douglas St Matthew |
Carpenter |
W. |
1832-1848 |
Douglas St.Barnabas |
Christian |
Evan |
1769-1808 |
Patrick |
Christian |
John |
1580-1585 |
Maughold |
Christian |
John |
1627-1660 |
Bride |
Christian |
John |
1690-1694 |
Jurby |
Christian |
John |
1698-1747 |
Jurby |
Christian |
John |
1753-1780 |
Marown |
Christian |
John |
1791-1816 |
Arbory |
Christian |
Nicholas |
1748-1782 |
Rushen |
Christian |
Nicholas |
1794-1797 |
Douglas St Matthew |
Christian |
Nicholas |
1802-1808 |
Michael |
|
|
1808-1812 |
Patrick |
Christian |
Robt. |
1694-1697 |
Jurby |
Christian |
Robt. |
1752-1758 |
German |
Christian |
Thomas |
1691-1703 |
Patrick |
Christian |
Thomas |
1697-1698 |
Jurby |
Christian |
Thomas |
1713-1729 |
Rushen |
Christian |
Thomas |
1733-1741 |
German |
Christian |
Thomas |
1734-1753 |
Marown |
Christian |
Thomas |
1780-1799 |
Marown |
Christian |
William |
1817-1830 |
Malew |
Christian |
Wm. Bell |
1845-1861 |
Lezayre |
Clague |
John |
1782-1816 |
Rushen |
Clarke |
Benj P. |
1869- |
Marown |
Clarke |
John |
1603-1645 |
Jurby |
Clucas |
William |
1778-1783 |
Malew |
|
|
1783-1798 |
Bride |
Corkill |
John |
1606-1638 |
Rushen |
Corlett |
Henry |
1761-1801 |
German |
Corlett |
Thomas |
1763-1803 |
Lezayre |
Corrin |
William |
1824-1859 |
Rushen |
Cosnahan |
Hugh |
1667-1691 |
Santan |
Cosnahan |
John |
1575-1582 |
Jurby |
Cosnahan |
John |
1585-1608 |
Patrick |
Cosnahan |
John |
1585-1621 |
German |
Cosnahan |
John |
1618-1656 |
Santan |
Cosnahan |
John |
1630-1633 |
Malew |
Cosnahan |
John |
1691-1731 |
Santan |
Cosnahan |
John |
1733-1750 |
Braddan |
Cosnahan |
Joseph |
1750-1768 |
Braddan |
Cosnahan |
Julius |
1785-1786 |
Braddan |
Cosnahan |
William |
1614-1618 |
Santan |
Cosnahan |
William |
1621-1660 |
German |
Cotter |
Robert |
1609-1623 |
Braddan |
Cottier |
John |
1812-1827 |
Patrick |
Cottier |
Robert |
1594-1603 |
Braddan |
Cowell |
Charles |
1624-1627 |
Bride |
Cowley |
Daniel Scurr |
1890-1895 |
German |
|
|
1895- |
Bride |
Cowley |
Lewis |
1608-1609 |
Malew |
Craine |
Edward |
1810-1847 |
Onchan |
Craine |
John |
1741-1744 |
German |
Crebbin |
Charles |
1765-1770 |
Douglas St Matthew |
|
|
1769-1818 |
Santan |
Crebbin |
Paul |
1731-1765 |
Santan |
Crebbin |
William |
1751-1803 |
Jurby |
Crellin |
John |
1650-1671 |
Arbory |
Crellin |
John |
1771-1796 |
Michael |
|
|
1798-1808 |
Bride |
Crowe |
Edward |
1624-1640 |
Lezayre |
Crowe |
Edward |
1656-- |
Santan |
Crowe |
Silvester |
1614-1624 |
Lezayre |
Crowe |
William |
1582-1594 |
Braddan |
Crowe |
William |
1603-1614 |
Lezayre |
Crowe |
William |
1618-1624 |
Bride |
Crowe |
William |
1645-1690 |
Jurby |
Cubbon |
Thomas |
1765-1769 |
Santan |
Cubbon |
Thos. |
1769-1814 |
Maughold |
Cubbon |
Thomas |
1814-1817 |
Lonan |
|
|
1817-1830 |
Bride |
Curghey |
John |
1704-1733 |
Braddan |
Curghey |
Matthias |
1703-1713 |
Rushen |
Curghey |
Matthias |
1703-1729 |
Patrick |
Curghey |
Matthias |
1710-1730 |
German |
Curghey |
Matthias |
1721-1761 |
Lezayre |
Curghey |
Matthias |
1728-1734 |
Marown |
Curghey |
Matthias |
1729-1754 |
Bride |
Curghey |
Nathaniel |
1753-1759 |
Lonan |
Curphey |
Matthias |
1761-1771 |
Ballaugh |
D
Davidson |
Hugh C. |
1883-1897 |
Patrick |
Dawes |
Charles R. |
1885-1887 |
Rushen |
Dening |
Henry Thomas |
1880-1881 |
German |
Dinwoody |
William Thomas |
1875-1876 |
Arbory |
Drury |
William |
1847-1888 |
Braddan |
Duggan |
William |
1849-1862 |
Marown |
E
Ensor |
George |
1895-1897 |
German |
F
Ferrier |
Edward |
1855-1896 |
Gov Chaplain & St Mary's Castletown |
Fletcher |
Jonathan |
1665-1667 |
Andreas |
Fletcher |
Robert |
1683-1701 |
Marown |
|
|
1696-1704 |
Braddan |
Fox |
Richard |
1671-1681 |
Lezayre |
G
Garde |
John Fry |
1865-1877 |
Patrick |
Gell |
Daniel |
1588-1594 |
Rushen |
Gell |
Evan |
1701-1713 |
Marown |
Gell |
Henry |
1575-1580 |
Onchan |
Gell |
John |
1576-1603 |
Marown |
Gell |
Samuel |
1747-1751 |
Jurby |
|
|
1748-1759 |
Onchan |
|
|
1759-1802 |
Lonan |
Gell |
William |
1701-1748 |
Onchan |
Gell |
William |
1830-1872 |
Malew |
Gelling |
Alexander |
1816-1859 |
Arbory |
Gelling |
Daniel |
1761-1778 |
Malew |
|
|
1777-1802 |
Ballaugh |
Gelling |
James |
1801-1830 |
German |
Gelling |
Samuel |
1835-1835 |
Douglas St Matthew |
|
|
1835-1865 |
Santan |
Gill |
Evan |
1686-1701 |
Onchan |
Gill |
Hugh Stowell |
1859-1872 |
Rushen |
|
|
1872-1895 |
Malew |
|
|
1895- |
Andreas |
Gill |
John |
1759-1761 |
Malew |
|
|
1761-1763 |
Lezayre |
Graham |
Donald |
1571-1605 |
Michael |
Gray, |
J.H. |
1852-1870 |
Douglas St.Barnabas |
Grier |
Frederick |
1876-1880 |
Arbory |
H
Haggett |
Philip |
1575-1576 |
Patrick |
Hall |
John Cecil |
1839-1844 |
Andreas |
Halsall |
Anthony |
1717-1732 |
Douglas St Matthew |
Halstead |
John |
--1667 |
Santan |
Hardy |
Henry |
1858-1875 |
Jurby |
Harrison |
Bowyer |
1818-1871 |
Maughold |
Harrison |
David |
1783-1817 |
Malew |
|
|
1817-1824 |
Lonan |
Harrison |
Jno. Edw. |
1814-1818 |
Maughold |
Harrison |
John |
1633-1660 |
Patrick |
|
|
1660-1700 |
Bride |
Harrison |
John Edw. |
1813-1858 |
Jurby |
Harrison |
Thomas |
1623-1628 |
Arbory |
Harrison |
Thomas |
1660-1661 |
German |
Harrison |
Thomas |
1660-1677 |
Patrick |
Harrison |
Thomas |
1808-1818 |
Michael |
Harvey |
Gilmour |
1865-1877 |
Santan |
|
|
1877-1878 |
Maughold |
Hawley |
William |
1877-1883 |
Patrick |
|
|
1882-1894 |
Michael |
Henry |
Thos |
1863-1867 |
Lezayre |
Hinde |
Samuel |
1660-1660 |
Bride |
Hobson, |
- |
1872-1895 |
Douglas St.Barnabas |
Hoghett |
Philip |
1582-1585 |
Jurby |
Holland |
Hugh |
1557-1587 |
Andreas |
Holmes |
Archibald |
1842-1865 |
Patrick |
Horrobin |
Robert |
1719-1727 |
Andreas |
Howard |
John |
1847-1892 |
Onchan |
Howard |
Thomas |
1810-1836 |
Braddan |
|
|
1836-1877 |
Ballaugh |
Hughes-Games |
Joshua |
1886-1895 |
Andreas |
Hutton |
W. M. |
1867-1877 |
Lezayre |
I
Ingram |
William C. |
1864-1874 |
Michael |
J
K
Keig |
John |
1638-1660 |
Rushen |
Kelly |
James B. K. |
1860-1864 |
Michael |
Kermode |
Robert Daniel |
1898- |
Maughold |
Kermode |
S. Alf P. |
1892- |
Onchan |
Kermode |
William |
1871-1877 |
Maughold |
|
|
1877-1890 |
Ballaugh |
Kewley |
John |
1802-1810 |
Douglas St Matthew |
Kewley |
John |
1891-1912 |
Arbory |
Kewley |
Thomas |
1827-1835 |
Santan |
Kinred |
Hugh |
1897- |
Patrick |
Kippax |
Archipus |
1696-1703 |
Andreas |
Kippax |
John |
1727-1757 |
Andreas |
Kirkby |
John |
1889-1892 |
Santan |
Kissack |
Edward Wm. |
1872-1879 |
Rushen |
|
|
1879-1890 |
Bride |
|
|
1890-1897 |
Ballaugh |
Kneale |
Thomas R. |
1893- |
Rushen |
Kneale |
Thomas Redfern |
1897- |
Ballaugh |
L
LaMothe |
Jno. Hy. |
1842-1845 |
Lezayre |
Lancaster |
Peter |
1714-1717 |
Douglas St Matthew |
Langton |
Charles Thos. |
1880-1891 |
Arbory |
|
|
1890-1895 |
Bride |
Lansdell, |
F.L. |
1895- |
|
Leighe |
Philip |
1605-1609 |
Michael |
Lomax |
John |
1690-1696 |
Andreas |
Lowcay |
Henry |
1661-1680 |
German |
Lowcay |
Henry |
1687-1703 |
Ballaugh |
M
Maddrell |
Henry |
1803-1842 |
Lezayre |
Marsden |
Christopher |
1709-1719 |
Andreas |
Mogget |
Philip |
1575-1585 |
German |
Moore |
Edward |
1603-1609 |
Braddan |
Moore |
Edward |
1608-1630 |
Patrick |
Moore |
Edward |
1735-1753 |
Lonan |
Moore |
Edward |
1735-1754 |
Michael |
Moore |
Frederick James |
1875-1879 |
Jurby |
Moore |
Frederick James |
1879-1888 |
Lonan |
Moore |
Frederick James |
1888- |
Braddan |
Moore |
James |
1627-1653 |
Lonan |
Moore |
John |
1566-1575 |
Onchan |
Moore |
John |
1576-1582 |
Braddan |
Moore |
John |
1588-1609 |
Bride |
Moore |
John |
1748-1791 |
Arbory |
Moore |
John |
1786-1792 |
Braddan |
Moore |
Joseph Christian |
1844-1886 |
Andreas |
Moore |
Philip |
1751-1761 |
Ballaugh |
Moore |
Philip |
1760-1783 |
Bride |
Moore |
Phillip |
1736-1765 |
Douglas St Matthew |
Moore |
Robert |
1597-1608 |
Santan |
Morrey |
Hugh |
1630-1633 |
Patrick |
Morris |
Alfred |
1894- |
Michael |
Murray |
George |
1808-1814 |
Andreas |
Murray |
Lord George |
1787-1803 |
Andreas |
Mylrea |
Daniel |
1796-1802 |
Michael |
Mylrea |
Daniel |
1802-1814 |
Ballaugh |
Mylrea |
Daniel |
1814-1832 |
Andreas |
Mylrea |
William |
1754-1760 |
Bride |
Mylrea |
William |
1757-1787 |
Andreas |
N
Nelson |
Daniel |
1847-1875 |
Bride |
Nelson |
Edward |
1680-1686 |
Michael |
Nelson |
John |
1803-1813 |
Jurby |
Nelson |
John |
1818-1827 |
Santan |
Nelson |
John |
1830-1847 |
Bride |
Norreys |
Thomas |
1610-1630 |
Malew |
Norris |
Henry |
1686-1734 |
Michael |
Norris |
John |
1618-1623 |
Marown |
Norris |
Lewis |
1605-1618 |
Marown |
Norris |
Robert |
1628-1650 |
Arbory |
Norris |
Thomas |
1574-1606 |
Malew |
Norris |
Thomas |
1603-1605 |
Marown |
Norris |
Thomas |
1609-1623 |
Arbory |
Norris |
William |
1575-1603 |
Lezayre |
Norris |
William |
1585-1627 |
Lonan |
O
Oates |
William |
1623-1683 |
Marown |
Orman |
Thomas |
1576-1577 |
Arbory |
Otte (Oates) |
John |
1580-1591 |
Onchan |
Otte (Oates) |
Robert |
1623-1624 |
Braddan |
Otter |
Robert |
1608-1614 |
Santan |
P
Parr |
Charles |
1653-1674 |
Lonan |
Parr |
John |
1691-1703 |
Rushen |
Parr |
John |
1700-1723 |
Bride |
Parr |
Robert |
1633-1641 |
Malew |
Parr |
Robert |
1640-1687 |
Ballaugh |
Parr |
Robert |
1681-1693 |
Lezayre |
Parr |
Robert |
1713-1726 |
Arbory |
Parr |
Robert |
1723-1729 |
Bride |
Parr |
Robert II |
1693-1712 |
Lezayre |
Parr |
Thomas |
1641-1691 |
Malew |
Paton |
George |
1866-1900 |
Curate/Chaplain St pauls, ramsey |
Phillips |
John |
1587-1632 |
Andreas |
Philpot |
Benjamin |
1832-1839 |
Andreas |
Preston |
Thomas |
1585-1625 |
Maughold |
Q
Quaile |
John |
1729-1748 |
Rushen |
Qualtrough |
John |
1859-1875 |
Arbory |
|
|
1875-1879 |
Bride |
Qualtrough |
Joseph |
1810-1817 |
Douglas St Matthew |
|
|
1816-1824 |
Rushen |
|
|
1824-1853 |
Lonan |
Quayle |
John |
1739-1759 |
Malew |
Quayle |
Robert |
1691-1696 |
Malew |
Quayle |
Robert |
1770-1794 |
Douglas St Matthew |
Quayle |
Robert |
1792-1810 |
Braddan |
Quayle |
Thomas |
1759-1810 |
Onchan |
Quine |
John |
1895- |
Lonan |
R
Radcliffe |
Robert |
1725-1735 |
Lonan |
Radcliffe |
Robert |
1729-1769 |
Patrick |
Rainbow |
Edward |
1897- |
German |
Robinson |
Samuel |
1671-1713 |
Arbory |
Robinson |
Samuel |
1708-1714 |
Douglas St Matthew |
Robinson |
Thomas |
1680-1686 |
Onchan |
Rutter |
Samuel |
1645-1665 |
Andreas |
Savage |
Ernest B. |
1878-1882 |
Michael |
Shepheard |
Clement C. W. |
1877-1879 |
Lezayre |
Smyth |
James |
1574-1582 |
Rushen |
Smyth |
James |
1577-1580 |
Arbory |
Snepp |
Edward |
1861-1863 |
Lezayre |
Spicer |
John Morris |
1895- |
Malew |
Stephen |
Thomas |
1809-1849 |
Marown |
Stephen |
Thomas |
1827-1842 |
Patrick |
Stephenson |
Alexander |
1576-1585 |
Patrick |
Stephenson |
John |
1576-1580 |
Maughold |
Stevenson |
Alexander |
1571-1581 |
Santan |
Stevenson |
Alexander |
1575-1576 |
Braddan |
Stevenson |
Alexander |
1580-1581 |
Arbory |
Stevenson |
Alexander |
1582-1588 |
Rushen |
Stevenson |
John |
1581-1609 |
Arbory |
Stevenson |
John |
1585-1603 |
Jurby |
Stowell |
Hugh |
1797-1802 |
Douglas St Matthew |
Stowell |
Hugh |
1802-1814 |
Lonan |
|
|
1814-1836 |
Ballaugh |
Stowell |
John LaMothe |
1830-1880 |
German |
|
|
1832-1835 |
Douglas St Matthew |
Stubbs |
Fredk. Wm. |
1895- |
Jurby |
Sutton, |
H. |
1870-1872 |
Douglas St.Barnabas |
Symeyn |
Thomas |
1571-1576 |
Arbory |
T
Taggart |
Thomas Arthur |
1879-1909 |
Douglas St Matthew |
Taubman |
John |
1688-1725 |
Lonan |
Thompson |
John |
1624-1633 |
Braddan |
Thompson |
John |
1660-1680 |
Rushen |
Thompson |
Nicholas |
1591-? |
Onchan |
|
|
1598-1640 |
Ballaugh |
Thompson |
Patrick |
1633-1663 |
Braddan |
Thompson |
Richard |
1680-1691 |
Rushen |
Thomson |
John |
1609-1618 |
Bride |
Thwaits |
Thomas |
1674-1688 |
Lonan |
Tracey |
Fredk. F. |
1881-1885 |
Rushen |
U
Urquhart |
William |
1667-1690 |
Andreas |
W
Walker |
William |
1703-1729 |
Ballaugh |
Watterson |
William |
1594-1606 |
Rushen |
Watterson |
William |
1606-1608 |
Malew |
Wattleworth |
Charles |
1726-1748 |
Arbory |
Wattleworth |
Samuel |
1672-1680 |
Michael |
|
|
1677-1691 |
Patrick |
|
|
1682-1710 |
German |
|
|
1703-1709 |
Andreas |
White |
Henry G. |
1877-1878 |
Santan |
White |
Hy. Grattan |
1878-1895 |
Maughold |
Wilkes |
James |
1771-1777 |
Ballaugh |
Wilkinson |
James Siely. |
1888-1895 |
Lonan |
|
|
1895-1898 |
Maughold |
Wilks |
James |
1744-1752 |
German |
|
|
1754-1771 |
Michael |
Williams |
James George |
1881-1890 |
German |
Wilson |
Henry |
1891-1895 |
Jurby |
Woods |
John |
1650-1680 |
Onchan |
Woods |
John |
1663-1691 |
Braddan |
Woods |
John |
1680-1682 |
German |
Woods |
John |
1696-1739 |
Malew |
Woods |
John |
1730-1733 |
German |
Woods |
Thos. W. J. |
1754-1769 |
Maughold |
|
|
1768-1785 |
Braddan |
References
J. Gelling A History of the Manx Church Douglas:Manx
National Heritage 1998