Year	Rectors	Patrons	Monarch	Historical Events
1247	Robert de Longueville	John de Longueville	Henry III	Henry III begins to rebuild Westminster Abbery - 1245
1263	William de Longa Villa	John de Longa Villa Kt.	Henry III	Crusades in Egypt & Syria
1294	Phillip de Favesham John	Henry de Longville Kt	Edward I (Longshanks)	Fought Sir William Wallace (executed 1305) and Robert Bruce
1307	William de Islep	John de Longeville	Edward II	Battle of Bannockburn - 1314
1320	Thomas de Islep	Peter de Salso Marco	Edward II
1325	William de Islep	Peter de Salso Marco	Edward II
1326	Richard de Hacunthorp	Peter de Salso Marco	Edward II
1339	Adam de Preston	John de Bekyngham de Redingge	Edward III	Hundred Years War started in 1337
1344	Thomas de Orton	Margareta de Longueville	Edward III	Black Death – 1348 - 1350
1351	William de Bolteby	Margery Lady de Orton	Edward III	1346 – Battle of Crecy
1369	John son of John de Rokesden	Gerard de Braybrook Kt.	Edward III
1392	John Turvey	Gerard de Braybrook Kt.	Richard II
1396	William Parson John Elys	Gerard de Braybrook Kt.	Richard II	Wars of the Roses
1479	William Maudesley	Roger Totot	Edward IV
1486	Richard Squier	Roger Tacotes	Henry VII	Battle of Bosworth - 1485
1494	John Maundville	Richard Beauchamp	Henry VII	John Cabot explored Nova Scotia & Newfoundland - 1496
1503	Almeric Lamb	Richard Beauchamp	Henry VII
1509	Christopher Hubbart	John Lamb	Henry VIII
1531	James Tunstall	Robert Kirkham of Warmington	Henry VIII
1542	Thomas Sketton		Henry VIII
1555	George Pennington		Mary I	Lady Jane Grey ruled for 9 Days - 1553
1559	Dionysius Ward	Queen Elizabeth 1st	Elizabeth I
1593	Everard Digbie		Elizabeth  I	Spanish Armada - 1588
1606	Edward Wager M.A.	William Rayner Kt.	James I (VI of Scotland)	Gunpowder Plot - 1605
1637	Eusebius Hunt	William Armyn	Charles I	Battle of Edge Hill - 1642
1652	George Hamerton		- - - - - - - - - - -	Battle of Naseby - 1645
1661	Edmund Spinkes	Lady Maria Armyn	Charles II
Year	Rectors	Patrons
1663	Richard Carryer M.A.	Lady Maria Armyn widow	Charles II	Great Plague of London – 1665 Great Fire of London - 1666
1705	Robert Carryer M.A.	Richard & John Carryer Exors of the Will of Richard Carryer, clerk, deceased.	Anne	1704 – Battle of Blenheim 1707 – Act of Union between England & Scotland
1715	Joshua Man	Magaretta, Duchess of Newcastle	George I	1715 – Jacobite Uprising – by James Edward Stuart – the Old pretender
1718	John Taylor M.A.	Henry Viscount Morpeth, his wife Francis, and John & Andrew Chartton	George I	1718 – British convicts start being transported to Penal Colonies abroad.
1721	Bernard Lewis M.A.	Henry & Francis, Viscount & Viscountess of Morpeth	George I	Sir Robert Walpole becomes the First Prime Minister
1746	John Naylor D.D.	John Cope	George II	1745 – Jacobite rebellion under Prince Charles Edward Stuart – the young pretender – 1746 – Battle of Culloden and subsequent escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie
1761	Jonathan Stubbs M.A.	Jonathan Cope Esq.	George III	1752 – England accepts the Gregorian Calendar
1789	Thomas Evans	Arabella Diana Cope, catherine Arne Cope, Spinsters, with the approval of Lord Hawkesbury, guardian of Anne Cope	George III	1775 – 1783 – American War of Independence
1799	Hon. Charles Stewart M.A.	Bishop of Lincoln, by lapse	George III	1793 – 1815 – French Revoutionary and Napoleonic wars. The Rev’d Charles James Stewart founded the Church of the Holy Trinity in Frelighsburg Quebec in 1807 and became the 2nd Bishop of Quebec.
1826	Charles Child S.T.B.	Earl of Aboyne	George IV	Battle of Trafalgar - 1805
1835	Samuel Rogers M.A.		William IV
1852	John Bowen M.A.	Bishop of Ely, by lapse	Victoria	Crystal Palace Exhibition - 1851
1857	Charles John Rashleigh Cooke M.A.	Marquis of Huntly	Victoria	Crimean War – 1853 - 1856
1863	John Watson M.A.	Marquis of Huntly	Victoria	Education Act – 1870
1886	Peter Royston M.A.	Marquis of Huntly	Victoria	Boer War – 1881 & 1899 - 1902
1906	Warren Hastings M.A. Honorary Canon of Ely.	{Rev. Warren Hastings}	Edward VII	First “Dreadnought” class Battleship launched. First World War 1914 - 1918
1937	Frank Henry George M.A.	Clergy Orphan Corporation	George VI
1940	Christopher Loton Parry	Clergy Orphan Corporation	George VI	Second World War 1939 – 1945 1940 - Dunkirk Evacuation, London Blitz & Channel Island Occupation
1942	Arthur Royle M.A.	Clergy Orphan Corporation	George VI	1942 - Report recommending creation of Welfare State, Battle of El Alamein
1966	Leslie Vernon Rogers A.K.C.	Clergy Orphan Corporation	Elizabeth II	1965 – Death penalty abolished. 1966 – England win the World Cup
1982	Anthony William Harold Taylor B.A.	Clergy Orphan Corporation	Elizabeth II	1982 – Economic Recession
1988	Michael Soulsby B.Sc. Honorary Canon of Ely	Clergy Orphan Corporation	Elizabeth II	1989 – World Wide Web invented
2006	Rev’d Dr. Adam Dunning		Elizabeth II