Vicars of St Peter's Congleton
 

St Peter's Chapel (to Astbury St Mary)    

St Peter's Church        

Sir Samuel Humphray 1590-1591

Mr Danner 1592-1594 Schoolmaster

James Broster 1594-?? Schoolmaster

Stuart Era James 1603
Mr Price 1610-16?? Schoolmaster

Mr Loddington 1620-1622 Schoolmaster

Stuart Era Charles 1625
Mr Redman 1622-1637

Andrew Bowrey 1638-1640 Schoolmaster

English Civil War 1642
Francis Ford 1643-1644

Mr Smith 1644

1645- 1648 Interregnum

John Pemberton 1648-1650 Presbyterian

Commonwealth 1653
Thomas Brook 1650-1661 Presbyterian

Stuart Era Charles II 1660
Mr Bailey 1662

Mr Barber 1663-1668 Schoolmaster (dismissed)

Mr Armstrong 1669-

Mr Harrison 1674-1676

Rev Richard Jackson 1676-1681

Rev John Hancock 1681-1684

Stuart Era William III & Mary II Orange 1689
Rev Thomas Lowndes 1690-1698

Stuart Era Anne 1702
Rev Ralph Malbon 1698-1721 Schoolmaster

Georgian Era George I & George II 1714-1727, 1727-1760
Rev William Watwood 1722-1768

The earliest references to the Upper Chapel, St. Peters date from the first quarter of the 15^th century. The office holders were referred to as "Ministers" or "Curates" as the parish Church was at Astbury St Mary. Sometimes the clergyman was also the schoolmaster. The old Grammar school building is now referred to as the parish rooms.

Georgian Era George III & IV 1760-1820, 1820-1830
Rev Richard Sandbach 1768-85 (dismissed ?)

Rev Samuel Williamson 1785-1831

William IV 1830
Rev Charles Bishop Hodges 1832-1838

Victorian Era 1837
Rev Thomas B Ingham 1838-1842

Parish Church 1867
Rev John Hughes 1842-1872

Rev Richard Garland 1872-1881

Rev Hubert Hunter Phelps 1882-1890

Rev Thomas Watson 1890-1891

Edwardian Era 1901
Rev Thomas T Higgins 1891-1919

Era George V 1910
Rev James Neale 1919-1929

Rev Thomas William Castle 1929-1933

Era (Edward VII 1936) George VI 1936
Rev William Robert Johnson 1934-1953

Elizabethan Second Era 1953
Rev Clement Thomas Walker 1954-1959

Rev John Pringle Martin 1959 -1980

Rev John Ramell 1981-1988

Rev Roger Philip Scoones 1989 -1996

Congleton Parish Team May 1998 St Peters +
( St Johns + St Stephens + Holy Trinity)
Rev Michael Walters 1997-2004 

Rev David Taylor 2005-2006 

Rev Paul Withington 2006-current

Apologies for any errors or omissions. If anyone has further information e.g. old licences, certificates etc which can confirm these dates please email below (see footer for links)