Prescot Parish Church Dates

1824-1826	Thomas Boultbee	Curate
Circa 1179	Barcadus or Ricardus	New Rector (The "Pipe" Rolls commence about this period. No earlier source available for records of previous Rectors.)
Circa 1190	Benedict Gernet	New Rector
Circa 1205	Patrick de Prestecote	New Rector
Circa1245	Richard	New Rector
1266	Alan le Breton	New Rector (The Bishop of Lichfield by lapse. Also Rector of Coddinton.)
1303	Eustace de Cottesbech	New Rector (Appointed Chamberlain and Receiver in Scotland by Edward II. in 1307
13 May, 1309	William de Dacre	New Rector (Patron: Sir William de Dacre and Joanna his wife; Resigned in 1323.)
1323	John Bone	New Rector (Patrons: Hary de Munstall and Joanna de Dacre his wife.)
1325	William de Dacre	New Rector (Resumed the Rectory.)
5 May, 1346	Ranulph de Dacre	New Rector (Became Baron Dacre in 1361.)
18 Apl. 1375	John Fairfax	New Rector (Patron: Sir John de Nevill.)
1393	John Fairfax	Died in 1393 and his will which was proved June 25th 1393 left money to build a Tower of Stone for the Church.
25 June, 1393	William de Ashton	New Rector (Patron: John, Duke of Lancaster. Canon of Lincoln and Prebendary of Lichfield.)
23 Oct. 1403	Edmund Lacy	New Rector (Patron; Henry IV, Bishop of Hereford, 1417; Translated to Exeter, 1420.)
1410	North Vestry	Oldest part of the church. Originally a chantry chapel
28 Apl. 1417	Philip Morgan	New Rector (Patron: Henry V, Bishop of Worcester, 1419; Archbishop of York, 1423,)
(?) 1419	Robert Gilbert	New Rector (Patron: Henry V, Bishop of London, 1436,)
6 Nov. 1436	Richard Praty	New Rector (Patron: Henry VI. Chancellor of Salisbury; Bishop of Chichester, 1438.)
2 Aug. 1438	Stephen Wilton	New Rector (Patron: Henry VI. Archdeacon successively of Middlesex, Salisbury, and Cleveland.)
4 Nov. 1441	William Booth	New Rector (Patron: Henry VI. Bishop of Lichfield, 1447; Archbisop of York, 1552;
1448	Ralph Duckworth,	New Vicar
1448	A vicarage was endowed
6 July 1471	Richard Lincoin,	New Vicar
7 Aug. 1492	Robert Hacomblane,	New Vicar (He was elected 8th Provost of King's in 1509, the year in which Henry VIII came to the throne.)
1509	Robert Noke,	New Vicar ( Susequently apponted Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, by Cardinal Wolsey.) (Died 1529)
14 Dec. 1529	Simon Matthew,	New Vicar (Canon Residentiary of St. Paul's and a Benefactor to King's College. In his time the Reformation of the Church began;.)(Died 1541)
1536	English Bible was issued to be read in all Churches.
15 April, 1541	Robert Brassey,	New Vicar ( 1556. Robert Brassy was elected 13th Provost of Kings 1556,) ( Died 1558.)
1541	The Diocese of Chester was formed.
1546	Prescot Church can have 4 Churchwardens under a Bishop's Order of 1546
1549	The English Prayer Book issued
25 Dec. 1558	William Whitlock, BD.,	New Vicar (Prebend of Lichfield.) (Died 1583)
26 Dec. 1583	Thomas Mead, M.A.,	New Vicar (Chaplain to the Earl of Essex, Earl Marshal of England.) (Died 1616)
1610	The chancel and nave were rebuilt
1611	The present Authorised Version of the Bible issued
1611	The may have been pewed 1611 or 1616
1616	Thomas Mead enlarged, reroofed, and pewed the Church.
5 Dec. 1616	John Alden,	Vicar (He acted as Justice of the Peace for Prescote during the troublous times of King Charles I.)
1638	From Churchwardens accounts a Mr. John Taylor was paid 6d for blowing the bellows of the Church Organ.
21 Feb. 1642–3	Richard Day,	Vicar
June, 1650	Edward Larking,	Vicar (He was not instituted for some reason unknown.)
22 Aug. 1650- 8 Nov. 1662	John Withins,	Vicar
29 June, 1667	Abraham Ball,	Vicar
24 July, 1677	Edward Goodall,	Vicar (He became a Roman Catholie in the reign of James II.-- returned to the Church when James was driven from the throne--resigned in the 2nd year of William and Mary (1690)
18 July, 1690	John Legge,	Vicar ("Per Liberam et spontaneam reesignationem Edw. Goodall")
18 Mar. 1691–2	Thomas Bryan,	Vicar Reaigned at Christmas, 1699.)
8 May, 1700	Francis Bere,	Vicar
1720's	A second vicarage was built
28 July, 1722	Benjamin Clarke,	Vicar (He had the Vicarage 1728, and the Tower of the Church 1729 built.)
1729	New tower and spire replaced an earlier 14th century construction
18 Sept. 1730	Augustine Gwyn,	Vicar
1755	Italian Marble Vase Font was given by the Willis Family of Halsnead Park Whiston
11 July, 1776	Samuel Sewell,	Vicar
1784	Prescot Sunday School was Founded
1798	Replaced the old spire with a slimmer one
1806	New Clock Face
11 July, 1815	Charles George Thomas Driffield,	Vicar
1818	Both side aisles were enlarged from the narrow ones of 1610
1845	The old peal of 6 Bells was given to St. Michael's of Huyton
1845	8 New Bells
1847-1848	Arthur Stock	Curate
9 Dec. 1848	Charles Chapman,	Vicar
28 July, 1849	Lewis William Sampson,	Vicar
1850	The Ancient Norman Font was given to St. Bartholomew's Church in Roby
1865-1872	Geo. Holloway	Curate
1868	Church clock had a white face
1871	The Eleven small lancent widows above the chancel arch are Victorian
1875	An Organ chamber was made between the North Vestry and the North East corner of the North Aisle in 1875
1875	The nave horsebox pews of 1617 where replaced by the present ones and the galleries removed
1876	The Reading Desk
1880	Liverpool Diocese founded in 1880 Coat of Arms on the left of the arch
1883	The bells were rehung by Taylor's. in 1883
24 Jan. 1883	Henry Alexander Macnaghten,	Vicar
2 Feb. 1887	Harry Mitchell,	Vicar
1887-1889	D.H. Stubbs	Curate
1897	The Lectern dates from 1897 and commemorates Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
1888	The first Prescot Parish Magazine was published
1889-1891	J. Jackson	Curate
1891-	Edward James Wood	Curate
1891	The Reredos (In memory of William Lees Evans, Elizabeth Glaister his wife dedicated this reredos)
1892	The Prescot Parish Room, Foundation Stone laid by Lady Margaret E. Cecil Oct 8th 1892
1892-1902	Richard Freeman	Curate
1899	New bell ropes fitted in 1899.
1899	A new stop was added to the Organ by Mr Porritt
1899	The New Choir Vestry was built by Messrs S & A Taylor.
1900	The Choir Vestry was dedicated By Archdeacon Madded.
1900	The Choir wore surplice for the First time at the Dedication of their Vestry
1902	The ropes of the church clock where changed to wire.
1902	The Twelve ornamental stones on the battlements were removed from the top of the tower. The church people askd for them to be put back, so they were lowed by seven inches.
1902-1905	Fred Graham Paterson	Curate
1905	Fred Graham Paterson resarched the past Rectors of Presecote (Prescot).
1905-1908	Wiliam Ernest Dugmore	Curate
1908	A. E. Bass	Curate
1919	John Percival Willoughby Lovett, M.A.,	Vicar
1919-1920	W S Jones	Curate
1920-1925	J H Bankes	Curate
1920	John Ogle Chair
1900-1930	Prescot Parish Church Band	was active around this date
1921 ?	H S Bolton	Curate
1921	Steeple jacks re-fix the Lion Weather Vane ontop of the spire after it fell off
1921	The Rood Screen was dedicated on St. George's Day and is a Memorial to Prescot Men who fell in the First World War
1923	New West Porch doors ((Presented by the members of the Women's Bible Class and their Leader Agnes Halsall Easter 1923)
1925-27	W L Wall	Curate
1925	St Mary's House was bought
1925	Two Panels given by Pilington Glass.
1925	Black Marble steps presented by Mr Alfred Taylor for the sanctuary.
1925	Mr R. H. Whitaker presented 4 Churchwardens' Staves
1928-1931	Aarthur Herbert Procter VC	Curate
1929	Mother's Union first meetting 10 April 1929
1930	Litany Desk Dedicated 26 Jan 1930 Presented by Mr Arundel Mawdsley in memory of his Father and Mother James and Mary Jane Mawdsley and is carved in oak.
1931-1934	John David Jones	Curate
1931	Mother's Union Banner dedicated 1931
1934	New robes for the Church Choir
1934	Bells re-tuned , and re-hung 3 March 1934
1935--1938	Henry Ellis	Curate
1935	First time in the history of Prescot Church the Bishop held an Ordination Service for Deacons and Priests 22 Dec 1935
1935-1944	Harry Bradshaw	Curate
1935	The Ancient font given to St. Bartholomew's was rescued by Canon Mitchell's daughters and returned to Prescot Church
1936	Re-dedication of the old Font that returned from Roby Church 16 July
1937	The Childrens Corner was Dedicated July 18
1938	The Layland Window was Dedicated 27 March 1938
1938-1940's	W Watson. He was called up for war service	Curate`
1939	Oswald Lunn Martin, M.A.,	Vicar
1940	All Saints' church was opened February 1940
1941-1943	E.J. Lewis	Curate
1941-1946	Harold J R Firth	Stood in for the Vicar when he was called up for the war
1943	J.P.H. Hobson	Curate
1944	W. Watson returned back from war service	Curate
1946-1947	J. H. Edmunds	Curate
1947	R. Marsden	Curate
1947-1949	E.S.Wood	Curate
1949-1950	Robert H. Hyslop	Curate
1950-1951	J. G. H. Roberts	Curate
1952-1955	Geoffrey Sturman	Curate
1952	The Clothing Club closed it ran for some 70 years
1952	The Battlements were replaced on the south side roof after 135 years
1953	First Meeting of the Historic Church Preservation Trust
1953	The Driffield Memorial Window was moved from the North side to the West side
1954	The stone work for the north side was done by William Moss & Sons Ltd.
1955	The new Mission Church Architect (Mr Wm. Reakes), with Messrs A. McColl & Son (Builders) Ltd. of St. Helens.
1956	21th January Foundation Stone laid for St. Paul's Church by the Dean of King's College Cambridge
1956	18th November St. Paul's Mission Church was opened and dedicated by the Lord Bishop of Liverpool.
1956-58	Kenneth P J King	Church Army (Curate)
-1957	W T Bourne	Curate
1957	Henry Ellis	Vicar
1957	A third vicarage was built on the same site (The cost was in the region of £7,680.)
1957	Restoration of The Church Organ. The console to be moved it to east end of the south aisle, between the prayer desk and the children's corner and level with the front pew.
1958	Mr & Mrs Case Presented Prescot Church with a Organ Console Screen in memorial to their son Leslie who died on Active Service.
1958-1959	William Gale	Curate
1959	Chancel Screen cleaned and gilded, two new Coats of Arms introduced above the chancel arch, one of the Diocese of Liverpool and the other of King's College Cambridge which is, of course, that of Prescot also.
1959	New Chalices For St Paul's Church
1959-1962	Fred Harrison	Curate
1959-1961	Derek Lunt	Curate
1961	St Paul's Church Font and a new Processional Cross was dedicated
1961	St Paul's Church Organ is a two -manual pipe organ from T C Wilcock Ltd Sheffield was dedicated in 1961
1962-64	Donald Postles	Curate
1962-1962	A R Linton	Curate
1963	John Mills	Vicar
1964-1965	Bernard Gribbon	Curate
1964-1967	E Swinnerton	Curate
1965-1970	John Higham	Curate
1966	The Bell's did not ring from September 1966
1966-1968	Peter Goodrich	Curate
1968-1971	John S Cox	Curate
1971	Mother's Union Banner dedicated 1971 (made by Mrs Anderson)
1972-1973	Sydney Connolly	Curate
1971-1976	Jonathan C Anders	Curate
1974-1977	Kelvin Powell	Curate
1977-1979	Michael Whittock	Curate
1977-1980	Peter E Ball	Curate
1979-1981	Raymond Hutchinson	Curate
1981-1983	Andrew James	Curate
1982-1984	David Flewker	Curate
1983-1986	Paul Ormrod	Curate
1984	200th Anniversary of the Sunday School
1984-1987	Chris Cottee	Curate
1985	The old East window of 1841 was removed because of deterioration and vandalism
1986-1989	Dave Peachell	Curate
1986	The spire was declared unsafe and 12 feet had to be removed from the top
1988	Robert Sturman	Vicar
1989	Paschal Candle Stand given in memory of James & Louisa Cowen by their children Ron & Elaine Easter 1989
1989-1991	Steven Smith	Curate
1991	Thomas Molyneux Steel	Vicar
1992-1994	Jeffrey D Engel	Curate
1992	Top of Spire restored to the spire which was removed in 1986
1994	1st May The Inauguration of the rebuilt Clock
1994	4th July New metal frame wes installed on the floor below the ancient wooden bell frame. The ancient wooden bell frame was left in-situ on the 2nd floor.
1994-1998	Ainsley Swift	Curate
1994	1st August The bells of 1884 arrived back in Prescot
1994	3rd August The bells of 1884 were re-hung on a new metal frame and consecrated.
1994	7th October Official Pre-inaugural practice ring (required by the contractors). This was also the 450th Anniversary of Prescot School Founders Day Service. The bells rang out before and after the service.
1994	6th December Dedication & Inauguration of the Bells by The Duke of Gloucester and The Archdeacon of Warrington
1995	1^st.Peal rung on the Bells since they were re-tuned and re-hung in the new bell frame 28 April 1995.
1996	St. Paul's Church 40th Anniversary celebration 18th November 1996
1997	The Prescot Parish Church Preservation Society was dissolved 29 April 1997
1998	The Votire Candle Stand was given in memory of Margaret Jones by her Family & Friends
1997-2001	Peter Cowley	Church Army (Curate)
1998	The Chancel Screen was coloured black and gilding
1998-2001	Susan Jean Williams	Curate
1999	The Church Web Site went live 16 April 1999
2000	Ting-Tang or Calling bell was present by Tom and Joyce Wignall in memory of Joyce's sister Renee Green. (Dedicated 13th February 2000) it came from St. Bridgets Wavertree
2000	Re-Inauguration of newly-combined All Saints' and the Parish Church. (2 July 2000)
2000	Inauguration of the church mechanism enabling the church clock to strike the hours on the seventh bell. (10 Sep 2000)
2001	Aumbry Dedicated in memory of Margaret Rowlands 15th April 2001
2001	All Saints closed 2 September 2001
2001	David Rose	Ordained Local Minister
2002	The backs to the 17 Century return stalls where lowered
2004	John Andrew Taylor	Vicar
2004	The Great sound board of the organ was renovated and pipes cleaned and tuned
2004	The windows were coverd by polycarbonate sheets and guards
2005	Philip G Anderson	Curate
2005	The North and South roof of the aisles where re-asphalted
2006	The slate louvers refixed on the steeple
2006	St. Paul's 50th Anniversary 18 Nov 2006
2006	Vestments: A new Chasuble, Dalmatic, Tunicle have been presented in memory of Fred Finney (made by a parish member).
2007	New lighting in the Church using money from the Rimmer Bequest. (Dedicated 3rd. February 2008)

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