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Holy Trinity Church, Rudgwick

Coordinates: 51°05′51″N 0°26′37″W / 51.0976°N 0.4435°W / 51.0976; -0.4435
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Holy Trinity Church
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51°05′51″N 0°26′37″W / 51.0976°N 0.4435°W / 51.0976; -0.4435
LocationChurch Street, Rudgwick, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 3DD
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationChurch of England
Websitewww.rudgwickchurch.org.uk
History
StatusParish church
Founded12th century
DedicationHoly Trinity
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade I
Designated22 September 1959
Specifications
Capacity178
Administration
ProvinceProvince of Canterbury
DioceseDiocese of Chichester
Episcopal areaHorsham
ArchdeaconryHorsham
DeaneryHorsham
ParishHoly Trinity Rudgwick
Clergy
ArchbishopArchbishop of Canterbury
Bishop(s)Bishop of Chichester, Bishop of Horsham
Vicar(s)Rev. Martin King
ArchdeaconArchdeacon of Horsham

Holy Trinity Church is the Anglican parish church of Rudgwick, a village in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England.

The oldest part of the church is the font, which is made from Horsham or Sussex Marble and dates from the 12th century. The tower of the present church was built in 13th century though much of the material probably came from the older church that was pulled down to make way for the current building. Parts of the south wall may have been retained from the original church and so may be as old as the tower. The majority of the rest of the church dates from the 14th century with some from the 15th. The vestry is Victorian. The church is a Grade I Listed building.

History

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Holy Trinity dates from the 13th century, when about the year 1260 Alard the Fleming who owned the great manor of Pulborough and was granted the right to hold a fair at Rudgwick on “the eve, feast and morrow of the Holy Trinity” (Trinity Sunday).

List of rectors, vicars and curates

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Rectors

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Date Rector
Before 1275-6 John de Swyneford
1275-6- Robert de Schardeburg
1287-8 Hugo de Stanes
1351-2 Alan de Boys
1355 Alexander
1363 - 4 John de Lyndeford
- 1405 David Thomas
1405 - Richard Monk
1411, 1413 Thomas Clerk
- 1427 Robert Payton
1427- William Papelon
1430 John (Bishop of Eunachdon)
- 1443 John Marchall
1443 - Richard Clyff
1445 Richard Baynton, presented
(Appropriation to take place at next avoidance)
1478 - 9 William Holden
1482 John Chambyr
1500 James Boniface
1521–1536 William Aspull (Ashpole)
- 1548 William Burton

Vicars

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Date Vicar
1270-1 Thomas
1355-6, 1367-8 Alexander
1396-7- John Averay
- 1429 Robert Tailour
1429 - Robert Potterne
1430, 1450-1 William Illory
-1478-9 Richard Lovelady, resigned
1478-9 - Elias Garnet
1500 Richard Mathew, died
1500, 1536 John Frankysshe
1541 William Benett
1543, 1546 George Merbury (Morbourie)
1546, 1547 William Mason
1549, 1571 William Styrar (Sterat, Tyrer)
1576 Nicholas Burrell
1611 Owen (Eugene) Stockton
1612-13 William Wady
1624 George Benson
1627 Samuel Eburne
1637 Syvester Adams
1646 Thomas Mead
1660–1665 Thomas Mead
166- Tobias Henshawe
1673 William Loriner
1674-5 George Rutt
1716–1741 Richard Cotton
1741–1768 Humphrey Crawley
1768–1776 John Jones
1776–1813 Robert John Sayer
1813–1831 Roger Evans
1831–1833 Henry Browne
1833–1866 George Redaway Matthews
1866–1908 Benjamin Joseph Edward Drury
1908–1916 Arthur Frederick Young
1916–1927 William Hampton Chambers
1927–1951 Alfred Norman Wynn
1951–1965 John William Tanner
1966–1977 John Charles Hart
1977–1989 Theodore (Tom) Arthur Barker Charles
Dec 1989 – June 1998 John Dudley Morris
Nov 1998 – Sept 2009 Richard Charles Jackson (subsequently Bishop of Lewes now Bishop of Hereford)
April 2010 – Present Martin Peter James King

Curates

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Date Curate
25 June 2016 – 2 February 2020 Peter Deaves

The church today

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Holy Trinity Church was designated a Grade I Listed building on 22 September 1959.[1] The graveyard was expanded in 2023, after consecration by the Bishop of Horsham.[2]

See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Historic England. "The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, Church Street, Rudgwick, Horsham, West Sussex (Grade I) (1354190)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  2. ^ King, Martin (30 October 2023). "Rudgwick Church gains welcome extension to its ancient burial ground". Sussex Express.

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