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Church & Vestry
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Clerks & Church Wardens
Clerks
Daniel COOPER (b.1776) 1806-1811
Rev. Marshall LUGAR (b. 1754) Clerk1796
Robert MUNSON (b.1724) Clerk1784-1794
John SOUTHGATE (b.1753) 1793-1818
Joseph SOUTHGATE (b.1790) 1834-1843, 1848
John SPARROW (b.1774) 1819-1834
George WATTS (d. 17 Nov 1795)
Curates
Eustace H. CRATE, Curate Of Ardleigh, 1881
Teachers
William MERCHANT snr, (b.1751) taught children on Sundays 1800-1804
Churchwardens
Churchwardens role came into existence in the medieval times and were guardians of the parish church. Two churchwardens were elected for a year by the vicar and parishioners, in some places elected by the vestry. Their role was mainly concerned with the upkeep of the church, administration of parish charities and arranging the baptisms of foundling children or the burials of people who lived elsewhere and died in the parish. The churchwardens could also summon parishioners to the church courts. These offences included failing to attend church and blasphemy. In Ardleigh the vestry meetings were held on the first Monday morning of the month. Usually at one of two inns - the King's Head and the Lion.
Churchwardens 1768-1846
BROMLEY, John (b.1784) Church warden in 1823-1835 & 1838
BROMLEY, Nathaniel (b.1780) Church warden in 1812-1814
BROMLEY, Philip (b.1746) Churchwarden 1795-1805
BROMLEY, Philip (b.1782) Church warden in 1812
COOPER, Samuel (b.1767) Church warden 1819-1826 & 1833-1835
COOPER, Thomas (b.1742) Church warden 1773-1776 & 1779-1782
COOPER, Thomas (b.1766) Church warden 1790-1814
DUNNINGHAM, William (b.1731) Churchwarden 1768
FENN, John (b.1766) Churchwarden in 1815-1816
INGRAM, Edward in 1770
LUFKIN, Thomas in 1675
LUGAR, Robert (b.1790) Churchwarden in 1845-1846
WILLSMORE, Joseph (b.1766) Churchwarden 1815-1818
