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Henry Howard, B.A., in 1739, on the cession of Giffard. The same Patron. 

 William Loggon, M.A., in 1742, on the cession of Howard. The same Patron, 



then Earl of Ailesbury. 

 Charles King, M.A., in 1748, on the resignation of Loggon. Patron, Thomas, 



Baron Bruce of Tottenham. 

 William Harrison, D.D., in 1759, on the death of King. The same Patron. 

 Henry Jenner, B.A., in 1768, on the cession of Harrison. The same Patron. 



He was elder brother of the celebrated Edward Jenner, M.D. 

 Thomas Brown, B.D., in 1774, on the cession of Jenner. The same Patron. 

 John Roberson, M.A., in 1784, on the cession of Brown. Patron, the Dean of 



Salisbury, by lapse. 



David Williams, in 1787, on the death of Roberson. Patron, Thomas, Earl of 

 Ailesbury. 



Henry Williams, in 1789, on the cession of D. Williams. The same Patron. 

 William Moore, in 1796, on the death of H. Williams. Patron the Dean of 

 Sarum, by lapse. 



William Skey, B.A., in 1799, on the resignation of Moore. Patron, Thomas, 

 Earl of Ailesbury. 



Henry Wilson, B.A., in 1814, on the cession of Skey. ' Patron, Charles, Earl 

 of Ailesbury. 



James Hall, M.A., in 1822, on the cession of Wilson. Patron, Charles, Marquis 



of Ailesbury, K.T. 

 John Ward, B.A., in 1826, on the cession of Hall. The same Patron. 

 William Collings Lukis, M.A., in 1850, on the cession of Ward. The same 



Patron. 



John Dryden Hodgson, M.A., in 1855, on the cession of Lukis. The same 

 Patron. 



During the incumbency of the Rev. John Ward, a new Church, 

 with a District annexed, was built at East Grafton, the central 

 hamlet of an extensive outlying portion of the parish. This build- 

 ing, dedicated to St. Nicholas (the patron saint of a former chapel 

 in this hamlet), and erected chiefly by the munificence of the late 

 Marquis of Ailesbury and his son (then Earl Bruce,) is one of the 

 most successful results of modern Church architecture. 1 It is in 

 the style of the early part of the 12th century, and consists of a 

 fully developed chancel, terminated with a circular apse ; a well- 

 proportioned nave with clere story and aisles; and at the north-west 

 angle a plain tower pierced in the upper story with open arches, 

 and covered with a low stone spire. The architect was Benjamin 

 Ferr,ey, Esq. The site and endowment were given by the Marquis 



1 See detailed account in Gent. Mag., July, 1844. 



