RELIGION

(Includes Vicars, Rectors, Clerks in Holy Orders, Curates, Other Clergymen, Parish Clerks, Churchwardens, Sextons)

The following is an index to those persons listed in the baptism records for Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan in the occupations listed above. The area covered is from Cardiff in the East to Bridgend in the West, and the period up to about 1900 (1840 for Cardiff) . Many of those listed were only in the area temporarily; in some cases the same person will be listed in different locations at different times as clergymen moved Parishes; as far as possible only Clerks in Holy Orders have been included but it sometimes difficult to tell these from other types of Clerk in the later 19th century so it is possible that some clerical workers may have crept in to the list.

The town listed before the year is the place of residence. In most cases this is also the Parish where the entry is recorded but in a few cases the Parish was different to the place of residence - in these cases the bracketed entry after the year shows the recording Parish eg John Smith - Clerk - Cardiff - 1821 (Roath) denotes that there is an entry in the Parish register for Roath in 1821 relating to a John Smith, Clerk resident in Cardiff.

Every effort at accuracy has been made but mistakes/omissions may well occur in such a list, particularly in relation to the spelling of names. This list is intended to be a finding aid and the original records should always be inspected to check accuracy.

Correspondence regarding the list is welcome but I cannot undertake to carry out lengthy research on the individuals concerned, though I will provide details of the individual entries on request.

A

Edmund Edward Allen - Clerk Holy Orders - Porthkerry - 1866

Thomas Andrew - Vicar - Cardiff - 1681 - 89

Paul Ashman - Clerk - Porthkerry - 1844

B

Richard Bassett - Clerk - Sigginstone, Llantwit Major - 1816 - 21

Wiliam Holt Beever - clergyman - Cowbridge - 1853 - 61

Samuel Bellamy - scripture reader - Penarth - 1886 - 89

John Bowen - Parish Clerk - Wenvoe - 1786

William Bruce - Rector - St.Nicholas - 1846 - 60

William Bruce - Rector - St.Nicholas - 1869 - 71

William Connybeare Bruce - Rector - St.Nicholas - 1873

Robert Buckley Boyer - chaplain - Penarth - 1863

Charles William Browne - Clerk Holy Orders - Penarth - 1888

William Bruce - clergyman - St.Lythans - 1852

C

Joseph Carr - Clerk - Eastbrook, St,Andrews Major - 1894 - 96

Alfred Clements - Parish Clerk - Colwinston - 1897

Thomas Colerick - Vicar - Cardiff - 1734 - 39

William Daniel Conybeare - Rector - Sully - 1827 - 29

Robert Cook - Rev - Llandaff - 1731 - 34

Robert Cooke - Rector - Llantrithyd - 1737 (same as pRev.ious entry)

William Cook - Rector - Llansannor - 1722 (Cowbridge)

William Coslett - Clerk - Leckwith - 1876

Morga Cox - Rev - Llansannor - 1742 - 58

John Hawke Crosby - Clerk Holy Orders - Cowbridge - 1881 (Llansannor)

John Hawke Crosby - Clerk Holy Orders - Cowbridge - 1882 (same as pRev.ious entry)

William Cross - Parish Clerk - Rudry - 1870 - 83

D

Evan David - Sexton - Radyr - 1850

William David - Clerk Holy Orders - St.Fagans - 1858 - 64

Charles Davis - Curate - Llantrithyd - 1726 - 34

Charles Davies - Churchwarden - Cardiff - 1687

Charles Davies - Clerk - Pendoylan - 1750

David Davies - Rev - Llandaff - 1762

David Davies - Curate - St.Fagans - 1798

David Davies - Parish Clerk - St.Brides Major - 1821

Frederick Davies - Clerk - Leckwith - 1878 - 81

Robert Davies - Clerk - St.Brides Major - 1745 - 59

Thomas Davies - Rector - Wenvoe - 1781 - 94

Thomas Davies - Clerk Holy Orders - Cowbridge - 1869 - 71

Thomas Morgan Davies - Clerk - Llanilid - 1856 - 67

John Deere - Parish Overseer - Llantwit Major - 1891 - 96

Morgan Deere - Rev - Llanilid - 1799

Richard Deer - Clerk - St.George-super-Ely - 1696 - 1708

William Dovey - Clerk Holy Orders - Llansannor - 1889 - 90

John le Gent Du Heaume - Clerk Holy Orders - Barry - 1893 - 96

E

Charles Gresford Edmondes - Clerk Holy Orders - Peterwell, Lampeter - 1867 - 70 (Cowbridge)

Frederick William Edmondes - Clerk Holy Orders - St.Brides-super-Ely - 1869

Thomas Edmondes - Clerk - Cowbridge/Llanblethian - 1839 - 45

William Edmund - carter - Merthyr Mawr - 1830 - 43

Thomas Edwards - Clerk Holy Orders - St.Brides Major - 1891 - 96

Thomas Edward - Clerk - Colwinston - 1779

William Alfred Edwards - Clerk Holy Orders - Bunbury, Cheshire - 1894 (Colwinston)

William Joseph Edwards - clergyman - Llandow - 1867

Alfred Elias - Clerk Holy Orders - Roath - 1872 - 78

Benjamin Evans - preacher - St.Fagans - 1825 - 27

Edward Evans - Clerk Holy Orders - Wick - 1848 - 54

James Evans - Perpetual Curate/Clerk - Llandaff - 1820 - 35

James Evans - Rector of Llandough-juxta-Penarth - Llandaff - 1824 (same as pRev.ious)

John Evans - scripture reader - St.Brides Major - 1877 - 78

Walter Evans - Clerk Holy Orders - St.Lythans - 1867 - 72

F

Michael Andrew Farrer - Clerk - Cowbridge - 1857 (see also schoolmasters)

G

John Gay - scripture reader/lay missioner - Penarth - 1875 - 79

William Gibbon - Clerk - Pendoylan - 1629

George Gibby - Sexton - Cardiff - 1817

Hyman Godfrey - clergyman - Penarth - 1894

William James Gravell - Clerk Holy Orders - Llandough-juxa-Cowbridge - 1920

Edward Allinson Green - Clerk Holy Orders - Roath - 1864 - 72

David Griffiths - Rector - Bonvilston - 1822 - 24

David Griffiths - Clerk/Curate - Llanilid - 1761 - 78

David Griffiths - Clerk - Llanilid - 1833

John Griffiths - Clerk - Rudry - 1886

John Francis Griffith - Rector/Clerk - Llansannor - 1823 - 53

Meredith Griffith - Rev - St.Brides Major - 1792

Morgan Griffiths - Wesleyan Minister - Cowbridge - 1939 (Llanblethian)

H

Benjamin Hall - Vicar's Clerk - Llandaff - 1779

Thomas Hancorne - Rector - St.Donats - 1675 - 85

William Harry - Vicar choral - Llandaff - 1743

Philip Hawkins - Clerk - Wenvoe - 1681 - 87

Philip Hawkins jnr - Rev - Wenvoe - 1727 - 31

John Henry - Parish Clerk - Wenvoe - 1803 - 13

Evan Howell - Clerk - Wenvoe - 1682

Howell Howell - Clerk - St.Nicholas - 1791

Rees Howell - Parish Clerk - Wenvoe - 1838

J

Stephen L Jacob - Rev - Kent - 1798 (Penarth)

David Jenkin - Sexton - Cowbridge - 1827

John Jenkins - Clerk - Merthyr Tydfil - 1820 (Peterston-super-Ely)

Owen Jenkins - Rev - Cardiff - 1765 - 69

Wiliam Jenkins - Rev - Llandaff - 1773

William Richard Jenkins - Clerk Holy Orders -Welsh St.Donats - 1881

Charles Herbert Jenner - Clerk/Rector - Wenvoe - 1839 - 44

George Herbert Jenner - priest - Wenvoe - 1882 - 90

Nehemiah Hopkins - Rector - Llantrithyd - 1747 - 53

William Bowen Hughes - Clerk Holy Orders - Llanishen - 1896 - 98

James John - Sexton - Cowbridge - 1875 - 82

Philip John - Parish Clerk - St.Brides Major - 1847

Benjamin Jones - minister - Llanishen/Lisvane - 1816 - 34

Daniel Jones - Curate - St.Fagans - 1801 - 1809

David Jones - Clerk - Sully - 1837 - 38

David Ernest Llewelyn Jones - clergyman - Llandow - 1894

James Sinnett Jones - Clerk Holy Orders - Rectory, St.George-super-Ely - 1893

James Sinnett Jones - Clerk Holy Orders - Rectory, St.Brides-super-Ely - 1894 - 97 (same person as previous entry)

John Lloyd Jones - Clerk Holy Orders - Cogan Pill - 1876 (Llandough-juxta- Penarth)

John Jones - Curate/Rev Clerk - Llanishen - 1780 - 91

John Jones - Vicar - Cardiff - 1801

Lewis Jones - Clerk - Gileston - 1711

Thomas Hughes Jones - Clerk - Pendoylan - 1850 - 53

Thomas Jones - Vicar - St.Brides Major - 1866 - 70

K

Joseph Keeble - scripture reader - Penarth - 1875

George Kibby - Sexton - Cardiff - 1825

Charles Rumsey Knight - Vicar - St.Brides Major - 1856 - 62

Edward Dodridge Knight - Clerk - Rectory, Llandough-juxta-Cowbridge - 1849

L

William Lacy - Clerk - St.George-super-Ely - 1722 - 39

Christopher Lawrence snr - Divinity Student - The Poplars, Llanblethian - 1837 (Cowbridge)

William Barton Lawrence - Clerk - Sully - 1843 - 47

Henry Thomas Lee - Clerk - Dinas Powis, St.Andrews Major - 1844

Henry Thomas Lee - Clerk - Wenvoe - 1845

William Howard Leeds - Clerk.Holy.Orders - St.George-super-Ely - 1887

David John Lewis - Clerk - Lisvane - 1887 - 94 (Rudry)

Edward Lewis - Clerk Holy Orders - St.Fagans - 1859

John Lewis - Clerk - St.Fagans - 1733

Lewis Lewis - Clerk - Llanilid - 1739 - 52

Lewis Charles Lewis - Rector - Peterston-super-Ely - 1860

Wyndham Lewis - Rev A.M. - Llanishen - 1771 -82

William Llewellyn - Clerk/Rev - Cardiff - 1749 - 55

William Llewellyn - Clerk AB - Cardiff - 1780 - 81

Samuel Lowder - Vicar - Cardiff - 1779 - 80

Samuel Lowder - Vicar - Cardiff - 1793 - 98

William St.George Lowther - Clerk Holy Orders - Rectory, St.George-super-Ely - 1875 - 80

M

Christopher Matthews - Churchwarden - Cardiff - 1686

John Mathews - Clerk - Caerau-by-Ely - 1828

William Berkin Meakham - Rector - St.Fagans - 1798 - 1806

William Miles - Clerk/Vicar - St.Lythans - 1725 - 33

William Miles - Clerk - Cowbridge - 1758 - 62

David Morgan - Clerk Holy Orders - Lavernock -1869

Edward Morgan - Clerk Holy Orders - Llanishen - 1890

Hanmer Morgan - Clerk - Rectory, St.Athan - 1858 - 64

John Morgan - Clerk Holy Orders - Llanilid - 1876

John Evan Morgan - Clerk - Vicerage, St.Brides Major - 1819 - 23

Lewis Thomas Morgan - Vicar of St.Hilary - Llantwit Major - 1871

Leyson Morgan - Clerk - St.Fagans - 1746 - 57

Ebenezer Morris - Clerk Holy Orders -Cadoxton-juxta-Barry - 1879 - 1887

Rees Morris - Clerk Holy Orders - Flemingston - 1895

James Collin F Morson - Clerk Holy Orders - Cowbridge - 1872 - 75

N

David Nicholl - Clerk Holy Orders - Rectory, St.George-super-Ely - 1871 - 72

John Nicholl - Clerk - Ystradowen - 1599 (Pendoylan)

Lewis Anthony Nicholl - Clerk - St.Brides-super-Ely - 1837 - 41

Robert Nicholl - Rev - Llantwit Major - 1803 - 12

Stephen H.F. Nicholl - Clerk Holy Orders - Llandough-juxta-Cowbridge - 1869 - 79 (Llandough & St.Mary Church)

John Norton - Clerk Holy Orders -St.Hilary - 1870 - 71

P

Henry Parry - Sexton - Cardiff - 1737

Charles Parsons - Curate - Roath - 1859 - 62

Charles Stoddart Parsons - Rector - Penarth - 1864 - 66 (same person as previous entry)

Robert Bateman Paul - Clerk - Llantwit Major - 1831

Edward Philips - Sexton/Parish Clerk - Roath Mill - 1862 - 69

Richard James Plater - Clerk Holy Orders - Penarth - 1886 - 90

David Powell - Curate - Monknash - 1616 (Llantrithyd)

David Powell - Clerk - Pendoylan - 1623

Edward Powel - Clerk - Llandow - 1727 - 31

John Powell - Clerk/Rector - Flemingston - 1632 - 43

Joshua Powell - Clerk - Llantwit Major - 1758 - 67

Thomas Powell - preacher - Cardiff - 1704

Thomas Powell - clergyman - Llanblethian - 1835 - 48

William Powell - Clerk - St.Andrews Major - 1774 - 75

Llewelin Price - Parish Clerk - Llancarfan - 1820

Paul Price - Parish Clerk - Cardiff - 1768 - 76

Thomas Price - Rev - Llandaff - 1802 - 05

Thomas Price - Rev - Llandaff - 1797

Wiliam Price - Rev - Llandaff - 1724

David Prichard - Clerk - St.Donats - 1602 - 08

Alexander Purcell - curchwarden - Cardiff - 1669

R

Lewis Rees - Parish Clerk - Cardiff - 1815

Thomas Rees - Clerk - St.Nicholas - 1785 - 89

Thomas Rees - church Clerk - Llandough-juxta-Cowbridge - 1817 - 22

Thomas Major Rees - Clerk Holy Orders - Dinas Powis, St.Andrews Major - 1870 - 73

Edward Windsor Richards - Clerk - Cardiff - 1827 - 28 (Llandaff)

Edward Windsor Richards - Clerk - St.Andrews Major - 1830 - 36 (same person as previous entry)

William Richard - Parish Clerk - Wenvoe - 1788

Morgan Robert - Clerk - Pendoylan - 1600 - 03

Thomas Roberts - Clerk - St.Andrews Major - 1874

Thomas Roberts - Parish Clerk - Bonvilston - 1854

Evan Rosser - Clerk Holy Orders - St.Brides Major - 1888

James Rumsey - Clerk Holy Orders - Llandough-juxta-Cowbridge - 1867

Archibald James Russell - Clerk Holy Orders - Penarth - 1883 - 88 (Michaelston-le- Pit)

S

George Davis Sparks - Rector - Roath - 1863 - 64

Thomas Stacey - Clerk MA - Cardiff - 1826 - 27

John Stider - Clerk - Cowbridge - 1720 - 24

Walter Stradling - Curate - Wenvoe - 1614

Wiliam Sweet-Escott - Rector - Penarth - 1892

T

Edward Thomas - Clerk/Rev - Bonvilston - 1760 - 72

George Thomas - Clerk - Llandaff - 1834 - 43

Lewis Thomas - Curate - Merthyr Mawr -1857 - 62

Thomas Thomas - Clerk - Peterston-super-Ely - 1787 - 90

Thomas Thomas - Clerk - Pentyrch - 1777

Thomas Thomas - Clerk - Pentyrch - 1797

William Thomas - Clerk - Llanilid - 1792

William Thomas - Curate - St.Fagans - 1799 - 1814

George Thurston - Sexton - Caerau-by-Ely - 1889

George Traherne - Clerk - St.Hilary - 1825 - 32

Roper TRev.or Tyler - Clerk - St.Nicholas - 1839

W

Nathaniel Wells - Clerk - Llandough-juxta-Penarth - 1750

Miles Whitside - Clerk Holy Orders - S.Nicholas - 1895

Edward Williams - Clerk - Llandough-juxta-Cowbridge - 1719 - 20

Edward William Vaughan - Clerk - Llantwit Major - 1846 - 54

John Vaughan - Parish Sexton - Penarth - 1879

Richard Wade - Clerk - St.Donats - 1629 - 43

John Walters - Rector - Llandough - juxta-Cowbridge - 1762 - 72

Richard Watson - Clerk - Llandaff - 1818

John Weston - Curate - Wenvoe - 1608

William Elliott Whiteside - Clerk - Eastbrook, St.Andrews Major - 1895 - 97

John Wilcocke - Clerk - Flemingston - 1620 - 23

Roger Wilkins - Rector - St.Mary Church - 1625 - 38

Thomas Wilkins - Rector - St.Mary Church - 1584

Thomas Wilkins - Rector - St.Mary Church - 1677 - 80

Charles Carne Williams - Clerk Holy Orders - St.Donats - 1870

Charles Frederick Williams - Clerk - Leckwith - 1873

David Williams - Parish Clerk - Llanblethian - 1822 - 27

Edmund Williams - Clerk - St.Brides Major - 1766 - 70

Frederick Charles Williams - Clerk Holy Orders - St.Brides Major - 1889 - 92

Hugh Williams - Clerk - Llandaff - 1826 - 34

Hugh George Williams - Clerk Holy Orders - Radyr - 1890

George Williams - Churchwarden - Cardiff - 1676

George Williams - Rector - Llantrithyd - 1790 - 1801

Henry Williams - Clerk/Rector - Flemingston - 1665 - 76

John William - Clerk - Marcross - 1844 (Llantwit Major)

John Williams - Clerk BA - Cardiff - 1826

John Williams - Rector - Marcross - 1846 (same person as previous entry)

John Williams - preacher - Cowbridge - 1834

John Williams - Rev - St.Brides-super-Ely - 1794 - 97

John Williams - Clerk Holy Orders - Pendoylan - 1871 - 73

John Williams - Clerk Holy Orders - Peterston-super-Ely - 1874 - 77

John Brown Williams - Vicar of Llantwit Major - 1827 (Llanblethian)

John Brown Williams - Clerk - Penllyn - 1821 - 26 (same person as previous entry)

Thomas Williams - Clerk - Cowbridge - 1765 - 75

Thomas Williams - church Clerk - Llanblethian - 1856 - 59

Thomas Williams - Clerk Holy Orders - Cowbridge - 1867 - 70

William Williams - Sexton - Cowbridge - 1868

Charles Frederick B Wood - Vicar - Penmark - 1845 - 54

George Woods - Clerk - Sully - 1848 - 53

Y

Arthur Yeomans - Churchwarden - Cardiff - 1698