(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