Vicars of the Parish Church of St. Lawrence, Hungerford:

1148–c1160   Ralph (Radulphus, Presbyter de
                      Hungerford, witness to a grant of land
                      from John de Folga to the Knights
                      Templars, c1194)
1191+            Simeon
c.1220            Radulf
1220–1238    Richard
1301–1302+  Walter Job
1341+            William
1355–1361+  Thomas de Hungerford
? –1368          William Lovedore
1368–1381    Ralph de Baston
1381–1389    John Hognorton
1389              Thomas Shirburn
1390–1403    Hugh Werston (Wreston)
1403–1420+ Robert Napper
Ante 1433      Nicholas Rychere
1433              John Skillyngton
Ante 1447     William Knight
1447              John Howden
1447–1458    Thomas Acton
1458              Baldwyn Hyde
1463–1464+  Richard Berde
1475–1487    Thomas Holme
1499–1505+  Thomas Whitemore
1524              John Hakett
1547              Hugh Byrdman
1551–1554   Edward Toogood
1554–1557   Edward Beckett
1557             Hugh Bidname
1559–1562    John Clement
1562- 1591   Edward Brouker
1591- 1602   William Brouker
1602- 1641   John Wirrrall
1641–1662   John Clarke (Presbyterian put in by
                     Cromwellian party)
1662–1670   William Hinwood
1671–1673   George Farewell
1673–1678   Robert Abbot
1678–1679   Thomas Bennett (also Vicar of
                      Steventon; author in Lilly's Grammar,
                      Oxon, 1673; buried Hungerford,
                      August 1681)
1679–1681   Elias Carteret
1681–1725    Joseph Wells M.A. (died 3rd Jan 1726,
                      aged 71. Buried Hungerford)
1725-1731    James Barclay
1731–1738   George Hawkins
1738–1766   Thomas Baker M.A. (Died 24th Oct 1765
                      aged 54 yrs)
1766–1793    John Clarke M.A.
1793–1798    Henry William Majendie D.D. (Lord
                      Bishop of Bangor, and Canon
                      Residentiary of St Paul's, from which he
                      was empowered to hold the See of
                      Chester, being translated to Bangor in
                      1809. His father (a German divine)
                      held an appointment in the Royal
                      Household of King George III and
                      Queen Charlotte. His son (also
                      Rev H.W. Majendie) was many years
                      Vicar of Speen. He died 9th July 1830).
1798–1818   John Bostock M.A.
1818–1866   William Cookson M.A. (Also Vicar of
                      Broad Hinton, Wilts from 1835)
1866–1894   Joseph Ball Anstice (Rural Dean of
                      Newbury)
1895–1900    William Arthur Gordon Gray, M.A.
1900–1908    H.A. Sealy M.A.
1909–1924    William Edward Thomas Gray M.A.
1924–1953    Harold Wardley King M.A.
1954–1974    Kenneth Tagg A.K.C.
1975–1983    Richard Kingsbury BA Hons
1984–1989    David Salt A.K.C.
1990- present Andrew Sawyer A.K.C.

Rev Tom Gray, Vicar 1909-1924
He was an active member of the Hungerford Volunteer Fire Brigade, rising to the most senior rank of captain, and skilfully managed to combine his 'dog-collar' with his fireman's uniform!

Rev Tom Gray, Vicar 1909-1924
The Reverend William Edward Thomas Seccombe Gray was always known as Tom. He was was much involved in the community life of the town. He was a very popular man and a keen sportsman, fishing and shooting being his special interests. Indeed he wrote a book on fishing under the pen-name 'Silver Devon' entitled 'Leaves from an Angler's Notebook'.