Notable people featuring in the history of Clippesby
The successsion of rectors from 1320 - 1997
This 1813 engraving of a mediaeval memorial brass in the chancel of Clippesby Church is by John Sell Cotman.
It shows John Clippesby (d.1594) and Julian his wife; baby son William deceased (in shroud)
Three daughters Audry, Francis and Julian.
Shields: Clippesby impaling
(top) Jerningham, Woodhouse
(below) Knightly, Ellis, Spelman, Paston
Rev'd Alfred Rivett in the pulpit of Clippesby
Church (1897 - 1918)
Rev'd Henry J. Muskett and his wife (1860 - 1897)
Rev'd Harry Woodfield
(1946)
Rev'd Graham Snell and his wife
Ruby (1957)
Rev'd Robin Elphick
(1980)
Rev'd Kenneth Newton
with his wife Mona (1985)
Rev'd Peter Paine (1992)
Click to enlarge
Tribte to Rev'd Kenneth Newton on his retirement
Rev'd Kenneth Newton in the
pulpit of Clippesby Church
The Pallynges
Canon Bernard
Milner Pickering
Rector of Clippesby
(1931 - 1934)
This individual may not have been notable, but he/she would certainly have featured in the history of Clippesby and the church in Mediaeval times
(Discovered during the restoration work, September 2015)
Ernest (Jimmy) Leggett, 1919 ~ 2001
whose childhood was spent in Clippesby and who wrote about it and his wartime experiences so evocatively in "A Boyhood in the Fleggs" (extracts here). Later Treasurer at St. Peter's Church. Member of the Dunkirk Veterans and editor of their journal. Jimmy always sounded the Last Post for us at Remembrance services.
Rev'd Christopher Cousins (1990~1992)
Rev'd Jeanette Crafer
& husband Andy
Rev'd William Sinnett Davies and his family at Oby Rectory, 1938
Rev'd William Sinnett Davies (1935)
