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| Rowley |
| c 1175-89 | William | Stutteville, Lords of Cottingham | Henry II | 1526 | Bernard Howden [?Holden] | Henry VIII | |
| ? 1226-27 | William of Rowley | Stutteville, Lords of Cottingham | Henry III | 1530-31 | Richard Sherwood M.A. | Margaret Countess of Salisbury | Henry VIII |
| 1226-27 | Richard FitzRobert | Nicholas de Stuteville | Henry III | 1540 | Henry Brown | King Henry VIII | |
| 1228 | Peter de Wivertorp | Nicholas de Stuteville | Henry III | 1583 | James Gayton M.A. | Dame Winifred Hastings | Elizabeth I |
| 1274 | Roger de Seton | Joan de Stuteville [dau. & heiress of above] | Edward I | 1593 | Henry Pickarde | Francis Barrington | Elizabeth I |
| c 1282 | Alan de Thorneton | King Edward 1 [who took manor etc. for lack of heirs] | 1620-21 | Ezekiel Rogers M.A.[Exile & Founder of Rowley, Mass.] | Sir Francis Barrington | James I | |
| 1309 | Hugh Duket | Sir Piers de Gaveston [Earl of Cornwall & custodian for K.Edw'd II] | 1638 | Thomas White M.A. | Sir Thomas Barrington [Bart] | Charles I | |
| 1309-10 | John de Hothum | King Edward II | 1662 | John Burnet | Sir Thomas Barrington [Bart] | Charles II | |
| 1317-18 | Giles de Redmere | King Edward II | 1667 | Francis Brookesby | Sir Thomas Barrington [Bart] | Charles II | |
| 1348 | Henry de Greystoke | King Edward III | 1690 | Thomas Walter | Lady Dorothy Barrington | Will'm & M. | |
| 1368 | John Colne | Blanche de Wake | Edward III | 1704 | William Hildyard [bro. Of 2nd Bart & Son of Patron | Esther Hildyard [daughter of Will'm Dobson who had acquired the advowson; also the mother of William H.] | Anne |
| 1400 | John de Walkington | King Henry IV | 1715 | Christopher Hildyard [remote cousin of above] | Esther Hildyard [daughter of Will'm Dobson who had acquired the advowson; also the mother of William H.] | George I | |
| 1408 | John Burnham | King Henry IV | 1734 | Thomas Wakefield | Nancy Hildyard [daughter of James Croft & Widow of William H.] | George II | |
| 1419 | William Greneake | Attorney of Thomas de Montacute, Earl of Salisbury | Henry V | 1787 | Robert Croft M.A. [kin of previous patron] | Sir Robert D'Arcy Hildyard [4th Bart] | George III |
| 1423 | Richard Morton | Attorney of Thomas de Montacute, Earl of Salisbury | Henry VI | 1831 | Levett Edward Thoroton B.A.[kin of patron's husband] | Anne Catherine Hildyard [nee Whyte & niece of above; married a Thoroton] | William IV |
| ? 1430 | Thomas Wiott | Henry VI | 1852 | Henry C Thoroton-Hildyard [son of patron] | Anne Catherine Hildyard [nee Whyte & niece of above; married a Thoroton] | Victoria | |
| 1436 | Nicholas Ledys | Richard Neville Earl of Salisbury | Henry VI | 1897 | Robert Thoroton-Hildyard [nephew of patron] | Thomas Thoroton-Hildyard [grandson of above] | Victoria |
| 1437 | John Wynter | Richard Neville Earl of Salisbury | Henry VI | 1908 | Lyonel D'Arcy Hildyard [s. of patron & Minor Canon of Windsor] | Dora Thoroton-Hildyard [d. of Anne C.T.H. & wife of rector] | Edward VII |
| 1469 | Oliver Alwode | Richard Neville Earl of Warwick | Edward IV | 1931 | William Hildyard [brother of above] | Christopher Hildyard [son of Lyonel D'A. & Dora Hildyard; Minor Canon of Westminster Abbey] | George V |
| 1470 | Stephen Close | Richard Neville Earl of Warwick | Edward IV | 1939 | Donald C Urquhart [descendant of Anne Catherine H.] | Christopher Hildyard [son of Lyonel D'A. & Dora Hildyard; Minor Canon of Westminster Abbey] | George VI |
| 1471-72 | Robert Thomlynson | George Duke of Clarence & Richard Duke of Gloucester | brothers of Edward IV | 1973 | Frank Hardman | Christopher Hildyard [son of Lyonel D'A. & Dora Hildyard; Minor Canon of Westminster Abbey] | Elizabeth II |
| 1472 | Thomas Otley | Richard Duke of Gloucester & Constable of England | Edward IV | 1976 | Julian Richards | Christopher Hildyard [son of Lyonel D'A. & Dora Hildyard; Minor Canon of Westminster Abbey] | Elizabeth II |
| 1476 | William Cerfe | Richard Duke of Gloucester & Constable of England | Edward IV | 1984 | Paul Thomas | Sir David H T Hildyard [related to Thorotons] | Elizabeth II |
| 1448-49 | Christopher Ratcliffe | John Dawney by grant from King Henry VII | 1988 | [Union of the Benefices of Rowley & Skidby] | |||
| 1990 | Jeremy Trigg | Archbishop of York & Sir D H T Hildyard | Elizabeth II | ||||
| Information based on research on the archives at the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research of the | |||||||
| University of York which has corrected & amplified the collations of James Torre [17th century] & the later | |||||||
| John George Hall; also upon the pedigree of the family Hildyard in | |||||||
| Norman James Miller's Winestead and its Lords and other - more recent & detailed | |||||||
| family information from Captain A J C Hildyard of Winestead. | |||||||
| Since the 17th century, all the Patrons have been of the family: the same is | |||||||
| true of almost every rector until 1973 for those without the name were akin. | |||||||
| Research by Thomas David Richardson of Hull & by Lawrence Thackray Greensmith of | |||||||
| Willerby who also did the writing and the decoration. February 1976 | |||||||
Data transcribed by
The late Jack Parry of Orleans, Vermont, USA. (1937-2022)
from photography by Colin Hinson