Rev. Thomas Taylor B.A.

Records

Thomas Taylor, of Alvechurch, Worcestershire, pleb. Brasenose
College, matric. 9th December, 1631, aged 16, B.A. 4th December, 1632; Vicar of *Himbleton, 1640, Rector of Knightwick, Worcestershire, 1644, Rector of *St. Martin's Worcester 1663-71.
[See Foster's Index Eccl.]

Rector of *Himbleton, Worcestershire.
Presentation: 11th January, 1640.
Institution: 21st January, 1640.

Rector of Knightwick, Worcestershire.
Presntation: 23 September, 1644.
Institution: 28th October, 1644.



*St. Martin's, Worcester.

The 14th century church was a strange looking building; it had three gabled east windows and three gabled windows on the south side. It had a tower, and a timber-framed south porch with a room above. It is possible that William Shakespeare was married to Ann Hathaway in this building in 1582; it is known that they came to Worcester to obtain a licence for their marriage, and St. Martin’s was on the road out of the city which they would have used. Part of the mystery is that what would have been the relevant page in the church’s marriage register has been torn out.

In 1767 the old church was demolished, and replaced by the present building, which stands in the Cornmarket Worcester.

St. Mary the Virgin, Knightwick. [Now closed and sold as a house]



St. Mary and St. Andrew, Mortuary Chapel, Knightwick.

St. Mary Magdalene, *Hinbleton.