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OFFICIATING CLERGY AT ST. JOHN'S
From the time the church was built, a number of Clergy
from Leyton officiated at Leytonstone, including the Rev. C. J. Laprimaudaye, a
nephew of the Vicar of Leyton, and the Rev. John Pardoe, a descendant of the
Patron of Leyton.
| 1845-1863- |
Rev. Hubert Evans was the
first Vicar. He appears to have been Curate-in-charge of the Church from
1844.
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| 1864-1870- |
Rev. W. H. Vernon.
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| 1870-1874- |
Rev. Horace Waller was for
many years a Missionary in Central Africa, being a member of the original
pioneer party that went out to Africa as a result of Livingstone's famous
appeal at the University of Cambridge. He went out as lay superintendent
under Bishop Mackenzie, and was responsible for all the secular affairs as
well as acting as surgeon. He is particularly remembered for the fact that
when Mackenzie died and Bishop Tozer decided to move the Mission
headquarters to Zanzibar, taking only the boys with him, it was Waller who
made himself responsible for taking the women and girls, who were all
released slaves, to Cape Town for safe habitation. He stayed in South
Africa for a short time and then returned to England to be ordained. While
in Africa he renewed his friendship with Dr. Livingstone. This friendship
was continued and when he was in England, Dr. Livingstone often stayed at
the Vicarage; indeed, he made his last communion at St. John's before he
returned to Africa for the last time. When Livingstone died, Mr. Waller
was pallbearer at his funeral, and he invited Susi and Chuma, the two
Africans who brought back Livingstone's body for burial, to stay with him
at the Vicarage, and assist him in the editing of the Doctor's journals.
They became members of the choir and attended the National School in the
old "Chapel".
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| 1874-1905- |
Rev. W. J. Bettison. It was
during his incumbency that the previously mentioned daughter churches were
built. The growth of the parish was most rapid during these years. The
Rev. W. Bettison started a parish magazine, and a Church Council formed
before ever Parochial Church Councils came into being.
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| 1906-1939- |
Canon W. T. Brown. The Rev.
W. T. Brown as he then was, came to St. John's from St. Barnabas',
Walthamstow, where as Vicar he had seen the building of that Church. At
St. John's he assisted in the enlarging of the Church as one of his first
tasks. He was one of the first Canons to be appointed to Chelmsford
Cathedral when the diocese was formed in 1914. He served more than once as
Mayor's Chaplain, having taken part in the ceremony when the Charter was
presented to the Borough at the Highstone in 1926. He also acted as
Chaplain to the Bishop of Barking, to the Rotarians and a Lodge of Masons,
and was on both the Boys' and Girls' Higher Education Committees, being
Chairman of the former for a number of years.
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| 1940-1960- |
Rev. J. A. Stanley. At the
outbreak of the last war, and on the death of Canon Brown, the Rev. J.
Stanley came to St. John 5 s from Barking, where he had been in charge of
St. Paul's, under the Parish Church. He was subsequently made a Canon and
was Rural Dean of Leyton. He moved to Prittlewell in 1960, where he
unfortunately died soon after.
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| 1961-1970- |
Canon E. De'L. Jones came to
St. John's from Cranham, Essex. He became assistant Rural Dean of Waltham
Forest, when the local Deaneries were reorganised in the 1960s to conform
to the area of this London Borough.
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| 1970-1984- |
Rev. C. T. Edmondson came to
St. John's, after a curacy at St. John's, Buckhurst Hill.
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| 1985-1998- |
Rev. R Field came to St. John’s
from St. Ann’s, Tottenham.
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| 2000 - |
Rev. R. J. Draper came from Wickersly, in
Yorkshire. |
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