Rectors
Until the late 1500s, the patron of Morden was the Abbess of Canons’ Leigh. For the next four centuries, the patron was the Erle-Drax family.
????-1343; Nicholas Hele
1343-1348; William de Tayngnemuth
1348-1349; Nicholas de Stokton
1349-1382; John le Couk
1382-1394; Raymund Peytesin
1394-1425; John Sampson
1425-1435; John Uphill
1435-1455; John Drynkwater
1455-1475; Robert Bursy
1475-1478; William Holcomb
1478-????; Richard Fulbroke
????-1506; John Hooper
1506-1508; Thomas Lyneham
1508-1547; John Hooper
1547-1579; Robert Winter
1579-????; Nicholas Wiltshire
[1586-????; John Elford, Rector of Charborough]
????-1654; Nevil Drant
Rectories of Morden and Charborough combined under Drant
1655-1657; Edward Bennet
1657-1663; unknown
1663-1678; unknown Row
1678-1695; Robert Swain
1695-1719; John Conant
1719-1737; Thomas Kellow, also Rector of Langton in Purbeck
1737-1744; John Loop
1744-1755; John Tomkinson
1755-1792; William Becket
1793-????; Robert Grosvenor, also Rector of Almer
????-1841; Charles Bowles
1841-1853; Alfred Tooke
1853-????; Thomas Pearce, also Deputy Grand Master of Dorset Freemasons