Previously, Steep was a dependent chapelry of East Meon from the 12thcentury until 1867
Vicars of East Meon and Steep
From 12thcentury until 1867
The list below from the wall tablet in Steep Church:
- 1283 Robert de Camera
- Thomas of Brayles
- 1287 J of St Austel
- 1300 William of Bedewinde
- 1304 Roger Belamain
- Richard of Wardyngton
- 1319 Rigauld Justin
- 1340 Geoffrey of Upton
- 1341 John Ace
- 1361 Edmund of Ludespade
- 1366 John Symond
- 1376 Robert Wolvele
- John
- 1410 Thomas Smythe
- 1411 John Brydport
- Peter Burgh
- 1449 William Compton
- alias Sherier
- 1450 William Elys
- 1462 William Betson
- 1474 Hugh Frankysch
- John Aleyn
- 1486 William Chippenham
- 1502 William Edwards
- 1522 John Fawne
- 1522 Thomas Whitmore
- 1527 John Helliar
- 1537 John Simpson
- 1543 Robert Warde
- 1559 Edward Banks
- 1563 John Fielder
- 1606 Andrew Priors
- 1612 Robert Moore
- 1641 John Shritley
- 1649 Richard Downes
- 1674 Richard Downes
- 1710 John Downes
- 1733 Lubbridge Woods
- 1763 Andrew Lewis Boisdaune
- 1788 John Scally
- 1795 John Docker
- 1826 Thomas Cooke Kemp
The List below is from a 1950 Compendium by T.A.M. in church archives:
Curates of Steep 1643 – 1868 (this information is stated by T.A.M. as coming from entries in the church registers)
- 1643 Ri Compton
- 1644 Robert Maunder
- 1644 Benjamin Burnand
- ? Andrew Woods, Clerk & Registrar Dec 1653
- ? John Cole, Clerk & Registrar 28thFeb 1669
- ? Robert Pogrod, Clerk & Registrar 16thDec 1673
- 1717 Thos. Lithgow
- 1754 Jas. Downes
- 1766 John Street
- 1779? Stephen Street
- 1772 Thos. Trodd
- 1789 Jas Duncan
- 1793 Jas Cookson
- 1813 John Whicher (Minister of Petersfield)
- 1821 – 5 Thomas Howes
- 1824 – 6 W. Wilkinson
- 1826 – 31 G.E. Hollest
- 1831 T.P. Maurice (officiating)
- 1832 – 3 E. Green (officiating)
- 1837 – 48 Edmund Docker
- 1849 – 51 Thos R. Brownrigg (officg)
- 1864 Thos Floud
- 1865 W.H. Hawker
On 20thDecember 1867 by order in council Steep became a parish
Vicars of Steep since 1867 (as noted from the wall tablet near the north door in Steep church)
- 1868 William Henry Hawker
- 1874 Samuel Blackburne
- 1880 Francis Wheler Randall Mason
- 1894 Edward Lavallin Puxley
- 1904 Herbert Peto Betts
- 1922 Edward Rouviere Day
- 1930 Norman Murray Livingstone
- 1955 Douglas William Heathcock
- 1957 Douglas John Snelgar
- 1993 David Michael Pine
- 2001 Paul Alan Kennedy
- 2009 John Edward Owen
At the top of the tablet of vicars’ names is the following motto:
“Christum scire est omnium scire” (Christ knows all there is to know)
Below: Canon John Owen, vicar of Steep 2019
