3) Vicars of St Nicolas Church Portslade, from 1185
1185 Stephen
1232 Robert
1368 Bernard
1415 Thomas Legger
1415 John Westcote
1419 Thomas Devonshire
1420 Henry Tone
1444 Thomas Thakes
1444 John Dovere
1499 Henry Kentte
1499 John Galthe
1505 John Holforde
1510 Robert Gaston
1526 Henry Honeby, & rector of St Helen's Hangleton 1523
Richard Hide. Curate 1551
1556 John Lowghe
1562 John Englisshe
1584 Henry Englisshe, & rector of Aldrington 1584.
1586 Robert Johnnes M.A.
1598 John Postlethwait A.B. & rector of St Julian's Kingston Buci 1605
1607 John Bridge A.M. & rector of St Helen's Hangleton1613
1636 Thomas White
1638 Nathaniel Hancock A.M. & rector of St Michael's Southwick 1643
1662 Robert Adams
1669 John Temple, & rector of St Helen's Hangleton 1660
1710 John Littlejohn
1722 Ralph Clutton & rector of Horsted Keynes
John Osborne. Curate 1742
Charles Baker. Curate 1743
1754 William Hayley Portslade with Hove and rector of
St Thomas a' Becket, Brightling 1754
1761 John Clutton B.A. & rector of St Helen's Hangleton1757
John Constable Curate 1803
1815 Henry Hoper M.A. & rector of St Helen's Hangleton
Thomas Scutt. Curate 1815
Gilbert Henry Langdon. Curate 1830
1859 Frederick G.Holbrooke, & rector of St Helen's 1863
& Priest in Charge of St Andrew Portslade 1864
1864 The parishes of St.Nicolas Portslade & St Helen's Hangleton united by Order in Council
1876 The separate Parish of St Andrew Portslade formed
1880 Charles A.Stevens M.A. & rector of St Helen's
1899 Vicars Armstrong Boyle M.A. B.C.L. & rector of St Helen's
1919 Donald F.Campbell M.A. & rector of St Helen's
1927 Lubin S.Creasey M.A. & rector of St Helen's
1928 Noel E.C.Hemsworth M.A. & rector of St Helen's
1933 Ernest P.W.Holmes M.A. & rector of St Helen's
1936 the Vicar of St Nicolas , also the Priest in Charge of The Church of the Good Shepherd at Mile Oak, Portslade,the “Tin Church” was kindly donated to the Parish of
St Nicolas, by the Parish of The Church of the Good Shepherd, Dyke Road, Brighton.
1946 Roland C.Desch M.B.E. A.K.S. & rector of St Helen's
1948 Ronald F.G.Adams A.K.C. & rector of St Helen's
Peter Bide, Curate 1949-1955
1955 St Helen's Hangleton becomes a separate parish and
no longer united with St Nicolas Portslade
1962 Victor R.D.Hellaby T.D.
1967 a new church is built and dedicated at Mile Oak,
The Church of the Good Shepherd becomes a conventional district,
In 1994 Parochial Status was granted and the Church was formally consecrated into a Parish Church and having equal status to the Parish Church of St Nicolas Portslade.
1969 Peter D.A.Campbell M.A.
1981 Richard H.Rushforth M.A.
Peter Brooks, Curate. 1983-1986
Graham Whiting, Curate 1987-1988
1987 St Nicolas Church united with St Andrew Church to form
The Parish of St Nicolas & St Andrew, Portslade
1987 Richard H. Rushforth M.A.
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Patrons of St Nicolas Portslade
c.1185 Prior and monks of St Pancras, Lewes
1191 William de Warenne
c.1226 Hubert de Burgh (Justiciar of England)
c.1234 Abbot and convent of St Radegund de Bradsole, Kent
1246 Advowson conveyed by John de Burgh to the Countess of Kent
1347 John de la Warr
1444 Canons of St Radegund
1538 Archbishop of Canterbury
1562 the Crown
1864 Dowager Lady Amherst
1880 Lord Sackville
1989 Bishop of Chichester
See http://www.stnicolas.standrewportslade.btinternet.co.uk/portslade_parish_priests.htm for further information