Rectors of Witney
A Rector is a priest in charge of a parish (area) in the Church of England. Witney has had a Rector since 1209:
| 1209 | Humphrey de Midlieres |
| 1219 | Dionysius |
| 1227 | Wilhelmus de |
| 1230 | Peter de Cambray |
| 1243 | Ralph Grosset |
| 1261 | William Vacce |
| 1306 | William Jordan |
| 1310 | William Vacce |
| 1317 | William de Caswell |
| 1318 | Thomas de Tessunt |
| 1328 | Richard Dormer |
| 1336 | John de Orleton |
| 1338 | John Trillick |
| 1340 | Roger Foliot |
| 1349 | John de Hogh |
| 1359 | Robert de Wykford |
| 1362 | John de Cricklade |
| 1369 | John Frenche |
| 1370 | John de Kelleseye |
| 1378 | Nicholas de Wykeham |
| 1414 | John Franke |
| 1422 | Robert Cartryk |
| 1442 | William Escow |
| 1446 | William Selby |
| 1446 | John Cokkys |
| 1475 | Lionel Wodeville |
| 1479 | Edward Cheyne Hon. Canon of Christ Church |
| 1502 | Nicholas Weste |
| 1515 | George Gray |
| 1519 | Richard Syder |
| 1529 | John Higdon |
| 1532 | Edmund Steward Hon. |
| 1555 | Robert Woral |
| 1556 | Morgan Jones |
| 1558 | Robert Aldryge |
| 1564 | Edward Walker |
| 1569 | Blen Wythier |
| 1570 | Richard Smythe |
| 1581 | John Underhill Hon |
| 1614 | Humphrey Ailsworth |
| 1635 | Robert Hill |
| 1638 | Dr. Thomas Jackson STP |
| 1640 | Thomas White |
| 1655 | Ralph Brideoak |
| 1676 | Ralph Trumbull |
| 1708 | Richard Duke |
| 1711 | Robert Friend STP |
| 1751 | William Friend STP |
| 1767 | John Mulso MA |
| 1771 | Henry Phipps Weston |
| 1795 | The Hon. Edward Legge |
| 1797 | Robert Barnard |
| 1834 | Charles Jerram MA |
| 1853 | Richard Sankey MA |
| 1863 | Francis McCaulay Cunningham MA Rural Dean of Witney |
| 1897 | William Foxley Norris MA Hon. Rural Dean of Witney Canon of Christ Church |
| 1904 | James Barker Kirby MA |
| 1911 | Philip Proctor Goldingham MA |
| 1917 | Reece Unsworth MA |
| 1936 | Gordon Frank Sharp MA |
| 1942 | Ronald Frank Bale MA FSA Rural Dean of Witney Canon of Christ Church |
| 1959 | Arthur Webster Adeney MA |
| 1968 | John Henry Cook MA MSc |
| 1979 | Roland Evan Meredith MA Rural Dean of Witney Canon of Christ Church |
| 1995 | Cameron James Butland BA Area Dean of Witney |
| 2004 | Ian C. Cooper BA |
| 2006 | David Childs BSc MA |
| 2009 | Toby Christopher Wright MA (Oxon) Area Dean of Witney Canon of Christ Church |
In 1870 a Parish of Hailey cum Crawley was formed, but in 1982, under an Order in Council, this parish was re-united with the Parish of Witney. A Team Ministry was formed within the Parish of Witney and the Rector became Team Rector.
