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List of Rectors of Covington since 1293
This list was compiled some years ago and is presented here as a representation of the work hanging on the back of the "Devil's Door" - a door on the North side of the Chancel, rather than as affirmation of it's accuracy. I haven't been able to check any of these dates or names, but I'm sure they're pretty representative of what happened.
| Appointed | Rectors | Patrons | Finished | Reason |
| unknown | Richard (de Baiocis) | 1293 | Retired | |
| 1293 | Gilbert de Malketon de Schenegneye | Robert de Bayons, Kt. | 1311 | Died |
| 1311 | Nicholas de Wanyngdon | Robert de Bayons, Kt. | 1312 | Retired |
| 1312 | Nicholas de Over | Robert de Bayons, Kt. | 1313 | Retired |
| 1313 | Nicholas de Wanyngdon | Robert de Bayons, Kt. | 1329 | Died |
| 1329 | Alexander de Baiocis | Richard de Bayons, Kt. | 1348 | Died |
| 1348 | Thomas de Baiocis B.C.L. | Richard de Bayons, Kt. | 1356 | Retired |
| 1356 | Raymond de Melchburn | Richard Bayons | ||
| 0 | Gilbert de Stiveele | Richard Bayons | 1361 | Died |
| 1361 | William Longe de Dene | Richard Bayons, Kt. | 1365 | Retired |
| 1365 | William Asser de Wendlynburgh | Robert de Bayons | 1371 | 6 |
| 1371 | Hugo Astell | William de Burton, Kt. Lord of Covington | ||
| John Ingram | William de Burton, Kt. Lord of Covington | 1377 | Retired | |
| 1377 | Andrew Broun | Elienora, Widow of Wm. de Burton | 1381 | ? |
| 1381 | Edmund Nicol de Covington | John of Gaunt | 1404 | Retired |
| 1404 | Benedictus Nicol | 1417 | Retired | |
| 1417 | Thomas Randolf | John Bayons | ||
| Robert Blyssot | John Bayons | 1446 | Retired | |
| 1446 | Richard Wylkok | John Bayons | 1450 | Retired |
| 1450 | Richard Whyte | Margareta, late wife of John Baihous | 1452 | Retired |
| 1452 | Thomas Hardy | Thomas Chelford | ||
| Laurence Wodin | Thomas Chelford | 1520 | Died | |
| 1520 | Peter Calcott | Anna Broughton, widow | 1526 | Retired |
| 1526 | Richard Arnold | Wm. Hugons by gift of Anna Jerningham, Widow. Lady of Covington | 1556 | Died |
| 1556 | Robert Wakerly | Lady Anna Russell, Countess of Bedford | 1557 | Died |
| 1557 | Stephen Murfyn | Anna, Countess of Bedford | 1558 | Died |
| 1559 | John Monkton (or Mounton) | 1586 | Died | |
| 1586 | Robert Clerke | Lord Chancellor, because Earl of Bedford a minor. | ||
| 1587 | John Kinde M.A. | Lord Chancellor, because Earl of Bedford a minor. | ||
| 1588 | George Priestland B.A. | 1607 | Died | |
| 1608 | Cesar Walpole M.A. | Edward Duncombe | ||
| 1613 | John Hayward M.A. | |||
| 1657 | Thomas Gouge (Tho. Gouge) | 1659 | Departed | |
| 1657 | William Donne (Wm. Donne) | |||
| William Turner | 1664 | C | ||
| 1664 | Bartholomew Mountford | Edward Turner of Tharfield | 1674 | Departed (Fired, actually.) |
| 1674 | John Taylor | 1676 | Retired | |
| 1676 | Samuel Taylor M.A. | Edward Payne | 1688 | Died |
| 1689 | Peter Boundy M.A. | Margaret Taylor, widow | ||
| 1698 | Samuel Taylor | 1738 | Died | |
| 1738 | John Sanderson M.A. | Thomas, Earl of Moulton | 1767 | Retired |
| 1767 | John Sanderson Jr. B.A. | Marquis of Rockingham | 1806 | Died |
| 1806 | Thomas Moore L.L.B. | Rt. Hon. Wm. Wentworth, Earl Fitzwilliam | ||
| Caleb Bradshaw | Rt. Hon. Wm. Wentworth, Earl Fitzwilliam | 1838 | Died | |
| 1838 | Cornelious Alphonsus Binns | Earl Fitzwilliam | 1865 | Died |
| 1865 | Robert Lancaster Watson | Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam | 1892 | Died |
| 1892 | Arthur Frederic Heaton B.A. | Bishop, by lapse | 1911 | Died |
| 1911 | Arthur Thomas Powley | Earl Fitzwilliam | 1920 | Died |
| 1921 | Robert George Fairhurst | Earl Fitzwilliam | 1937 | Died |
| 1938 | John Edward Cowgill | Earl Fitzwilliam | 1940 | Retired |
| 1940 | Ray Melville Tuke | Earl Fitzwilliam | 1959 | Retired |
| 1959 | Stanley Bridge | Earl Fitzwilliam | 1973 | Departed |
| 1974 | William Goddard | Earl Fitzwilliam | 1977 | Retired |
| 1977 | Frank Andrew | Earl Fitzwilliam |