Ch.32.
Titular Vicars of Badsey with Aldington
Before the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Badsey, like many other parishes of the
Vale, was a Chapel of the Abbey of Evesham, and was not under the jurisdiction
of the Bishop of Worcester. The Parish Priest was appointed by the Abbey and was
known as the Chaplain. The Chapelry was impropriated by Henry the Eighth to
Christ Church, Oxford, who have continued since to be rectors & patrons of the living,
and appoint a vicar or chaplain with the status of a perpetual curate. As the parish