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13th to 20th Centuries
Rectors appointed by Edmund were his treasurer, Roger de Drayton (1276 1292) and a keeper of his wardrobe, Roger de Marlowe (1292 1310) known for his letters and letter book: Walter de London (1310 1349) was non-resident being a King clerk and holding several other benefices including eventually the Deanery of Wells.
Between 1359 and 1361, the Black Prince increased the endowments of the College of St. Nicholas in his castle at Wallingford by successive grants of the advowson, the church (that in the Rectorial tithes) and the Upper Manor.
They reverted to the Crown when the College was suppressed in 1548 and the Loder family, the tenants of the Manor Farm, were thus able to purchase the Manor and the advowson in 1557.
These passed to the Raymonds in the 18th century and to the Chetwodes in the 19th century.
In the present century (since 1916) the patron has been the Church Pastoral Aid Society and in 1976 Harwell became a united benifice with Chilton under the joint patronage of the Oxford Diocesan Board of Patronage and C.P.A.S.
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