Transcribed from a framed document in the church (photo shown):
![]() | Date | Rector |
| 1306 | Peter do Molendinis | |
| 1362 | William de Lyndrig | |
| 1370 | John de Northflete | |
| 1371 | Richard Marior | |
| 1478 | Thomas Banys | |
| 1505 | James Doddesley | |
| 1521 | Jonathan Rowlandson | |
| 1541 | Giles Seynebarbe | |
| 1555 | Thomas Helior | |
| 1557 | Ralph Jackson | |
| 1559 | James Hilman | |
| 1563 | Thomas Lewkenor | |
| 1568 | William Pell | |
| 1577 | Daniel Gardiner | |
| 1582 | Samuel Norden | |
| 1641 | John Smith | |
| 1669 | John Leversidge | |
| John Shore | ||
| 1681 | Michael Johnson | |
| 1722 | John Fortrie | |
| 1752 | John Davis | |
| 1766 | John Wenham | |
| 1773 | Henry Hemmington | |
| 1784 | William Gwynne | |
| 1818 | George Shiffner | |
| 1848 | George Croxton Shiffner | |
| 1906 | Edward Shiffner Best | |
| 1936 | Sydney Hansford Ward | |
| 1958 | James Godfrey Victor Strangeways | |
| 1964 | Rex Edward Ambrose Lloyd | |
| 1970 | Michael Lawrence Diamond | |
| 1978 | Raymond George Newham | |
| 1984 | Derek Baetide |
Karen Wenke, OPC for Barcombe, found the following list written in the front of the parish register (1686 - 1780). The page before has Geo Lewis, Curate of Hamsey, 1741.
| Rectors of Hamsey | Inducted | Buried |
| Samuel Norden | 1605 | |
| Edward Wood | 1605 | 1641 |
| John Smith | 1669 | |
| John Leversidge? | 1674 | |
| John Shore | 1722 | |
| John Ghurtrie? | 1752 | |
| John Davis | 1766 | |
| John Wenham | 1773 | |
| Wm Hemmington |
06/01/2007 | Transcribed by Mark Collins & Karen Wenke |