| Rectors of Penhurst. PATRONS:- Prior & Convent of the Holy Trinity ~ Hastings ~ till 1238 then Penhurst Family; 1681 Ashburnham Family; 1953 The Reverend John D. Bickersteth, M. A. Ashburnham Christian Trust | |
| 1288 | Robert de Tringe (or Jerring) |
| 1315 | Robert de Norton (Deacon) |
| 1316 | William de Bedewynee |
| 1399 | John Yvot |
| 1399 | Walter Penderell |
| 1404 | Simon Skeggeneys |
| 1407 | Laurence Burton |
| 1408 | Thomas Bonde |
| 1410 | Walter Jakys |
| William Goldstone | |
| 1519 | Michael Stowe |
| 1527 | William Blacniche |
| 1531 | Richard Andrew |
| Richard Duxberye | |
| 1546 | John Montayne (or Mortayne) |
| 1551 | Dominic Segeyr |
| 1558 | Thomas Blackborne |
| 1569 | James Wylkes |
| 1586 | John Style |
| 1618 | Nathaniel Goodakers |
| 1661 | John Bowyer |
| 1663 | Thomas Adams |
| 1667 | John Hammond, A. M. |
| 1678 | John Bowyer |
| 1681 | John Mason, A. B. |
| 1690 | Richard Thorneton |
| 1707 | Edward Stapley, A. M. |
| 1720/1 | John Sorsbie, A. M. |
| 1764 | Joseph Wise |
(United to Ashburnham ~ 1810) | |
| 1810 | William Trivett |
| 1830 | Edward Warneford |
| 1840 | John Read Munn |
| 1879 | Rose Fuller Whistler |
| 1889 | Lawrence Johnstone Stephens |
| 1892 | Charles Baker |
| 1904 | Horace Sturt |
| 1920 | Ferguson Reed |
| 1926 | C. G. J. Sale Pennington |
| 1955 | G. K. Naderer |
| 1958 | John D. Bickersteth, M. A. |
| 1984 | Kenneth L. Barham, B. D. (Canon) |
| 1993 | Kenneth L. Barham, B. D. (Bishop of Cyanququ, RWANDA) |
