 Baptist Levinz, who was incumbent 1680–82, became Bishop of Sodor and Man in 1685.George Horne, who was incumbent 1760–64, became Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1776 and Bishop of Norwich in 1790.Edward Ellerton, who was incumbent from 1814, founded Horspath parish school and left land in the parish to fund scholarships to Magdalen College, Oxford.