In 1848 George Liscombe in his "The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham" listed the following Rectors for Thornton:
1238
1244
12--
1315
1347
1349
1394
1423
1441
1453
1463
14--
1468
1509
1532
1546
1557
1573
1616
1638
1651
1666
1709
1710
1747
1761
1770
1797
1797
1799
1819
Hugh
Henry de Leukenor
Walter de Cromkell
Elias de Tingewick
Robert de Gadlisford
John Chastillon
Henry Harwedon
William Talys, alias Symonde
Thomas Dodde
Simon Waryn
William Ingleton
Thomas Brown
John Robyns
Thomas Togers
Robert Heywood
Thomas Rogers, presented for a second time
Ralph Coly
Thomas Ellwood, A.B.
William Bredon
Robert Rudd, A.M.
Clement Gregory
Charles Almond
Thomas Allen, A. M.
Leonard Sedgewick
Francis Marshall
John Leadbeater
William Ellis, A.M.
Honorable Jacob Marsham, A.M.
John Pemberton A.M.
John Risley A.M.
John Risley A.M. son of the former d. 1853 was the last Rector of Thornton before the Parsonage was demolished when a road was moved. A new Rectory was built at Nash and subsequent Rectors are listed under Nash and looked after both parishes.