The monument to Vassall, London merchant, mentions his resistance to King Charles's taxes imposed on Tonnage and Poundage, especially as Parliament had refused the King's request for a lifetime extension. Vassall subsequently represented the City of London as a Member of Parliament (1640–1641), which restored some of Vassall's estate. Later Vassalls in Massachusetts, including William Vassall for whom Vassalboro, Maine was named, were Loyalists and fled to England during the American Revolutionary War. Ministers Robert Ratcliff, rector 1686–1689 Samuel Myles, rector 1689–1728 (d. 1728) Roger Price, rector 1729–1746 Henry Caner, rector 1747–1776 James Freeman, rector 1787–1836 (d.1836) Samuel Cary, minister 1809–1815 (d.1815) F.W.P. Greenwood, minister 1824–1843 (d. 1843) Ephraim Peabody, minister 1845–1856 (d. 1856) no regular minister 1856–1861 Henry Wilder Foote, minister 1861–1889 (d. 1889) no regular minister 1889–1895 Howard Nicholson Brown, minister 1895–1921 Harold Edwin Balme Speight, minister 1921–1927 John Carroll Perkins, minister in charge 1927–1931, minister 1931–1933 (guardian of Emily Hale) Palfrey Perkins, minister 1933–1953 Joseph Barth, minister 1953–1965 (d. 1988) no regular minister 1965–1967 Carl R. Scovel, senior minister 1967–1999 Charles C. Forman, affiliate minister 1980–1998 (d. 1998) Matthew M. McNaught, interim minister 1999–2001 Earl K. Holt, minister 2001–2009 Dianne E. Arakawa, interim minister 2009–2013 Joy Fallon, minister 2013–present Gallery See also List of National Historic Landmarks in Boston National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Boston, Massachusetts References Notes Further reading A History of King's Chapel, in Boston: The First Episcopal Church in New England By Francis William Pitt Greenwood (1833) at Google Books Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day. Boston: Little, Brown, 1882, 1896. vol.1; vol.2. The Organs and Music of King's Chapel, 1713-1991 by Barbara Owen (1993: King's Chapel, Boston MA) External links The Boston Athenaeum "houses the King’s Chapel Collection of mostly 17th century theological works" Boston National Historical Park Official Website 1686 establishments in Massachusetts 18th-century churches in the United States Bell towers in the United States Chapels in the United States Churches completed in 1754 Churches in Boston Former Episcopal church buildings in the United States Libraries in British North America National Historic Landmarks in Boston National Register of Historic Places in Boston Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Religious organizations established in the 1680s Stone churches in Massachusetts Towers in Massachusetts Unitarian Universalist churches in Massachusetts