Foster: Pidding, James, s. T., of Marlborough, Wilts, paup. Hart Hall, matric. 16 Mar 1691-2, aged 16; BA 1695, rector of Filton, Glos, 1705. See Foster's Index Eccl.
Blacker, Rev. Beaver H. Gloucestershire Notes and Queries Vol. II (London: William Kent &c, 1884) p.124 DLXXXVII.—Index to Monumental Inscriptions, Filton. The Rev. James Pidding, who was rector of the parish (1705-30), and whose wife died, as stated here, in 1723, rebuilt the east end of the parsonage at his own cost in 1716, having two years before paved the chancel with brick. Information supplied by Greg Manning, 9/5/2011