It may have been granted originally to Saint Chad, the first Bishop of Lichfield in the 7th century, or to a successor.

[3] The oldest parts of the church, the foundations and pillars, date from around 1189, when Hugh Nonant was bishop of Lichfield.

The stone pinnacles on the tower were added in recognition of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.

[4] The reredos was created in 1898 as a memorial to Colonel Francis Chambers; it was designed by Basil Champneys and made by Bridgemans of Lichfield.

Richard Sampson, who earlier in his career was an agent of Henry VIII concerning his divorce from Catherine of Aragon, died in 1554 and was buried on the north side of the altar; the tomb-stone was moved to the Old Baptistry (located in the south-west of the church) in the nineteenth century.

Thomas Bentham, who became bishop soon after the accession of Queen Elizabeth I, died in 1578 and was buried in the chancel; his tomb-stone was also moved in the nineteenth century, to the choir vestry (located in the north-west of the church).

[4] Bishop John Lonsdale, who died in 1867, is buried in the north-east corner of the churchyard.

There is also a small "sanctus" bell, made in 1735 by Abel Rudhall, grandson of Abraham I, and added in recent years.