Archdeacon of Bath

The Archdeacon of Bath is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells. The post, having oversight over the archdeaconry of Bath, has existed since the twelfth century. The archdeaconry includes five deaneries.

List of archdeacons

Some archdeacons without territorial titles are recorded from around 1086; see Archdeacon of Wells.

High Medieval bef. 1100–aft. 1120: Gerbert bef. July 1141–aft. 1154: Martin aft. 1154–aft. 1165: Thomas (I) c. 1167: Baldwin c. 1167–bef. 1176: John Comyn bef. 1182–aft. 1206: Peter of Blois (also Archdeacon of London from 1202) c. 1208–aft. 1212: John of Colchester (disputed) bef. 1214–c. 1234 (d.): Hugh of Wells c. 1234–aft. 1236: Nicholas de Neville bef. 1238–aft. 1246: Henry Tessun bef. 1247–aft. 1248: Nicholas Tessun bef. 1257–1257 (res.): Robert de Chauncy (afterwards Bishop of Carlisle) bef. 1259–1259 (res.): John de Cheam (afterwards Bishop of Glasgow) bef. 1264–aft. 1266: Walter de Merton (also Lord Chancellor; later Bishop of Rochester, 1274) bef. 1268–aft. 1269: Thomas (II) bef. 1277–aft. 1285: Ralph de Wicham/Wikham bef. 1292–aft. 1294: Thomas of Axbridge bef. 1295–bef. 1297: Iterius Bochard of Angoulême Late Medieval 8 February 1309 – 1333 (d.): Henry of Sandwich c. 1333–29 September 1342 (exch.): Matthew de Valenciis 29 September 1342 – 1353 (d.): Walter de Hulle 7 March 1353–aft. 1366: John Power bef. 1380–1380: Hugh Herle 1380–bef. 1386: Ranulf de Gorce de Monterac 23 July 1386–bef. 1428 (res.): Roger Harewell 30 January 1428 – 10 December 1449 (exch.): Thomas Warde 10 December 1449–bef. 1460 (d.): William Sprever 26 February–May 1460 (res.): Hugh Sugar/Norris 6 May 1460–bef. 1497 (d.): Richard Lichefeld 17 March 1497 – 1498 (res.): William Cosyn (afterwards Dean of Wells) 31 March–July 1499 (res.): Thomas Beaumont (later Archdeacon of Wells) 12 July 1499 – 1502 (res.): John Pikman 4 September 1502 – 1518 (d.): Thomas Tomyow bef. 1535–17 October 1535 (d.): Robert Shorton bef. 1536–November 1557 (d.): Walter Cretyng

Early modern bef. 1561–aft. 1569: James Bond 28 November 1570 – 1584 (res.): Tobias Matthew (afterwards Dean of Durham) 1 April 1584 – 12 March 1614 (d.): William Powell 18 April 1614 – 1 April 1638 (d.): Timothy Revett[1] 2 April 1638 – 1643 (res.): William Piers (afterwards Archdeacon of Taunton) 30 December 1643–bef. 1661: William Davis 6 June 1661 – 23 June 1690 (d.): John Sellick 31 October 1690 – 11 December 1711 (d.): William Clement 31 December 1711 – 1733 (d.): William Hunt 5 September 1733 – 19 April 1743 (d.): Lawson Huddleston 21 May 1743 – 1761 (res.): Samuel Squire (also Dean of Bristol from 1760; afterwards Bishop of St David's)[2] 26 May 1761 – 1767 (res.): Thomas Camplin (afterwards Archdeacon of Taunton) 12 February 1768 – 25 July 1786 (d.): John Chapman 26 September 1786 – 18 July 1798 (d.): Edmund Lovell 28 July 1798 – 11 June 1815 (d.): James Phillott 22 July 1815 – 1817 (res.): George Trevelyan (afterwards Archdeacon of Taunton) 26 April 1817 – 27 May 1820 (d.): Josiah Thomas 17 June 1820–bef. 1839 (res.): Charles Moysey 6 March 1839 – 19 August 1852 (d.): William Brymer 17 September 1852 – 11 October 1860 (d.): William Gunning Late modern 1860–1895: Robert William Browne 1895–1909: Hilton Bothamley 1909–29 September 1924 (d.): Lancelot Fish 1924–1938: Sydney Boyd 1938–1947: William Selwyn (afterwards Bishop suffragan of Fulham) 1947–1962: Edwin Cook 1962–1971: Arthur Hopley 1971–1975: Tom Baker (afterwards Dean of Worcester) 1975–1995: John Burgess 1996–2004: Bob Evens (afterwards Bishop suffragan of Crediton) May 2005 – 30 June 2017 (ret.): Andy Piggott[3] 4 July – 5 November 2017: Chris Hare (acting)[4] 5 November 2017 – present: Adrian Youings[5]

References

1. "Rivet, Timothy (RVT595T2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
2. "Squire, Samuel (SKR730S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
3. Diocese of Bath and Wells — Moving On: Andy Piggott (Accessed 1 April 2017)
4. Diocese of Bath and Wells — Chris Hare announced as Acting Archdeacon of Bath (Accessed 1 April 2017)
5. Diocese of Bath & Wells — New Archdeacon of Bath appointed (Accessed 1 October 2017)

Sources

• Greenway, Diana E. (2001), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, 7, pp. 26–31
• Jones, B. (1964), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, 8, pp. 14–15
• Horn, Joyce M. (1979), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 5, pp. 18–20