List of Archdeacons of Bath
Encyclopedia
This is a list of the archdeacon
s of Bath, a position in the diocese of Bath and Wells
, England.
Archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, Chaldean Catholic, and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church...
s of Bath, a position in the diocese of Bath and Wells
Diocese of Bath and Wells
The Diocese of Bath and Wells is a diocese in the Church of England Province of Canterbury in England.The diocese covers the county of Somerset and a small area of Dorset. The Episcopal seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells is located in the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew in the tiny city of...
, England.
- 1141: M. Martin
- 1153: Thomas 1153
- 1165: M. Baldwin
- 1166: M. John Cumin
- 1182: Peter of BloisPeter of BloisPeter of Blois or Petrus Blesensis was a French poet and diplomat who wrote in Latin. Peter studied law in Bologna and theology in Paris...
- 1208-1214: John of Colchester
- 1214-1234: Hugh of Wells
- 1234: Nicholas de Neville
- 1238-1247: M. Henry Tessun
- 1247-1256: M. Nicholas Tessun
- c. 1256–1257: Robert de ChauncyRobert de ChauncyRobert de Chuancy was a medieval Bishop of Carlisle.-Life:...
- c. 1259: John de Cheam
- c. 1266: Walter de MertonWalter de MertonWalter de Merton was Bishop of Rochester and founder of Merton College, Oxford.-Life:Walter was born probably at Merton in Surrey or educated there; hence the surname. He came of a land-owning family at Basingstoke; beyond that there is no definite information as to the date or place of birth...
- 1286: M. Thomas
- 1277: M. Ralph de Wicham or Wikham
- 1292-1294: Thomas of Axbridge
- 1295: Iterius Bochard of Angoulême
- 1309-1333: Henry of SandwichHenry of Sandwich-Life:Henry was the son of Henry of Sandwich, a knight from Sandwich, Kent. He held the prebend of Weldland in the diocese of London.Henry was elected 13 November 1262 and consecrated on 27 May 1263. He was suspended from office on 1 December 1265 but was reinstated by Pope Gregory X on 31 May 1272...
- 1333-1342: Matthew de Valenciis
- 1342-1353: Walter de Hulle
- 1353-?: John Power
- 1380: Hugh Herle
- 1380: Ranulf de Gorce de Monterac
- 1386-1428: M. Roger Harewell
- 1428-1449: M. Thomas Warde
- 1449-1460: M. William Sprever
- 1460: M. Hugh Sugar or Norris
- 1460-1497: M. Richard Lichefeld
- 1497-1498: M. William Cosyn
- 1499: M. Thomas Beaumont
- 1499-1502: M. John Pikman
- 1502–1518: Thomas Tomyow
- 1535: Robert ShortonRobert ShortonRobert Shorton was an English churchman and academic, first Master of St John's College, Cambridge and archdeacon of Bath.-Life:He was one of the earliest scholars of Jesus College, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. in 1501 and M.A. in 1503, and was elected fellow of Pembroke Hall on 24 November 1505...
- ?–1557: Walter Cretyng
- 1561, 1569: James Bond
- 1570–1584: Tobias MatthewTobias MatthewTobias Matthew was Archbishop of York.-Life:He was the son of Sir John Matthew of Ross in Herefordshire, England, and of his wife Eleanor Crofton of Ludlow. He was born at Bristol and was educated at Wells, Somerset, and then in succession at University College and Christ Church, Oxford...
- 1584–1614: William Powell
- 1614–1638: Timothy Revett
- 1638–1643: William Peirs
- 1643–?: William Davis
- 1661–1690: John Sellick
- 1690–1711: William Clement
- 1711–1733: William Hunt
- 1733–1743: Lawson Huddleston
- 1743–1761: Samuel SquireSamuel SquireSamuel Squire was a Bishop of the Church of England and a historian.-Early life:Squire was born the son of a druggist in Warminster, Wiltshire, and was first educated at Lord Weymouth's School. He matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge, in 1730 and graduated BA in 1734, winning the Craven...
- 1761–1767: Thomas Camplin
- 1768–1786: John Chapman
- 1786–1798: Edmund Lovell
- 1798–1815: James Phillott
- 1815–1817: George Trevelyan
- 1817–1820: Josiah Thomas
- 1820–1839: Charles Abel Moysey
- 1839–1840, 1840–1852: William Thomas Parr Brymer
- 1852–1860: William Gunning
- b. 1942–b. 1944: William Marshall SelwynWilliam Marshall SelwynWilliam Marshall Selwyn was an Anglican suffragan bishop in the 20th century.Selwyn was born into an ecclesiastical family, the second son of the Reverend Sydney Augustus Selwyn, of Boscombe vicarage, Bournemouth, and Ellen Blake...
- 1971–1975: Thomas George Adames BakerThomas George Adames BakerThe Very Rev Thomas George Adames Baker was an eminent Anglican clergyman in the second half of the 20th century . He was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton and Exeter College, Oxford and ordained in 1945. His first post was as a curate at All Saints, King's Heath after which he was...
- 1996–2004: Bob Evens
- May 2005–present: Andy Piggott