List of Archdeacons of Cornwall
Encyclopedia
This is a list of the archdeacon
s of Cornwall
, a Church of England
post in the Diocese of Truro
. Historically the archdeaconry of Cornwall was part of the Diocese of Exeter
; in 1876 the old archdeaconry became the new Diocese of Truro, being divided in 1878 into the two new archdeaconries of Cornwall and Bodmin.
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 Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, a Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
post in the Diocese of Truro
Diocese of Truro
The Diocese of Truro is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury.-Geography and history:The diocese's area is that of the county of Cornwall including the Isles of Scilly. It was formed on 15 December 1876 from the Archdeaconry of Cornwall in the Diocese of Exeter, it is thus one...
. Historically the archdeaconry of Cornwall was part of the Diocese of Exeter
Diocese of Exeter
The Diocese of Exeter is a Church of England diocese covering the county of Devon. It is one of the largest dioceses in England. The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter is the seat of the diocesan bishop, the Right Reverend Michael Langrish, Bishop of Exeter. It is part of the Province of...
; in 1876 the old archdeaconry became the new Diocese of Truro, being divided in 1878 into the two new archdeaconries of Cornwall and Bodmin.
Medieval era
: RolandRoland
Roland was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. Historically, Roland was military governor of the Breton March, with responsibility for defending the frontier of Francia against the Bretons...
- ?–1308: William de Bodrigan
- 1308–1342: Adam de Carleton
- 1342–1344: Cardinal Annibale di CeccanoAnnibale di CeccanoAnnibale Gaetani di Ceccano was an Italian Cardinal. His palace, the Livrée Ceccano at Avignon, begun in about 1335/1340, still survives; it is now a public library....
, Bishop of Tusculum - 1344–1346: Adam de Carleton
- 19 June 1346–1349: John de Sancto Paulo
- 1349–1355: John de Harewell
- 1350–1357: William CusanceWilliam CusanceWilliam Cusance was an English administrator who served as treasurer from 1341 to 1344. Of a Burgundian family, he made his career through the patronage of Hugh Despenser the younger...
- 1355–1361: Thomas David
- 1357–1371: Nicholas de Newton
- 1361–1371: Alexander NevilleAlexander NevilleAlexander Neville was a late medieval prelate who served as Archbishop of York from 1374 to 1388.-Life:Born in about 1340, he was a younger son of Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby and Alice de Audley...
- 15 October 1371–1377: Thomas de Orgrave
- 17 March 1377–1381: Robert BraybrookeRobert BraybrookeRobert Braybrooke was a medieval Dean of Salisbury and Bishop of London.Braybrooke was the son of Sir Gerard Braybrooke of Horsenden, Buckinghamshire & Colmworth, Bedfordshire and his wife, Isabella, the daughter of Sir Roger Dakney of Clophill...
- 26 July 1381–1397: Nicholas Braybrooke
- 14 July 1397–1412: Edward Dauntesey
- 3 April 1413–1418: John Bremore
- 15 September 1418–1419: Richard Penels
- 29 May 1419–1436: William Fylham
- 2 October 1436–1445: Walter Trengof
- 20 February 1445–1446: Eichard Helyer
- 19 December 1446–1449: Henry Trevilian
- 20 March 1449–1461: John Selot
- February 1461–aft. 1463: Thomas Marke
- bef. 1491–1499: William Sylke
Modern era
- 15 April 1499–1509: Thomas Harrys
- 16 December 1509–1515: Bernard Oldham
- 18 April–September 1515: John Fulford
- 28 September 1515–1517: Hugh AshtonHugh Ashton-Life:Ashton was a younger son of one of the Lancashire families of Ashton. He attracted the notice of Lady Margaret Beaufort, countess of Derby, who made him comptroller of her household. He commenced M.A. at Oxford 13 October 1507, but soon after had a grace from Cambridge to enter the canon law....
- 3 February 1517–1528: Richard SampsonRichard SampsonRichard Sampson was an English clergyman and composer of sacred music, who was Anglican bishop of Chichester and subsequently of Coventry and Lichfield.-Biography:...
- 8 September 1528–1534: Rowland LeeRowland LeeBishop Rowland Lee was an English administrator and bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.He belonged to a Northumberland family and was educated at Cambridge. Having entered the Church he obtained several livings owing to the favour of Cardinal Wolsey; after Wolsey's fall he rose high in the esteem of...
- 11 June 1534–1537: Thomas BedyllThomas BedyllThomas Bedyll was a divine and royal servant. He was royal chaplain and clerk of the Privy Council of Henry VIII, assisting him with the separation from Rome.-Biography:...
- 8 October 1537–1543: Thomas WynterThomas WynterThomas Wynter or Winter was the supposed illegitimate son of Thomas Wolsey by his mistress, Joan Larke. Wolsey was archbishop of York, English cardinal, candidate for the papacy and chief minister of Henry VIII of England. The evidence of the kinship of Wynter and Wolsey is disputed...
- 25 May 1543–1545: John Pollard
- 1547– -?-: Hugh WestonHugh WestonHugh Weston was an English churchman and academic, dean of Westminster and Dean of Windsor, and Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford.-Life:...
- 23 September 1554–?: John Rixman
- ?–1563: George Harvey
- 13 October 1563– -?-: Roger Alley
- 3 July 1570– -?-: Thomas Somaster (died 1603)
- 10 June 1574– -?-: Nicholas Marston
- 5 September 1603– -?-: William Hutchinson (died 1616)
- -?-– 8 November 1616: Jasper Swifte
- 8 November 1616– -?- : William Parker (died 1631)
- 27 January 1629– -?- Martin Nansogg
- 22 July 1631– -?- Robert Peterson
- 30 July 1633– -?- : Robert Hall
- 1641–1649?: George HallGeorge Hall (bishop)-Life:His father was Joseph Hall. George Hall was born at Waltham Abbey, Essex, and studied at Exeter College, Oxford, where he became a Fellow. He became vicar of Menheniot and in 1641 archdeacon of Cornwall....
- 1660?–1675: Edward Cotton
- 1715–1717: Lancelot BlackburneLancelot BlackburneLancelot Blackburne , was an English clergyman, who became Archbishop of York, and – in popular belief – a pirate....
- 1788–1807: George Moore
- 1807–1826: William Short
- 1826–1844: John Sheepshanks
- 1845–?: William John Phillpotts
- 1888–1918?: John Cornish
- 1918–1925: Stamford Raffles-Flint
- 1925–?: G. W. Hockley
- 1938–1947: John HoldenJohn HoldenThe Rt. Rev. John Holden was a missionary of the Anglican Church.-Biography:He was born in 1882 and educated at Durham University He was ordained in 1907 and went to work for the CMS in China, rising in time to be an Archdeacon. In 1923 he became Bishop of Kwangsi-Hunan and was translated...
- 1947–?: Frederick Boreham (died 1966): P. C. Young
- 1 February 2006–present: Roger Bush