List of Archdeacons of Lewes
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The Archdeaconry of Lewes was in the Diocese of Chichester
. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for nearly a hundred miles (160 km) along the south coast of England.
The two original archdeaconries of Chichester
and at Lewes were created in the 12th century and a third archdeaconry was created at Hastings in 1912. The archdeaconries were then reorganised under Bishop Kemp in 1975 with the Archdeaconry of Lewes being merged with that of Hastings and a new archdeaconry at Horsham being created.
Thus the current three Archdeaconries in the Chichester Diocese are, that of Lewes and Hastings, the Archdeaconry of Horsham and the Archdeaconry of Chichester.
There follows a list of archdeacon
s of Lewes and then a list of archdeacons of the merged Archdeaconry of Lewes and Hastings.
The Archdeaconry of Lewes merged with the Archdeaconry of Hastings in 1975.
Diocese of Chichester
The Diocese of Chichester is a Church of England diocese based in Chichester, covering Sussex. It was created in 1075 to replace the old Diocese of Selsey, which was based at Selsey Abbey from 681. The cathedral is Chichester Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Chichester...
. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for nearly a hundred miles (160 km) along the south coast of England.
The two original archdeaconries of Chichester
Archdeacon of Chichester
The post of Archdeacon of Chichester was created in the 12th Century, although the Diocese of Sussex was founded by St Wilfrid the exiled Bishop of York in AD 681. The original location of the See was in Selsey. The See was...
and at Lewes were created in the 12th century and a third archdeaconry was created at Hastings in 1912. The archdeaconries were then reorganised under Bishop Kemp in 1975 with the Archdeaconry of Lewes being merged with that of Hastings and a new archdeaconry at Horsham being created.
Thus the current three Archdeaconries in the Chichester Diocese are, that of Lewes and Hastings, the Archdeaconry of Horsham and the Archdeaconry of Chichester.
There follows a list of archdeacon
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 Lewes and then a list of archdeacons of the merged Archdeaconry of Lewes and Hastings.
Medieval
- 1180-1190 Peter
- 1190-1207 Joceline
- 1207-1226 S.
- 1226-1227 Eustachius de Leveland
- 1227-1240 Reginald de Wintonia
- 1240-1241 Wm. de Lughteburg
- 1243-1244 Robert Passelewe
- 1262-1279 Simon de Clympingham
- 1279-1296 Godfrey de Peckham
- 1296-1301 Thomas de Berghstede
- 1301-1305 Thomas Cobham
- 1305-1305 John de Godele
- 1305-1305 Hamelin de Godele
- 1313-1323 John Geytentun
- 1323-1343 Thomas de Codelowe
- 1343-1355 Walter de Lyndrich
- 1355-1365 Wm. de Loughteburgh
- 1365-1389 John Courdray
- 1389-1393 Walter Forey
- 1393-1395 Richard Stone
- 1395-1395 John Wendover
- 1395-1419 Jno. Hampton or Brampton
15th century
- 1419-1478 Lewis Coychurch
- 1478-1483 John Plemth
- 1483-1486 Simon Climping
- 1486-1486 Thomas Oatley
- 1486-1509 Richard HillRichard Hill (bishop)Richard Hill was a medieval Bishop of London.Hall was Archdeacon of Lewes from 1486, until he was provided as Bishop of London on 21 August 1489 and consecrated on 15 November 1489...
16th century
- 1509-1509 Edward VaughanEdward Vaughan (bishop)Edward Vaughan was a Welsh bishop of St David's, remembered for construction work in his diocese.-Life:He is assumed of Welsh origin, according to some a native of South Wales. He was born about the middle of the fifteenth century, and was educated at Cambridge, where he graduated LL.D. On 21...
- 1509-1510 William AtwaterWilliam Atwater (bishop)William Atwater was an English churchman, who became Bishop of Lincoln in 1514He was a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford from 1480. He served as Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, in the period from 1497 to 1502....
- 1512-1516 William Cradock
- 1516-1520 Oliver Pole
- 1520-1527 Anthony Wayte
- 1527-1542 Edward More
- 1542-1551 John SherryJohn SherryJohn Sherry , was the archdeacon of Lewes between 1542 and 1551.Sherry was an author, was born about 1506 in the neighbourhood of London. In 1522 he became a demy of Magdalen College, Oxford, and graduated B.A. on 21 June 1527 and M.A. on 10 March 1531. Whether he was a fellow is uncertain, but in...
- 1551-1558 Richard Brisley
- 1558-1559 Robert Taylor
- 1559-1570 Edmund Weston
- 1570-1578 Thomas DrantThomas DrantThomas Drant was an English clergyman and poet. Work of his on prosody was known to Sir Philip Sidney and Edmund Spenser. He was in the intellectual court circle known as the 'Areopagus', and including, as well as Sidney, Edward Dyer, Gabriel Harvey, and Daniel Rogers...
- 1578 William Coell
- 1578-1598 William CottonWilliam Cotton (bishop)-Life:William Cotton was brought up in Finchley, Middlesex. He graduated M.A. at Queens' College, Cambridge in 1575. He became Bishop of Exeter in 1598....
- 1598-1612 John Mattock
17th century
- 1612-1628 Richard Buckenham
- 1628-1644 William Hutchinson
- ?-1660 Thomas Hook
- 1660-1667 Philip King
- 1667-1670 Nathaniel HardyNathaniel Hardy-Life:He was son of Anthony Hardy of London, born in the Old Bailey, 14 September 1618, and was baptised in the church of St. Martin's, Ludgate. After being educated in London, he became a commoner of Magdalen Hall, Oxford ; graduated B.A. 20 October 1635, and soon after migrated to Hart Hall,...
- 1670-1681 Toby Henshaw
- 1681-1693 Joseph Sayer
- 1693-1723 Richard Bowchier
18th century
- 1723-1736 James Williamson
- 1737-1751 Edmund Bateman
- 1751-1770 Thomas D'Oyly
- 1770-1806 John Courtail
19th century
- 1806-1815 Matthias D'Oyly
- 1815-1823 Edward Robert Raynes
- 1823-1840 Thomas Birch
- 1840-1855 Julius Hare
- 1855-1876 William Bruère Otter
- 1876-1888 John Hannah
- 1888–1908 Robert SuttonRobert Sutton (Archdeacon of Lewes)The Ven Robert Sutton MA was an eminent Anglican priest in the late 19th and early 20th century.He was born in 1832 and educated at Eton In Who's Who and educated at Exeter College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1856 and was Curate of St Botolph's Aldgate then the incumbent of St Leonards,...
20th century
- 1908–1912 Theodore Churton
- 1911-1923 Henry Southwell
- 1923–1930 Hugh Hordern
- 1946-1959 James Morrell
- 1959-1971 David Booth
- 1972-1975 Max Godden
The Archdeaconry of Lewes merged with the Archdeaconry of Hastings in 1975.
20th century
- 1975-1988 Max Godden
- 1989-1991 Christopher Luxmoore
- 1991-1997 Hugh Glaisyer
- 1997-2004 Nicholas ReadeNicholas ReadeNicholas Stewart Reade is the current Bishop of Blackburn in the Province of York.Reade was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey and the University of Leeds. He was ordained in 1973 after studying at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield. He began his ordained ministry with a curacy at St...
Sources
- http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34302
- http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=32098
- http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34648