List of Archdeacons of Exeter
This is a list of archdeacons of the diocese of Exeter in England. The modern diocese is divided into four archdeaconries. Special oversight is given to the Bishop of Crediton for the Barnstaple and Exeter archdeaconries, and to the Bishop of Plymouth for the Plymouth and Totnes archdeaconries. Until 1876 the diocese included also the Archdeaconry of Cornwall.
Archdeacons
High medieval
Late medieval
- c. 1296–1311: Bartholomew de Sancto Laurentio
- 1308: Richard de Plumstok
- 20 June 1311–1312: William FitzRogo
- 5 March 1312–1317: John Wele
- 16 August 1317–2 February 1318: Richard de Coleton
- 2 February 1318–1318: Richard de Morcester
- 11 June 1318–1329: Thomas de Hereward
- 29 November 1329–1330: John de Northwode
- 18 April–5 June 1330: William de Grandisson
- 12 July 1330–1331: William Zouche
- June 1331–1345: Thomas de Nassington
- 15 December 1345–1360: Otto de Northwode (in commendam 1349 onwards)
- 16 November–27 December 1360: Philip de Beauchamp
- 27 December 1360–?: Stephen de Pempel
- ?–1371: Philip de Beauchamp (again)
- 1371–1 March 1375: Thomas de Swaby
- 1371–1378: Peter de Vernhio
- 10 July 1379–c. 1380: John Cheyne
- c. 1380–16 August 1397: Philip d'Alencon
- 1397–c. 1399: William Waltham
- 1399: Nicholas Bubwith
- 21 October 1399–1403: Walter Cook
- 1403–31 May 1408: Angelo Acciaiuoli
- 7 December 1408–28 February 1410: William Pilton
- c. 1408–14 July 1410: Anthony de Calvis
- 28 February 1410–January 1417: Thomas Hendeman
- 25 January–May 1417: Roger Bolter
- 21 September 1417–1425: John Schute
- 1418: Thomas Redman
- 27 September 1425–1438: James Carslegh
- 5 December 1438–1444: Peter Stukeley
- 21 March 1444–1453: John Druell
- 8 June 1453–7 January 1475: Peter Courtenay[1]
- 7 January 1475–23 October 1482: Robert Aiscough
- c. 1482–1492: David Hopton
- 3 February 1492–1493: Richard Nykke[2]
- 1493–November 1504: Hugh Oldham[3]
Early modern
- 13 January 1505–1515: Richard More
- 19 June 1515–c. 1519: John Fulford
- 19 January 1519–27 December 1555: Adam Travesse
- 1551: Rowland Taylor[4]
- 30 January 1556–1569: George Carew[5]
- 20 October 1569–1583: Robert Fisher[6]
- 14 January 1583–25 November 1633: Thomas Barrett[7]
- 16 January 1634–1643: Aaron Wilson
- 21 September 1643–1662: Edward Young[8]
- 18 August 1662–1664: Robert Cary[9]
- 4 February 1664–28 March 1668: Daniel Estcott
- 28 March 1668–September 1676: Anthony Sparrow, Bishop of Exeter
- 24 October 1676–1 February 1704: Edward Lake[10]
- 1 April 1704–1707: Sir Jonathan Trelawny, Bishop of Exeter
- 7 February 1708–29 November 1716: Ofspring Blackall, Bishop of Exeter
- 1 March 1717–21 October 1726: Edward Trelawney
- 11 November 1726–1732: Richard Ibbetson
- 26 January 1732 onward: successive Bishops of Exeter held the archdeaconry for this period
Late modern
- until 1820: successive Bishops of Exeter held the archdeaconry for this period
- 29 December 1820–after 1850: John Moore (later Stevens)[11]
- 1865–?: Philip Freeman
- 1888–1909: Ernest Sandford[12]
- 1909–1924: Frederick Sanders[13]
- 1925–1930: William Surtees[14]
- ?–1954: Wilfrid Westall
- ?–?: Richard Babington[15]
- 2003–2005: Paul Gardner
- 2006–2012: Penny Driver[16]
Sources
References
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography, Courtenay, Peter.
- ^ Nykke, Richard in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
- ^ Oldham, Hugh in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
- ^ Taylor, Rowland in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
- ^ Clergy of the Church of England Database – Carew, George
- ^ Clergy of the Church of England Database – Fyssher, Robertus
- ^ British History Online – Magna Britannia: volume 6: Devonshire, The city of Exeter
- ^ Clergy of the Church of England Database – Young, Edward
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Volume 9 – Cary, Robert
- ^ Lake, Edward in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
- ^ GENUKI – Dignitaries of the Diocese of Exeter, 1850
- ^ Devon County Council Photograph, Sandford, Archdeacon of Exeter 1888–1909
- ^ The Peerage – Reverend Frederick Arthur Sanders
- ^ The Masonic Province of Devonshire – A Brief History of Freemasonry in Devonshire
- ^ The Peerage – Venerable Richard Hamilton Babington
- ^ Diocese of Exeter Clergy Profile – Details for The Ven Penny Driver