Archdeacon of Coventry

The Archdeacon of Coventry was a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Coventry. The post ended in 2012 with the creation of the Archdeacon Pastor role to replace it.

History

The post was historically within the Diocese of Lichfield beginning in the 12th century – around the time when archdeacon first started to occur in England. From 24 January 1837, the archdeaconry was in the Diocese of Worcester,[1] and since 6 September 1918 it has been in the Diocese of Coventry.[2] From 2009, the archdeacon of Coventry also had statutory oversight over the Archdeaconry of Warwick, delegated from the Archdeacon Missioner, in preparation for the merging of the two archdeaconries.[3] This arrangement may or may not still be legally in effect following the end of the Archdeacon of Coventry role in favour of that of Archdeacon Pastor.[4]

List of archdeacons

High Medieval

  • aft. 1135–1161 (res.): Richard Peche
  • aft. 1161–bef. 1175: Edmund
  • bef. 1176–aft. 1184: Nicholas
  • bef. 1184–aft. 1189: Richard Brito (I)
  • bef. 1210–aft. 1210: Richard de Leghes
  • c. 1224: Robert de Bosco
  • c. 1229: Richard of Gloucester
  • bef. c. 1231–aft. 1245: Alexander of Hales
  • bef. 1240–aft. 1242: Adam de Hoo
  • bef. 1245–aft. 1245: Lawrence of St Martin
  • bef. 1248–1255 (res.): William of Kilkenny
  • bef. 1272–bef. 1286: John Kirkby
  • c. 1284: Richard Brito (II)
  • bef. c. 1293–aft. 1297: Robert Stafford
  • 14 November 1299–?: Peter de Insula

Late Medieval

  • ?–bef. 1302 (d.): Gregory Giudice de Alatri
  • 1302–29 August 1320 (exch.): Richard (son of Anibaldus Riccardi de Urbe)
  • 29 August 1320–27 August 1335 (d.): John Cardinal Gaetani de Urbe (Cardinal-deacon of St Theodore)
  • 27 August 1335–11 April 1340: Vacant (due to an ongoing dispute between the king and the pope)
  • 11 April 1340–bef. 1349: Humphrey de Hastanges
  • 11 July 1349–aft. 1352 (depr.): Hugh de Marisco (not consistently in post)
  • 3 September 1349–bef. 1351 (d.): William de Sallowe
  • 12 February 1352–bef. 1354 (d.): William Cross
  • 30 July 1354–1355 (depr.): Richard Boule
  • 25 January 1355–20 September 1358 (exch.): William de Driffield
  • 20 September 1358–bef. 1361 (d.): John de Pipe
  • 14 August 1361–bef. 1369 (res.): Richard de Birmingham
  • 22 November–24 December 1369 (exch.): William Lombe
  • 24 December 1369–bef. 1408 (d.): Robert de Stretton
  • 20 June 1408–18 June 1422 (res.): Robert de Oxton
  • 18 June 1422–1433 (res.): John Heyworth
  • 22 May 1433–bef. 1442 (res.): Robert Esple
  • 29 June 1442–bef. 1488 (d.): Roger Wall
  • 1 December 1488–30 January 1505 (d.): Thomas Mills
  • aft. 1505–bef. 1509: George Strangeways
  • aft. 1509–1512 (res.): Ralph Colyngwood (afterwards Dean of Lichfield)
  • 2 October 1512–bef. 1558 (d.): John Blythe

Early modern

  • c. 1558–c. 1559 (depr.): Henry Comberford (disputed)
  • 1560–July 1577 (d.): Thomas Lever
  • August 1577–1584 (res.): William James
  • 14 November 1584–1631 (d.): William Hinton
  • 13 May–16 September 1631 (d.): Samuel Brooke
  • 29 September 1631–1642 (res.): Ralph Brownrigg
  • 1643–bef. 1661 (d.): Francis Walsall (disputed)
  • 1661–3 March 1673 (d.): John Riland
  • 10 March 1673–bef. 1684 (d.): George Downing
  • 1684–20 April 1703 (d.): Lancelot Addison (also Dean of Lichfield since 1683)
  • 26 July 1703–bef. 1708 (d.): Richard Davies
  • 9 August 1708–bef. 1741 (d.): William Wilson
  • 9 June 1741–2 July 1778 (d.): Thomas Smallbrook
  • 22 July 1778–4 April 1793 (d.): Norman Fotheringham
  • 16 May 1793–20 February 1816 (d.): William Vyse
  • 14 March 1816–28 September 1827 (d.): Charles Buckeridge
  • 19 October 1827–bef. 1851 (res.): William Spooner
The archdeaconry was in Worcester diocese from 24 January 1837.
  • 31 March 1851–22 March 1873 (d.): John Sandford

Late modern

  • 1873–1887 (ret.): Charles Holbech[5]
  • 1887–1908 (ret.): William Bree[6]
  • 1908–9 November 1922 (d.): George Arbuthnot[7]
On 6 September 1918, the archdeaconry was moved to the new Diocese of Coventry.

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 19460. pp. 167–170. 24 January 1837. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 30887. p. 10533. 6 September 1918. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  3. ↑ Background Notes to the Appointment of an Archdeacon Missioner
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Coventry Diocese – A New Archdeacon
  5. ↑ HOLBECH, Rev. Charles William. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  6. ↑ BREE, Ven. William. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  7. ↑ ARBUTHNOT, Ven. George. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  8. ↑ BLAGDEN, Rt Rev. Claude Martin. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  9. ↑ HUNKIN, Rt Rev. Joseph Wellington. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  10. ↑ BROOK, Rt Rev. Richard. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  11. ↑ HOWARD, Very Rev. Richard Thomas. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  12. ↑ STANFORD, Ven. Leonard John. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  13. ↑ "The Venerable Eric Buchan". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  14. ↑ BRIDGES, Ven. Peter Sydney Geoffrey. Who's Who 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  15. ↑ MORGAN, Rt Rev. Alan Wyndham. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  16. ↑ Russell, I. (2000) The Churchwarden's Handbook. Stowmarket: Kevin Mayhew
  17. ↑ RUSSELL, Ven. (Harold) Ian (Lyle). Who's Who 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  18. ↑ JARROW, Bishop Suffragan of,. Who's Who 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  19. ↑ WATSON, Ven. Ian Leslie Stewart. Who's Who 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  20. ↑ Coventry Diocese – Acting Archdeacon of Coventry

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