Archdeacon of Berkshire

The Archdeacon of Berkshire (also rendered Archdeacon of Berks) is an senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Oxford. The archdeacon is the head of the archdeaconry of Berkshire, a post historically found within the diocese of Salisbury, and then, from 7 October 1836, within Oxford diocese.[1]

List of archdeacons

Some archdeacons without territorial titles are recorded from around the time of the Norman Conquest; see Archdeacon of Salisbury.

High Medieval

  • c.1150–aft. 1156: Roger
  • bef. 1173–bef. 1205: Geoffrey de Vernun
  • bef. 1206–aft. 1215: Alberic
  • aft. 1204–aft. 1222: Geoffrey
  • bef. 1224–aft. 1236: William of Merton
  • c.1236: Clement
  • c.1236: William de Raley
  • bef. 1237–aft. 1255: Giles of Bridport
  • c.1265: William
  • bef. 1266–aft. 1268: Walter Scammel
  • bef. 1275–bef. May 1284: Stephen of Newbury
  • aft. June 1284–bef. 1313: William de Berges

Late Medieval

  • 10 March 1313–bef. December 1313: Richard de Bello
  • bef. December 1313–bef. August 1331 (d.): Tydo de Varesio
  • 14 September 1317: Gilbert de Stapleton (ineffective royal grant)
  • 21 August 1331–aft. 1333: Robert de Ayleston (previously Archdeacon of Wiltshire)
  • bef. 1334–aft. 1359: Edmund de la Beche (collated 12 September 1339)
  • aft. 1359–bef. 1365 (res.): Thomas Paxton
  • 10 December 1365–1366 (res.): John Harewell
  • bef. 1371–aft. 1384: Guillaume Cardinal d'Aigrefeuille
    (Cardinal-priest of St Stephen al Monte Celio)
  • 26 October 1389–aft. 1392: Thomas Yokflete
  • papal grants:
  • royal grants:
    • 22 September 1395: John Southam
    • 28 September 1395: Walter Cook
    • 20 October 1395: Ralph Repyngton
    • c.16 November 1395: John Wynwyk
  • 9 February 1397–30 January 1404 (exch.): John Southam (afterwards Archdeacon of Oxford)
  • 30 January–15 March 1404 (d.): Thomas Southam
  • bef. 10 June 1404–?: John Fraunceys
  • aft. 10 June–26 December 1404 (exch.): Simon Sydenham
  • 26 December 1404–c.21 July 1417 (exch.): Walter Medford
  • c.21 July 1417–bef. 31 May 1427: Peter de Alcobasso
  • 25 June 1427–1431 (res.): Thomas Brunce
  • 15 September 1431–bef. 1432: John Castell (possibly the Master of Univ)
  • 24 September 1432–1433 (d.): Alexander Sparrow
  • 18 October 1433–1462 (d.): John Norton (probably the Chancellor of Oxford)
  • 15 February 1462–1464 (d.): Richard Ewen
  • 9 March 1464–1465 (res.): Robert Stillington

  • 28 February 1466–1476 (res.): John Russell
  • 6 November 1476–1478 (res.): John Morton
  • 31 December 1478–1482 (res.): Richard Martyn (also Archdeacon of London and Archdeacon of Hereford; became Bishop of St David's)
  • bef. 1 December 1488–1492 (res.): Oliver King
  • 15 January 1493–1507 (res.): Stephen Bereworth
  • 5 February 1507–1509 (d.): Christopher Twineho
  • 20 December 1509–24 December 1510 (res.): Stephen Bereworth (again)
  • 24 December 1510–1522 (d.): William Grey
  • 14 February 1522–1545 (d.): Robert Audley

Early modern

Archdeaconry transferred to Diocese of Oxford, 7 October 1836[1]
  • 1836–1855 (res.): Edward Berens
  • 21 March 1855–3 September 1869 (res.): Leslie Randall

Late modern

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