Archdeacon of Canterbury

The Archdeacon of Canterbury is a senior office-holder in the Diocese of Canterbury (a division of the Church of England Province of Canterbury). Like other archdeacons, he or she is an administrator in the diocese at large (having oversight of parishes in roughly one-third of the diocese) and is a Canon Residentiary of the cathedral.

History

The Archdeacon of Canterbury has an additional role beyond that of the usual responsibilities of other archdeacons, traditionally serving as the Archbishop of Canterbury's representative at enthronement ceremonies for new diocesan bishops in his province. At these services, he or she reads the Archbishop's mandate and, taking the new bishop by the hand, conducts him on to his throne.

The archdeaconry and archdeacon of Canterbury have been in constant existence since the 11th century. There was one short-lived abortive attempt to split the role in the 12th century. In modern times, the archdeaconry has been split twice: creating Maidstone archdeaconry in 1841 and Ashford archdeaconry in 2011.

Composition

The archdeaconry covers approximately the north-east corner of the diocese. As of 2012, the archdeaconry of Canterbury consists the following deaneries in the Diocese of Canterbury:

List of archdeacons

High Medieval

  • bef. c. 1080–aft. c. 1080: Valerius
  • bef. 1075–aft. 1086: Ansketil
  • bef. 1099–aft. 1108: William
  • 1115–May 1125 (res.): John
  • bef. 1126–1138: Helewise
  • bef. c. 1139–March 1148 (res.): Walter
  • aft. 1148–October 1154 (res.): Roger de Pont L'Évêque
  • aft. 1154–1163 (res.): Thomas Becket (also Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162)
  • bef. 1163–October 1174 (res.): Geoffrey Ridel
  • 1175–June 1194 (res.): Herbert Poore
  • bef. 1194–aft. 1195 (res.): Philip of Poitou
  • bef. 1196–aft. 1206: Henry de Castilion
  • bef. 1213–May 1227 (res.): Henry Sandford
  • 14 May 1227–1248 (d.): Simon Langton
  • 28 January 1232–?: Richard de Sancto Johanne (ineffective royal appointment)
  • bef. 1248–July 1269 (d.): Stephen de Monte Luelli (aka of Vienne)
  • aft. July 1269–9 October 1275 (d.): Hugh de Mortuo Mari
  • October 1275–May 1278 (res.): William Middleton
  • 1278–bef. 1280 (d.): Robert of Gernemue
  • aft. 1280–1299 (res.): Richard de Ferings
  • 29 June 1299–September 1305 (res.): John de Langeton

Late Medieval

  • 22 September 1305–bef. 1306 (res.): Simon de Faversham
  • 13 February 1306–22 November 1310 (res.): Bernard Ezius de le Breto
  • 3 December 1310–bef. 1319 (res.): Guichard de le Breto
  • 1 May 1319–bef. 1323 (d.): Simon Convenis
  • 18 April 1323–1323 (dep.): John Bruton
  • 23 April 1323–November 1325 (d.): Raymond de Roux
  • 13 March 1326–1332 (res.): Hugh de Angoulême
  • 15 July 1332–1333 (res.): Simon de Montacute
  • 1334–1337 (res.): Robert de Stratford
  • bef. 1338–bef. 1343 (d.): Bernard Sistre
  • 25 June 1343–bef. 1370 (res.): Pierre Roger (became Pope Gregory XI)
  • 28 June 1343–bef. 1348 (res.): Simon Islip (royal grant; set aside)
  • bef. 1372–28 April 1374 (d.): William Cardinal de la Jugee
    (cardinal-priest of St Clement)
  • 6 June 1374–12 September 1375 (res.): Henry de Wakefield
  • aft. 1375–3 June 1379 (depr.): Aymar Roche
  • adt. 1379–9 September 1381 (res.): John de Fordham
  • 20 September 1381–bef. 1390 (d.): William Pakington[1]
  • 28 July 1390–23 February 1397 (exch.): Adam Mottrum
  • 26 August 1390–1390: Thomas Butiller (ineffective royal grant)
  • 23 February 1397–1400 (res.): Richard Clifford
  • 7 April 1400–12 May 1406 (res.): Robert Hallam
  • 28 October 1406–31 May 1408 (d.): Angelo Cardinal Acciaioli, Dean of the
    College of Cardinals     & cardinal-bishop of Ostia and Velletri (obedience of Rome)
  • 13 July 1408–1415 (res.): John Wakering
  • 5 June 1416–bef. 1420 (d.): Henry Rumworth (or Circeter)
  • 3 October 1420–bef. 1424 (d.): William Chichele
  • 10 June 1424–bef. 1434 (res.): Prospero Cardinal Colonna
    (cardinal-deacon of St George in Velabro)
  • 14 December 1434–26 January 1467 (d.): Thomas Chichele
  • bef. 1467–bef. 1479 (d.): Thomas Winterbourne
  • February 1479–bef. 1495 (d.): John Bourgchier
  • 26 November 1495–25 July 1504 (d.): Hugh Peynthwyn
  • aft. 1505–bef. 1534 (res.): William Warham
  • 9 March 1534–15 March 1554 (depr.): Edmund Cranmer

Early modern

Late modern

References

  1. ↑  "Pakington, William". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  2. ↑ EDEN, Rt. Rev. George Rodney. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Gazette". Church Times (#7962). 23 October 2015. p. 33. ISSN 0009-658X. (subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ Diocese of Canterbury — Notices about people and places (Accessed 10 January 2016)

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