Archdeacon of Totnes

High Medieval

• bef. 1140–?: John de Bradelgehe
• bef. 1143–aft. 1143: Hugh de Avigo
• bef. c. 1165–aft. c. 1165: Ascelinus
• bef. 1161–aft. 1184: Baldwin of Forde (later Archbishop of Canterbury)
• bef. 1161–aft. 1184: Robert
• ?–3 June 1190 (d.): Bernard
• aft. 1190–?: John Fitz-John
• bef. 1206–aft. 1206: Gilbert Basset
• bef. 1207–aft. 1207: Walter de Grey
• bef. 1207–aft. 1207: John de Bridport
• 1213–aft. 1215: Thomas de Boues
• bef. 1219–aft. 1219: Richard Cowe
• Hugh
• bef. 1225–aft. 1225: Ysaac
• bef. 1226–bef. 1228: John de Kent
• bef. 1228–1231 (res.): Roger de Wynkleigh (became Dean of Exeter)
• bef. 1238–aft. 1254: Thomas Pincerna (aka Thomas Butler)
• bef. 1258–20 February 1258 (d.): John
• bef. 1262–aft. 1262: Geoffrey
• 11 January 1264–bef. 1265: William de Pembroke (previously Archdeacon of Barum)
• 1 November 1265–bef. 1271: Richard Blunt (previously Archdeacon of Barum)
• 11 January 1271–aft. 1273: Thomas de Hertford (also Archdeacon of Barnstaple)
• 25 December 1275 – 8 July 1284 (res.): Henry de Bolleghe (became Archdeacon of Cornwall)
• 8 July 1284 – 1296 (d.): Thomas de Bodham (aka William Bodringham)
• bef. 1297–aft. 1297: Roger le Rous

Late Medieval

• bef. 1302–aft. 1302: Thomas de Charlton
• bef. 1303–1307 (d.): William de Puntyngdon
• bef. 1307–1338 (d.): Roger de Charlton
• Period of dispute:
  • Northwode et al.:
    • 13 June 1338 – 1349 (d.): John de Northwode (disputed with Piers)
    • 1349–20 June 1359 (exch.): Peter de Gildesburgh (disputed with Swinnerton)
    • 20 June 1359 – 18 May 1371 (exch.): William Steele (disputed with Drax)
    • 18 May 1371 – 7 May 1385 (exch.): Hugh de Bridham
  • Piers et al.:
    • 1342–1344 (d.): John Piers (disputed with Northwode)
    • 1357–?: Richard de Swinnerton (disputed with Gildesburgh)
    • 1359–1361 (d.): Richard de Drax (disputed with Steele)
    • 1372: Richard Desbunton (disputed with Bridham)
• 1385–1407 (d.): John Lydford
• 21 January 1408 – 29 May 1415 (exch.): William Hunden
• 29 May 1415 – 1421 (d.): William Barton
• 3 November 1421 – 16 July 1433 (exch.): John Typhane
• 16 July 1433 – 1443 (d.): Alan Kirketon
• 16 August 1443 – 1453 (res.): John Burneby
• 4 June 1453–bef. 1469: Thomas Manning
• bef. 1469–1478 (d.): Thomas Chippenham
• 15 February–October 1478 (d.): Owen Lord

• bef. 1479–aft. 1482: William Wagott
• "late fifteenth c.": Patrick Haliburton^[4]
• 26 March 1491 – 1499 (d.): Edmund Chaderton, Archdeacon of Salisbury (also Archdeacon of Chester from 1493; possibly the Archdeacon of Salisbury)
• 1499–25 November 1499 (d.): Ralph Heathcott
• 15 March 1500 – 18 April 1515 (res.): John Fulford (became Archdeacon of Cornwall)
• 13 May 1515–bef. 1534 (d.): Richard Sydnor (also Registrar of the Garter)
• 28 April 1534–bef. 1549 (res.): George Carew (later Dean of Bristol)

Early modern

• 10 August 1549–?: William Collumpton (last prior of St Nicholas Priory, and called Bishop of Hippo)
• ?–24 July 1557 (d.): William Fawell (possibly an alias of Collumpton)
• 2 March 1558–?: John Pollard
• ?–1561 (d.): Thomas Kent
• 21 February 1562–?: Robert Lougher (later MP for Pembroke 1572)
• 5 June 1568 – 1580 (d.): Oliver Whiddon
• 24 November 1580–c. 1583 (d.): John Cole
• 12 February 1584: Lewis Swete
• 22 September 1613 – 30 October 1616 (res.): William Parker (became Archdeacon of Cornwall)
• 30 October 1616 – 20 January 1620 (d.): Jasper Swift (previously Archdeacon of Cornwall)
• 17 March 1620–? (res.): William Cotton
• 10 February 1622 – 1647 (d.): Edward Cotton
• 31 August 1660 – 27 August 1693 (d.): Francis Fullwood
• 1693–1 May 1694 (res.): Sir Jonathan Trelawney, Bishop of Exeter (in commendam)
• 18 May 1694 – 14 January 1701 (d.): George Snell
• 18 January 1701 – 1713 (res.): Francis Atterbury (became Bishop of Rochester)
• 28 July 1713 – 3 March 1740 (d.): Nicholas Kendall
• 26 March 1740 – 28 January 1772 (d.): George Baker
• 10 March 1772 – 1775 (res.): Thomas Skynner
• 16 August 1775 – 20 May 1820 (d.): Ralph Barnes
• 30 May 1820 – 23 February 1859 (d.): Robert Froude

Late modern

• 12 March 1859 – 1872: John Downall
• 3 October 1872 – 1889 (res.): Alfred Earle (became Bishop suffragan of Marlborough)
• 20 January 1888 – 14 July 1910 (d.): Charles Wilkinson, Vicar of Plymouth (until 1901)^[5]
• 1910–13 January 1921 (d.): Arthur Simms, Vicar of St Luke's, Torquay (until 1920)^[6]

On 22 March 1918, the Archdeaconry of Plymouth was erected from Totnes archdeaconry.

• 1921–26 October 1933 (d.): Newton Leeke^[7]
• 1933–1947 (ret.): John Cobham, Rector of St Mark's Torwood, Torquay (until 1938; afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[8]
• 1948–1962 (ret.): Edgar Hall (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[9]
• 1962–23 August 1965 (d.): John Hawkins (father of Richard)^[10]
• 1966–1976 (ret.): Robert Newhouse (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[11]
• 1976–1981 (ret.): John Lucas, Vicar of Chudleigh Knighton (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[12]
• 1981–1988 (res.): Richard Hawkins, Priest-in-charge, Whitestone with Oldridge (until 1987; son of John; became Bishop suffragan of Plymouth)^[13]
• 1988–1994 (res.): Tony Tremlett (became Archdeacon of Exeter)^[14]
• 1996–2005 (ret.): Richard Gilpin (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[15]
• 2005–30 September 2014 (ret.): John Rawlings^[16]
• 1 September 2014 – 2015: Clive Cohen (Acting)
• 24 March 2015–present: Douglas Dettmer^[17]