The Archdeacon of Cornwall is a senior cleric in the

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and one of two archdeacons in the diocese.

History and composition

The archdeaconry of Cornwall was created in the

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in the late 11th century. The area and the

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remained part of that diocese until 15 December 1876 when the

was established. The archdeaconry was then divided on 21 May 1878 to create the new

Archdeaconry of Bodmin The Archdeacon of Bodmin is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Truro. The role was established by Order in Council on 21 May 1878, two years after the diocese itself was created, by splitting the Archdeaconry of C ...

. Today, the archdeaconry of

Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...

consists of the deaneries of Carnmarth North, Carnmarth South, Kerrier, Penwith, Powder, Pydar and St Austell (Powder deanery includes the Isles of Scilly).

List of archdeacons

High Medieval

*?–1086–?: Roland *?–13 June 1098 (d.): Alnothus *bef. 1110–aft. 1110: Ernaldus *bef. –aft. : Hugo de Auco *bef. –aft. :

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*bef. –aft. : A. *aft. –30 April 1157 (d.):

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*aft. 1161–bef. 1171: Ralph Luce *?–7 September 1171 (d.):

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*bef. –aft. : Galterus *bef. 1191–aft. 1186: Walter Fitz Rogo *bef. –aft. : Simon (nephew of the bishop, Simon of Apulia) *bef. 28 May 1228–aft. 1228:

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*bef. 1238–aft. 1238:

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*bef. August 1243–aft. August 1243: John Rof *

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*bef. 1264–1264 (res.): Geofrey de Bismano *7 April 1264–bef. 1274: Robert de Tefford *23 August 1274 – 28 June 1282 (d.): John de Esse *8 July 1282–bef. 1296:

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(or

) de Bolleghe *1295–1307 (d.): William Bodrugan

Late Medieval

*7 January 1308 – 30 June 1342 (exch.): Adam de Carleton *:

''(disputed)'' *8 March 1328: Nicholas de Scotton (mistaken royal grant) *30 June 1342 – 24 March 1344 (exch. reversed): Annibale Cardinal di Ceccano (

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) *24 March 1344 – 19 June 1346 (exch.): Adam de Carleton ''(again)'' *19 June 1346 – 1349 (res.): John de St Paul, later Archbishop of Dublin *1349–1371: ''The

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and the pope appointed a succession of opposing claimants:'' **Papal grants: ***1349–bef. 1355 (res.): John de Harewell ***7 February 1355–bef. 1361 (d.): Thomas David ***16 August 1361–bef. 1371: Alexander Neville, later

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**Royal grants: ***15 February 1350 – 16 November 1357 (exch.): William Cusance ***16 November 1357–bef. 1371: Nicholas de Newton *15 October 1371 – 17 March 1377 (exch.): Thomas de Orgrave *17 March 1377 – 26 July 1381 (exch.):

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, later

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*26 July 1381–bef. 1397 (res.): Nicholas Braybrooke *: Richard Lentwardyn ''(ineffective exchange)'' *14 July 1397 – 1412 (res.): Edward Dantsey, later Bishop of Meath *3 April 1413–bef. 1418 (d.): John Bremore *15 September 1418–bef. 1419 (d.): Richard Penels *29 May 1419 – 1436 (res.): William Fylham *2 October 1436–bef. 1445 (d.): Walter Trengof *20 February 1445–bef. 1446 (d.): Richard Helyer *19 December 1446–bef. 1449 (res.): Henry Trevilian *20 March 1449 – 12 February 1461 (exch.): John Selot *12 February 1461–aft. 1463: Thomas Marke *bef. 1491–1499 (res.): William Sylke *15 April 1499 – 1509 (res.): Thomas Harrys *16 December 1509 – 1515 (res.): Bernard Oldham *18 April–September 1515 (res.): John Fulford *28 September 1515–bef 1517 (res.): Hugh Ashton *3 February 1517–bef. 1528 (res.):

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, later

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*8 September 1528 – 1534 (res.): Rowland Lee, later

*11 June 1534–September 1537 (d.): Thomas Bedyll *8 October 1537–bef. 1543 (res.):

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(also Archdeacon of York until 1540)

Early modern

*25 May 1543 – 1545 (res.): John Pollard (also Archdeacon of Wilts until 1544 and

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from 1544) *17 October 1547–bef. 1553 (res.): Hugh Weston *23 September 1554–bef. 1556: John Rixman *2 March 1556 – 1563 (d.): George Harvey *13 October 1563 – 1563 (deprived): Roger Alley (son of the bishop, William Alley) *3 January 1571 – 1603 (d.): Thomas Somaster 2nd son of William Somaster (1507–1589) of

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*10 June 1574–?: Nicholas Marston (presumably ineffective) *5 September 1603–bef. 1616 (res.):

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*21 July–October 1616 (res.): Jasper Swift *8 November 1616–bef. 1629 (res.): William Parker *27 January 1629–bef. 1631: Martin Mansogg/ Nansogg *bef. 1631–1631 (d.): William Parker ''(again)'' *22 July 1631 – 27 July 1633 (d.): Robert Peterson *30 July 1633–bef. 1641 (res.): Robert Hall *7 October 1641 – 1641: George Hall *1641–1660: ''Vacant during the

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'' *1 August 1660–bef. 1672: Edward Cotton *3 September 1672 – 17 December 1714 (d.): Edward Drew *25 January 1715 – 1717: Lancelot Blackburne (also

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) *1717–1732: ''?'' *7 February 1732 – 27 July 1737 (d.):

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*14 September 1737–bef. 1741 (d.): George Allanson *25 August 1741 – 1 February 1788 (d.): John Sleech *15 February 1788 – 12 March 1807 (d.): George Moore *8 April 1807 – 1826 (res.): William Short *6 February 1826 – 1826 (res.):

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*11 May 1826 – 17 December 1844 (d.): John Sheepshanks *6 January 1845–aft. 1885: William Phillpotts

Late modern

:''The archdeaconry was transferred to the new Truro diocese on 15 December 1876.'' *1888–1916 (res.): John Cornish (also

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from 1905) *1916–15 August 1925 (d.): Stamford Raffles-Flint *1925–1946 (d.): Guy Hockley *1947–14 August 1949 (d.): John Holden,

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*1949–1965 (ret.): Frederick Boreham *1965–1981 (ret.):

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(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1981–1988 (ret.): Arnold Wood (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1988–1996 (ret.): Raymond Ravenscroft *1996–1999 (ret.): Trevor McCabe (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *2000–2005 (ret.): Rodney Whiteman (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1 February 2006 – 22 September 2012 (res.): Roger Bush (afterwards Dean of Truro, 2012) *16 December 201215 May 2018: Bill Stuart-White *15 May 20181 September 2019 (Acting): Audrey Elkington, Archdeacon of Bodmin *1 September 2019October 2023 (died): Paul Bryer *2 June 2024present: Clive Hogger

References

Sources

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cornwall, Archdeacon of Lists of Anglicans Archdeacon of Cornwall