The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the
Church of England
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Diocese of Chichester
The Diocese of Chichester is a Church of England diocese based in Chichester, covering Sussex. It was founded in 681 as the ancient Diocese of Selsey, which was based at Selsey Abbey, until the see was translated to Chichester in 1075. The cath ...
. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for nearly a hundred miles (160 km) along the south coast of England.
History
The two original archdeaconries of Chichester diocese,
Chichester
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and Lewes, were created in the 12th century – at around the time when archdeacons were first appointed across England. The third archdeaconry, Hastings, was created (from that of Lewes) on 28 June 1912. The archdeaconries were then reorganised under
Eric Kemp
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Bishop of Chichester
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) on 28 June 1975: the Hastings archdeaconry was dissolved and her territory returned to Lewes archdeaconry, which was renamed "Lewes & Hastings"; and a new archdeaconry of
Horsham
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was created.
On 12 May 2014, it was announced that the diocese is to take forward proposals to create a fourth archdeaconry (presently referred to as Brighton.) Since Lewes itself would be within the new archdeaconry, Lewes & Hastings archdeaconry would become simply Hastings archdeaconry. On 8 August 2014, the ''
Church Times
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History
The ''Church Times'' was founded on 7 February 1863 by George Josiah Palmer, a printer. It fought for the ...
'' reported that the archdeaconry had been renamed.
List of archdeacons
:''Some archdeacons without territorial titles are recorded from the early 12th century; see Archdeacon of Chichester.''
Robert Passelewe
Robert Passelewe (or Robert Papelew; died 1252) was a medieval Bishop of Chichester elect as well as being a royal clerk and Archdeacon of Lewes.Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 5: Chichester: Bishops'
Life
Passelewe was ...
Henry
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*bef. 1279–aft. 1283 (res.):
Godfrey de Peckham
The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching fo ...
*bef. 1284–bef. 1301:
Thomas de Berghstede
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Late Medieval
*bef. 1301–bef. 1305:
Thomas Cobham
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*16 April 1305–aft. 1305: Hamelin de Godele
*bef. 1311–aft. 1313: John Geytentun
*bef. 1316–aft. 1316: William de Estdene
*bef. 1323–aft. 1323: Thomas de Codelowe
*1339–bef. 1352 (d.): Walter de Lyndrich
*1352–1358 (res.):
William de Loughteburgh
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*bef. 1366–aft. 1391:
John Courdray
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*
Walter Forey
The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for ...
''(ineffective exchange, 8 May 1389)''
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*?–15 July 1395 (exch.): John Wendover
*15 July 1395–aft. 1415:
John Brampton
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*14 February 1542 – 1551 (d.): John Sherry
*22 August 1551–bef. 1558 (d.): Richard Brisley
*6 April 1558–bef. 1559 (deprived): Robert Taylor ''(deprived)''
*11 January 1560 – 1570 (d.): Edmund Weston
*4 March 1570–bef. 1578 (d.):
Thomas Drant
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Thomas Birch
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*10 April 1840 – 23 January 1855 (d.): Julius Hare
*6 March 1855 – 25 June 1876 (d.): William Otter
Late modern
*1876–1 June 1888 (d.): John Hannah
*1888–1908 (ret.):
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Lloyd Morrell
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Biography
Morrell was educated at Dulwich College and King's College London. He was deaconed on Trinity Sunday 1931 (31 May) and pri ...
*1959–1971 (res.): Peter Booth
*1972–''1975'': Max Godden (became Archdeacon of Lewes & Hastings)
:''On 28 June 1975, the Archdeaconry of Lewes was renamed Lewes & Hastings.''
Archdeacons of Hastings (1912–1975)
*1912–1 June 1915 (d.): Theodore Churton (previously Archdeacon of Lewes)
*1915–1920 (res.): Benedict Hoskyns
*1920–22 May 1922 (d.): Arthur Upcott
*1922–16 October 1928 (d.):
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(also Bishop suffragan of Lewes from 1926)
*1928–1938 (res.):
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*1938–1956: Ernest Reid
*1956–1975 (ret.): Guy Mayfield
:''Hastings archdeaconry was dissolved and merged back into the Archdeaconry of Lewes/Lewes & Hastings on 28 June 1975.''
Archdeacons of Lewes and Hastings (1975-2014)
*''1975''–1988 (ret.): Max Godden (previously Archdeacon of Lewes)
*1989–1991 (ret.):
Christopher Luxmoore
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Life
He was the son of the Rev. William Cyril Luxmoore and his wife Constance Evelyn Shoesmith. He was educated at Sedbergh School and Trinity Colle ...
*1991–1997 (ret.): Hugh Glaisyer (archdeacon emeritus since 2007)
*1997–2004 (res.):
Nicholas Reade
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*2005–''2014'': Philip Jones ''(became Archdeacon of Hastings)''
Archdeacons of Hastings (since 2014)
*''2014''–31 January 2016 (ret.): Philip Jones ''(previously Archdeacon of Lewes & Hastings; became archdeacon emeritus)''
*5 January–29 March 2015: Stan Tomalin ''(acting)''Diocese of Chichester – Archdeacons (Accessed 5 February 2015)
*31 January–18 September 2016: Edward Bryant & Nick Cornell ''(acting)''St Swithuns East Grinstead — News from the Diocese (Accessed 31 January 2016)
*18 September 2016–present: Edward DowlerDiocese of Chichester — New Archdeacon of Hastings announced (Accessed 30 June 2016)