The Archdeacon of Cornwall is a senior cleric in the

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History and composition

The archdeaconry of Cornwall was created in the

Diocese of Exeter The Diocese of Exeter is a Church of England diocese covering the county of Devon. It is one of the largest dioceses in England. The Cathedral Church of St Peter in Exeter is the seat of the diocesan Bishop of Exeter. It is part of the Provinc ...

in the late 11th century. The area and the archdeacon remained part of that diocese until 15 December 1876 when the Diocese of Truro was established. The archdeaconry was then divided on 21 May 1878 to create the new Archdeaconry of Bodmin. Today, the archdeaconry of

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

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.): Walter *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. :

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(nephew of the bishop, Simon of Apulia) *bef. 28 May 1228–aft. 1228: Martin *bef. 1238–aft. 1238: Thomas *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 Thomas) de Bolleghe *1295–1307 (d.): William Bodrugan

Late Medieval

*7 January 1308 – 30 June 1342 (exch.): Adam de Carleton *: Walter ''(disputed)'' *8 March 1328: Nicholas de Scotton (mistaken royal grant) *30 June 1342 – 24 March 1344 (exch. reversed): Annibale Cardinal di Ceccano ( Cardinal-bishop of Frascati) *24 March 1344 – 19 June 1346 (exch.): Adam de Carleton ''(again)'' *19 June 1346 – 1349 (res.):

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, 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 Alexander Neville ( 1340–1392) was a late medieval prelate who served as Archbishop of York from 1374 to 1388. Life Born in about 1340, Alexander Neville was a younger son of Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby and Alice de Audley. He ...

, 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.):

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*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 Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield *8 September 1528 – 1534 (res.): Rowland Lee, later Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield *11 June 1534–September 1537 (d.): Thomas Bedyll *8 October 1537–bef. 1543 (res.): Thomas Wynter (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.):

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*23 September 1554–bef. 1556:

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*2 March 1556 – 1563 (d.): George Harvey *13 October 1563 – 1563 (deprived):

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(son of the bishop, William Alley) *3 January 1571 – 1603 (d.): Thomas Somaster 2nd son of William Somaster (1507–1589) of Painsford, Ashprington *10 June 1574–?: Nicholas Marston (presumably ineffective) *5 September 1603–bef. 1616 (res.): William Hutchinson *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 English Commonwealth'' *1 August 1660–bef. 1672: Edward Cotton *3 September 1672 – 17 December 1714 (d.):

Edward Drew Edward Drew (c.1542–1598) of Killerton, Broadclyst and The Grange, Broadhembury, Devon, was a Serjeant-at-Law to Queen Elizabeth I. He served as a Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis (UK Parliament constituency), Lyme Regis in 1584, twice ...

*25 January 1715 – 1717:

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(also Dean of Exeter) *1717–1732: ''?'' *7 February 1732 – 27 July 1737 (d.): Charles Fleetwood *14 September 1737–bef. 1741 (d.):

George Allanson George Allanson was Archdeacon of Cornwall from 14 September 1737 until his death in 1741 . Allanson was born in the City of London, educated at Christ Church, Oxford and admitted to the Middle Temple in 1713. He held livings at St Tudy and St ...

*25 August 1741 – 1 February 1788 (d.):

John Sleech John Sleech was the Archdeacon of Cornwall from 1741 to 1788. Sleech was from Farringdon, Devon. References

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*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 Bishop of St Germans from 1905) *1916–15 August 1925 (d.): Stamford Raffles-Flint *1925–1946 (d.): Guy Hockley *1947–14 August 1949 (d.): John Holden, Assistant Bishop *1949–1965 (ret.): Frederick Boreham *1965–1981 (ret.): Peter Young (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1981–1988 (ret.):

Arnold Wood The Venerable Arnold Wood, M.A. (24 October 1918 – 27 April 2007) was Archdeacon of Cornwall from 1981 to 1988. Wood was educated at Trinity Academy, Halifax and was a Commissioned Officer in the RASC from 1939 to 1949. He worked in engineer ...

(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1988–1996 (ret.):

Raymond Ravenscroft The Venerable Raymond Lockwood Ravenscroft (15 September 1931 - 18 May 2020) was an Anglican priest who was Archdeacon of Cornwall from 1988 to 1996. Ravenscroft was educated at Sea Point Boys' High School, the University of Leeds and the Col ...

*1996–1999 (ret.):

Trevor McCabe Venerable, The Ven. (John) Trevor McCabe was Archdeacon of Cornwall from 1996 to 1999. McCabe was educated at Falmouth Grammar School; the University of Nottingham; St Catherine's College, Oxford; and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He was ordained in 1959 ...

(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *2000–2005 (ret.):

Rodney Whiteman Rodney David Carter Whiteman (born 6 October 1940) is a British Anglican priest. He was Archdeacon of Bodmin from 1989 to 1999,''Church news.'' The Times (London, England), Tuesday, July 04, 1989; pg. 18; Issue 63437 and Archdeacon of Cornwall fr ...

(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 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 Cor ...

*1 September 2019 – present: Paul Bryer

References

Sources

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