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The Archdeacon of Bedford is an ecclesiastical post in the
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. Historically the post was in the
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, then from 1837 in the
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, England. On 13 April 1914, the archdeaconry became a part of the Diocese of St Albans. The present holder of the office is Dave Middlebrook, collated Archdeacon on 30 March 2019.


Seal

The 12/13th c. brass seal-matrix of the Archdeacon of Bedford was found in South Lincolnshire in 2003 by a metal detectorist, in almost perfect condition. It displays a legend in Latin: SIGILLUM ARCHIDIACONI BEDEFORDI(A)E ("Seal of the Archdeacon of Bedford"). Of two heraldic shields, that shown at
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displays the arms of Cantilupe (modern): ''Gules, three leopard's faces jessant-de-lys or'', as used by Saint
Thomas de Cantilupe Thomas de Cantilupe (25 August 1282; also spelled ''Cantelow, Cantelou, Canteloupe'', List of Latinised names, Latinised to ''de Cantilupo'') was Lord Chancellor, Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Hereford. He was canonised in 1320 by P ...
(d.1282),
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, and later adopted as the arms of the See of Hereford. The reason for the use of the Cantilupe arms on the seal is unclear, the surviving (but incomplete) list of Archdeacons of Bedford does not include a member of the Cantilupe family. The office of Archdeacon of Bedford had no connection with the See of Hereford and is known to have been under the control of the
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, hence a possible reason for the location the object was found in. The Cantilupe family were feudal barons of Eaton (Bray) in Bedfordshire and were seated (amongst many other places) at Eaton Castle, near Dunstable, not too far from the town of Bedford. A junior branch (see Baron Cantilupe) was seated at Greasley Castle in Nottingham and at Withcall in Lincolnshire, in which county they were prominent. Nicholas de Cantilupe, 3rd Baron Cantilupe (c.1301–1355) of Greasley founded the Cantilupe Chantry in Lincoln Cathedral and was buried in the Cathedral where survives his mutilated recumbent effigy. However the armorials of the Greasley branch include a ''fess vair'', not shown on the seal. The style of the seal with the gothic architectural elements date it to the 13/14th. centuries. Measurements: 32 mm x 51 mm; weight 2.5 g.


List of archdeacons


High Medieval

*bef. May 1092?: Osbert *1105:
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*bef. 1129aft. 1141:
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*bef. 1145aft. 1175 (d.):
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* 1180: Laurence *aft. 1198:
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*aft. 1203: Geoffrey *bef. 12061218 (d.): Alexander of Elstow *1218: John Octon *12181231 (res.): John de Houton (afterwards Archdeacon of Northampton) *1231 (d?): Amaury of Buckden *1246 (res.): John de Dyham *bef. 12541260 (d.): John of Crakehall *1260–1268: Peter de Audeham *1268January 1273: John de Maidenstan (afterwards
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? *30 December 129110 September 1319: Roger Rothwell/ Rowell (deprived)


Late Medieval

*10 September 131926 January 1230: Thomas Neville (set aside) *26 January 13201333 (d.): Edmund London *1333–?: John Daubeny *133330 August 1351 (exch.): Philip Daubeny *30 August 1351bef. 1372: Thomas Cumpton *bef. 1372bef. 1375: John Irtlingburgh *bef. 13751405 (d.): Thomas Stowe *19 November 14051423 (d.): William Aghton *17 April 14231431 (res.): Richard Caudray (afterwards Archdeacon of Lincoln) *14311439 (d.): William Derby *14 February 14391450 (d.): Robert Thornton *21 May 14501460 (d.): Thomas Salisbury *15 December 14601468 (res.): John Rudying (afterwards Archdeacon of Northampton) *4 December 14681471 (res.): John Collinson (afterwards Archdeacon of Northampton) *6 Auguster 1471bef. April 1489 (res.): Henry Sharp *April 14891494 (res.): Thomas Hutton (afterwards Archdeacon of Huntingdon) *17 February 14941525 (d.): William Cosyn *11 January 15251549 (d.): John Chambre


Early modern

*7 July 15491554 (res.): Gilbert Bourne *1 May 155411 November 1558 (d.): John Pope *15 November 1558February 1559 (d.): Michael Dunning (deprived) *14 March 15591560 (res.): Richard Barber (afterwards
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) *24 December 15601574 (d.): William Todd *31 May 15741598 (d.): John Robinson *14 March 15986 December 1599 (res.): Roger Parker *4 February 16001631 (d.): George Eland *4 October 16311661 (res.): John Hacket (afterwards Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, 1661) *May 166216 July 1667 (d.): Francis Wilford *August 166722 November 1678 (d.): Theophilus Dillingham *15 February 16793 April 1704 (d.): John Skelton *April 17042 March 1731 (d.): Thomas Frank *22 May 17311745 (d.): John Dudley *15 March 17451756 (res.): John Taylor (afterwards Archdeacon of Leicester) *16 July 17561757 (res.): Charles Jenner (afterwards Archdeacon of Huntingdon) *28 April 175728 February 1771 (d.):
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*20 March 17711782 (d.): Hadley Cox *18 May 17821 June 1783 (d.): William Done *19 June 17833 January 1809 (d.): Richard Shepherd *12 January 18091821 (d.): Samuel Vince *10 December 18211845 (res.): Henry Bonney :''The archdeaconry was transferred from the diocese of Lincoln to the diocese of Ely by Order-in-Council on 30 May 1837'' *12 March 184529 June 1866 (res.): Henry Tattam


Late modern

*186631 January 1873 (d.): Henry Rose *187323 September 1910 (d.): Frederick Bathurst *19101914 (res.): Noel Hodges (also
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) :''Since the diocese's erection on 13 April 1914, the Archdeaconry of Bedford has been part of the Diocese of St Albans'' *19241933 (res.): Arthur Parnell *193314 November 1934 (d.): Gerard Lander (also Assistant Bishop of St Albans; former Bishop of Victoria) *19351945 (ret.): William Robins *19461955 (res.): Donald Harris *19561958 (res.): Basil Guy (also Bishop suffragan of Bedford from 1957) *19581962 (res.): Basil Snell *19621973 (res.): John Hare (also Bishop suffragan of Bedford from 1968) *19741979 (ret.):
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*19932003 (ret.): Malcolm Lesiter (archdeacon emeritus since retirement) *September 200331 December 2018 (ret.): Paul Hughes (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *30 March 2019present: Dave Middlebrook


References


Sources

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Bedfordshire County Council page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bedford, Archdeacon of Lists of Anglicans Lists of English people Diocese of St Albans