The
Archdeacon
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of Hereford is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the
Church of England
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Diocese of Hereford
The Diocese of Hereford is a Church of England diocese based in Hereford, covering Herefordshire, southern Shropshire and a few parishes within Worcestershire in England, and a few parishes within Powys and Monmouthshire in Wales. The cathedral i ...
. The archdeacon is the senior priest with responsibility over the area of the archdeaconry of Hereford.
History
The first recorded archdeacons in Hereford diocese occur soon after the
Norman Conquest
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(as they do across England) – there were apparently two archdeacons from the outset. However, no territorial titles are recorded until after . The archdeacons at that time were the Archdeacons of Hereford and of Shropshire (aka Salop but distinct from the
Lichfield Salop archdeaconry); the latter was renamed
Archdeacon of Ludlow
The Archdeacon of Ludlow is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Hereford. Prior to 1876 the post was known by its previous title of Archdeacon of Shropshire or alternatively as the Archdeacon of Salop in the Diocese of Hereford.
...
in 1876.
List of archdeacons
High Medieval
Archdeacons in Hereford diocese:
*bef. 1086–aft. 1101 (d.):
Heinfrid[Heinfrid and Geoffrey occur as archdeacons in Hereford diocese without territorial titles, so it is not possible to identify which areas they served.]
*?–25 November 1120 (d.):
Geoffrey
Archdeacons of Hereford:
*bef. 1131–aft. 1179 (d.):
Peter
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*bef. 1181–aft. 1196:
Ralph Foliot
*bef. 1198–5 September 1215 (deprived):
William fitzWalter ''(excommunicated)''
*bef. 1215–?:
Alexander de Walton
*bef. 1216–bef. 1228:
William de Ria
*bef. 1234–aft. 1248:
Henry Bustard
*bef. 1258–bef. 1287 (res.):
William of Conflans (
Guillaume de Conflans; afterwards
Bishop of Genève)
*27 May 1287–bef. 1287 (res.):
Roger of Sevenoaks ''(disputed)''
*21 November 1287–bef. 1303 (d.):
Richard of Hertford
Late Medieval
*1 June 1303 – 13 February 1318 (res.):
Henry de Shorne
*1318–aft. 1326:
Thomas de Chaundos ''(Sr)''
*5 March 1333–bef. 1343:
John de Barton
*bef. 1343–bef. 1367 (d.):
William de Sheynton
*bef. 1369–2 April 1379 (res.):
John de Bedwardine/
Smythes
*:
Richard Tissington ''(claimant)''
*1389–bef. 1405 (res.):
Richard Kingston (afterwards
Dean of Windsor, 1412)
*31 January 1405 – 5 May 1417 (exch.):
John Loveney (afterwards
Archdeacon of Shropshire)
*5 May 1417–bef. 1424 (res.):
John Hereford (previously Archdeacon of Shropshire)
*21 July 1424 – 10 July 1446 (exch.):
John Barowe
*10 July 1446 – 1476 (d.):
Richard Rudhale/
Rudhall
*bef. 1478–bef. 1485:
Richard Martyn (also
Archdeacon of Berkshire from 1478 and
Archdeacon of London until 1482;
Bishop of St David's from 1482)
*bef. 1485–1494 (d.):
Robert Geffrey/
Jeffry (previously Archdeacon of Shropshire)
*1494–bef. 1511 (d.):
Thomas Morton (previously Archdeacon of Shropshire)
*20 July 1511 – 1522 (d.):
William Webb/
Webbe (previously Archdeacon of Shropshire)
*29 January 1523 – 1542 (d.):
John Boothe
Early modern
*14 August 1542 – 1552 (d.):
John Styrmin
*3 February 1552 – 1557 (res.):
Richard Cheyney
*27 July 1557 – 1559 (deprived):
John Glazier ''(deprived)''
*24 March 1559 – 1567 (res.):
Robert Crowley
*5 April 1567 – 1578 (res.):
Edward Cowper
*1578–1606 (d.):
Simon Smith
*28 July 1606 – 1617 (exch.):
Silvanus Griffiths
*1617–1620 (res.):
Richard Montagu
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*1623–6 June 1648 (d.):
John Hughes
*:
Matthew Burst
*1660–1684 (res.):
George Benson
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*1684–1690 (deprived):
Samuel Benson (deprived)
*1690–2 February 1698 (d.):
William Johnson
*1698: ''
Brian Turner'' (nominated, but died before installation)
*1698–bef. 1729:
Thomas Fox
*1729–9 November 1741 (d.):
John Walker
*18 December 1741–bef. 1769:
Robert Breton
*19 January 1769–bef. 1787:
John Harley (also
Dean of Windsor from 1778)
*1787–bef. 1823:
James Jones
*15 February 1823–bef. 1825:
John Lilly
*1825–bef. 1852 (res.):
Henry Wetherell
*1852–11 August 1863 (d.):
Richard Lane Freer
Late modern
*1863–26 May 1887 (d.):
The 16th Baron Saye and Sele
*1887–1910 (ret.):
Berkeley Scudamore-Stanhope
*1910–1923 (res.):
Edward Winnington-Ingram (brother of
Arthur, Bishop of London)
*1923–26 December 1928 (d.):
Rowland Money-Kyrle
*1929–1941 (ret.):
Geoffrey Iliff
*1942–1958 (res.):
Arthur Winnington-Ingram (son of the above Edward; afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
*1959–1970 (ret.):
Thomas Randolph (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
*1970–1976 (ret.):
John Lewis
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(afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
*1977–1982 (ret.):
Thomas Barfett (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
*1982–1991 (ret.):
Andrew Woodhouse (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
*1991–1997 (ret.):
Leonard Moss (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
*1997–2002 (res.):
Michael Hooper
*2002–2004 (ret.):
John Tiller (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
*2005–2010 (ret.):
Malcolm Colmer
*16 January 201131 August 2017:
Paddy BensonDiocese of Hereford — Archdeacon Paddy to retire
(Accessed 15 October 2017)
*9 September 2018present: Derek Chedzey
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