The Archdeaconry of Surrey is the ecclesiastical officer in charge of the archdeaconry of Surrey, a subdivision of the

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in the

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History

The whole archdeaconry was historically in the diocese of Winchester; the

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had a principal residence at Farnham Castle in

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. So the archdeacon was also rector of St Andrew's Church, Farnham and used

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as a centre from which to administer the churches in the area.The Story of St Andrew's
from ''St Andrew's Farnham'', accessed 6 March 2013 On 1 May 1927 it was separated from the diocese of Winchester and became the

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. On 17 August 1928, the archdeaconry of Dorking was formed out of the archdeaconry of Surrey by

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. Today Surrey has those same two archdeaconries. The archdeaconry of Surrey is further subdivided into deaneries: Aldershot, Cranleigh, Farnham, Godalming, Guildford and Surrey Heath.

List of archdeacons

High Medieval

:Junior archdeacons in the Diocese of Winchester *bef. 1107–aft. 1128:

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*bef. 1148–aft. 1148:

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:Archdeacons of Surrey *bef. 1158–aft. 1158: Ralph *bef. 1159–aft. 1178: Robert de Inglesham (also Archdeacon of Gloucester, bef. 1187–aft. 1190) *bef. 1192–aft. 1215: Amicius *bef. 1215–aft. 1216:

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*bef. 1238–aft. 1205: Geoffrey *bef. 1228–aft. 1243: Luke *bef. 1245–1258 (res.): Walter Branscombe (became

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) *bef. June–June 1258 (abd.): Peter de Sancto Mauro ''(left England)'' *20 January 1259–bef. May 1261 (deprived): Oliver de Tracy ''(deprived by the pope)'' *aft. June 1262–18 March 1264 (deprived): Richard de Sancto Gorono ''(deprived by the pope)'' *18 March 1264–aft. 1295: Peter de Sancto Mauro ''(restored by the pope)'' *11 November 1296–bef. 1301 (d.): Thomas de Skerning

Late Medieval

*12 March 1301–aft. 1317: Philip de Barton *10 April 1320–bef. 1347 (d.): William Inge *1347–bef. 1351 (res.): Richard Vaghan *1350: Raymond Pelegrini ''(mistaken appointment)'' *9 October 1351–bef. 1397 (d.): John de Edington *17 July 1397–bef. 1410 (d.): John Campeden *12 November 1410 – 27 April 1414 (res.): John Catterick (became Bishop of St David's) *13 August 1414–aft. 1429: John Forrest *bef. 1446–1447 (res.): John De la Bere (became Bishop of St David's) *5 January 1448–aft. 1478: John Waynflete ''or''

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*?–bef. 1482 (res.):

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(became

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) *31 March 1482 – 1500 (d.): Oliver Dynham *16 May 1500–aft. 1502: Christopher Bainbridge ( Dean of York from 1503) *bef. 1509–aft. 1512: Matthew Long *?–22 March 1519 (res.): John Fox *27 March 1519 – 28 November 1521 (d.): William Rokeby,

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*13 May 1522 – 1530 (res.): John Stokesley (became

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) *14 July 1530 – 1531 (res.): Edward Lee (became

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) *December 1531–18 December 1555 (exch.): Thomas Baghe

Early modern

*18 December 1556–bef. 1559 (deprived): Edmund Mervin ''(deprived)'' *16 November 1559 – 13 February 1573 (res.): John Watson (became Dean of Winchester) *13 February 1573–bef. 1574 (res.): Valentine Dale *23 July 1574–bef. 1580 (res.): William Wickham *11 March 1580–bef. 1605 (d.): James Cottington *18 October 1605 – 1616 (res.): Arthur Lake (became

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) *7 February 1617 – 2 April 1649 (d.): George Hakewill *1649–1660: ''Vacant (

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)'' *4 September 1660 – 16 July 1686 (d.): John Pearson (also

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from 1672) *23 July 1686–bef. 1689 (d.): Richard Oliver *20 September 1689 – 3 June 1710 (d.): Thomas Sayer *7 June 1710 – 1716 (res.):

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(became

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) *25 February 1716 – 1719 (res.): Hugh Boulter (became Bishop of Bristol) *12 December 1719 – 21 May 1725 (d.): Samuel Billingsley *31 May 1725 – 17 February 1753 (d.): Richard Furney *27 February 1753 – 25 September 1760 (d.): Thomas Thackeray *10 November 1760 – 9 March 1766 (d.): Thomas Ridding *17 March 1766 – 1769 (res.): Newton Ogle (became Dean of Winchester) *13 November 1769 – 1 April 1782 (res.): John Butler (also

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from 1777) *2 April 1782 – 1 August 1814 (d.): John Carver *15 August 1814 – 8 September 1839 (d.): Thomas de Grey (Lord Walsingham from 1831) *20 November 1839–bef. 1845 (res.):

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(became Dean of Westminster) *21 May 1845 – 15 October 1847 (d.): William Dealtry *16 November 1847 – 30 November 1859 (res.): Charles Hoare

Late modern

*aft. 1859–21 December 1879 (d.): John Utterton, Rector of

, Bishop suffragan of Guildford (from 1874; father of Frank) *1880–9 March 1888 (d.): Peter Atkinson, Vicar of

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*1888–4 June 1906 (d.): John Sapte, Rector of

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*1906–19 April 1908 (d.): Frank Utterton, Vicar of

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(until 1907; son of John) *1908–1922 (res.): Albert Robinson, canon treasurer *1922–1936 (res.): Lionel Blackburne, Vicar of St Mark's, Portsmouth (until 1923), then Rector of Puttenham (1926–1927; became Dean of Ely) :''In 1927, the

was erected, consisting of this archdeaconry.'' :''In 1928, the archdeaconry of Dorking was split from Surrey archdeaconry.'' *1936–1949 (ret.): Cyril Golding-Bird,

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(previously Archdeacon of Dorking) *1949–1955 (ret.): Andrew Ritchie *October 1955–23 July 1957 (d.): Geoffry Smith *1957–1968 (ret.): Augustine Studdert, Rector of

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(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1968–1980 (ret.): John Evans *1980–1989 (res.): Paul Barber (became Bishop suffragan of Brixworth) *1989–1995 (res.): John Went (became Bishop suffragan of Tewkesbury) *1996–2005 (res.): Bob Reiss *9 October 200519 September 2017 (ret.): Stuart Beake *10 December 201729 September 2023:

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(became Bishop of Dorking) *17 March 2024present: Catharine Mabuza

References

Sources

* * * * * Edward Wedlake Brayley (1841), ''A Topographical History of Surrey''