Archdeacon of Lichfield
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The Archdeacon of Lichfield (called Archdeacon of Stafford until 1980) is a senior cleric in the Diocese of Lichfield who is responsible for pastoral care and discipline of clergy in the Lichfield archdeaconry.
The archdeaconry was erected – as the Archdeaconry of Stafford – in the ancient Diocese of Coventry (later called Coventry and Lichfield, Lichfield and Coventry & Lichfield) before 1135, around the time when archdeacons were first being appointed across England. On 24 July 1877, the archdeaconry of Stoke-upon-Trent was created from the northern part of the Stafford archdeaconry.[1] After the deanery of Stafford was transferred on 26 September 1979 to the Stoke archdeaconry,[2] Stafford archdeaconry was renamed the archdeaconry of Lichfield on 25 April 1980.[3] The present archdeacon is Dr Sue Weller.
List of archdeacons
[edit ]High Medieval
[edit ]- At its creation, the archdeaconry was in the Diocese of Coventry.
- 1135–1145: Robert
- bef. c. 1146–aft. c. 1146: William
- bef. c. 1149–aft. c. 1159: Helias
- bef. 1175–aft. 1175: Ralph de Thamewood
- 1175–1182: Alan
- bef. 1191–aft. 1191: Henry Marshal (disputed)
- bef. 1191–aft. 1191: Alexander
- bef. 1194–1213 (res.): Henry de Loundres
- bef. c. 1213–aft. c. 1213: Helyas
- 5 March 1213 – 1222 (d.): Robert of Gloucester (also Archdeacon of Sudbury from bef. 1220)
- From 1228, the diocese became the Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield.
- bef. 1238–aft. 1224: William of York
- bef. 1234–aft. 1234: R. de Langdon
- bef. 1244–aft. 1244: Robert of Stafford
- bef. 1259–aft. 1259: Richard de Mepham
- bef. 1265–1275 (res.): Thomas de Cantilupe
- bef. c. 1290–aft. c. 1290: Adam Paine
- ?–bef. 1301 (d.): Rayner de Vichio/Florence
Late Medieval
[edit ]- 6 June 1301 – 19 January 1322 (res.): John de Brunforte, son of Octavian
- 8 December 1321 – 20 August 1323 (exch.): Robert de Patrika
- 20 August 1323–June 1336 (d.): John Clarel
- ?–bef. 1349 (d.): William de Apeltre
- 26 June 1349–bef. 1349 (d.): Roger de Depyng
- 27 August 1349 – 4 June 1353 (exch.): Richard de Birmingham
- 1349–bef. 1355 (d.): Roger de Dorkyng (unsuccessful claimant)
- 4 June 1353 – 14 May 1356 (exch.): John de Marisco
- 14 May 1356–bef. 1358 (d.): William de Grenburgh
- 16 October 1358–bef. 1374 (d.): John de Sulgrave
- 29 March 1374 – 1381 (res.): John de Outheby
- 28 December 1381–bef. 1400 (res.): Richard de Toppeclyve
- 1 September 1400–aft. 1413: Henry Davyd
- bef. 1415–aft. 1415: John Fyton
- bef. 1418–1418 (res.): Thomas Barton
- 13 July 1418–bef. 1422 (res.): John Fyton (again)
- 1 March 1422–bef. 1432 (d.): William de Admondeston
- 4 July 1432–bef. 1442 (d.): Ralph Prestbury
- bef. 1442–bef. June 1442 (res.): Roger Wall
- 29 June 1442 – 1459 (res.): John Wendesley, illegitimate son of Sir Thomas Wensley (d.1403) (or Wendesley) of Wensley in Derbyshire, five times a Member of Parliament for Derbyshire.
- 27 May 1459–bef. 1467 (res.): Thomas Hawkins (became Archdeacon of Worcester)
- 6 December 1467–March 1497 (d.): William Moggys
- 30 March 1497–aft. 1497: William Duffield
- bef. 1501–30 June 1501 (res.): Edward Willoughby
- 30 June 1501–July 1515 (d.): John Wardroper
- 20 July 1515–bef. 1529: Adam Grafton (died 23 June 1529)
- bef. 1530–1530 (res.): Geoffrey Blythe (nephew of Bishop Blythe)
- 3 October 1530–aft. 1530: John Blythe (another Blythe nephew)
- bef. 1536–1540 (res.): Nicholas Heath
- From 1539, the diocese became the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry.
- 13 November 1540–bef. 1547 (exch.): John Redman (Master of Trinity from 1546)
Early modern
[edit ]- bef. 1547–?: John Dakyn (unsuccessful exchange)
- 5 August 1547–September 1567 (d.): Richard Walker
- 12 May 1567 – 1586 (res.): Thomas Bickley
- 2 February 1586 – 12 October 1614 (d.): Humphrey Tyndall
- 1613–bef. 1636 (d.): John Fulnetby
- 27 December 1636–bef. 1660 (d.): Martin Tinley
- 6 December 1660 – 4 May 1682 (d.): Francis Coke
- 14 July 1682 – 4 May 1721 (d.): Nathaniel Ellison
- 3 May 1721–bef. 1732 (d.): Thomas Allen (also Dean of Chester from 1722)
- 30 June 1732–bef. 1763 (d.): James Brooks
- 3 February 1763 – 1769 (res.): Edmund Law
- 15 March 1769 – 8 May 1782 (res.): John Carver (afterwards Archdeacon of Surrey)
- 23 May 1782 – 24 April 1801 (res.): William Brereton
- 28 April 1801 – 23 March 1829 (d.): Robert Nares
- 9 May 1829 – 13 August 1855 (d.): George Hodson
- On 24 January 1837, the diocese lost the Coventry archdeaconry to the Diocese of Worcester [4] and became the Diocese of Lichfield.
- December 1855–18 July 1876 (d.): Henry Moore
Late modern
[edit ]- Stoke archdeaconry was split off on 24 July 1877.
- 1888–3 June 1898 (d.): Melville Scott [6]
- 1898–1910 (ret.): Robert Hodgson [7]
- 1911–7 June 1922 (d.): Charles Blakeway [8]
- 1922–1933 (ret.): Hugh Bright [9]
- 1935–1944 (res.): Robert Hodson [10]
- 1945–1959 (res.): William Parker [11]
- 1959–1974 (ret.): Basil Stratton (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[12]
- 1974–1980: Richard Ninis (became Archdeacon of Lichfield)[13]
- The archdeaconry was renamed Lichfield on 25 April 1980.
- 1980–1998 (ret.): Richard Ninis (previously Archdeacon of Stafford)[13]
- 1998–2000 (ret.): George Frost [14]
- 3 March 2001 – 5 May 2013 (ret.): Chris Liley [15] [16]
- 18 July 2013 – 31 May 2019 (res.):[17] Simon Baker [18]
- September 2019 – present: Sue Weller [19]
References
[edit ]- ^ "No. 24486". The London Gazette . 24 July 1877. pp. 4316–4318.
- ^ "No. 47968". The London Gazette . 2 October 1979. p. 12359.
- ^ "No. 48179". The London Gazette . 8 May 1980. p. 6814.
- ^ "No. 19460". The London Gazette . 24 January 1837. pp. 167–170.
- ^ "BELLS AND BELLRINGING IN SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE". Archived from the original on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
- ^ "Scott, Melville Horne" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 October 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Hodgson, Robert" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 October 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Blakeway, Charles Edward" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 October 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Bright, Hugh" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 October 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Hodson, Robert Leighton" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 October 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Parker, William Alonzo" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 October 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Stratton, Basil" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 October 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b "Ninis, Richard Betts" . Who's Who . Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 October 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Frost, George" . Who's Who . Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 October 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Liley, Christopher Frank" . Who's Who . Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 October 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Diocese of Lichfield – Archdeacon Announces Retirement Archived January 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 2 January 2013)
- ^ "Diocese of Lichfield - News - Archdeacon Simon to stand down". www.lichfield.anglican.org. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019.
- ^ Diocese of Lichfield – New Appointee is Manna from Tunstall Archived 2013年07月19日 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 19 April 2013)
- ^ "Diocese of Lichfield - News - Sue named as new Archdeacon Missioner". www.lichfield.anglican.org. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019.
Sources
[edit ]- Le Neve, John; Hardy, Sir Thomas Duffus (1854). Archdeacons of Lichfield . Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae. Vol. 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 570–573 – via Wikisource.
- Jones, B. (1964), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, vol. 10, pp. 18–20
- Horn, Joyce M. (2003), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 10, pp. 14–16