Archdeacon of London

The Archdeacon of London is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England. She or he is responsible for one of two archdeaconries (the other is the Archdeaconry of Charing Cross) within the Two Cities (London and Westminster) episcopal area of the Diocese of London – that episcopal has no area bishop but is under the direct care of the diocesan Bishop of London.

History

Before the 20th century, the ancient London archdeaconry included parts of the East End as well as the City of London. The extent of the archdeaconry was reduced in 1912 (with the creation of the Archdeaconry of Hampstead) and in 1951 (with the creation of the Archdeaconry of Hackney) before more recent border changes limited the archdeaconry's recent area (until 2015/16) to that of the City of London.

List of archdeacons

High Medieval ?–bef. 1096 (d.): Edward bef. 1102–aft. 1114: Reinger[N 1] bef. 1127–aft. 1152: William de Beaumis (son of Richard de Beaumis) bef. 1154–aft. 1157 (res.): Hugh de Mareni bef. 1162–aft. 1189: Nicholas bef. 1192–aft. 1194: Peter de Waltham bef. 1196–bef. 1199 (res.): Alard de Burnham bef. 1202–bef. 1212 (d.): Peter of Blois bef. 1213–bef. 1214: Walter bef. 1214–aft. 1215: Gilbert de Plesseto bef. 1217–aft. 1223: William of Sainte-Mère-Eglise bef. 1225–bef. 1231 (res.): Geoffrey de Lucy bef. 1229–aft. 1234: William de Rising bef. 1235–aft. 1261 (res.): Peter de Newport bef. 1263–aft. 1268 (res.): John Chishull bef. 1272–aft. 1275: William Passemer bef. 1278–aft. 1280: Geoffrey de Mortuo Mari bef. 1281–1282 (res.): Richard Swinefield bef. 1285–aft. 1290: Robert de Ros bef. 1294–aft. 1299: Richard de Gravesend Late Medieval bef. 1302–bef. 1308 (d.): John de Bedford ?–bef. 1305 (res.): John de Sancto Claro Peter de Dene (disputed with Bedford) 1308–bef. 1320 (d.): Bego de Cavomonte bef. 1309–bef. 1311 (d.): Reginald de Sancto Albano 1320–bef. 1323 (res.): Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord bef. 1321–bef. 1324: Richard de Aston bef. 1323–bef. 1332 (d.): Pontius de Podio Barzaco 1332–aft. 1337: Itherius de Concoreto 13 September 1338–?: Edmund Howard 21 March 1339 – 1347 (res.): John of Thoresby bef. 1350–1354 (res.): Richard Kilvington[1] 1354–?: Peter Cardinal du Cros (also Cardinal-priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino) 1354–9 February 1356 (exch.): James de Beaufort 9 February 1356 – 1361 (res.): John Barnet 15 October–October 1361 (d.): Fortanerius Vassalli (also Patriarch of Grado) 26 March 1362–aft. 1372: Adam de Hertington bef. 1383–bef. 1397 (d.): Thomas Baketon 10 February 1397 – 1400 (res.): Thomas Stowe 12 November 1400 – 1422 (res.): Reginald Kentwood 16 March 1422–bef. 1431 (res.): John Snell 28 January 1431 – 23 February 1443 (exch.): Richard Moresby 23 February 1443–bef. 1466 (d.): William Fallan bef. 1469–1482 (res.): Richard Martyn (also Archdeacon of Hereford from bef. 1478 and Archdeacon of Berkshire from 1478; became Bishop of St David's)

22 June 1482–bef. 1490 (res.): John de Gigliis 16 November 1490–bef. 1502 (res.): John Forster 3 September 1502–aft. 1510: Pedro de Ayala bef. 1510–bef. 1514 (res.): William Horsey 28 March 1514–bef. 1526 (d.): John Young, suffragan bishop (also Dean of Chichester from 1521) 29 March 1526–bef. 1529 (d.): Geoffrey Wharton 30 October 1529–bef. 1533 (exch.): William Clyff 5 August 1533–bef. 1534 (res.): Thomas Bedyll 19 December 1534–July 1543 (d.): Richard Gwent Early modern 23 July–October 1543 (res.): Edward Moylle 29 October 1543 – 1554 (res.): John Wymmesley 27 April 1554 – 23 October 1559 (depr.): John Harpsfield (deprived;[2] also Dean of Norwich from 1558) 1559–bef. 1591 (d.): John Mullins 1 June 1591–bef. 1626 (d.): Theophilus Aylmer (son of John Aylmer) 23 February 1626 – 19 September 1662 (d.): Thomas Paske 11 October 1662–bef. 1664 (res.): John Dolben 27 May 1664 – 1676 (res.): Thomas Lamplugh (also Dean of Rochester from 1673) 27 April 1677 – 1689 (res.): Edward Stillingfleet 1689–1691 (res.): Thomas Tenison 1692–9 October 1731 (d.): William Stanley 23 October 1731 – 15 June 1742 (d.): Robert Tyrwhit 12 July 1742 – 22 April 1764 (d.): Edward Cobden 24 April 1764 – 5 September 1770 (d.): John Jortin 29 September 1770 – 1775 (res.): Anthony Hamilton 22 February 1775 – 1789 (res.): Richard Beadon 1789–bef. 1813 (res.): William Bingham 31 December 1813–bef. 1842 (res.): Joseph Pott 4 November 1842 – 27 November 1870 (d.): William Hale Late modern March 1871–11 August 1884 (d.): Piers Claughton[3] 1884–1889 (ret.): Edwin Gifford[4] 1889–1911 (res.): William Sinclair (son)[5] 1911–1930 (ret.): Ernest Holmes[6] 1930–1947 (ret.): Ernest Sharpe[7] 1947–1961 (res.): Oswin Gibbs-Smith [8] (afterwards Dean of Winchester, 1961) 1962–1963 (res.): George Appleton[9] 1963–1967 (res.): Martin Sullivan[10] 1967–1978 (ret.): Sam Woodhouse (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[11] 1978–10 November 1986 (d.): Frank Harvey[12] 1987–1999 (res.): George Cassidy[13] 1999–2009 (ret.): Peter Delaney (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[14] 26 July 2009 – 31 July 2014 (ret.): David Meara (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[15][16][17] 11 September 2014 – 30 June 2015: Nick Mercer, Vicar General and acting archdeacon 1 July 2015 – 6 January 2016: Nick Mercer, Vicar General[18][19] 1 January 2016–present: Luke Miller[20] 1 January 2016–present: Rosemary Lain-Priestley, Associate Archdeacon[20]

Notes

1. Reigner is not recorded with the title Archdeacon of London; rather the nature of his post can be deduced.

References

1. Dictionary of National Biography, article on Kylmington.
2. "ARCHDEACONS DEPRIVED UNDER QUEEN ELIZABETH" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2012.
3. "Claughton, Piers Calveley". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5549. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
4. Gifford, Ven. Edwin Hamilton. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
5. Sinclair, Ven. William Macdonald. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
6. Holmes, Ven. Ernest Edward. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
7. Sharpe, Ven. Ernest Newton. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (October 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
8. Gibbs-Smith, Ven. Oswin Harvard. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (November 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
9. Appleton, Rt Rev. George. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (November 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
10. Sullivan, Very Rev. Martin Gloster. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (November 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
11. Woodhouse, Ven. Samuel Mostyn Forbes. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (November 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
12. Harvey, Ven. Francis William. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (November 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
13. Cassidy, Rt Rev. George Henry. Who's Who. 2013 (November 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
14. Delaney, Ven. Peter Anthony. Who's Who. 2013 (November 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
15. Diocese of London – Bishop of London installs new Archdeacon of London...
16. Meara, Ven. David Gwynne. Who's Who. 2013 (November 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
17. St Bride's: News – The Retirement of the Venerable David Meara (Accessed 27 September 2014)
20. Diocese of London — Archdeacons in the Two Cities (Accessed 24 June 2015)

Sources

• Greenway, Diana E., Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, 1, pp. 8–12
• Horn, Joyce M., Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, 5, pp. 7–9
• Horn, Joyce M., Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 1, pp. 7–9