Archdeacon of Hereford

The Archdeacon of Hereford is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Hereford. 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 (as they do across England) – there were apparently two archdeacons from the outset. However, no territorial titles are recorded until after c. 1125. 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 in 1876.^[1]

List of archdeacons

High Medieval

Archdeacons in Hereford diocese:

bef. 1086–aft. 1101 (d.): Heinfrid^{[N 1]}
?–25 November 1120 (d.): Geoffrey^{[N 1]}

Archdeacons of Hereford:

bef. 1131–aft. 1179 (d.): Peter
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
c. 1380: 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
1623–6 June 1648 (d.): John Hughes
c. 1650s: Matthew Burst
1660–1684 (res.): George Benson
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^[2]
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^[3]^[4]
1910–1923 (res.): Edward Winnington-Ingram (brother of Arthur, Bishop of London)^[5]
1923–26 December 1928 (d.): Rowland Money-Kyrle^[6]
1929–1941 (ret.): Geoffrey Iliff^[7]
1942–1958 (res.): Arthur Winnington-Ingram (son of the above Edward; afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[8]
1959–1970 (ret.): Thomas Randolph (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[9]
1970–1976 (ret.): John Lewis (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[10]
1977–1982 (ret.): Thomas Barfett (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[11]
1982–1991 (ret.): Andrew Woodhouse (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[12]
1991–1997 (ret.): Leonard Moss (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[13]
1997–2002 (res.): Michael Hooper^[14]
2002–2004 (ret.): John Tiller (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[15]
2005–2010 (ret.): Malcolm Colmer^[16]^[17]
16 January 2011 – 31 August 2017: Paddy Benson^[18]^[19]
9 September 2018 – present: Derek Chedzey

Notes

^ ^a ^b Heinfrid and Geoffrey occur as archdeacons in Hereford diocese without territorial titles, so it is not possible to identify which areas they served.

References

^ "No. 24311". The London Gazette. 4 April 1876. pp. 2281–2282.
^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1901). "Walker, John (1692?–1741)" . Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ "No. 25388". The London Gazette. 19 August 1884. p. 3744.
^ "Stanhope, Berkeley Lionel Scudamore". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 3 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Ingram, Edward Henry Winnington-". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 3 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Money-Kyrle, Rowland Tracy Ashe". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Iliff, Geoffrey Durnford". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Winnington-Ingram, Arthur John". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Randolph, Thomas Berkeley". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Lewis, John Wilfred". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Barfett, Thomas". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Woodhouse, Andrew Henry". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Moss, Leonard Godfrey". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Hooper, Michael Wrenford". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Tiller, John". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ BBC News feature – new archdeacon
^ "Colmer, Malcolm John". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Benson, George Patrick". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Diocese of Hereford — Archdeacon Paddy to retire (Accessed 15 October 2017)

Sources

Barrow, J.S. (2002), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, vol. 8, pp. 23–25
Horn, Joyce (1962), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, vol. 2, pp. 5–6
Le Neve, John; Hardy, Sir Thomas Duffus (1854). Archdeacons of Hereford . Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae. Vol. 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 481–482 – via Wikisource.
G. E. Aylmer; John Eric Tiller (2000). Hereford Cathedral: A History. A&C Black. ISBN 978-1-85285-194-1.

[handg-2] Heinfrid and Geoffrey occur as archdeacons in Hereford diocese without territorial titles, so it is not possible to identify which areas they served.

[1] "No. 24311". The London Gazette. 4 April 1876. pp. 2281–2282.

[3] Lee, Sidney, ed. (1901). "Walker, John (1692?–1741)" . Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[4] "No. 25388". The London Gazette. 19 August 1884. p. 3744.

[5] "Stanhope, Berkeley Lionel Scudamore". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 3 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[6] "Ingram, Edward Henry Winnington-". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 3 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[7] "Money-Kyrle, Rowland Tracy Ashe". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[8] "Iliff, Geoffrey Durnford". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[9] "Winnington-Ingram, Arthur John". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[10] "Randolph, Thomas Berkeley". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[11] "Lewis, John Wilfred". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[12] "Barfett, Thomas". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[13] "Woodhouse, Andrew Henry". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[14] "Moss, Leonard Godfrey". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[15] "Hooper, Michael Wrenford". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[16] "Tiller, John". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[17] BBC News feature – new archdeacon

[18] "Colmer, Malcolm John". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[19] "Benson, George Patrick". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[20] Diocese of Hereford — Archdeacon Paddy to retire (Accessed 15 October 2017)

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v t e Archdeacons of Hereford
High Medieval	Heinfrid (territory unspecified) Geoffrey (territory unspecified) Peter Ralph Foliot William fitzWalter Alexander de Walton William de Ria Henry Bustard William of Conflans Roger of Sevenoaks Richard of Hertford
Late Medieval	Henry de Shorne Thomas de Chaundos (Sr) John de Barton William de Sheynton John de Bedwardine/Smythes Richard Tissington Richard Kingston John Loveney John Hereford John Barowe Richard Rudhale/Rudhall Richard Martyn Robert Geffrye/Jeffry Thomas Morton William Webb/Webbe John Boothe
Early modern	John Styrmin Richard Cheyney John Glazier Robert Crowley Edward Cowper Simon Smith Silvanus Griffiths Richard Montagu John Hughes Matthew Burst George Benson Samuel Benson William Johnson Brian Turner Thomas Fox John Walker Robert Breton John Harley James Jones John Lilly Henry Wetherell Richard Lane Freer
Late modern	Frederick Fiennes Berkeley Scudamore-Stanhope Edward Winnington-Ingram Rowland Money-Kyrle Geoffrey Iliff Arthur Winnington-Ingram Thomas Randolph John Lewis Thomas Barfett Andrew Woodhouse Leonard Moss Michael Hooper John Tiller Malcolm Colmer Paddy Benson Derek Chedzey

v t e Diocese of Hereford
Hereford Cathedral The Palace, Hereford
Office holders	Richard Jackson, Bishop of Hereford AEO: Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Sarah Brown, Dean of Hereford Derek Chedzey, Archdeacon of Hereford Fiona Gibson, Archdeacon of Ludlow
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Shropshire/Salop (11th century–1876; renamed to Ludlow)