Archdeacon of Bath

The Archdeacon of Bath is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells. The post, having oversight over the archdeaconry of Bath, has existed since the twelfth century. The archdeaconry includes five deaneries.

## List of archdeacons

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Some archdeacons without territorial titles are recorded from around 1086; see Archdeacon of Wells.

### High Medieval

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* bef. 1100–aft. 1120: Gerbert
* bef. July 1141–aft. 1154: Martin
* aft. 1154–aft. 1165: Thomas (I)
* c. 1167: Baldwin
* c. 1167–bef. 1176: John Comyn
* bef. 1182–aft. 1206: Peter of Blois (also Archdeacon of London from 1202)
* c. 1208–aft. 1212: John of Colchester (disputed)
* bef. 1214–c. 1234 (d.): Hugh of Wells
* c. 1234–aft. 1236: Nicholas de Neville
* bef. 1238–aft. 1246: Henry Tessun
* bef. 1247–aft. 1248: Nicholas Tessun
* bef. 1257–1257 (res.): Robert de Chauncy (afterwards Bishop of Carlisle)
* bef. 1259–1259 (res.): John de Cheam (afterwards Bishop of Glasgow)
* bef. 1264–aft. 1266: Walter de Merton (also Lord Chancellor;

later Bishop of Rochester, 1274)

* bef. 1268–aft. 1269: Thomas (II)
* bef. 1277–aft. 1285: Ralph de Wicham/Wikham
* bef. 1292–aft. 1294: Thomas of Axbridge
* bef. 1295–bef. 1297: Iterius Bochard of Angoulême

### Late Medieval

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* 8 February 1309 – 1333 (d.): Henry of Sandwich
* c. 1333–29 September 1342 (exch.): Matthew de Valenciis
* 29 September 1342 – 1353 (d.): Walter de Hulle
* 7 March 1353–aft. 1366: John Power
* bef. 1380–1380: Hugh Herle
* 1380–bef. 1386: Ranulf de Gorce de Monterac
* 23 July 1386–bef. 1428 (res.): Roger Harewell
* 30 January 1428 – 10 December 1449 (exch.): Thomas Warde
* 10 December 1449–bef. 1460 (d.): William Sprever
* 26 February–May 1460 (res.): Hugh Sugar/Norris
* 6 May 1460–bef. 1497 (d.): Richard Lichefeld
* 17 March 1497 – 1498 (res.): William Cosyn (afterwards Dean of Wells)
* 31 March–July 1499 (res.): Thomas Beaumont (later Archdeacon of Wells)
* 12 July 1499 – 1502 (res.): John Pikman
* 4 September 1502 – 1518 (d.): Thomas Tomyow
* bef. 1535–17 October 1535 (d.): Robert Shorton
* bef. 1536–November 1557 (d.): Walter Cretyng

### Early modern

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* bef. 1561–aft. 1569: James Bonde
* 28 November 1570 – 1584 (res.): Tobias Matthew (afterwards Dean of Durham)
* 1 April 1584 – 12 March 1614 (d.): William Powell
* 18 April 1614 – 1 April 1638 (d.): Timothy Revett[1]
* 2 April 1638 – 1643 (res.): William Piers (afterwards Archdeacon of Taunton)
* 30 December 1643–bef. 1661: William Davis
* 6 June 1661 – 23 June 1690 (d.): John Sellick
* 31 October 1690 – 11 December 1711 (d.): William Clement
* 31 December 1711 – 1733 (d.): William Hunt
* 5 September 1733 – 19 April 1743 (d.): Lawson Huddleston
* 21 May 1743 – 1761 (res.): Samuel Squire (also Dean of Bristol from 1760;

afterwards Bishop of St David's)[2]

* 26 May 1761 – 1767 (res.): Thomas Camplin (afterwards Archdeacon of Taunton)
* 12 February 1768 – 25 July 1786 (d.): John Chapman
* 26 September 1786 – 18 July 1798 (d.): Edmund Lovell
* 28 July 1798 – 11 June 1815 (d.): James Phillott
* 22 July 1815 – 1817 (res.): George Trevelyan (afterwards Archdeacon of Taunton)
* 26 April 1817 – 27 May 1820 (d.): Josiah Thomas
* 17 June 1820–bef. 1839 (res.): Charles Moysey
* 6 March 1839 – 19 August 1852 (d.): William Brymer
* 17 September 1852 – 11 October 1860 (d.): William Gunning

### Late modern

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* 1860–1895: Robert William Browne
* 1895–1909: Hilton Bothamley
* 1909–29 September 1924 (d.): Lancelot Fish
* 1924–1938: Sydney Boyd
* 1938–1947: William Selwyn (afterwards Bishop suffragan of Fulham)
* 1947–1962: Edwin Cook
* 1962–1971: Arthur Hopley
* 1971–1975: Tom Baker (afterwards Dean of Worcester)
* 1975–1995: John Burgess
* 1996–2004: Bob Evens (afterwards Bishop suffragan of Crediton)
* May 2005 - 30 June 2017 (ret.): Andy Piggott[3]
* 4 July - 5 November 2017: Chris Hare (acting)[4]
* 5 November 2017 - June 2024 (res.): Adrian Youings[5][6]
* 1 September 2024 - present: Charlie Peer[7][8]

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## References

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1. ^ "Rivet, Timothy (RVT595T2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
2. ^ "Squire, Samuel (SKR730S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
3. ^ Diocese of Bath and Wells — Moving On: Andy Piggott (Accessed 1 April 2017)
4. ^ Diocese of Bath and Wells — Chris Hare announced as Acting Archdeacon of Bath (Accessed 1 April 2017)
5. ^ Diocese of Bath & Wells — New Archdeacon of Bath appointed Archived 29 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 1 October 2017)
6. ^ "Archdeacon of Bath to leave and take on new charity sector role". Diocese of Bath & Wells. 26 February 2024. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
7. ^ "Charlie Peer to be the next Archdeacon of Bath". Diocese of Bath & Wells. 30 May 2024. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
8. ^ "The Chapter Letter -- The Twelfth Sunday After Trinity" (PDF). Wells Cathedral. 18 August 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.

## Sources

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* Greenway, Diana E. (2001), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, vol. 7, pp. 26–31
* Jones, B. (1964), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, vol. 8, pp. 14–15
* Horn, Joyce M. (1979), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 5, pp. 18–20

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Archdeacons of Bath

High Medieval|

* Gerbert
* Martin
* Thomas (I)
* Baldwin
* John Comyn
* Peter of Blois
* John of Colchester
* Hugh of Wells
* Nicholas de Neville
* Henry Tessun
* Nicholas Tessun
* Robert de Chauncy
* John de Cheam
* Walter de Merton
* Thomas (II)
* Ralph de Wicham/Wikham
* Thomas of Axbridge
* Iterius Bochard of Angoulême

Late Medieval|

* Henry of Sandwich
* Matthew de Valenciis
* Walter de Hulle
* John Power
* Hugh Herle
* Ranulf de Gorce de Monterac
* Roger Harewell
* Thomas Warde
* William Sprever
* Hugh Sugar/Norris
* Richard Lichefeld
* William Cosyn
* Thomas Beaumont

Early modern|

* John Pikman
* Thomas Tomyow
* Robert Shorton
* Walter Cretyng
* James Bonde
* Tobias Matthew
* William Powell
* Timothy Revett
* William Piers
* William Davis
* John Sellick
* William Clement
* William Hunt
* Lawson Huddleston
* Samuel Squire
* Thomas Camplin
* John Chapman
* Edmund Lovell

Late modern|

* James Phillott
* George Trevelyan
* Josiah Thomas
* Charles Moysey
* William Brymer
* William Gunning
* Robert Browne
* Hilton Bothamley
* Lancelot Fish
* Sydney Boyd
* William Selwyn
* Edwin Cook
* Arthur Hopley
* Tom Baker
* John Burgess
* Bob Evens
* Andy Piggott
* Chris Hare (acting)
* Adrian Youings
* Charlie Peer

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Diocese of Bath and Wells

* Wells Cathedral
* Bishop's Palace, Wells
* Bath Abbey
* Glastonbury Abbey (ruins)

Office holders|

* Michael Beasley, Bishop of Bath and Wells
* Ruth Worsley, Bishop suffragan of Taunton and Acting Bishop of Coventry
* AEO: Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet
* Toby Wright, Dean of Wells
* Simon Hill, Archdeacon of Taunton
* Anne Gell, Archdeacon of Wells
* Charlie Peer, Archdeacon of Bath

Historic offices|

For the Bishops of Wells (10th century–1090), Bishops of Bath (1090–1197 & 1219–1245) and Bishops of Bath and Glastonbury (1197–1219), see Bishop of Bath and Wells

Benefices and parishes|

List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells

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Archdeacons in the Church of England

Current|

| northern
province|

* Auckland
* Blackburn
* Bolton
* Bradford
* Carlisle
* Chester
* Cleveland
* Doncaster
* Durham
* East Riding (York)
* Halifax
* Lancaster
* Leeds
* Lindisfarne
* Liverpool
* Knowsley and Sefton
* Macclesfield
* Man
* Manchester
* Newark
* Nottingham
* Northumberland
* Pontefract
* Richmond and Craven
* Rochdale
* St Helens and Warrington
* Salford
* Sheffield and Rotherham
* Stoke
* Sunderland
* Walsall
* West Cumberland
* Westmorland and Furness
* Wigan and West Lancashire
* York (West Riding)

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southern
province|

* Ashford
* Aston
* Barnstaple
* Barking
* Bath
* Bedford
* Berkshire
* Birmingham
* Bodmin
* Boston
* Bournemouth
* Brighton & Lewes
* Bristol
* Bromley & Bexley
* Buckingham
* Cambridge
* Canterbury
* Chelmsford
* Charing Cross ("Two Cities")
* Cheltenham
* Chichester
* Colchester
* Cornwall
* Coventry ("Archdeacon Pastor")
* Croydon
* Derby City and South Derbyshire
* Derbyshire Peak and Dales
* Dorchester
* Dorking
* Dorset
* Dudley
* East Derbyshire
* Eastern Archdeaconry (Europe)
* Exeter
* France
* Germany and Northern Europe
* Gibraltar
* Gloucester
* Hackney
* Hampstead
* Hastings
* Hereford
* Hertford
* Horsham
* Huntingdon and Wisbech
* Ipswich
* Isle of Wight
* Italy and Malta
* Lambeth
* Leicester
* Lewisham & Greenwich
* Lichfield
* Lincoln
* London
* Loughborough
* Ludlow
* Lynn
* Maidstone
* Malmesbury
* The Meon
* Middlesex
* Norfolk
* North West Europe
* Northampton
* Northolt
* Norwich
* Oakham
* Oxford
* Plymouth
* Portsdown
* Reigate
* Rochester
* St Albans
* Salop/Shropshire (Lichfield diocese)
* Sarum
* Sherborne
* Southend
* Southwark
* Stansted
* Stow and Lindsey
* Sudbury
* Suffolk
* Surrey
* Switzerland
* Taunton
* Tonbridge
* Totnes
* Wandsworth
* Warwick ("Archdeacon Missioner")
* Wells
* West Ham
* Westminster
* Wilts
* Winchester
* Worcester

non-territorial|

* Military archdeacons: Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force
* Prison Service
* "Archdeacon Missioner" (see Warwick) & "Archdeacon Pastor" (see Coventry)
* Rural Mission (Eds & Ips diocese)

Former|

| England|

* Basingstoke
* Bromley
* Chesterfield
* Cirencester
* Craven
* Derby
* Ely
* Essex
* Furness
* Generous Giving and Stewardship (York diocese)
* Halifax (old)
* Harlow
* Huddersfield
* Huntingdon
* Kingston-on-Thames
* Lewes
* Lewes & Hastings
* Lewisham
* Lindsey
* Mission Resources (Leeds diocese)
* North Wilts
* Portsmouth
* Richmond
* Ripon
* Salisbury
* Shropshire/Salop (Hereford diocese)
* Stafford
* Stow
* Swindon
* Warrington
* Westmorland
* Winchester (ancient)
* Wisbech

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* Archdeacons in the Diocese in Europe: The Aegean
* Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
* Europe
* Italy
* Malta
* Northern France
* the Riviera
* Scandinavia
* Scandinavia and Germany
* South-Eastern Europe
* Spain (or the Peninsula) and North Africa

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