List of Archdeacons of Taunton
Encyclopedia
This is a list of the archdeacon
s of Taunton, a position in the diocese of Bath and Wells
, England.
Archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, Chaldean Catholic, and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church...
s of Taunton, a position in the diocese of Bath and Wells
Diocese of Bath and Wells
The Diocese of Bath and Wells is a diocese in the Church of England Province of Canterbury in England.The diocese covers the county of Somerset and a small area of Dorset. The Episcopal seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells is located in the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew in the tiny city of...
, England.
- 1204–c. 1217 William de Wrotham
- 1298-? William de Molendino
- 1302 Peter de Averburi
- ?-1320 Henry de Schavington
- 1320-? Robert Hereward
- 1364, 1366 William Thingull
- 1370-1373 Thomas Arundell
- 1373 William de Aigrefeuille
- ?-1389 Piero Tomacelli of Naples
- 1390-? Thomas Marton
- 1391 Ralph Erghum
- 1395-1396 Thomas Sparkeford
- 1400 William Elleford
- ?-1416 Thomas Polton
- 1416=1441 Nicholas Carlton
- 1441-1445 Adam Moleyns
- 1446-1450 Andrew Holes
- 1450-1465 Robert StillingtonRobert StillingtonRobert Stillington was Bishop of Bath and Wells and a courtier under Edward IV of England. He twice served as Edward#s Lord Chancellor and in 1483, he was instrumental in the accession of Richard III, leading to reprisals under Henry VII.-Life:Stillington was Archdeacon of Wells when he was made...
- William Worsley
- ?-1490 Richard Langport
- 1490-1492 Oliver King
- 1496–1505 Robert Sherburn
- 1505–1509 John Ednam
- 1509–1523 Robert Honywode
- ?–1525 John Monyns.
- 1526, 1529–1531 Stephen GardinerStephen GardinerStephen Gardiner was an English Roman Catholic bishop and politician during the English Reformation period who served as Lord Chancellor during the reign of Queen Mary I of England.-Early life:...
- ?–1533 Thomas CranmerThomas CranmerThomas Cranmer was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He helped build a favourable case for Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon which resulted in the separation of the English Church from...
- 1533–1534 Rowland LeeRowland LeeBishop Rowland Lee was an English administrator and bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.He belonged to a Northumberland family and was educated at Cambridge. Having entered the Church he obtained several livings owing to the favour of Cardinal Wolsey; after Wolsey's fall he rose high in the esteem of...
- 1535 Richard Sampson
- 1540 George Henneage
- 1541 John Dakyn
- 1541–1551 John Redman (Redmayne)
- 1551–1554 John WhiteJohn White (bishop)John White was an English bishop, a Catholic who was promoted in the reign of Mary Tudor.-Life:He was born in Farnham, Hampshire and educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1529, M.A. in 1534, and D.D. in 1555.He was Warden of Winchester College from...
- 1554–? John FitzJames
- 1560–1584 Justinian Lancaster
- 1584–1613 Philip Bisse
- 1587–1613 Matthew SutcliffeMatthew SutcliffeMatthew Sutcliffe was an English clergyman, academic and lawyer. He became Dean of Exeter, and wrote extensively on religious matters as a controversialist. He served as chaplain to His Majesty King James I of England. He was the founder of Chelsea College, a royal centre for the writing of...
- 1613–1615 Peter Lilly
- 1615–1643 Samuel WardSamuel Ward (scholar)Samuel Ward was an English academic and a master at the University of Cambridge.-Life:He was born at Bishop Middleham, county Durham. He was a scholar of Christ's College, Cambridge, where in 1592 he was admitted B.A. In 1595 he was elected to a fellowship at Emmanuel, and in the following year...
- 1643–1682 William Peirs
- 1682–1712 Edward Waple
- 1712–1726 Edmund Archer
- 1726–1752 George Atwood
- 1753–1758 Lionel Seaman
- 1758–1760 Francis Potter
- 1760–1767 William Willes
- 1767–1780 Thomas Camplin
- 1780–1817 John Turner
- 1817–1827 George Trevelyan
- 1827–1851 Anthony Hamilton
- 1851–1896 George Anthony DenisonGeorge Anthony DenisonGeorge Anthony Denison was a Church of England priest.-Life:Brother of politician John Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington, he was born at Ossington, Nottinghamshire, and educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford...
- 1992–c1998 Richard FrithRichard FrithRichard Michael Cockayne Frith is the current Bishop of Hull. Born into a clerical family,His father was Canon Roger Cokayne Frith, sometime Vicar of Feltwell he was educated at Marlborough and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge...
- bef. 2004–present John Reed