List of Archdeacons of Wells
This is a list of the archdeacons of Wells, a position in the diocese of Bath and Wells, England.
- 1136: Eustace[1]
- b. 1159-1166: Robert[1]
- 1168-1194: Thomas of Earley alias Agnellus[1]
- 1194-1198: Simon of Wells[1] (afterwards Bishop of Chichester, 1204}
- b. 1204–b. 1209: Hugh of Wells[1] (afterwards Bishop of Lincoln, 1209)
- 1213-1215: William of Bardney[1]
- c. 1238–1248: William of Bitton I[1] (afterwards Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1248)
- C. 1249: John of Bitton[1]
- 1248-1254: Peter Chaceporc[1]
- c. 1263–1267: William of Bitton II[1](afterwards Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1267)
- 1264,1267: Godfrey Giffard [1]
- c. 1269-1270: Simon de Micham or Stephen of Chichester[1]
- 1270-1284: Thomas of Bitton[1]
- 1286-1295: Walter de Haselshawe[1]
- 1295-1303: Peter de Insula [1]
- ?-1326: Thomas de Charlton[2]
- 1326: Wibert de Lutleton[2]
- 1326-?: Robert de Wamberg[2]
- 1329-1332: Simon de Montacute[2]
- 1330-?: Thomas Upton[2]
- 1334, 1336: Robert Mortimer[2]
- 1344: Hugh[2]
- 1347-1352: Thomas Fastolf[2] (afterwards Bishop of St David's, 1352}
- 1353-1361: William de Court[2]
- 1361-1369: Stephen Aubert[2]
- 1369-1376: Simon Langham[2]
- 1385-?: Andrew Baret[2]
- 1386-?: John de Rypon[2]
- 1388-?: John Beer[2]
- 1391: Thomas Tuttebury[2] (afterwards Dean of Wells, 1401)
- 1391-1398: Nicholas Slake[2]
- 1398-1419: John Ikelyngton[2]
- 1419-1449: Thomas Bubwith[2]
- 1450-1470: Andrew Holes[2]
- ?-1473: Thomas Bridlington[2]
- 1473-1494: William Nykke[2]
- 1494–1500 Richard Nix[2] (afterwards Bishop of Norwich, 1501)
- 1500–1502 Francis de Basleiden (Archbishop of Byzantium)[2]
- 1502–1507 Thomas Beaumont ([2]
- 1508–1546 Polydore Vergil[3]
- ?–1572 John Cottrell[3]
- 1572–1582 John Rugge[3]
- 1582–? Bartholomew Clark[3]
- 1589–? John Langworth[3]
- 1611–? Gerard Wood[3]
- 1645 William Watts, never took possession[3]
- 1660–1680 Grindal Sheafe[3]
- 1680–1683 Charles Thirlby[3]
- 1683–1705 Edwin Sandys[3]
- 1705–1716 Simon Hill[3]
- 1716–1726 Henry Layng[3]
- 1726–1739 Edmund Archer[3]
- 1739–1742 John Wicksted[3]
- 1742–1749 George Shakerley[3]
- 1749–1757 Edmund Aubery[3]
- 1758–1760 Lionel Seaman[3]
- 1760–1767 Francis Potter[3]
- 1767–1815 William Willes[3]
- 1815–1826 Charles Sandiford[3]
- 1826–1862 Henry Law[3]
- c.1906: Frederick Augustus Brymer (died 1917)
- c.1928: Walter Farrar
- 1934–1947: Walter Norman Higgins
- c.1971: John Du Boulay Lance
- 1972–1982: Peter Haynes (afterwards Dean of Hereford, 1982}
- ?–1993: Edward Thomas
- 1993–?2003: Richard F. Acworth
- 2003–2006 Peter Maurice (afterwards Bishop of Taunton, 1501}
- April 2007–present: Nicola Sullivan[4]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Greenway, Diana E. "Archdeacons: Wells', Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: volume 7: Bath and Wells (2001), pp. 31-35.". British History Online. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Jones, B. "Archdeacons: Wells', Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 8: Bath and Wells diocese (1964), pp. 12-14.". British History Online. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Horn, Joyce M. "Archdeacons: Wells', Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: volume 5: Bath and Wells diocese (1979), pp. 9-11.". British History Online. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- ^ http://www.bathandwells.org.uk/diocesan_information/diostaff.php
