The Archdeacon of Wilts (or Wiltshire ) is a senior cleric in the Diocese of Salisbury , England. The archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy[1] in five deaneries : Marlborough , Pewsey , Calne , Bradford and Devizes .[2]
Sue Groom has been the Archdeacon of Wilts since 22 February 2016.[3]
History
The first recorded archdeacons in Salisbury diocese occur soon after the Norman Conquest (as they do across England) and there were apparently four archdeacons from the outset. However, no territorial titles are recorded until after c. 1139 . The archdeacons at that time were (in order of seniority) the Archdeacons of Dorset, Berkshire, Sarum and Wiltshire. The role is now generally called Archdeacon of Wilts, but both names have been used commonly throughout history.
Allocation of parishes to deaneries
Many changes were made to the allocation of parishes to deaneries in 1951.[4] The parishes of Charlton , Wilsford and North Newnton were transferred to Wilts from the archdeaconry of Sarum in 1955.[5]
List of archdeacons
High Medieval
Some archdeacons without territorial titles are recorded from around the time of the Norman Conquest ; see Archdeacon of Salisbury .
bef. 1139–1139: Azo (probably the later Dean of Salisbury)
bef. 1139–aft. 1157: Roger of Ramsbury
bef. 1161–1164: Reginald Fitz Jocelin
bef. 1173–aft. 1173: William
bef. 1179–aft. 1189: Richard of Wilton
1193: Humphrey of Bassingbourn or de Bassingeburn (became Archdeacon of Salisbury )
1193–1198 (res.): William of Sainte-Mère-Église (became Bishop of London )
bef. 1199–aft. 1222: Richard Grosseteste
bef. 1223–aft. 1223: William de Merston
bef. 1226–aft. 1246: Stephen of Tisbury
bef. 1246–1247 (d.): Roger of Buscot
1247–aft. 1257: Nicholas of York
bef. 1258–aft. 1271: Roger de la Grene
bef. 1275–aft. 1279: Henry Brandeston (became Archdeacon of Dorset )
bef. 1283–bef. 1284: Ralph of Leicester
bef. 1284–aft. 1287: Ralph le Waleys of Brightwell
aft. 1288–aft. 1296: William of Abingdon
bef. 1299–1303 (d.): Richard de Sotwell
Late Medieval
?–1304 (deprived): Thomas of Savoy
25 January 1304–bef. 1320 (d.): William de Chaddleshunt
bef. 1321–bef. 1326 (d.): Gerald de Tilheto
12 March–March 1326 (res.): Iswin de Gandavo
March 1326 (res.): Robert de Baldock senior
27 March 1326 – 1331 (res.): Robert de Ayleston (became Archdeacon of Berkshire )
8 August 1331–aft. 1333: Ralph de Querendon
10 January 1333 – 30 June 1343 (exch.): John de Whitchurch
30 June 1343–bef. 1361 (d.): John Barne
26–27 December 1361 (exch.): John Lineden
27 December 1361–aft. 1379: John Silvestre or Codeford
1388–bef. 1407 (d.): Nicholas Wykeham
17 March–21 April 1407 (exch.): William Magot
21 April 1407–March 1419: John Chitterne (became Archdeacon of Salisbury)
1419–bef. 1423 (d.): John Gaunstede
13 October 1423 – 1449 (res.): John Symondesburgh
14 August 1449 – 1452 (res.): John Chadworth (became Bishop of Lincoln )
8 November 1452–aft. 1454: Marinus Ursinus
27 March 1457–bef. 1464 (res.): Vincent Clement
10 October 1464 – 1478 (res.): Peter Courtenay (became Bishop of Exeter )
1 February 1479–aft. 1485: Hugh Pavy (in commendam as Bishop of St Davids from 1485)
bef. 1488–bef. 1522 (d.): Christopher Urswick , Dean of York until 1494, Dean of Windsor (1496–1505) and Rector of Hackney from 1502 (also Archdeacon of Richmond (1494–1500), Archdeacon of Norfolk (1500–1522) and Archdeacon of Oxford (from 1504))
12 May 1522–bef. 1539 (d.): Edward Finch
15 January 1539–bef. 1554 (deprived): John Pollard (deprived) (also Archdeacon of Cornwall from 1543, Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1544)
Early modern
Late modern
1862–1863: Henry Drury
1863–1868: Charles Harris (became Bishop of Gibraltar )[6]
1868–1874: Thomas Stanton [7]
1874–1911 (ret.): Thomas Buchanan , Vicar of Potterne until 1891, then Rector of Poulshot , until 1905[8]
1911–1912 (res.): Frederic Wallis (previously Bishop of Wellington ; later Archdeacon of Sherborne )[9]
1912–1927 (res.): Eric Bodington (became Archdeacon of Dorset )[10]
1927–1951 (ret.): Joseph Coulter , Vicar of Calne (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[11]
1951–1974 (ret.): Cecil Plaxton , Rector of Pewsey until 1965 (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[12]
1974–1980 (res.): John Neale , Bishop suffragan of Ramsbury [13]
1980–1998 (ret.): John Smith , Vicar of Bishops Cannings , All Cannings and Etchilhampton until 1983; Team Vicar, Redhorn from 1990 (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[14]
1998–2004 (ret.): Barney Hopkinson (previously Archdeacon of Sarum )[15]
2004–2012 (res.): John Wraw (became area Bishop of Bradwell )[16]
2012–2013: Alan Jeans , Archdeacon of Sarum (Acting)
28 January 2013–September 2015: Ruth Worsley [17]
22 February 2016–present: Sue Groom [3]
References
^ "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
^ "Map of Salisbury Diocese" . The Diocese of Salisbury . Retrieved 5 March 2017 .[permanent dead link ]
^ a b Diocese of Salisbury — Welcome to Wilts, Archdeacon (Accessed 26 February 2016)
^ "No. 39201" . The London Gazette . 13 April 1951. pp. 2065–2066.
^ "No. 40521" . The London Gazette . 24 June 1955. pp. 3672–3673.
^ "Church news: preferments and appointments" . Church Times . No. 2. 14 February 1863. p. 13. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 28 April 2015 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ "Church news: preferments and appointments" . Church Times . No. 274. 2 May 1868. p. 173. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 28 April 2015 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ "Buchanan, Ven. Thomas Boughton" . Who's Who . ukwhoswho.com . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 28 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Wallis, Rt Rev. Frederic" . Who's Who . ukwhoswho.com . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 28 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Bodington, Ven. Eric James" . Who's Who . ukwhoswho.com . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 28 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Coulter, Ven. J. W." . Who's Who . ukwhoswho.com . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 28 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Plaxton, Ven. Cecil Andrew" . Who's Who . ukwhoswho.com . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 28 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Neale, Rt Rev. John Robert Geoffrey" . Who's Who . ukwhoswho.com . Vol. 2014 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 28 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Smith, Ven. (Brian) John" . Who's Who . ukwhoswho.com . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 28 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Hopkinson, Ven. Barnabas John" . Who's Who . ukwhoswho.com . Vol. 2014 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 28 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Wraw, Rt Rev. John Michael" . Who's Who . ukwhoswho.com . Vol. 2014 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 28 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Worsley, Ven. Ruth Elizabeth" . Who's Who . ukwhoswho.com . Vol. 2014 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 28 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Sources
Greenway, Diana E. (1991), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300 , vol. 4, pp. 33–37
Horn, Joyce M. (1962), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541 , vol. 3, pp. 13–14
Horn, Joyce M. (1986), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 , vol. 6, pp. 18–19
High Medieval
Azo
Roger of Ramsbury
Reginald Fitz Jocelin
William
Richard of Wilton
Humphrey of Bassingbourn/de Bassingeburn
William of Sainte-Mère-Église
Richard Grosseteste
William de Merston
Stephen of Tisbury
Roger of Buscot
Nicholas of York
Roger de la Grene
Henry Brandeston
Ralph of Leicester
Ralph le Waleys of Brightwell
William of Abingdon
Richard de Sotwell
Late Medieval
Thomas of Savoy
William de Chaddleshunt
Gerald de Tilheto
Iswin de Gandavo
Robert de Baldock (senior)
Robert de Ayleston
Ralph de Querendon
John de Whitchurch
John Barne
John Lineden
John Silvestre/Codeford
Nicholas Wykeham
William Magot
John Chitterne
John Gaunstede
John Symondesburgh
John Chadworth
Marinus Ursinus
Vincent Clement
Peter Courtenay
Hugh Pavy
Christopher Urswick
Edward Finch
John Pollard
Early modern Late modern
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