The Archdeaconry of Barnstaple or Barum is one of the oldest archdeaconries in England. It is an administrative division of the Diocese of Exeter in the

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The Diocese of Exeter was divided into four archdeaconries in Norman times, probably during the bishopric of

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(1072–1103): *

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*Barnstaple * Totnes *

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In 1782, it was noted that the archdeaconry contained the deaneries of ''Barum'' (Barnstaple), Chumleigh, Hertland, Shirwell, South Molton and Torrington. The archdeaconry currently comprises the following deaneries: * Deanery of Barnstaple *

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* Deanery of Shirwell * Deanery of South Molton * Deanery of Torrington

List of archdeacons

High Medieval

* Allured ''(first archdeacon)'' *?–1143: Ralph ''(I)'' *: William de Auco *bef. –aft. :

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*bef. 1203–?:

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*30 September 1209–?:

Ralph de Werewell Ralph de Werewell was Archdeacon of Barnstaple The Archdeaconry of Barnstaple or Barum is one of the oldest archdeaconries in England. It is an administrative division of the Diocese of Exeter in the Church of England. History The Diocese of E ...

* John *bef. –?: Ralph ''(II)'' *?–8 February 1227 (d.):

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Walter de Pembroke Walter de Pembroke was the ninth Archdeacon of Barnstaple The Archdeaconry of Barnstaple or Barum is one of the oldest archdeaconries in England. It is an administrative division of the Diocese of Exeter in the Church of England. History The D ...

(afterwards

Archdeacon of Totnes The Archdeacon of Totnes or Totton is the senior ecclesiastical officer in charge of one of the oldest archdeaconries in England. It is an administrative division of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter and under the oversight of the Bishop suf ...

) *21 January 1263 – 1264: Henry de Bracton *25 May 1264–?:

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(afterwards Archdeacon of Totnes; :possibly son of

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) *6 November 1265–May 1267: Godfrey Giffard (also

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from 1267; later

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) *May 1267–?:

John de Bradleigh John de Bradleigh was the Archdeacon of Barnstaple The Archdeaconry of Barnstaple or Barum is one of the oldest archdeaconries in England. It is an administrative division of the Diocese of Exeter in the Church of England. History The Diocese ...

*January 1271–?:

Thomas de Hertford Thomas de Hertford was Archdeacon of Barnstaple The Archdeaconry of Barnstaple or Barum is one of the oldest archdeaconries in England. It is an administrative division of the Diocese of Exeter in the Church of England. History The Diocese of ...

*28 August 1279–?: Philip of Exon

Late Medieval

*?–1308:

Ralph Germeyn Ralph Germeyn was Archdeacon of Barnstaple until 1308." Memorials of Barnstaple; being an attempt to supply the want of a history of that ancient borough" Gribble, J.B: Barnstaple, J.Avery, 1830 References Archdeacons of Barnstaple ...

*13 October 1308 – 1309:

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(later

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) *4 January 1309 – 1309:

William Fitsrogo The Archdeaconry of Barnstaple or Barum is one of the oldest archdeaconries in England. It is an administrative division of the Diocese of Exeter in the Church of England. History The Diocese of Exeter was divided into four archdeaconries in No ...

*30 March 1309 – 1312:

John Wele John Wele was Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1309 to 1312. References

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*? ("a short time"):

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Deans of Exeter ...

*26 March 1312 – 3 December 1314 (res.):

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*7 February 1315 – 1318 (d.):

Richard de Morcester Richard de Morcester was an Archdeacon in the Diocese of Exeter from 1315 to 1318. He was Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1315 to 1318 and Archdeacon of Exeter in 1318. References

Archdeacons of Barnstaple {{Canterbury-archde ...

(afterwards Archdeacon of Exeter) *22 September 1318 – 1329: Richard de Wideslade *10/15 December 1329 – 1330:

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*17 December 1330 – 1349:

John de Nassington John de Nassington was the Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1330 to 1349. References Archdeacons of Barnstaple {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub ...

*8 April 1350 – 1351:

John de Reynham John de Reynham was Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1350 to c.1352. References Archdeacons of Barnstaple {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub ...

Hugh de Monyton Hugh de Monyton was the Archdeacon of Barnstaple during 1352. References Archdeacons of Barnstaple {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub ...

*23 February 1355 – 2 September 1358: John de Derby *2 September 1358–: William de Mugge *bef. 1371 ''or'' 23 February 1384–: Henry Whitefield *bef. 1395 ''or'' 8 September 1399 – 1400:

Robert Rygge Robert Rygge (a.k.a. Rugge) (died 1410) was an English medieval churchman, college fellow, and university Chancellor, and archdeacon of Barnstaple in Devon. Rygge was at Exeter College, Oxford, later a Fellow of Merton College, and four times Cha ...

*17/22 August 1400 – 1400:

Richard Aldtyngton Richard Aldtyngton (or Allerton) was briefly the Archdeacon of Barnstaple The Archdeaconry of Barnstaple or Barum is one of the oldest archdeaconries in England. It is an administrative division of the Diocese of Exeter in the Church of Englan ...

*1 November 1400 – 1429 (res.):

John Orum John Orum (died 1436?) was an English churchman and academic. He was vice-chancellor of Oxford University, and Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1400 to 1429. Life Orum was a member of University College, Oxford, and graduated as D.D. In 1406 and 1408 ...

*2 August 1429 – 1442 (d.):

John Waryn John Waryn was Archdeacon of Barnstaple The Archdeaconry of Barnstaple or Barum is one of the oldest archdeaconries in England. It is an administrative division of the Diocese of Exeter in the Church of England. History The Diocese of Exeter w ...

*3 August 1442 – 1445 (res.):

Richard Helyer Richard Helyer (died 1446) was Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1442 to 1445 and Archdeacon of Cornwall The Archdeacon of Cornwall is a senior cleric in the Church of England Diocese of Truro. History and composition The archdeaconry of Cornwall ...

*16 June 1445 – 1449 (res.):

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(afterwards

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) *25 January 1450 – 1459: Roger Keys *12 July 1462–October 1475 (d.):

William Fulford William Fulford was Archdeacon of Barnstaple The Archdeaconry of Barnstaple or Barum is one of the oldest archdeaconries in England. It is an administrative division of the Diocese of Exeter in the Church of England. History The Diocese of Exe ...

*27 October 1475 – 1476 (res.):

John Stubbes John Stubbes was Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1475 to 1476. References Archdeacons of Barnstaple 15th-century English people {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub ...

*10 December 1476 – 1478 (res.): Owen Lord *18 February 1478 – 8 October 1485 (d.):

Robert Barforth Robert Barforth was Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1478 to 1486. References Archdeacons of Barnstaple 15th-century English clergy {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub ...

*bef. 1492–: William Elyot *?–1508: John Vesey (later Dean of Windsor and

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) *3 August 1508–: Richard Norton *–1515 (res.):

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*12 April 1515 – 1518 (d.): John Tyake *19 January 1518 – 26 April 1528 (d.): Richard Tollett *26 April 1528 – 29 May 1544 (d.): Thomas Brerwood

Early modern

*16 June 1544 – 1554 (deprived): John Pollard (also

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until 1544,

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until 1545) *20 April 1554 – 1582 (res.): Henry Squire *7 January 1583 – 1585: Robert Lawe *24 April 1585 – 1605:

William Tooker William Tooker (or Tucker) (Exeter, 1557 or 1558 – 19 March 1621) was an English churchman and theological writer, who was archdeacon of Barnstaple and later dean of Lichfield. Life Born at Exeter in 1557 or 1558, he was the third son of ...

*27 November 1605 – 21 November 1645 (d.):

William Helyar William Helyar (8 January 1559 – 21 November 1645) of Coker Court, East Coker, in Somerset, was Archdeacon of Barnstaple and a chaplain to Queen Elizabeth I. Biography He was the son of William Helyar by his wife Alice Veale and was baptised ...

*1645–1660: ''Vacancy during the

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.'' *31 August 1660 – 1662: James Smith *1662–1679 (d.): Joshua Tucker *29 August 1679 – 1703 (d.): William Read *24 September 1703 – 1709 (d.):

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*9 September 1709 – 11 August 1724 (d.):

Thomas Lynford Thomas Lynford (died 1724) was Archdeacon of Barnstaple."Memorials of Barnstaple; being an attempt to supply the want of a history of that ancient borough" Gribble, J.B: Barnstaple, J.Avery, 1830 He was a fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, gra ...

(also

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) *1724–1731: Lewis Stephens (afterwards

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) *28 October 1731 – 1744 (d.): John Grant *16 March 1745 – 26 October 1791 (d.): William Hole *3 November 1791 – 1798 (d.):

Roger Massey Roger Massey, MA (b Chester 1759 -d Lawhitton 1798) was Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1791 to 1798. Massey was educated at St John's College, Cambridge and ordained in 1785. He held incumbencies in Morwenstow, Farringdon, Lawhitton and Cherit ...

*14 March 1798 – 3 July 1799 (d.): John Andrew *25 July 1799 – 28 June 1805 (d.):

Peregrine Ilbert Peregrine Ilbert (1765 – 26 June 1805) was an Anglican clergyman who was Rector of Farringdon, Devon and Archdeacon of Barnstaple The Archdeaconry of Barnstaple or Barum is one of the oldest archdeaconries in England. It is an administrative ...

*16 August 1805–? (res.):

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*3 November 1807 – 1826 (d.):

Thomas Johnes Thomas Johnes FRS (1 September 1748 – 23 April 1816) was a Member of Parliament, landscape architect, farmer, printer, writer and social benefactor. He is best known for his development of the Hafod Estate in Wales. Johnes was born in Lud ...

*1826–1830 (res.): John Bull *1830–1847: George Barnes *1847–1865:

John Bartholomew John Bartholomew (25 December 1831 – 29 March 1893) was a Scottish cartographer. Life Bartholomew was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father, John Bartholomew Sr., started a cartographical establishment in Edinburgh, and he was educated ...

Late modern

*1865–1885: Henry Woollcombe *1885–1890: Herbert Barnes *1890–24 December 1908 (d.): Albert Seymour *1908–9 July 1930 (d.):

Robert Trefusis Robert Edward Trefusis (24 January 18439 July 1930) was the first suffragan Bishop of Crediton from 1897 to 1930. Origins Trefusis was born in Bideford in 1843, the second son of George Trefusis (1793–1849), a younger son of Robert Trefusis, 1 ...

, Bishop of Crediton *1930–26 June 1935 (d.): Frank Jones *1935–1945:

Edgar Hay Edgar Hay (14 December 1863 – 19 December 1949) was Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1935 to 1945. He was educated at St Paul's and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1887 and held incumbencies at Carlton Colville, Plymtre ...

*1946–1958:

Denis James Denis James was Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1946 to 1958. James was born on 3 May 1895 and educated at Cirencester Grammar School. He served in the Indian Army during World War I and was ordained after a period of study at Salisbury Theologica ...

*1958–1962: Guy Sanderson *1962–1970: Arthur Ward (afterwards Archdeacon of Exeter) *1970–1988: Ronald Herniman *1989–2002 (ret.): Trevor Lloyd *2003–2014 (ret.): David Gunn-Johnson *1 September 2014 – 2015:

Mike Edson Michael Edson (called Mike; born 2 September 1942) is a British Church of England priest; he was Archdeacon of Leicester from 1994 to 2002. Edson was educated at the University of Birmingham and the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield. He wa ...

(Acting) *23 March 20146 September 2020: Mark ButchersDiocese of Exeter �
New archdeacons for Totnes and Barnstaple announced

''ad clerum''
(Accessed 2 January 2015) *September 2021 onwards: Verena Breed

References

Sources

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Gribble, Joseph Besly–Memorials of Barnstaple: being an attempt to supply the want of a history of that ancient borough; 1830; pp 483–486
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