The Archdeacon of Bath is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britai ...

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 ...

. The post, having oversight over the archdeaconry of Bath, has existed since the twelfth century. The archdeaconry includes five deaneries.

List of archdeacons

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

High Medieval

*bef. 1100–aft. 1120: Gerbert *bef. July 1141–aft. 1154:

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*aft. 1154–aft. 1165:

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''(I)'' *: Baldwin *–bef. 1176:

John Comyn John Comyn III of Badenoch, nicknamed the Red (c. 1274 – 10 February 1306), was a leading Scottish baron and magnate who played an important role in the First War of Scottish Independence. He served as Guardian of Scotland after the forced ...

*bef. 1182–aft. 1206:

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(also Archdeacon of London from 1202) *–aft. 1212: John of Colchester (disputed) *bef. 1214– (d.): Hugh of Wells *–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 The Archbishop of Glasgow is an archiepiscopal title that takes its name after the city of Glasgow in Scotland. The position and title were abolished by the Church of Scotland in 1689; and, in the Scottish Episcopal Church, it is now part of th ...

) *bef. 1264–aft. 1266:

Walter de Merton Walter de Merton ( – 27 October 1277) was Lord Chancellor of England, Archdeacon of Bath, founder of Merton College, Oxford, and Bishop of Rochester. For the first two years of the reign of Edward I he was - in all but name - Regent of England d ...

(also

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; :later Bishop of Rochester, 1274) *bef. 1268–aft. 1269:

''(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

*8 February 1309 – 1333 (d.):

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*–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 William Cosyn was priest, a JP for Somerset from 1506–1516, and Dean of Wells Cathedral from 1498–1525. Biography William Cosyn was born between 1470 and 1475 in London to Robert Cosyn and his wife Elizabeth (née King).Aelred Watkin, ed. ...

(afterwards

Dean of Wells The Dean of Wells is the head of the Chapter of Wells Cathedral in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The dean's residence is The Dean's Lodging, 25 The Liberty, Wells. List of deans High Medieval *1140–1164: Ivo *1164–1189: Ric ...

) *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

*bef. 1561–aft. 1569: James Bonde *28 November 1570 – 1584 (res.):

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(afterwards

Dean of Durham The Dean of Durham is the "head" (''primus inter pares'' – first among equals) and chair of the Chapter, the ruling body of Durham Cathedral. The dean and chapter are based at the ''Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cu ...

) *1 April 1584 – 12 March 1614 (d.):

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*18 April 1614 – 1 April 1638 (d.): Timothy Revett *2 April 1638 – 1643 (res.): William Piers (afterwards

Archdeacon of Taunton The Archdeacon of Taunton has been, since the twelfth century, the senior ecclesiastical officer in charge of the archdeaconry of Taunton in the Diocese of Bath and Wells (in the Church of England). The archdeaconry includes seven deaneries. His ...

) *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 Samuel Squire (1714 – 7 May 1766) was a Bishop of the Church of England and a historian. Early life Squire was the son of a druggist in Warminster, Wiltshire, and was first educated at Lord Weymouth's Grammar School. He matriculated at S ...

(also

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from 1760; :afterwards

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) *26 May 1761 – 1767 (res.): Thomas Camplin (afterwards

) *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

) *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

*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:

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(afterwards

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) *1975–1995: John Burgess *1996–2004:

Bob Evens Robert John Scott Evens (known as Bob; born 29 May 1947) is an English Anglican bishop, the former suffragan Bishop of Crediton in the Diocese of Exeter. Evens was born in post-war Plymouth, where he lived until he was six. His father joined up w ...

(afterwards Bishop suffragan of Crediton) *May 200530 June 2017 (ret.): Andy Piggott *4 July5 November 2017: Chris Hare ''(acting)'' *5 November 2017present: Adrian YouingsDiocese of Bath & Wells — New Archdeacon of Bath appointed
(Accessed 1 October 2017)

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