The Archdeacon of Wilts (or Wiltshire) is a senior cleric in the
Diocese of Salisbury
The Diocese of Salisbury is a Church of England diocese in the south of England, within the ecclesiastical Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers most of Dorset (excepting the deaneries of Bournemouth and Christchurch, which fall within t ...
, England. The archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy in five
deaneries
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:
Marlborough
Marlborough may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
** Marlborough College, public school
* Marlborough School, Woodstock in Oxfordshire, England
* The Marlborough Science Academy in Hertfordshire, England
Austral ...
,
Pewsey
Pewsey is a large village and civil parish at the centre of the Vale of Pewsey in Wiltshire, about south of Marlborough and west of London. It is within reach of the M4 motorway and the A303 and is served by Pewsey railway station on the Re ...
,
Calne
Calne () is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, southwestern England,OS Explorer Map 156, Chippenham and Bradford-on-Avon Scale: 1:25 000.Publisher: Ordnance Survey A2 edition (2007). at the northwestern extremity of the North Wessex Downs h ...
,
Bradford
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and
Devizes
Devizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It developed around Devizes Castle, an 11th-century Norman architecture, Norman castle, and received a charter in 1141. The castle was besieged during the Anarchy, a 12th-century ...
.
Sue Groom has been the Archdeacon of Wilts since 22 February 2016.
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History
The first recorded archdeacons in Salisbury diocese occur soon after the
Norman Conquest
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(as they do across England) and there were apparently four archdeacons from the outset. However, no territorial titles are recorded until after . 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. The parishes of
Charlton,
Wilsford and
North Newnton
North Newnton is a civil parish in Wiltshire, England, southwest of Pewsey. The parish is in the Vale of Pewsey which carries the upper section of the Salisbury Avon.
The parish includes the small village of Bottlesford and the hamlet of Hil ...
were transferred to Wilts from the
archdeaconry of Sarum in 1955.
List of archdeacons
High Medieval
:''Some archdeacons without territorial titles are recorded from around the time of the
Norman Conquest
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; see
Archdeacon of Salisbury
The Archdeacon of Sarum is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Salisbury, England. He or she is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the five Rural Dean, area deaneries of the Sarum archdeaconry, which ...
.''
*bef. 1139–1139:
Azo (probably the later
Dean of Salisbury
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List of deans
High Medieval
* Walter
* Osbert
*? ...
)
*bef. 1139–aft. 1157:
Roger of Ramsbury
*bef. 1161–1164:
Reginald Fitz Jocelin
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*bef. 1173–aft. 1173:
William
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*bef. 1179–aft. 1189:
Richard of Wilton
*1193:
Humphrey of Bassingbourn
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:''Ordered chronologically''
* Hunfrid of ...
''or''
de Bassingeburn (became
Archdeacon of Salisbury
The Archdeacon of Sarum is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Salisbury, England. He or she is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the five Rural Dean, area deaneries of the Sarum archdeaconry, which ...
)
*1193–1198 (res.):
William of Sainte-Mère-Église
William of Sainte-Mère-Église was a medieval Bishop of London.
Life
William's family originated from Sainte-Mère-Église, in the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy,Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Bishop ...
(became
Bishop of London
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)
*bef. 1199–aft. 1222:
Richard Grosseteste
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*bef. 1223–aft. 1223:
William de Merston
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*bef. 1226–aft. 1246:
Stephen of Tisbury
*bef. 1246–1247 (d.):
Roger of Buscot
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*1247–aft. 1257:
Nicholas of York
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*bef. 1258–aft. 1271:
Roger de la Grene
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*bef. 1275–aft. 1279:
Henry Brandeston
Henry Brandeston (or Henry of Braunstone) was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury.
Life
Brandeston held the offices of archdeacon of Wiltshire, archdeacon of Dorset, and Dean of Salisbury, all in the diocese of Salisbury.[ ...]
(became
Archdeacon of Dorset
The Archdeacon of Dorset is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Salisbury, England. He or she is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the four area deaneries: Purbeck, Poole, Wimborne, and Milto ...
)
*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
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
''senior''
*27 March 1326 – 1331 (res.):
Robert de Ayleston
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(became
Archdeacon of Berkshire
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)
*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
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The present diocese covers the county of Lincolnshire and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and ...
)
*8 November 1452–aft. 1454:
Marinus Ursinus
*27 March 1457–bef. 1464 (res.):
Vincent Clement
*10 October 1464 – 1478 (res.):
Peter Courtenay
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Courtenay was the third so ...
(became
Bishop of Exeter
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*1 February 1479–aft. 1485:
Hugh Pavy (''
in commendam
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'' as
Bishop of St Davids
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The succession of bishops stretches back to Saint David who in the 6th century established his seat in what is today the city of St Davids in Pembrokeshire, f ...
from 1485)
*bef. 1488–bef. 1522 (d.):
Christopher Urswick
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,
Dean of York
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Titles
* ...
until 1494,
Dean of Windsor
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(1496–1505) and Rector of
Hackney from 1502 (also
Archdeacon of Richmond
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(1494–1500),
Archdeacon of Norfolk
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(1500–1522) and
Archdeacon of Oxford
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Histo ...
(from 1504))
*12 May 1522–bef. 1539 (d.):
Edward Finch
*15 January 1539–bef. 1554 (deprived):
John Pollard ''(deprived)'' (also
Archdeacon of Cornwall
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History and composition
The archdeaconry of Cornwall was created in the Diocese of Exeter in the late 11th century. The area and the archdeacon remained p ...
from 1543,
Archdeacon of Barnstaple
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History
The Diocese of Exeter was divided into four archdeaconries in No ...
from 1544)
Early modern
*1554–bef. 1564 (deprived):
John Lawrence ''(deprived)''
*1564–aft. 1577:
Giles Lawrence
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Lawrence was born in Gloucestershire and educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford from 1548 to 1553. He held livings in Mine ...
*1577–10 March 1590 (d.):
John Sprint
*1590–7 February 1610 (d.):
Edmund Lilly,
Master of Balliol
*7 March 1610–bef. 1614 (d.):
Walter Benet
*15 November 1614–bef. 1646 (d.):
Thomas Leche
Thomas Leche (some sources Leeche) (1581 – 1646) was the Archdeacon of Wilts from 15 November 1614 until his death.
Leche was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He held livings in the Wiltshire parishes of Pewsey (from 1613) and Minety
Minety ...
*1646–1663: ''vacant (
Commonwealth
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)''
*6 July 1660 – 19 July 1663 (d.):
William Creed,
Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford
*1 August 1663 – 15 December 1674 (d.):
Thomas Henchman
*4 February 1675 – 1681 (res.):
Seth Ward
*15 November 1681 – 1687 (res.):
Robert Woodward (later
Dean of Salisbury
The Dean of Salisbury is the head of the chapter of Salisbury Cathedral in the Church of England. The Dean assists the archdeacon of Sarum and bishop of Ramsbury in the diocese of Salisbury.
List of deans
High Medieval
* Walter
* Osbert
*? ...
)
*19 January 1687 – 20 March 1696 (d.):
Thomas Ward
*9 April 1696 – 12 April 1720 (d.):
Cornelius Yate
*26 April 1720 – 1735 (res.):
Thomas Rundle
Thomas Rundle (c.1688–1743) was an English cleric suspected of unorthodox views. He became Anglican bishop of Derry not long after a high-profile controversy had prevented his becoming bishop of Gloucester in 1733.
Early life
He was born at Milt ...
(became
Bishop of Derry
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)
*18 July 1735 – 2 January 1763 (d.):
Henry Stebbing
Henry Stebbing (1687–1763) was an English churchman and controversialist, who became archdeacon of Wilts.
Life
Baptised at Walton, Suffolk on 19 August 1687, he was the fourth son of John Stebbing (1647–1728), a grocer of Walton, by his wife ...
*20 January 1763–bef. 1768 (res.):
Charles Weston
*22 September 1768–bef. 1779 (d.):
Richard Brickenden
Richard Brickenden (1701–1779) was the Archdeacon of Wilts from 24 September 1768 until his death.
Education
Richard Brickenden the son of Colwell Brickenden, was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon, (now Abingdon School) from ...
*5 March 1779–February 1799 (d.):
Arthur Coham
Arthur Coham (1721 - 1799) was the Archdeacon of Wilts from 5 March 1779 until his death.
Coham was educated at King's College, Cambridge."Alumni cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the ...
*9 March 1799 – 5 May 1804 (res.):
William Douglas
*9 May 1804 – 8 June 1828 (d.):
William Coxe
*14 June 1828 – 24 June 1862 (d.):
William Macdonald
Late modern
*1862–1863:
Henry Drury
*1863–1868:
Charles Harris (became
Bishop of Gibraltar)
*1868–1874:
Thomas Stanton
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*1874–1911 (ret.):
Thomas Buchanan, Vicar of
Potterne
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History
There is evide ...
until 1891, then Rector of
Poulshot
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The A361 Trowbridge-Devizes road forms part of the northern bo ...
, until 1905
*1911–1912 (res.):
Frederic Wallis
Frederic Wallis (1854 – 24 June 1928) was an Anglican priest.
Biography
Frederic Wallis was born in Hastings, the son of Joseph Wallis, MA. He was educated at St Paul's and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (whence he gained his MA Cantab ...
(previously
Bishop of Wellington
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; later
Archdeacon of Sherborne)
*1912–1927 (res.):
Eric Bodington (became
Archdeacon of Dorset
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)
*1927–1951 (ret.):
Joseph Coulter
Joseph William Coulter was an Anglican priest: the Archdeacon of Wilts until 1951.
Born in 1867, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was ordained in 1897 and began his career with curacies in Ferns and Swanage. He held incumben ...
, Vicar of
Calne
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(afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
*1951–1974 (ret.):
Cecil Plaxton, Rector of
Pewsey
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until 1965 (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
*1974–1980 (res.):
John Neale,
Bishop suffragan of Ramsbury
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*1980–1998 (ret.):
John Smith, Vicar of
Bishops Cannings
Bishops Cannings is a village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey in Wiltshire, England, north-east of Devizes. The parish includes the village of Coate (not to be confused with Coate, Swindon) and the hamlets of Bourton, Horton and Little Ho ...
,
All Cannings
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The southern part of the pa ...
and
Etchilhampton
Etchilhampton is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, in the Vale of Pewsey east of Devizes.
History
The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded a settlement of 28 households, held by Edward of Salisbury. The manor came into the Ma ...
until 1983; Team Vicar,
Redhorn from 1990 (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
*1998–2004 (ret.):
Barney Hopkinson (previously
Archdeacon of Sarum
The Archdeacon of Sarum is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Salisbury, England. He or she is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the five Rural Dean, area deaneries of the Sarum archdeaconry, which ...
)
*2004–2012 (res.):
John Wraw
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Early life and ed ...
(became area
Bishop of Bradwell
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)
*2012–2013: ''
Alan Jeans
Alan Paul Jeans (born 18 May 1958) is a British Anglican priest. He has been the Archdeacon of Sarum, in the Church of England Diocese of Salisbury, since 2003.
Family and education
The son of Brian Edward and Jacqueline Rosemary Jeans, Jeans ...
, Archdeacon of Sarum (Acting)''
*28 January 2013–September 2015:
Ruth Worsley
*22 February 2016–present:
Sue Groom
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