The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for nearly a hundred miles (160 km) along the south coast of England.

History

The two original archdeaconries of Chichester diocese, Chichester and Lewes, were created in the 12th century – at around the time when archdeacons were first appointed across England. The third archdeaconry, Hastings, was created (from that of Lewes) on 28 June 1912. The archdeaconries were then reorganised under

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( Bishop of Chichester) on 28 June 1975: the Hastings archdeaconry was dissolved and her territory returned to Lewes archdeaconry, which was renamed "Lewes & Hastings"; and a new archdeaconry of

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was created. On 12 May 2014, it was announced that the diocese is to take forward proposals to create a fourth archdeaconry (presently referred to as Brighton.) Since Lewes itself would be within the new archdeaconry, Lewes & Hastings archdeaconry would become simply Hastings archdeaconry. On 8 August 2014, the '' Church Times'' reported that the archdeaconry had been renamed.

List of archdeacons

:''Some archdeacons without territorial titles are recorded from the early 12th century; see Archdeacon of Chichester.''

High Medieval

*bef. 1164–?:

Jordan de Melburne Jordan de Melburne is the first recorded Archdeacon of Lewes The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and ...

*bef. 1174–aft. 1199:

Joceline The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for ...

*bef. 1207–aft. 1229 (res.):

Eustachius de Leveland The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for ...

*aft. 1229–aft. 1239:

Reginald de Wintonia The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for ...

*1240–1241:

William de Lughteburg The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for ...

*5 March 1244 – 6 June 1252 (d.): Robert Passelewe *bef. 1253–aft. 1271: Simon de Clympingham *bef. 1279–aft. 1272: Henry *bef. 1279–aft. 1283 (res.):

Godfrey de Peckham The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching f ...

*bef. 1284–bef. 1301: Thomas de Berghstede

Late Medieval

*bef. 1301–bef. 1305: Thomas Cobham *?–bef. 1305 (res.): John de Godele *16 April 1305–aft. 1305: Hamelin de Godele *bef. 1311–aft. 1313: John Geytentun *bef. 1316–aft. 1316: William de Estdene *bef. 1323–aft. 1323: Thomas de Codelowe *1339–bef. 1352 (d.): Walter de Lyndrich *1352–1358 (res.): William de Loughteburgh *bef. 1366–aft. 1391: John Courdray * Walter Forey ''(ineffective exchange, 8 May 1389)'' * Richard Stone *?–15 July 1395 (exch.):

John Wendover The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for ...

*15 July 1395–aft. 1415:

John Brampton The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for ...

*bef. 1419–aft. 1442:

Lewis Coychurch The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for ...

*bef. 1450–aft. 1469:

Thomas Hanwell The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for ...

*1474–?:

William Skylton The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for ...

*?–2 March 1475 (exch.): John Dogett *2 March 1475 – 1483 (d.):

John Plemth John Plemth (alternative spellings include Plente, Plenth, Plenty, Plentith and Plentyth) was the Archdeacon of Lewes from 1478 until his death in 1483. Life He was a native of Stratford-upon-Avon and educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge ...

*1483–1486:

Simon Climping The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for ...

*bef. 1484–bef. 1486 (res.):

Thomas Oatley The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for ...

*31 May 1486–bef. 1489: Richard Hill *bef. 1489–1509 (res.): Edward Vaughan *22 March 1510–bef. 1512 (res.): William Atwater *17 December 1512 – 2 June 1516 (res.): William Cradock *30 September 1516 – 12 March 1520 (res.):

Oliver Pole The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for ...

*12 March 1520–bef. 1527 (res.):

Anthony Wayte The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for ...

*20 May 1528–bef. 1542 (d.): Edward More

Early modern

*14 February 1542 – 1551 (d.):

John Sherry John Sherry (c. 1506 – 1555), was the Anglican Archdeacon of Lewes in East Sussex, England, between 1542 and 1551. Life Sherry was born around 1506 in London. He later took up a literary and academic career. In 1522, he became a demy, or a foun ...

*22 August 1551–bef. 1558 (d.):

Richard Brisley The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for ...

*6 April 1558–bef. 1559 (deprived): Robert Taylor ''(deprived)'' *11 January 1560 – 1570 (d.):

Edmund Weston The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching f ...

*4 March 1570–bef. 1578 (d.):

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*17 April 1578–bef. 1578 (deprived):

William Coell The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for ...

*15 October 1578 – 1598 (res.): William Cotton *9 December 1598–bef. 1612 (d.):

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*30 December 1612 – 12 August 1628 (d.):

Richard Buckenham The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for ...

*14 March 1629 – 21 February 1644:

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*?–bef. 1660 (res.): Thomas Hook *19 September 1660 – 4 March 1667 (d.): Philip King *27 March 1667–bef. 1670 (d.): Nathaniel Hardy *9 June 1670–bef. 1681 (d.): Toby Henshaw *8 December 1681–bef. 1693 (d.): Joseph Sayer *20 October 1693 – 18 August 1723 (d.):

Richard Bowchier Richard Bowchier (28 January 1661; 3 November 1723) was the Archdeacon of Lewes from 1693 until 1723. He was also known as an antiquarian. Bouchier was born in Pilton, Devon. He was a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. He was incorporated a ...

*24 September 1723 – 15 November 1736 (d.): James Williamson *25 March 1737 – 28 April 1751 (d.):

Edmund Bateman Edmund Bateman (1704–1751) was an English cleric and academic, the Archdeacon of Lewes from 1737 until 1751. Life He was the son of Thomas Bateman of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, London, and his wife Mary Symmons, born in Scotland Yard on 9 Augu ...

*5 June 1751 – 27 January 1770 (d.):

Thomas D'Oyly Thomas D'Oyly (fl. 1585) was an English antiquary. Life D'Oyly was the second son of Sir Henry D'Oyly, knight, of Pondhall in the parish of Hadleigh, Suffolk and his wife Jane, daughter and sole heiress of William Ellwyn of Wiggenhall St. Germa ...

*31 May 1770 – 25 February 1806 (d.):

John Courtail John Courtail (died 1806) was an English cleric, Archdeacon of Lewes from 1770 until 1806. Courtail was born at Exeter, the son of French parents. He matriculated at Clare College, Cambridge in 1732, graduating B.A. in 1736 and M.A. in 1739. He ...

*29 April 1806–bef. 1815 (res.):

Matthias D'Oyly Matthias D'Oyly or D'Oyley (23 November 1743 – 13 November 1815) was the Archdeacon of Lewes from 1806 until 1815. The eldest son of Thomas D'Oyley, prebendary of Ely Cathedral, he was educated at Westminster School and Corpus Christi College, ...

*25 February 1815–bef. 1823 (res.): Edward Raynes *8 May 1823 – 25 February 1840 (d.): Thomas Birch *10 April 1840 – 23 January 1855 (d.): Julius Hare *6 March 1855 – 25 June 1876 (d.): William Otter

Late modern

*1876–1 June 1888 (d.): John Hannah *1888–1908 (ret.): Robert Sutton *1908–1912 (res.):

Theodore Churton Theodore Townson Churton was an Anglican priest in the early 20th century. He was born into an ecclesiastical family on 24 April 1853 and educated at New College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1883 and was Curate of Holy Trinity, Hastings until his ...

(became Archdeacon of Hastings) :''Lewes archdeaconry was split on 28 June 1912 to create Hastings archdeaconry.'' *1912–1923 (res.): Henry Southwell (also Bishop suffragan of Lewes from 1920) *1923–1929 (res.):

Hugh Hordern Hugh Maudslay Hordern (28 September 1868 – 25 March 1949) was the sixth Bishop of Lewes. Biography He was the great-grandson of the inventor Henry Maudslay and one of the founders of the Maudslay Society. He was born on 28 September 1868 and ...

*1929–1946 (ret.): Francis Smythe *1946–1959 (res.): Lloyd Morrell *1959–1971 (res.):

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*1972–''1975'':

Max Godden The Ven Max Leon Godden, MA (25 November 1923 – 1 March 2000) was Archdeacon of Lewes from 1972 until 1975; and of Lewes and Hastings from then until 1988. He was born on 25 November 1923 and educated at The Judd School and Worcester Col ...

(became Archdeacon of Lewes & Hastings) :''On 28 June 1975, the Archdeaconry of Lewes was renamed Lewes & Hastings.''

Archdeacons of Hastings (1912–1975)

*1912–1 June 1915 (d.): Theodore Churton (previously Archdeacon of Lewes) *1915–1920 (res.):

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*1920–22 May 1922 (d.):

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*1922–16 October 1928 (d.): Thomas Cook (also Bishop suffragan of Lewes from 1926) *1928–1938 (res.):

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*1938–1956:

Ernest Reid Ernest Gordon Reid was the Archdeacon of Hastings from 1938 until 1956. Reid was from Cuckfield; educated at Harrow School, Pembroke College, Oxford; and Wells Theological College; and ordained deacon in 1909, and priest in 1910. After a curacy at ...

*1956–1975 (ret.):

Guy Mayfield The Ven. Guy Mayfield (23 June 1905–19 July 1976) was Archdeacon of Hastings from 1956 to 1975. He was educated at Lancing College and Magdalene College, Cambridge. Ordained 1930, Curate St John's Fitzroy Square, St. Saviour's, Walton Stree ...

:''Hastings archdeaconry was dissolved and merged back into the Archdeaconry of Lewes/Lewes & Hastings on 28 June 1975.''

Archdeacons of Lewes and Hastings (1975-2014)

*''1975''–1988 (ret.):

(previously Archdeacon of Lewes) *1989–1991 (ret.): Christopher Luxmoore *1991–1997 (ret.):

Hugh Glaisyer Hugh Glaisyer (born 20 January 1930) was the Archdeacon of Lewes & Hastings from 1991 to 1997. Glaisyer was educated at Tonbridge School; Oriel College, Oxford; and St Stephen's House, Oxford. After National Service in the RAF he was ordained in 1 ...

(archdeacon emeritus since 2007) *1997–2004 (res.): Nicholas Reade *2005–''2014'':

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''(became Archdeacon of Hastings)''

Archdeacons of Hastings (since 2014)

*''2014''–31 January 2016 (ret.): Philip Jones ''(previously Archdeacon of Lewes & Hastings; became archdeacon emeritus)'' *5 January–29 March 2015: Stan Tomalin ''(acting)''Diocese of Chichester – Archdeacons
(Accessed 5 February 2015) *31 January–18 September 2016: Edward Bryant & Nick Cornell ''(acting)''St Swithuns East Grinstead — News from the Diocese
(Accessed 31 January 2016) *18 September 2016–present:

Edward Dowler Robert Edward Mackenzie Dowler (born 1967) is a British Anglican priest. Since September 2016, he has been the Archdeacon of Hastings in the Church of England. Dowler was educated at Harrow School, Christ Church, Oxford (BA, 1989), Selwyn Colleg ...

Diocese of Chichester — New Archdeacon of Hastings announced
(Accessed 30 June 2016)

Notes

References

Sources

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