The

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of Hereford is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England

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. The archdeacon is the senior priest with responsibility over the area of the archdeaconry of Hereford.

History

The first recorded archdeacons in Hereford diocese occur soon after the

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(as they do across England) – there were apparently two archdeacons from the outset. However, no territorial titles are recorded until after . The archdeacons at that time were the Archdeacons of Hereford and of Shropshire (aka Salop but distinct from the Lichfield Salop archdeaconry); the latter was renamed

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in 1876.

List of archdeacons

High Medieval

Archdeacons in Hereford diocese: *bef. 1086–aft. 1101 (d.): HeinfridHeinfrid and Geoffrey occur as archdeacons in Hereford diocese without territorial titles, so it is not possible to identify which areas they served. *?–25 November 1120 (d.): Geoffrey Archdeacons of Hereford: *bef. 1131–aft. 1179 (d.):

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*bef. 1181–aft. 1196: Ralph Foliot *bef. 1198–5 September 1215 (deprived): William fitzWalter ''(excommunicated)'' *bef. 1215–?: Alexander de Walton *bef. 1216–bef. 1228: William de Ria *bef. 1234–aft. 1248: Henry Bustard *bef. 1258–bef. 1287 (res.): William of Conflans ( Guillaume de Conflans; afterwards Bishop of Genève) *27 May 1287–bef. 1287 (res.): Roger of Sevenoaks ''(disputed)'' *21 November 1287–bef. 1303 (d.): Richard of Hertford

Late Medieval

*1 June 1303 – 13 February 1318 (res.): Henry de Shorne *1318–aft. 1326: Thomas de Chaundos ''(Sr)'' *5 March 1333–bef. 1343: John de Barton *bef. 1343–bef. 1367 (d.): William de Sheynton *bef. 1369–2 April 1379 (res.): John de Bedwardine/ Smythes *: Richard Tissington ''(claimant)'' *1389–bef. 1405 (res.): Richard Kingston (afterwards

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, 1412) *31 January 1405 – 5 May 1417 (exch.): John Loveney (afterwards Archdeacon of Shropshire) *5 May 1417–bef. 1424 (res.): John Hereford (previously Archdeacon of Shropshire) *21 July 1424 – 10 July 1446 (exch.): John Barowe *10 July 1446 – 1476 (d.): Richard Rudhale/ Rudhall *bef. 1478–bef. 1485: Richard Martyn (also

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from 1478 and Archdeacon of London until 1482;

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from 1482) *bef. 1485–1494 (d.): Robert Geffrey/ Jeffry (previously Archdeacon of Shropshire) *1494–bef. 1511 (d.): Thomas Morton (previously Archdeacon of Shropshire) *20 July 1511 – 1522 (d.): William Webb/ Webbe (previously Archdeacon of Shropshire) *29 January 1523 – 1542 (d.): John Boothe

Early modern

*14 August 1542 – 1552 (d.): John Styrmin *3 February 1552 – 1557 (res.):

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*27 July 1557 – 1559 (deprived): John Glazier ''(deprived)'' *24 March 1559 – 1567 (res.): Robert Crowley *5 April 1567 – 1578 (res.): Edward Cowper *1578–1606 (d.): Simon Smith *28 July 1606 – 1617 (exch.): Silvanus Griffiths *1617–1620 (res.):

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*1623–6 June 1648 (d.): John Hughes *: Matthew Burst *1660–1684 (res.):

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*1684–1690 (deprived): Samuel Benson (deprived) *1690–2 February 1698 (d.): William Johnson *1698: '' Brian Turner'' (nominated, but died before installation) *1698–bef. 1729: Thomas Fox *1729–9 November 1741 (d.): John Walker *18 December 1741–bef. 1769: Robert Breton *19 January 1769–bef. 1787: John Harley (also

from 1778) *1787–bef. 1823: James Jones *15 February 1823–bef. 1825: John Lilly *1825–bef. 1852 (res.): Henry Wetherell *1852–11 August 1863 (d.): Richard Lane Freer

Late modern

*1863–26 May 1887 (d.): The 16th Baron Saye and Sele *1887–1910 (ret.): Berkeley Scudamore-Stanhope *1910–1923 (res.): Edward Winnington-Ingram (brother of Arthur, Bishop of London) *1923–26 December 1928 (d.): Rowland Money-Kyrle *1929–1941 (ret.): Geoffrey Iliff *1942–1958 (res.): Arthur Winnington-Ingram (son of the above Edward; afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1959–1970 (ret.): Thomas Randolph (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1970–1976 (ret.):

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(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1977–1982 (ret.):

Thomas Barfett The Ven. Thomas Barfett, MA (2 October 1916 – 22 June 2000) was Archdeacon of Hereford and a Canon Residentiary at Hereford Cathedral from 1977 to 1982. The son of an Anglican priest, he was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead, Keble C ...

(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1982–1991 (ret.): Andrew Woodhouse (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1991–1997 (ret.): Leonard Moss (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1997–2002 (res.): Michael Hooper *2002–2004 (ret.):

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(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *2005–2010 (ret.): Malcolm Colmer *16 January 201131 August 2017: Paddy BensonDiocese of Hereford — Archdeacon Paddy to retire
(Accessed 15 October 2017) *9 September 2018present: Derek Chedzey

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