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 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. 1279–aft. 1272: Henry *bef. 1279–aft. 1283 (res.): Godfrey de Peckham *bef. 1284–bef. 1301:

Thomas de Berghstede 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 ...

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.):

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*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.): John Mattock *30 December 1612 – 12 August 1628 (d.): Richard Buckenham *14 March 1629 – 21 February 1644: William Hutchinson (archdeacon of Lewes), William Hutchinson *?–bef. 1660 (res.): Thomas Hook (priest), Thomas Hook *19 September 1660 – 4 March 1667 (d.): Philip King (priest), 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 *24 September 1723 – 15 November 1736 (d.): James Williamson (priest), James Williamson *25 March 1737 – 28 April 1751 (d.): Edmund Bateman *5 June 1751 – 27 January 1770 (d.): Thomas D'Oyly (priest), Thomas D'Oyly *31 May 1770 – 25 February 1806 (d.): John Courtail *29 April 1806–bef. 1815 (res.): Matthias D'Oyly *25 February 1815–bef. 1823 (res.): Edward Raynes *8 May 1823 – 25 February 1840 (d.): Thomas Birch (priest), Thomas Birch *10 April 1840 – 23 January 1855 (d.): Julius Hare (theologian), Julius Hare *6 March 1855 – 25 June 1876 (d.): William Otter (priest), William Otter

Late modern

*1876–1 June 1888 (d.): John Hannah (Archdeacon of Lewes), John Hannah *1888–1908 (ret.): Robert Sutton (Archdeacon of Lewes), Robert Sutton *1908–1912 (res.): Theodore Churton (became Archdeacon of Hastings) :''Lewes archdeaconry was split on 28 June 1912 to create Hastings archdeaconry.'' *1912–1923 (res.): Henry Southwell (bishop), Henry Southwell (also Bishop of Lewes, Bishop suffragan of Lewes from 1920) *1923–1929 (res.): Hugh Hordern *1929–1946 (ret.): Francis Smythe (priest), Francis Smythe *1946–1959 (res.): Lloyd Morrell *1959–1971 (res.): Peter Booth (priest), Peter Booth *1972–''1975'': Max Godden (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.): Benedict Hoskyns *1920–22 May 1922 (d.): Arthur Upcott *1922–16 October 1928 (d.): Thomas Cook (bishop), Thomas Cook (also Bishop suffragan of Lewes from 1926) *1928–1938 (res.): Arthur Alston *1938–1956: Ernest Reid *1956–1975 (ret.): Guy Mayfield :''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.): Max Godden (previously Archdeacon of Lewes) *1989–1991 (ret.): Christopher Luxmoore *1991–1997 (ret.): Hugh Glaisyer (archdeacon emeritus since 2007) *1997–2004 (res.): Nicholas Reade *2005–''2014'': Philip Jones (priest), Philip Jones ''(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 DowlerDiocese of Chichester — New Archdeacon of Hastings announced
(Accessed 30 June 2016)

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Sources

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