The Archdeacon of Ludlow is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the

Diocese of Hereford The Diocese of Hereford is a Church of England diocese based in Hereford, covering Herefordshire, southern Shropshire and a few parishes within Worcestershire in England, and a few parishes within Powys and Monmouthshire in Wales. The cathedral i ...

. Prior to 1876 the post was known by its previous title of Archdeacon of Shropshire or alternatively as the Archdeacon of Salop in the Diocese of Hereford.

History

Shropshire was historically split between the

diocese of Hereford The Diocese of Hereford is a Church of England diocese based in Hereford, covering Herefordshire, southern Shropshire and a few parishes within Worcestershire in England, and a few parishes within Powys and Monmouthshire in Wales. The cathedral i ...

(under the Archdeacon of Shropshire) and the

diocese of Coventry and Lichfield The Diocese of Lichfield is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, England. The bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Chad in the city of Lichfield. The diocese covers of seve ...

(under the

Archdeacon of Salop The Archdeacon of Salop is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield. The incumbent is Paul Thomas. History Shropshire was historically split between the diocese of Hereford (under the Archdeacon of Shropshi ...

). The Shropshire archdeaconry in the Hereford diocese included the deaneries of Burford, Stottesdon, Ludlow, Pontesbury, Clun Forest and Wenlock and the Salop archdeaconry in the Coventry and Lichfield diocese the deaneries of Salop and Newport. On 4 April 1876, the archdeaconry of Shropshire became the archdeaconry of Ludlow, with the additional deaneries of Bridgnorth (added in 1535), Montgomery, Bishops Castle, Condover, and Church Stretton. The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the six current area deaneries: Bridgnorth, Clun Forest, Condover, Ludlow, Pontesbury and Telford Severn Gorge. The post is currently vacant following the retirement of

Alistair Magowan Alistair James MagowanUsually spelled "Alistair" but also seen spelled as "Alastair". (born 10 February 1955) is a British retired Anglican bishop. He served as the Bishop of Ludlow — the sole suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese ...

, Bishop suffragan of Ludlow. His two predecessors as Archdeacon of Ludlow were also Bishops of Ludlow. It was announced by the diocese in July 2020 that Magowan's successor is to be full-time Archdeacon only.

List of archdeacons

:''Until 1876, the archdeacons were known as Archdeacons of Shropshire ( Salop).''

High Medieval

*bef. 1086–aft. 1108:

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William occurs without the territorial title of "Archdeacon of Shropshire", but evidently served that area. *bef. 1148–aft. 1148: Peter le Kauf *bef. 1148–aft. 1144: Odo *bef. 1163–14 August 1178 (d.): Walter Foliot *bef. 1186–1219 (res.):

Hugh Foliot Hugh Foliot ( c. 1155 – 7 August 1234) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford. Related somehow to his predecessor at Hereford, he served as a priest and papal judge as well as being an unsuccessful candidate as Bishop of St David's in Wales. I ...

*bef. 1223–aft. 1219 (d.): Nicholas of Hampton/

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*bef. 1227–18 July 1240 (d.): Simon of Edenbridge *August 1240:

Peter of Aigueblanche Peter of Aigueblanche (or Peter of Aquablanca or Peter d’Aigueblanche or Peter de Aquablanca; died 27 November 1268) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford. A nobleman from Savoy, he came to England as part of the party accompanying King Henry I ...

(quickly elected bishop) *bef. 1241–aft. 1243: John Foliot *bef. 1253–aft. 1258 (deprived):

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''(deprived)'' *bef. 1271–aft. 1271: Hervey of Boreham *17 April 1276–bef. 1287 (d.): Richard de Swinfield *bef. 1277–1280: James of Aigueblanche ''(again)'' *1280–bef. 1287 (d.): Adam de Fileby *6 September 1287 – 1 August 1289 (res.): John de Bestan *20 October 1289 – 21 March 1293 (res.): John de Swinfield *21 March 1293 – 15 January 1300 (res.): Roger de Canterbury *27 January 1300–aft. 1303: Philip Talbot

Late Medieval

*bef. 1309–1318 (res.): John de Rosse *1318–aft. 1326:

(son of Thomas le Mercer of Rosse) *12 January 1333–bef. 1346:

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*aft. 1346–1366 (exch.): Henry de Shipton *1366–11 September (or December) 1367 (exch.): William de Borstall *11 September (or December) 1367–aft. 1376: Richard Nowell *bef. 1386–24 July 1410 (exch.):

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*24 July 1410–bef. 1410 (d.): John Wells *27 October 1410 – 5 (or 31) May 1417 (exch.): John Hereford (afterwards

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) *5 (or 31) May 1417 – 21 July 1422 (exch.): John Loveney (previously Archdeacon of Hereford) *21 July 1422–bef. 1425: John Merbury *7 April 1425–bef. 1441 (d.): William Laches *28 June 1441 – 24 March 1472 (exch.): Thomas Yone *24 March 1472–bef. 1485 (res.): Robert Geffrey/

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(afterwards Archdeacon of Hereford) *bef. 1485– (res.): Thomas Morton (afterwards Archdeacon of Hereford) *–bef. 1504 (d.):

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*31 October 1504 – 1511 (res.): William Webb/ Webbe (afterwards Archdeacon of Hereford) *29 July 1511–bef. 1512: Arthur Stafford *bef. 1512–bef. 1515 (d.): John Wardroper *27 July 1515–bef. 1516 (d.): William Goberd *3 March 1516–bef. 1524 (d.):

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*28 January 1524–bef. 1537 (res.): Humphrey Ogle *14 August 1537 – 1557 (res.): Richard Sparcheford

Early modern

*23 December 1560–bef. 1561: Nicholas Smith/ Richard Smythe *20 October 1561 – 1579 (d.): Robert Grensill *30 (or 28) March 1580–bef. 1631: Robert Greenwiche *24 April 1631–aft. 1644 (d.): Morgan Godwin *24 September 1660 – 6 April 1669 (d.): Thomas Cooke *8 May 1669 – 20 August 1684 (d.): Stephen Philips *25 August 1684–December 1686 (d.): Francis Wheeler *5 January 1687 – 1713 (res.): Adam Ottley *18 July 1713–bef. 1727 (d.): Robert Comyn *24 January 1727–bef. 1732 (d.): Richard Crosse *1 July 1732–bef. 1738 (res.):

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*6 May 1738–bef. 1741 (res.): Robert Breton *1 January 1741–bef. 1760 (d.): Egerton Leigh (whose son Egerton was later

in Lichfield diocese) *11 February 1760–bef. 1769 (res.): John Harley *2 February 1769–bef. 1792 (d.): Robert Clive *4 August 1792 – 1830:

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(surnamed Corbett after 1804) *1830–1851 (d.): William Vickers *16 August 1851–''1876'':

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(became Archdeacon of Ludlow) :''On 4 April 1876, the archdeaconry who renamed Ludlow.''

Archdeacons of Ludlow

*''1876''–bef. 1877 (d.): William Waring (previously Archdeacon of Shropshire) *17 March 1877–bef. 1892 (res.): George MaddisonMelocki – Archdeaconry of Ludlow
(Accessed 12 December 2013) *4 January 1892–aft. 1902 (res.): Henry Bather *1904–1913 (res.): Algernon Oldham *1913–1928 (ret.): Alfred Lilley *1928–1932 (res.): Edwin Bartleet *1932–28 July 1939 (d.): Henry Dixon *1939–7 December 1947 (d.):

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*1948–1960 (res.): Hugh Bevan (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1960–1970 (res.):

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(afterwards Archdeacon of Hereford) *1970–1982 (ret.): Andrew Woodhouse (afterwards Archdeacon of Hereford) *1982–1983 (ret.): Mark Wood, Bishop suffragan of Ludlow *1984–1987 (res.):

Ian Griggs Ian Macdonald Griggs (17 May 1928 – 11 January 2021) was the 2nd Anglican Bishop of Ludlow from 1987 until 1994. Biography Griggs was educated at Brentwood School (Essex) and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He trained for ordination at Westcott Hou ...

(afterwards Bishop suffragan of Ludlow) *1987–1992 (res.):

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*1992–2001 (res.):

John Saxbee John Charles Saxbee (born 7 January 1946) is a retired Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Lincoln in the Church of England between 2001/2 and 31 January 2011.

(also Bishop suffragan of Ludlow from 1994) *2002–2009 (ret.): Michael Hooper, Bishop suffragan of Ludlow *200930 April 2020 (ret.):

, Bishop suffragan of Ludlow *26 April 2021present: Fiona Gibson

Notes

References

Sources

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Melocki – Archdeaconry of Salop
(Accessed 12 December 2013) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ludlow, Archdeacon of Anglican ecclesiastical offices Lists of Anglicans Lists of English people Diocese of Hereford