Archdeacon of Bedford

The Archdeacon of Bedford is an ecclesiastical post in the Church of England Diocese of St Albans in the Province of Canterbury. Historically the post was in the diocese of Lincoln, then from 1837 in the diocese of Ely, England. In 1914, the archdeaconry became a part of the diocese of St Albans. The current incumbent is the Venerable Paul Hughes, who became Archdeacon of Bedford in September 2003.^[1]

List of archdeacons

High Medieval bef. May–?: Osbert Ralph bef. 1129–aft. 1141: Hugh bef. 1145–aft. 1175 (d.): Nicholas c. 1181–aft. 1198: Alan bef. 1199–aft. 1203: Richard aft. 1203–c. 1205: Geoffrey bef. 1206–1218 (d.): Alexander of Elstow 1218–1231 (res.): John de Houton (afterwards Archdeacon of Northampton) 1231–c. 1246 (d?): Amaury of Buckden 1246–c. 1253 (res.): John de Dyham bef. 1254–1260 (d.): John of Crakehall 1260–1268: Peter de Audeham 1268–January 1273: John de Maidenstan (afterwards Archdeacon of Oxford) bef. 1275–c. 1277: Nicholas de Hegham (afterwards Archdeacon of Oxford) bef. 1280–October 1282 (d.): Richard de Bradewell 1282–1291: John Hook ?: Stephen Gardiner? 30 December 1291–10 September 1319: Roger Rothwell/Rowell (deprived) Late Medieval 10 September 1319–26 January 1230: Thomas Neville (set aside) 26 January 1320–1333 (d.): Edmund London 1333–?: John Daubeny ?–30 August 1351 (exch.): Philip Daubeny 30 August 1351–bef. 1372: Thomas Cumpton bef. 1372–bef. 1375: John Irtlingburgh bef. 1375–1405 (d.): Thomas Stowe 19 November 1405–1423 (d.): William Aghton [2] 17 April 1423–1431 (res.): Richard Caudray (afterwards Archdeacon of Lincoln) 1431–1439 (d.): William Derby 14 February 1439–1450 (d.): Robert Thornton 21 May 1450–1460 (d.): Thomas Salisbury 15 December 1460–1468 (res.): John Ruding (afterwards Archdeacon of Northampton) 4 December 1468–1471 (res.): John Collinson (afterwards Archdeacon of Northampton) 6 Auguster 1471–bef. April 1489 (res.): Henry Sharp April 1489–1494 (res.): Thomas Hutton (afterwards Archdeacon of Huntingdon) 17 February 1494–1525 (d.): William Cosyn 11 January 1525–1549 (d.): John Chambre

Early modern 7 July 1549–1554 (res.): Gilbert Bourne 1 May 1554–11 November 1558 (d.): John Pope 15 November 1558–February 1559 (d.): Michael Dunning (deprived) 14 March 1559–1560 (res.): Richard Barber (afterwards Archdeacon of Leicester) 24 December 1560–1574 (d.): William Todd 31 May 1574–1598 (d.): John Robinson 14 March 1598–6 December 1599 (res.): Roger Parker 4 February 1600–1631 (d.): George Eland 4 October 1631–1661 (res.): John Hacket (afterwards Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, 1661) May 1662–16 July 1667 (d.): Francis Wilford August 1667–22 November 1678 (d.): Theophilus Dillingham 15 February 1679–3 April 1704 (d.): John Skelton April 1704–2 March 1731 (d.): Thomas Frank 22 May 1731–1745 (d.): John Dudley 15 March 1745–1756 (res.): John Taylor (afterwards Archdeacon of Leicester) 16 July 1756–1757 (res.): Charles Jenner (afterwards Archdeacon of Huntingdon) 28 April 1757–28 February 1771 (d.): Richard Grey 20 March 1771–1782 (d.): Hadley Cox 18 May 1782–1 June 1783 (d.): William Done 19 June 1783–3 January 1809 (d.): Richard Shepherd 12 January 1809–1821 (d.): Samuel Vince 10 December 1821–1845 (res.): Henry Bonney The archdeaconry was transferred from the diocese of Lincoln to the diocese of Ely by Order-in-Council on 30 May 1837[3] 12 March 1845–29 June 1866 (res.): Henry Tattam Late modern 1866–31 January 1873 (d.): Henry Rose 1873–23 September 1910 (d.): Frederick Bathurst 1910–1914 (res.): Noel Hodges (also assistant bishop) 1924–1933 (res.): Arthur Parnell 1933–14 November 1934 (d.): Gerard Lander (also assistant bishop) 1935–1945 (ret.): William Robins 1946–1955 (res.): Donald Harris 1956–1958 (res.): Basil Guy (also Bishop suffragan of Bedford from 1957) 1958–1962 (res.): Basil Snell 1962–1973 (res.): John Hare (also Bishop suffragan of Bedford from 1968) 1974–1979 (ret.): Robert Brown 1979–1985 (res.): Christopher Mayfield 1986–1993 (res.): Michael Bourke 1993–2003 (ret.): Malcolm Lesiter (archdeacon emeritus since retirement) September 2003–present: Paul Hughes

References

1. Diocese of St Albans: archdeacons. Retrieved on 24 November 2010.
2. Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/629; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H5/CP40no629/aCP40no629fronts/IMG_0825.htm; fifth entry, end of line 3, as plaintiff
3. The London Gazette: no. 19499. pp. 1369–1371. 30 May 1837. Retrieved 2 December 2012.

Sources

• Greenway, Diana E., Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300, 3, pp. 41–44
• King, H.P.F., Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, 1, pp. 16–17
• Horn, Joyce M. & Smith, David M., Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 9, pp. 12–14
• Horn, Joyce M., Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 7, p. 14
• Bedfordshire County Council page