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

↑ Diocese of St Albans: archdeacons. Retrieved on 24 November 2010.
↑ 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
↑ 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

Archdeacons of Bedford

High Medieval	Osbert Ralph Hugh Nicholas Alan Richard Geoffrey Alexander of Elstow John de Houton Amaury of Buckden John de Dyham John of Crakehall Peter de Audeham John de Maidenstan Nicholas de Hegham Richard de Bradewell John Hook

Late Medieval	Roger Rothwell/Rowell Thomas Neville Edmund London John Daubeny Philip Daubeny Thomas Cumpton John Irtlingburgh Thomas Stowe William Aghton Richard Caudray William Derby Robert Thornton Thomas Salisbury John Ruding John Collinson Henry Sharp Thomas Hutton

Early modern	William Cosyn John Chambre Gilbert Bourne John Pope Michael Dunning Richard Barber William Todd John Robinson Roger Parker George Eland John Hacket Francis Wilford Theophilus Dillingham John Skelton Thomas Frank John Dudley John Taylor Charles Jenner Richard Grey Hadley Cox William Done Richard Shepherd

Late modern	Samuel Vince Henry Bonney Henry Tattam Henry Rose Frederick Bathurst Noel Hodges Arthur Parnell Gerard Lander William Robins Donald Harris Basil Guy Basil Snell John Hare Robert Brown Christopher Mayfield Michael Bourke Malcolm Lesiter Paul Hughes

Diocese of St Albans

St Albans Cathedral Abbey Gate House, St Albans Holywell Lodge, St Albans

Office holders	Alan Smith, Bishop of St Albans Richard Atkinson, Bishop suffragan of Bedford Michael Beasley, Bishop suffragan of Hertford AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough Jeffrey John, Dean of St Albans Paul Hughes, Archdeacon of Bedford Jonathan Smith, Archdeacon of St Albans Janet Mackenzie, Archdeacon of Hertford

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Colchester; Archdeacon of Essex (1877–1914; moved to Diocese of Chelmsford)

Archdeacons in the Church of England

Current	Army Ashford Aston Auckland Barnstaple Barking Bath Bedford Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bodmin Bolton Boston Bournemouth Bradford Brighton & Lewes Bristol Bromley & Bexley Buckingham Cambridge Canterbury Carlisle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chester Chesterfield Chichester Cleveland Colchester Cornwall Croydon Derby Doncaster Dorchester Dorking Dorset Dudley Durham Eastern Archdeaconry (Europe) East Riding (York) Exeter France Germany and Northern Europe Gibraltar Gloucester Hackney Halifax Hampstead Harlow Hastings Hereford Hertford Horsham Huntingdon and Wisbech Ipswich Isle of Wight Italy and Malta Lambeth Lancaster Leeds Leicester Lewisham & Greenwich Lichfield Lincoln Lindisfarne Liverpool London Loughborough Ludlow Lynn Macclesfield Maidstone Malmesbury Man Manchester The Meon Middlesex Missioner (Coventry diocese) Mission Development (Winchester diocese) Mission Resources (Leeds diocese) Royal Navy Newark Nottingham Norfolk North West Europe Northampton Northolt Northumberland Norwich Oakham Oxford Pastor (Coventry diocese) Plymouth Pontefract Portsdown Prison Service Royal Air Force Reigate Richmond and Craven Rochdale Rochester St Albans Salford Salop/Shropshire (Lichfield diocese) Sarum Sheffield and Rotherham Sherborne Southend Southwark Stansted Stoke Stow and Lindsey Sudbury Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Switzerland Taunton Tonbridge Totnes Walsall Wandsworth Warrington Wells West Cumberland West Ham Westminster Westmorland and Furness Wilts Winchester Worcester York (West Riding)

Former	The Aegean Basingstoke Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands Bromley Charing Cross Cirencester Coventry Craven Ely Europe Essex Furness Halifax (old) Huddersfield Huntingdon Italy Kingston-on-Thames Lewes Lewes & Hastings Lewisham Lindsey Malta Northern France North Wilts Portsmouth Richmond Ripon the Riviera Salisbury Scandinavia Scandinavia and Germany Shropshire/Salop (Hereford diocese) South-Eastern Europe Spain (or the Peninsula) and North Africa Stafford Stow Swindon Warwick Westmorland Winchester (ancient) Wisbech

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