Archdeacon of Wells

The Archdeacon of Wells is a senior clergy position in the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells. The post, having oversight over the archdeaconry of Wells in Somerset has existed since the twelfth century.

List of archdeacons

High Medieval

Archdeacons without territorial titles:
  • bef. 1086–aft. 1088: Benselin, Archdeacon of Exon
  • bef. 1106–aft. 1106: Walkerius[N 1]
  • bef. 1106–aft. 1106: Robert[N 1]
  • bef. 1120–aft. 1136: Arald[N 2]
  • bef. 1122–bef. 1136: John de Bada (son of Hildebert)[N 3]
Archdeacons of Wells:

Late Medieval

  • aft. 1303–24 May 1326 (res.): Thomas de Charlton
  • 24 May–13 June 1326 (exch.): Wibert de Lutleton
  • 13 June 1326–bef. 1334: Robert de Wamberg (bishop's candidate; admitted but disputed by king's candidates)
  • 29 June 1329–1330: Simon de Montacute (royal grant; never admitted)
  • 15 October 1330–1332: Thomas Upton (royal grant; never admitted)
  • bef. 1334–aft. 1336: Robert Mortimer
  • bef. 1344–aft. 1344: Hugh
  • bef. 1346–1352 (res.): Thomas Fastolf (became Bishop of St David's)
  • 3 January 1353–12 June 1361 (d.): William de Court OCist
  • 27 October 1361–bef. 1369 (res.): Étienne Cardinal Aubert (Cardinal-deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro)
  • 21 February 1369–22 July 1376 (d.): Simon Cardinal Langham OSB (former Archbishop of Canterbury; cardinal-priest of San Sisto Vecchio until 1373, then Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina; also Archdeacon of York from 1374)
  • bef. 1385–aft. 1388: Andrew Baret
  • 1386–aft. 1391: John de Rypon (royal grant)
  • 13 September 1388: John Beer (unsuccessful royal grant)
  • 6 June 1391: Thomas Tuttebury (unsuccessful royal grant; became Dean of Wells)
  • 28 August 1391–4 May 1398 (exch.): Nicholas Slake
  • 4 May 1398–bef. 1419 (d.): John Ikelyngton
  • 13 April 1419–bef. 1449 (d.): Thomas Bubwith
  • 15 April 1450–1 April 1470 (d.): Andrew Holes
  • bef. 1471–bef. 1473 (d.): Thomas Bridlington
  • 12 April 1473–bef. 1494 (res.): William Nykke
  • 10 July 1494–1500 (res.): Richard Nykke (became Bishop of Norwich)
  • 30 December 1500–bef. 1502 (res.): François de Busleyden, Archbishop of Besançon
  • 19 November 1502–1507 (d.): Thomas Beaumont (previously Archdeacon of Bath)
  • 1 January 1508–26 December 1546 (res.): Polydore Vergil (also called Castellensis)

Early modern

Archdeaconry resigned to the crown and abolished, 1547.
  • bef. 1547–aft. 1554: Vergil still called Archdeacon of Wells
  • bef. 1554–?: Cotterell already called Archdeacon of Wells
Archdeaconry re-erected, 1556.
  • bef. 1559–1572 (d.): John Cotterell
  • bef. 1572–bef. 1582 (d.): John Rugge
  • March 1582–?: Bartholomew Clerke (a layman)
  • 4 February 1589–aft. 1605: John Langworth
  • 1611–aft. 1645: Gerard Wood
  • 1645–bef. 1649: William Watts (never took possession)
  • 1660–27 April 1680 (d.): Grindal Sheafe
  • 28 April 1680–1683 (d.): Charles Thirlby
  • 10 November 1683–8 October 1705 (d.): Edwin Sandys
  • 11 October 1705–7 March 1716 (d.): Samuel Hill
  • 4 May 1716–24 November 1726 (d.): Henry Layng
  • 7 December 1726–1 October 1739 (d.): Edmund Archer (previously Archdeacon of Taunton)
  • 26 November 1739–14 November 1742 (d.): John Wicksted
  • 24 November 1742–20 April 1749 (d.): George Shakerley
  • 19 August 1749–7 November 1757 (d.): Edmund Aubery
  • 26 April 1758–26 February 1760 (d.): Lionel Seaman (previously Archdeacon of Taunton)
  • 9 August 1760–1 October 1767 (d.): Francis Potter (previously Archdeacon of Taunton)
  • 20 October 1767–12 May 1815 (d.): William Willes (previously Archdeacon of Taunton)
  • 7 July 1815–5 April 1826 (d.): Charles Sandiford
  • 4 October 1826–1862 (res.): Henry Law (became Dean of Gloucester)

Late modern

Notes

  1. 1 2 Walkerius and Robert both occur with Gerbert Archdeacon of Bath, so they were each probably either Archdeacon of Wells or of Taunton.
  2. Arald occurs with Gerbert Archdeacon of Bath, so he was probably either Archdeacon of Wells or of Taunton.
  3. John occurs with Arald, so he was either Archdeacon of Bath, or of either Taunton or Wells (whichever Arald wasn't).

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