William Swaddon (priest)

William Swaddon, DD^[1] was Archdeacon of Worcester from 1610 to 1623.^[2]

The son of William Swaddon, the MP for Calne from 1604 to 1605,^[3] he was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford^[4] He held incumbencies at Hazelbury and Great Horwood before being appointed Canon of Lincoln in 1595. After this he was Chaplain to Anne of Denmark who secured for him the Worcester Archdeaconry.

References

↑ National Archives
↑ "City and Suburbs of Worcester" Green,V: London, H.W Bulmer & Co, 1796
↑ A history of the borough and town of Calne and its surrounding villages" or: Marsh, A. E. W: Calne, Robert S. Heath, 1903
↑ Kenneth Fincham, ‘Swaddon, William’ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 24 May 2013

Archdeacons of Worcester

High Medieval	Senior archdeacon of the diocese: Ailric Hugh Archdeacons of Worcester: William Cumin Godfrey William Cumin (again) Godfrey (again) Simon Luvel Peter de Leche John of Cornwall John Brancastre William Scot Vincent of Abergavenny Robert de Esthall Hugh of Evesham Ralph de Hingham Francesco Napoleone Cardinal Orsini

Late Medieval	Henri de la Tour du Pin John de Brucy Adam le Chaumpeneys de Sandwico John de Orleton Robert de Worcester John de Severle John Harewell Simon Clement John Blanchard William Malpas William Rocombe John Ixworth John Burdett William Hende John Verney William Vaunce Thomas Hawkins Robert Inkbarrow Thomas Hawkins (again) John Burton Richard Burton Thomas Alcock Stephen Gardiner William Claybrook Peter Vannes

Early modern	Thomas Powell Godfrey Goldsborough John Johnson William Swaddon Hugh Floyd Edward Thornborough William Hodges John Fleetwood William Worth John Tottie John Warren Thomas Evans Richard Onslow Richard Hone

Late modern	William Lea William Walters John Greig James Peile Ridley Duppuy Thomas Wilson Peter Eliot John Williams Peter Coleman Frank Bentley Joy Tetley Roger Morris Robert Jones

Anglican Diocese of Worcester

Worcester Cathedral The Old Palace, Worcester Hartlebury Castle Alvechurch Palace Area scheme (1993–2002)

Office holders	The Bishop of Worcester, John Inge The Bishop suffragan of Dudley, Graham Usher AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet The Dean of Worcester, Peter Atkinson The Archdeacon of Dudley, Nikki Groarke The Archdeacon of Worcester, Robert Jones

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Gloucester (12th century–1541; became Diocese of Gloucester) Archdeacon of Coventry (1837–1918; became Diocese of Coventry) Archdeacon of Birmingham (1892–1905; became Diocese of Birmingham)

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