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Archdeacon of Exeter

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The Archdeacon of Exeter is a senior ecclesiastical officer of the Diocese of Exeter in the Church of England. The modern diocese is divided into four archdeaconries: the archdeacon of Exeter supervises clergy and buildings within the area of the Archdeaconry of Exeter.

History

The first recorded archdeacon of Exeter occurs in 1083, around the time when archdeacons were first appointed in Britain. Around that time, the Diocese of Exeter was divided into four archdeaconries: Exeter, Cornwall, Totnes (or Totton) and Barnstaple (or Barum). This configuration of archdeaconries within the diocese remained for almost 800 years, until the creation of the independent Diocese of Truro from the Cornwall archdeaconry.{{London Gazette |issue=24394 |date=15 December 1876 |page=6933 }} On 22 March 1918, the archdeaconries were reconfigured and the Archdeaconry of Plymouth created from Totnes archdeaconry.{{London Gazette |issue=30591 |date=22 March 1918 |pages=3624–3625 }} Presently, the diocese operates an informal 'area scheme' such that responsibility for roughly half the diocese is delegated to each suffragan bishop: special oversight is given to the Bishop of Crediton for the Barnstaple and Exeter archdeaconries and to the Bishop of Plymouth for the Plymouth and Totnes archdeaconries.[http://www.exeter.anglican.org/assets/downloads/Crediton%20Profile%202012%20(2).pdf Diocese of Exeter – Vacancy in the Suffragan See of Crediton]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

List of archdeacons

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=High medieval=

Sole (or primary) archdeacons of the diocese

  • ?–28 June 1083 (d.): Odo
  • ?–11 March 1104 (d.): Rolamnus
  • aft. 1103–11 August 1107 (res.): William Warelwast[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28731 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography – Warelwast, William de]

:During (or possibly before) the episcopacy of William Warelwast (1107–1137), the other three archdeaconries were instituted.

Archdeacons of Exeter

  • Ernaldus (died 14 March 1136)
  • bef. 1113–18 December 1138 (res.): Robert Warelwast
  • bef. 1143–aft. 1143: Walter de Constantiis
  • 1162 - 1188: Henry Fitzharding{{Citation |title=Eva fitz Harding - his mum |date=2004-09-23 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/54454 |work=The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |editor-last=Matthew |editor-first=H. C. G. |access-date=2023-08-17 |place=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/54454 |editor2-last=Harrison |editor2-first=B.|url-access=subscription }}
  • ?–17 February 1155 (d.): Ralph
  • 1155–1161 (res.): Bartholomew Iscanus

:Baldwin of Forde, Archdeacon of Totnes was said in 1165 to have held this post.

=Late medieval=

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=Early modern=

  • 1551–?: Rowland Taylor{{acad|TLR529R|Taylor, Rowland}} (burned at the stake, 1555)
  • 30 January 1556–bef. 1569 (res.): George Carew{{CCEd |type=person |id=40378 |name=Carew, George |yob=0 |yod=1622 |accessed=4 February 2014 }}
  • 20 October 1569–bef. 1583 (d.): Robert Fisher/Fysher{{CCEd |type=person |id=91416 |name=Fyssher, Robert |yob=1541 |yod=1594 |accessed=4 February 2014 }}
  • 14 January 1583 – 25 November 1633 (d.): Thomas Barrett[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50576 British History Online – Magna Britannia: volume 6: Devonshire, The city of Exeter]
  • 16 January 1634–bef. 1643 (d.): Aaron Wilson
  • 21 September 1643–bef. 1662 (res.): Edward Young{{CCEd |type=person |id=103543 |name=Young, Edward |yob=1643 |yod=1803 |accessed=4 February 2014 }}
  • 18 August 1662–bef. 1665 (res.): Robert CaryDictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Volume 9 – Cary, Robert
  • 4 February 1665 – 28 March 1668 (d.): Daniel Estcott
  • 28 March 1668 – September 1676 (res.): Anthony Sparrow, Bishop of Exeter
  • 24 October 1676 – 1 February 1704 (d.): Edward Lake{{acad|LK676E|Lake, Edward}}
  • 1 April 1704 – 1707 (res.): Jonathan Trelawny, Bishop of Exeter
  • 7 February 1708 – 29 November 1716 (d.): Ofspring Blackall, Bishop of Exeter
  • 1 March 1717 – 21 October 1726 (d.): Edward Trelawney
  • 11 November 1726–bef. 1732: Richard Ibbetson
  • 26 January 1732 – 1820: successive Bishops of Exeter held the archdeaconry for this period
  • 29 December 1820 – 1865 (d.): John Moore-Stevens[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Exeter/ExeterHist1850/Dignitaries.html GENUKI – Dignitaries of the Diocese of Exeter, 1850] (Moore-Stevens after July 1832)

=Late modern=

  • April 1865 – February 1875 (d.): Philip Freeman[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10149 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography – Freeman, Philip]
  • February 1875 – 1888 (d.): Henry Sanders[http://henrysanders1805.blogspot.co.uk/ Biography of Henry Sanders (1805–1888)]
  • 1888–1909 (ret.): Ernest Sandford{{Who's Who

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}}[http://www.pgldevonshire.org.uk/history.htm The Masonic Province of Devonshire – A Brief History of Freemasonry in Devonshire] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428025245/http://www.pgldevonshire.org.uk/history.htm |date=28 April 2009 }}

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| title=Driver, Penelope May

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}}[http://www.exeter.anglican.org/index.cfm?page=about.peopleDetail&personid=275&positiontype=clergy Diocese of Exeter Clergy Profile – Details for The Ven Penny Driver] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323102244/http://www.exeter.anglican.org/index.cfm?page=about.peopleDetail&personid=275&positiontype=clergy |date=23 March 2012 }}

| title=Futcher, Christopher David

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}}[http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/_assets/news/cathedral%20news%20march.pdf Exeter Cathedral News, March 2012] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417082231/http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/_assets/news/cathedral%20news%20march.pdf |date=17 April 2015 }} (became Archdeacon in Cyprus){{Cite web|url=https://cypgulf.org/cyprus/new-cyprus-archdeacon-announced-and-new-social-concern-coordinator/|title=New Cyprus archdeacon announced, and new social concern coordinator - Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf|date=9 February 2019}}

  • 25 September 2019{{snd}}present: Andrew Beane{{Cite web|url=https://exeter.anglican.org/bishop-of-exeter-appoints-two-priests-with-a-track-record-in-using-technology-for-mission-to-key-roles/|title = Church escape rooms and Champing: Devon's two new Archdeacons' track-record in using technology for mission|date = 15 April 2019}}

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References

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Sources

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  • {{Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae |last=Horn |first=Joyce M. |period=1300–1541 |volume=9 |pages=12–15}}

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