archdeacon of Barnstaple

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The Archdeaconry of Barnstaple or Barum is one of the oldest archdeaconries in England. It is an administrative division of the Diocese of Exeter in the Church of England.

History

The Diocese of Exeter was divided into four archdeaconries in Norman times, probably during the bishopric of Osbern FitzOsbern (1072–1103):Watkin, Hugh R., The History of Totnes Priory, Vol.2, Torquay, 1917, p.981

In 1782, it was noted that the archdeaconry contained the deaneries of Barum (Barnstaple), Chumleigh, Hertland, Shirwell, South Molton and Torrington.Thesaurus ecclesiasticus provincialis; or, a survey of the diocese of Exeter: printed and sold by the editors, B. Thorn and Son. Sold also by Messrs. Rivington and Sons, and T. Evans, London; Fletcher, Oxford; and Merril, Cambridge, 1782

The archdeaconry currently comprises the following deaneries:

List of archdeacons

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=High Medieval=

:possibly son of Richard Blund, Bishop of Exeter)

=Late Medieval=

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=Early modern=

=Late modern=

  • 1865–1885: Henry Woollcombe
  • 1885–1890: Herbert Barnes
  • 1890–24 December 1908 (d.): Albert Seymour
  • 1908–9 July 1930 (d.): Robert Trefusis, Bishop of Crediton
  • 1930–26 June 1935 (d.): Frank Jones
  • 1935–1945: Edgar Hay
  • 1946–1958: Denis James
  • 1958–1962: Guy Sanderson"Sanderson, Rt. Rev Wilfrid Guy", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U168833 accessed 27 November 2012]
  • 1962–1970: Arthur Ward (afterwards Archdeacon of Exeter)
  • 1970–1988: Ronald Herniman
  • 1989–2002 (ret.): Trevor Lloyd
  • 2003–2014 (ret.): David Gunn-Johnson
  • 1 September 2014 – 2015: Mike Edson (Acting)
  • 23 March 2014{{snd}}6 September 2020: Mark ButchersDiocese of Exeter – [http://www.exeter.anglican.org/new-archdeacons-totnes-barnstaple-announced/ New archdeacons for Totnes and Barnstaple announced] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218201056/http://www.exeter.anglican.org/new-archdeacons-totnes-barnstaple-announced/ |date=18 December 2014 }} & [http://www.exeter.anglican.org/?attachment_id=2519 ad clerum] (Accessed 2 January 2015){{Cite web|url=https://exeter.anglican.org/new-principal-for-south-west-ministry-training-course/|title=New Principal for South West Ministry Training Course|date=22 April 2020}}
  • September 2021 onwards: Verena Breed{{Cite web|url=https://exeter.anglican.org/new-archdeacon-of-barnstaple-says-amazing-things-can-happen-in-small-parishes/|title=New Archdeacon of Barnstaple Says Amazing Things Can Happen in Small Parishes|date=11 April 2021}}

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References

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Sources

  • {{cite wikisource

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|first1=John

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|author1-link=John Le Neve

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|title=Archdeacons of Barum or Barnstaple

|wslink=Page:Fasti_ecclesiae_Anglicanae_Vol.1_body_of_work.djvu/447

|series=Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae

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|date=1854

|publisher=Oxford University Press

|location=Oxford

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  • {{Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae |last=Horn |first=Joyce M. |period=1300–1541|volume=9|pages=19–21}}
  • [https://books.google.com/books?id=5AsNAAAAYAAJ Gribble, Joseph Besly–Memorials of Barnstaple: being an attempt to supply the want of a history of that ancient borough; 1830; pp 483–486] (Google eBook)

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