archdeacon of Worcester

The first recorded archdeacons in the Diocese of Worcester occur from {{circa|1086}} around the same time that archdeacons occur across the church in England. Two archdeacons are recorded simultaneously from that time, but no clear territorial title occurs until 1143, when Gervase is called Archdeacon of Gloucester.

The Archdeaconry of Birmingham was created from Worcester and Coventry archdeaconries by Order-in-Council on 12 August 1892{{London Gazette|issue=26316|pages=4569–4582|date=12 August 1892}} but became part of the new Diocese of Birmingham upon its creation by Order-in-Council on 13 January 1905.{{London Gazette|issue=27754|pages=311–312|date=13 January 1905}}

The archdeaconry is currently subdivided into six deaneries: Evesham, Malvern, Martley and Worcester West, Pershore, Upton, and Worcester East.[http://www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/159 Deaneries in the Diocese of Worcester] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927150807/http://www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/159 |date=27 September 2011 }}, Diocese of Worcester, UK. The current Archdeacon of Worcester is the Venerable Mark Badger.

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:Senior archdeacon of the diocese:

• bef. 1086–bef. 1114 (d.): Ailric
• bef. 1114–21 March 1125 (d.): Hugh (probably previously junior archdeacon)

:Archdeacons of Worcester:

• 1125–1143 (deprived): William Cumin (also Bishop-elect of Durham, 1141; deprived)
• 1144–bef. 1157 (res.): Godfrey
• bef. 1157–bef. 1159 (d.): William Cumin (restored)
• bef. 1159–bef. 1168 (d.): Godfrey (restored)
• bef. 1168–bef. 1190 (d.): Simon Luvel
• bef. 1190–bef. 1198 (d.): Peter de Leche
• bef. 1198–aft. 1196: John of Cornwall
• bef. 1200–aft. 1217: John Brancastre
• December 1218–bef. 1243: William Scot (also Bishop-elect of Durham, 1226–1227)
• June 1243–aft. 1256: Vincent of Abergavenny
• bef. 1257–aft. 1270: Robert de Esthall
• bef. 1275–27 July 1287 (d.): Hugh of Evesham
• 16 October 1287 – 4 July 1288 (deprived): Ralph de Hingham
• 4 July 1288–aft. 1311: Francesco Napoleone Cardinal Orsini (also cardinal-deacon of Santa Lucia in Orthea from 1295)

• 1312–1317 (d.): Henri de la Tour du Pin (later Bishop of Metz)
• aft. 1317–1320 (d.): John de Brucy
• 15 May 1321–bef. 1329 (d.): Adam le Chaumpeneys de Sandwico
• 17 October 1329 – 7 April 1337 (exch.): John de Orleton
• 7 April 1337–bef. 1349: Robert de Worcester
• 16 May 1349 – 18 February 1353 (exch.): John de Severle
• 18 February 1353 – 1366 (res.): John Harewell (became Bishop of Bath and Wells)
• 1366–4 May 1371 (exch.): Simon Clement
• 4 May 1371–bef. 1383 (d.): John Blanchard
• 4 December 1383 – 1389 (res.): William Malpas (royal candidate)
• 2 May 1388–bef. 1412: William Rocombe (papal candidate)
• 28 October 1412–bef. 1432 (res.): John Ixworth
• 31 May 1431–bef. 1433 (res.): John Burdett
• 5 May 1433 – 13 November 1438 (exch.): William Hende
• 13 November 1438–bef. 1452 (res.): John Verney (probably Dean of Lichfield, 1432–1447)
• 19 October 1452–bef. 1467 (res.): William Vaunce
• 12 November 1467–bef. 1472 (res.): Thomas Hawkins (previously Archdeacon of Stafford)
• 4 May–May 1472 (res.): Robert Inkbarrow

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• 19 May 1472–bef. 1476 (d.): Thomas Hawkins (again)
• 26 July–bef. November 1479: John Burton
• 24 November 1479 – 1483 (res.): Richard Burton
• 4 August 1483–aft. 1518: Thomas Alcock
• bef. 1529–1531 (res.): Stephen Gardiner (became Bishop of Winchester)
• 4 April 1531–bef. 1534 (d.): William Claybrook
• 12 May 1534 – 1563 (d.): Peter Vannes (also Dean of Salisbury from 1536)

• 1563–bef. 1579 (res.): Thomas Powell
• 15 July 1579 – 1598 (res.): Godfrey Goldsborough (became Bishop of Gloucester)
• 1598–bef. 1610 (res.): John Johnson
• 1610–4 August 1623 (d.): William Swaddon
• 1623–bef. 1629 (d.): Hugh Lloyd
• 3 August 1629–bef. 1645 (d.): Edward Thornborough
• 30 May 1645–bef. 1676 (d.): William Hodges
• 4 September 1676–bef. 1705 (d.): John Fleetwood
• 14 December 1705 – 7 August 1742 (d.): William Worth
• 10 September 1742 – 21 November 1774 (d.): John Tottie
• 1775–8 March 1787 (d.): John Warren
• 21 March 1787 – 12 August 1815 (d.): Thomas Evans
• 29 August 1815 – 18 October 1849 (d.): Richard Onslow
• 9 November 1849 – 5 May 1881 (d.): Richard Hone

• May 1881 – 1889 (d.): William Lea, sometime Vicar of St Peter's Droitwich{{Church Times | title = Church news | archive = 1881_05_20_335 | issue = 956 | date = 20 May 1881 | page = 335 | accessed = 2 May 2015 }}Obituary The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 25 September 1889; p. 5; Issue 32813
• 1889–1911 (ret.): William Walters, Vicar of Pershore until 1894, then Rector of Alvechurch until 1904, then Vicar of Malvern Wells from 1905{{Who's Who

| title=Walters, William

| id = U191961

| type = was

| volume = 1920–2015

| edition = April 2014 online

| access-date = 2 May 2015

}}

• 1911–1921 (res.): John Greig, Rector of Hartlebury (became Bishop of Gibraltar){{Who's Who

| title=Greig, John Harold

| id = U210429

| type = was

| volume = 1920–2015

| edition = April 2014 online

| access-date = 2 May 2015

}}

• 1921–1938 (ret.): James Peile, Rector of Alvechurch until 1925, then of Ripple until 1926{{Who's Who

| title=Peile, James Hamilton Francis

| id = U215343

| type = was

| volume = 1920–2015

| edition = April 2014 online

| access-date = 2 May 2015

}}

• 1938{{snd}}26 September 1944 (d.): Ridley Duppuy (Canon, Assistant Bishop of Worcester from 1936, and Vice-Dean from 1940; former Bishop of Victoria){{Who's Who

| title=Duppuy, Charles Ridley

| id = U224932

| type = was

| volume = 1920–2015

| edition = April 2014 online

| access-date = 2 May 2015

}}

• 1944–1961 (ret.): Thomas Wilson, Rector of Hartlebury until 1956{{Who's Who

| title=Wilson, Thomas Bowstead

| id = U55808

| type = was

| volume = 1920–2015

| edition = April 2014 online

| access-date = 2 May 2015

}}

• 1961–1975 (ret.): Peter Eliot, Vicar of Cropthorne with Charlton until 1965 (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who

| title=Eliot, Peter Charles

| id = U172282

| type = was

| volume = 1920–2015

| edition = April 2014 online

| access-date = 2 May 2015

}}

• 1975–1980 (ret.): John Williams (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who

| title=Williams, John Charles

| id = U39997

| type = was

| volume = 1920–2015

| edition = April 2014 online

| access-date = 2 May 2015

}}

• 1981–1984 (res.): Peter Coleman (became Bishop suffragan of Crediton){{Who's Who

| title=Coleman, Peter Everard

| id = U11460

| type = was

| volume = 1920–2015

| edition = April 2014 online

| access-date = 2 May 2015

}}

• 1984–1999 (ret.): Frank Bentley (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who

| title=Bentley, Frank William Henry

| id = U11460

| volume = 2014

| edition = November 2014 online

| access-date = 2 May 2015

}}

• 1999–2008 (res.): Joy Tetley{{Who's Who

| title=Tetley, Joy Dawn

| id = U37291

| volume = 2014

| edition = November 2014 online

| access-date = 2 May 2015

}}

• 5 October 2008 – 25 July 2014 (res.): Roger Morris (became area Bishop of Colchester){{Who's Who

| title=Morris, Roger Anthony Brett

| id = U247310

| volume = 2014

| edition = November 2014 online

| access-date = 2 May 2015

}}

• 16 November 2014{{snd}}30 November 2023: Robert Jones[http://www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/news/news.php?i641 Diocese of Worcester – Licensing of the new Archdeacon of Worcester] (Accessed 16 November 2014){{Church Times | title = Resignations and retirements | url = https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/11-august/gazette/resignations/resignations-and-retirements | issue = 8369 | date = 11 August 2023 | page = 21 | accessed = 2 September 2023 }}
• 2 December 2023{{snd}}present Mark Badger{{cite web |website=Diocese of Worcester |title=Licensing of our new Archdeacon of Worcester |date=6 November 2023 |url=https://www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/news/licensing-of-our-new-archdeacon-of-worcester |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231181751/https://www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/news/licensing-of-our-new-archdeacon-of-worcester |archive-date=31 December 2023 |access-date=31 December 2023 }}

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{{reflist}}

• {{Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae |last=Greenway |first=Diana E. |period=1066–1300 |volume=2 |pages=104–105}}
• {{Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae |last=Greenway |first=Diana E. |period=1066–1300 |volume=2 |pages=105–107}}
• {{Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae |last=Jones |first=B. |period=1300–1541 |volume=4 |pages=62–63}}
• {{Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae |last=Horn |first=Joyce M. |period=1541–1857 |volume=7 |pages=113–114}}

• [http://www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/ Worcester Diocesan website]
• [http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/statistics/churchstatistics2002 Church of England Statistics 2002] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203171913/http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/statistics/churchstatistics2002 |date=3 February 2007 }}

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