Archdeacon of Dorset

The Archdeacon of Dorset is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Salisbury, England. He or she is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy^[1] within the four area deaneries: Purbeck, Poole, Wimborne, and Milton & Blandford.^[2]

History

The role of archdeacons within the diocese of Salisbury originated around the time of the Norman Conquest; the first recorded archdeacon titled Archdeacon of Dorset occurs as an officer of that diocese from the mid-12th century. The archdeaconry was transferred to the diocese of Bristol upon its creation on 4 June 1542,^[3] and later returned to Salisbury diocese by Order in Council on 7 October 1836.^[4]

In 1916, the Archdeaconry of Sherborne was created, which was divided out of the historic archdeaconry of Dorset.^[5]

The post is currently held by Antony MacRow-Wood.^[6]

List of archdeacons

Some archdeacons without territorial titles are recorded from around the time of the Norman Conquest; see Archdeacon of Salisbury.

High Medieval

bef. 1139–aft. 1173: Adelelm (also Dean of Lincoln from bef. 1145)
bef. 1184–aft. 1193: William
bef. 1196–aft. 1198: Richard
Ranulph son of Robert (disputed)
bef. 1200–aft. 1214 (res.): Adam
bef. 1222–aft. 1225: Herbert
bef. 1226–aft. 1241: Humphrey
bef. 1245–aft. 1255: Gerard de Bingham
bef. 1258–aft. 1258: Giordano Pironti
c. 1262 (res.): Simon of Bridport
bef. 1271–aft. 1271: John
?–bef. 1275 (res.): Gerard de Grandson

Antony Bek was provided but did not take office.

bef. 1275–aft. 1280 (res.): Thomas Bek
bef. 1281–1284 (res.): Henry Brandeston (previously Archdeacon of Wilts; became Dean of Salibury)
bef. 1287–1297 (d.): William de la Wyle
1297–aft. 1316 (d.): Henry de Bluntesdon

Late Medieval

29 September 1316–bef. 1321: Peter de Periton
3 January 1321–aft. 1339: Thomas de Hotoft
28 January 1340–bef. 1346 (d.): John de Kirkeby
bef. 1347–aft. 1352: Bertrand Cardinal de Deucio (Cardinal-priest

of San Marco)

bef. 1373–1378 (res.): Robert Cardinal de Geneva (Cardinal-priest

of Santi XII Apostoli; afterwards Pope at Avignon)

18 November 1378–?: Thomas Pays
bef. 1380–bef. 1386: Niccolò Cardinal Caracciolo Moschino (Cardinal-priest

of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane)

7 January 1386–bef. 1388: Ralph Erghum (possibly the Bishop of Salisbury)
13 September 1388–aft. 1390: Robert Ragenhull
Disputed period:
- bef. 1396–bef. 1397 (d.): Adam Cardinal Easton (Cardinal-priest

of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere; Papal grant)

- bef. 1397–bef. 1397 (d.): Michael Cergeaux (Royal grant)
- 1397: Walter Medford (Royal grant)
- 1397–30 June 1398 (deprived): Nicholas Bubwith (Papal grant)
- 3 September 1397 – 1400: Henry Chichele (Bishop's man)
9 July 1400 – 1406 (res.): Nicholas Bubwith (again)
11 December 1406 – 22 February 1437 (exch.): John Mackworth

22 February 1437–bef. 1440 (d.): John Hody (possibly the justice)
19 July 1440–bef. 1447 (d.): John Stopyndon
25 May 1447–bef. 1449 (d.): Robert Aiscough
14 February 1449–bef. 1486 (d.): William Aiscough
25 June 1486–bef. 1514 (res.): Robert Langton
20 May 1514 – 1523 (res.): Richard Pace
17 January 1523 – 1530 (res.): John Stokesley
20 December 1530–bef. 1533 (d.): William Bennet
25 November 1533 – 1535 (res.) Edward Foxe
bef. 1539–bef. 1542 (res.): John Skypp (also Bishop of Hereford from 1539)

Early modern

1542–aft. 1547: Thomas Canner
1551–1572 (d.): John Cotterell
1572–aft. 1584: Henry Tynchiner
1572–1575 (rem.): James Proctor (disputed)
?–bef. 1621 (d.): Edward Wickham
1621–bef. 1654 (d.): Richard Fitzherbert
1660–bef. 1671 (d.): Richard Meredith
16 September 1671 – 5 March 1683 (d.): Ralph Ironside
25 March 1683–bef. 1698 (d.): The Hon John Feilding
1698–bef. 1733 (d.): Robert Cooper
7 May 1733–bef. 1762 (d.): Edward Hammond
21 May 1762 – 15 November 1780 (d.): John Walker
11 November 1780 – 19 April 1801 (res.): Watson Hand
2 May 1801 – 29 May 1815 (d.): Henry Hall
3 June 1815 – 13 November 1835 (d.): William England
9 January 1836 – 13 January 1862 (res.): Robert Buckle

Late modern

1862–1889: Thomas Sanctuary
1889–1901 (res.): Francis Sowter^[7]
1902–1927 (ret.): Charles Dundas^[8]^[9]
1927–1929 (d.): Eric Bodington^[10]
1929–7 April 1940 (d.): Okes Parish^[11]
1940–22 June 1947 (d.): Harold Rodgers^[12]
1948–1955: Lancelot Addison
1955–1974 (ret.): Edward Seagar (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[13]
1975–1982 (ret.): Richard Sharp (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[14]
1982–2000 (ret.): Geoffrey Walton (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[15]
2000–2009 (res.): Alistair Magowan^[16]
2009–2010: Patrick Evans (Acting)
18 April 2010 – 14 February 2015 (res.): Stephen Waine^[17]^[18]
24 June 2015–present: Antony MacRow-Wood^[19]

References

^ "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
^ "Map of Salisbury Diocese". The Diocese of Salisbury. Retrieved 5 March 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 8, 1996, pp. 3–6
^ "No. 19426". The London Gazette. 7 October 1836. pp. 1734–1738.
^ "No. 29529". The London Gazette. 31 March 1916. p. 3454.
^ Ford, Michael. "Archdeacons". Diocese of Salisbury. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
^ "SOWTER, Ven. Francis Briggs". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 8 March 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Ecclesiastical intelligence". The Times. No. 36696. London. 20 February 1902. p. 11.
^ "DUNDAS, Rev. Charles Leslie". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 8 March 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "BODINGTON, Ven. Eric James". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 8 March 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "PARISH, Ven. William Okes". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 8 March 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "RODGERS, Rt Rev. Harold Nickinson". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 8 March 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "SEAGER, Ven Edward Leslie". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 8 March 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "SHARP, Ven. Richard Lloyd". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 8 March 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "WALTON, Ven. Geoffrey Elmer". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 8 March 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "LUDLOW, Bishop Suffragan of,". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 8 March 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "WAINE, Ven. Stephen John". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 8 March 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Diocese of Chichester – Downing Street announces new Dean of Chichester Cathedral Archived 2014-12-02 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 20 November 2014)
^ Diocese of Salisbury — A New Archdeacon of Dorset Archived 3 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 2 July 2015)

Sources

Greenway, Diana E. (1991), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, vol. 4, pp. 25–28
Horn, Joyce M. (1962), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, vol. 3, pp. 7–9
Horn, Joyce M. (1996), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 8, pp. 19–20

[1] "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5

[2] "Map of Salisbury Diocese". The Diocese of Salisbury. Retrieved 5 March 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[3] Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 8, 1996, pp. 3–6

[4] "No. 19426". The London Gazette. 7 October 1836. pp. 1734–1738.

[5] "No. 29529". The London Gazette. 31 March 1916. p. 3454.

[6] Ford, Michael. "Archdeacons". Diocese of Salisbury. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2017.

[7] "SOWTER, Ven. Francis Briggs". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 8 March 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[8] "Ecclesiastical intelligence". The Times. No. 36696. London. 20 February 1902. p. 11.

[9] "DUNDAS, Rev. Charles Leslie". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 8 March 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[10] "BODINGTON, Ven. Eric James". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 8 March 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[11] "PARISH, Ven. William Okes". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 8 March 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[12] "RODGERS, Rt Rev. Harold Nickinson". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 8 March 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[13] "SEAGER, Ven Edward Leslie". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 8 March 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[14] "SHARP, Ven. Richard Lloyd". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 8 March 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[15] "WALTON, Ven. Geoffrey Elmer". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 8 March 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[16] "LUDLOW, Bishop Suffragan of,". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 8 March 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[17] "WAINE, Ven. Stephen John". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 8 March 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[18] Diocese of Chichester – Downing Street announces new Dean of Chichester Cathedral Archived 2014-12-02 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 20 November 2014)

[19] Diocese of Salisbury — A New Archdeacon of Dorset Archived 3 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 2 July 2015)

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