Archdeacon of Hastings

The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for nearly a hundred miles (160 km) along the south coast of England.[1]

History

The two original archdeaconries of Chichester diocese, Chichester and Lewes, were created in the 12th century – at around the time when archdeacons were first appointed across England. The third archdeaconry, Hastings, was created (from that of Lewes) on 28 June 1912.[2][3] The archdeaconries were then reorganised under Eric Kemp (Bishop of Chichester)[4] on 28 June 1975:[5] the Hastings archdeaconry was dissolved and her territory returned to Lewes archdeaconry, which was renamed "Lewes & Hastings"; and a new archdeaconry of Horsham was created.[1][4]

On 12 May 2014, it was announced that the diocese is to take forward proposals to create a fourth archdeaconry (presently referred to as Brighton.)[6] Since Lewes itself would be within the new archdeaconry, Lewes & Hastings archdeaconry would become simply Hastings archdeaconry.[7] On 8 August 2014, the Church Times reported that the archdeaconry had been renamed.[8]

List of archdeacons

Some archdeacons without territorial titles are recorded from the early 12th century; see Archdeacon of Chichester.

High Medieval

  • bef. 1164–?: Jordan de Melburne[a]
  • bef. 1174–aft. 1199: Joceline[b]
  • bef. 1207–aft. 1229 (res.): Eustachius de Leveland
  • aft. 1229–aft. 1239: Reginald de Wintonia
  • 1240–1241: William de Lughteburg
  • 5 March 1244 – 6 June 1252 (d.): Robert Passelewe
  • bef. 1253–aft. 1271: Simon de Clympingham
  • bef. 1279–aft. 1272: Henry
  • bef. 1279–aft. 1283 (res.): Godfrey de Peckham
  • bef. 1284–bef. 1301: Thomas de Berghstede

Late Medieval

Early modern

  • 14 February 1542 – 1551 (d.): John Sherry
  • 22 August 1551–bef. 1558 (d.): Richard Brisley
  • 6 April 1558–bef. 1559 (deprived): Robert Taylor (deprived)[9]
  • 11 January 1560 – 1570 (d.): Edmund Weston
  • 4 March 1570–bef. 1578 (d.): Thomas Drant
  • 17 April 1578–bef. 1578 (deprived): William Coell
  • 15 October 1578 – 1598 (res.): William Cotton
  • 9 December 1598–bef. 1612 (d.): John Mattock
  • 30 December 1612 – 12 August 1628 (d.): Richard Buckenham
  • 14 March 1629 – 21 February 1644: William Hutchinson
  • ?–bef. 1660 (res.): Thomas Hook
  • 19 September 1660 – 4 March 1667 (d.): Philip King
  • 27 March 1667–bef. 1670 (d.): Nathaniel Hardy
  • 9 June 1670–bef. 1681 (d.): Toby Henshaw
  • 8 December 1681–bef. 1693 (d.): Joseph Sayer
  • 20 October 1693 – 18 August 1723 (d.): Richard Bowchier
  • 24 September 1723 – 15 November 1736 (d.): James Williamson
  • 25 March 1737 – 28 April 1751 (d.): Edmund Bateman
  • 5 June 1751 – 27 January 1770 (d.): Thomas D'Oyly
  • 31 May 1770 – 25 February 1806 (d.): John Courtail
  • 29 April 1806–bef. 1815 (res.): Matthias D'Oyly
  • 25 February 1815–bef. 1823 (res.): Edward Raynes
  • 8 May 1823 – 25 February 1840 (d.): Thomas Birch
  • 10 April 1840 – 23 January 1855 (d.): Julius Hare
  • 6 March 1855 – 25 June 1876 (d.): William Otter

Late modern

  • 1876–1 June 1888 (d.): John Hannah[10]
  • 1888–1908 (ret.): Robert Sutton
  • 1908–1912 (res.): Theodore Churton (became Archdeacon of Hastings)
Lewes archdeaconry was split on 28 June 1912 to create Hastings archdeaconry.
On 28 June 1975, the Archdeaconry of Lewes was renamed Lewes & Hastings.

Archdeacons of Hastings (1912–1975)

  • 1912–1 June 1915 (d.): Theodore Churton (previously Archdeacon of Lewes)
  • 1915–1920 (res.): Benedict Hoskyns
  • 1920–22 May 1922 (d.): Arthur Upcott
  • 1922–16 October 1928 (d.): Thomas Cook (also Bishop suffragan of Lewes from 1926)
  • 1928–1938 (res.): Arthur Alston
  • 1938–1956: Ernest Reid
  • 1956–1975 (ret.): Guy Mayfield
Hastings archdeaconry was dissolved and merged back into the Archdeaconry of Lewes/Lewes & Hastings on 28 June 1975.

Archdeacons of Lewes and Hastings (1975-2014)

Archdeacons of Hastings (since 2014)

  • 2014–31 January 2016 (ret.):[11][12] Philip Jones (previously Archdeacon of Lewes & Hastings; became archdeacon emeritus)[13][c]
  • 5 January–29 March 2015: Stan Tomalin (acting)[14][c]
  • 31 January–18 September 2016: Edward Bryant & Nick Cornell (acting)[15]
  • 18 September 2016–present: Edward Dowler[16]

Notes

  1. ^ Jordan is not recorded with the title of "Archdeacon of Lewes", but occurs as an archdeacon alongside Henry, Archdeacon of Chichester.
  2. ^ Joceline is not recorded with the title of "Archdeacon of Lewes", but occurs as an archdeacon alongside Matthew of Chichester and Silvester, Archdeacons of Chichester.
  3. ^ a b Philp Jones was on sabbatical between 5 January and 29 March 2015.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "Chichester Diocese Website". Diocese of Chichester. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  2. ^ "No. 28622". The London Gazette. 28 June 1912. pp. 4651–4652.
  3. ^ "West Sussex Records Office: Diocese of Chichester: Episcopal Records". National Archives. Retrieved 4 November 2010./VII.
  4. ^ a b Kemp, Eric (2006). Shy but not Retiring: the memoirs of Eric Kemp. Jeremy Haselock. London: Continuum. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-8264-8073-6.
  5. ^ "No. 46633". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 July 1975. p. 9015.
  6. ^ Diocese of Chichester – Announcement of a Fourth Archdeaconry for the Diocese of Chichester Archived 2014-05-14 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 14 May 2014)
  7. ^ Diocese of Chichester – Suffragan Bishop of Lewes: Statement of Needs Archived 2014-05-14 at the Wayback Machine p. 7 (Accessed 14 May 2014)
  8. ^ "Appointments". Church Times. No. 7899. 8 August 2014. p. 24. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  9. ^ "ARCHDEACONS DEPRIVED UNDER QUEEN ELIZABETH" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  10. ^ M. C. Curthoys (2004). "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". OUP. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  11. ^ "Appointments". Church Times. No. 7964. 6 November 2015. p. 34. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  12. ^ Diocese of Chichester — Farewell Service for the Archdeacon of Hastings (Accessed 31 January 2016)
  13. ^ Diocese of Chichester — Diocese of Chichester marks ministry of Archdeacon Philip (Accessed 13 February 2016)
  14. ^ a b Diocese of Chichester – Archdeacons (Accessed 5 February 2015)
  15. ^ St Swithuns East Grinstead — News from the Diocese (Accessed 31 January 2016)
  16. ^ Diocese of Chichester — New Archdeacon of Hastings announced Archived 2016-06-23 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 30 June 2016)

Sources

  • Greenway, Diana E. (1996), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, vol. 5, pp. 23–25
  • For 1180–1486 archdeacons: Hennessy, George (1900). Chichester Diocese Clergy Lists: Clergy Succession from the earliest time to the year 1900. London: St Peters Press.
  • Horn, Joyce M. (1964), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, vol. 7, pp. 13–14
  • Horn, Joyce M. (1971), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 2, pp. 17–19
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