List of Archdeacons of Berkshire
Encyclopedia
This is a list of archdeacon
s of Berkshire, historically a post in the diocese of Salisbury
, then from 1836 in the diocese of Oxford
, England.
Archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, Chaldean Catholic, and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church...
s of Berkshire, historically a post in the diocese of Salisbury
Diocese of Salisbury
The Diocese of Salisbury is a Church of England diocese in the south of England. The diocese covers Dorset and most of Wiltshire and is a constituent diocese of the Province of Canterbury. The diocese is led by the Bishop of Salisbury and the diocesan synod...
, then from 1836 in the diocese of Oxford
Diocese of Oxford
-History:The Diocese of Oxford was created in 1541 out of part of the Diocese of Lincoln.In 1836 the Archdeaconry of Berkshire was transferred from the Diocese of Salisbury to Oxford...
, England.
- early 13th C. Giles of BridportGiles of Bridport-Life:He was archdeacon of Berkshire in the diocese of Salisbury as well as Dean of Wells before he was elected bishop between 13 February and 15 April 1256 and consecrated on 11 March 1257. He died in December 1262, probably on the 13th. He founded De Vaux College in 1262 and he may have been the...
- mid 13th C. Walter ScammelWalter Scammel-Life:He was archdeacon of Berkshire in the diocese of Salisbury, treasurer of that diocese, and finally Dean of Salisbury. He was elected to the deanery on 9 September 1271....
- 1507-? Christopher Twineleyc
- 1510-1522 William Grey
- 1522-1545 Robert Audley
- 1545–1547 John CrayfordJohn CrayfordJohn Crayford was a Master of both Clare College, Cambridge and University College, Oxford, England. Martyn was unusual in being a Master of colleges at both the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. He was the only Master of University College to also have been a Master at a Cambridge...
- 1547-1553 William Pye
- 1557-1588 Thomas White
- 1588-1605 Martin Culpepper
- 1605-1630 Leonel SharpLeonel SharpLeonel Sharp was an English churchman and courtier, a royal chaplain and archdeacon of Berkshire, imprisoned for sedition in 1614. As a writer he took a strong anti-papal and anti-Spanish line.-Life:...
- 1630-1634 Edward Davenant
- 1634-1665 John Ryves
- 1665-1672 Peter MewsPeter MewsPeter Mews was an English Royalist theologian and bishop.-Life:Mews was born at Caundle Purse in Dorset, and was educated at the Merchant Taylors' School, London, and at St John's College, Oxford, of which he was scholar and fellow.When the Civil War broke out in 1642, Mews joined the Royalist...
- 1673-1689 John Sharp
- 1689-1698 William Richards
- 1698-1710 Jonas ProastJonas ProastJonas Proast was an English High Church Anglican clergyman and academic. He was an opponent of latitudinarianism, associated with Henry Dodwell, George Hickes, Thomas Hearne and Jonathan Edwards. He is now known for his controversy with John Locke, over Locke's Letter concerning...
- 1710-1716 Richard West
- 1717-1720 Edward Talbot
- 1721-1734 Martin Benson
- 1735-1746 Samuel KnightSamuel KnightSamuel Knight was an English clergyman and antiquary. He was a strong Protestant, attending St. Paul's School and Trinity College, Cambridge , and received a Cambridge DD in 1706...
- 1747-1763 John Spry
- 1763-1785 William Dodwell
- 1785-1817 Arthur Onslow
- 1817-1832 John Fisher
- 1832-? Edward Berens
- 1903–1922 William Ducat
- 1922-1942 Richard Wickham LeggRichard Wickham LeggRichard Wickham Legg was the Archdeacon of Berkshire from 1922 until 1942.Legg was the son of William Legg, sometime Rector of Hawkinge and educated at Harrow, New College, Oxford and Ripon College Cuddesdon. He began his ordained ministry as a curate at Aylesbury, after which he was a lecturer...
- 1942-1955 Arthur Parham
- 1955-1968 Eric Knell
- 1968-1974 Eric WildEric WildEric Wild was Bishop of Reading from 1972 to 1982. Educated at Manchester Grammar School and Keble College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1938. His first post was as a Curate at St Anne, Liverpool...
- 1974-1978 Raymond Birt
- 1978-1987 John Brown
- 1987-1992 David Griffiths
- 1992-1998 Mike Hill
- 1998–present Norman Russell