List of Archdeacons of Leicester
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This is a list of archdeacon
s of Leicester, a post historically in the diocese of Leicester
, from 1837 in the diocese of Peterborough, England. It has belonged to the diocese of Leicester
from 1926.
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 Leicester, a post historically in the diocese of Leicester
Diocese of Leicester
The Diocese of Leicester is a Church of England diocese based in Leicester and including the current county of Leicestershire. The cathedral is Leicester Cathedral, where the Bishop of Leicester has his seat....
, from 1837 in the diocese of Peterborough, England. It has belonged to the diocese of Leicester
Diocese of Leicester
The Diocese of Leicester is a Church of England diocese based in Leicester and including the current county of Leicestershire. The cathedral is Leicester Cathedral, where the Bishop of Leicester has his seat....
from 1926.
- Robert de ChesneyRobert de ChesneyRobert de Chesney was a medieval English Bishop of Lincoln. He was the brother of an important royal official, William de Chesney, and the uncle of Gilbert Foliot, later successively Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of London...
- 1229-1232 Robert GrossetesteRobert GrossetesteRobert Grosseteste or Grossetete was an English statesman, scholastic philosopher, theologian and Bishop of Lincoln. He was born of humble parents at Stradbroke in Suffolk. A.C...
- 1236 John of BasingstokeJohn of BasingstokeJohn of Basingstoke [John Basing] was a scholar and ecclesiastic who took his name from Basingstoke in Hampshire. Two contemporary sources speak of him: Matthew Paris and Robert Grosseteste, bishop of Lincoln . Basingstoke was a friend of Simon de Montfort and an acquaintance of Paris. Basing...
- 1485-1508 Richard Lavendre
- 1508-? William Spark
- 1515-? Henry Wilcocks
- 1518-1531 Richard Maudeley
- 1531 Stephen GardinerStephen GardinerStephen Gardiner was an English Roman Catholic bishop and politician during the English Reformation period who served as Lord Chancellor during the reign of Queen Mary I of England.-Early life:...
- 1531-1535 Edward FoxeEdward FoxeEdward Foxe was an English churchman, Bishop of Hereford. He was the most Lutheran of Henry VIII's bishops, and assisted in drafting the Ten Articles of 1536....
- 1535-1539 Edmund BonnerEdmund BonnerEdmund Bonner , Bishop of London, was an English bishop. Initially an instrumental figure in the schism of Henry VIII from Rome, he was antagonized by the Protestant reforms introduced by Somerset and reconciled himself to Roman Catholicism...
- 1539-1541 William MoreWilliam MoreWilliam More was appointed Bishop of Colchester to deputise within the Diocese of Ely under the provisions of the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 in 1536 and held the post until his death in 1541. Educated at Cambridge University .-Life:...
- 1541 Thomas Robertson
- 1569-1590 Richard Barber
- 1589-1590 Hugh Blythe
- 1591-1625 Robert JohnsonRobert Johnson (rector)Archdeacon Robert Johnson was the founder of Oakham School and Uppingham School.He was a Puritan rector of North Luffenham for 51 years, from 1574 until his death; he was also the Archdeacon of Leicester, and using the income from these and other church posts that he was able to hold...
- 1625-1631 Richard Pilkington
- 1631-1641 William Warr
- 1641-1661 Henry FerneHenry Ferne-Life:Ferne was admitted to St Mary Hall, Oxford, in 1618, and to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1620. He graduated B.A. in 1623 and was elected fellow in 1624. He was awarded a D.D. at Cambridge in 1642...
- 1661-1662 Robert Hitch
- 1662-1669 Clement Breton
- 1669-1679 William Outram
- 1679-1683 Francis Meres
- 1683-1703 Byrom Eaton
- 1703-1715 John Rogers
- 1715-1756 David Trimnel
- 1756-1772 John Taylor
- 1772-1785 James Bickham
- 1786-1812 Andrew BurnabyAndrew BurnabyAndrew Burnaby was a clergyman and traveler.Born in Ashfordby, Leicestershire, England, he was the eldest son and namesake of Reverend Andrew Burnaby, a well-to-do clergyman of the Church of England...
- 1812-1830 Thomas ParkinsonThomas Parkinson (archdeacon)Thomas Parkinson was a British clergymen.He entered Christ's College, Cambridge University in 1764 at age 19 and was senior wrangler and 2nd Smith's prizeman in 1769. He received an M.A. in 1772, a B.D. in 1789, and a D.D...
- 1831-1863 Thomas Kaye Bonney
- 1956 Irven David EdwardsIrven David EdwardsIrven David Edwards was an Anglican priest in the mid 20th century.Edwards was born at Stretton, East Staffordshire, the son of the Reverend John Edwards, at one time a prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral, and his wife Beatrice. He was educated at Repton School and Christ's College, Cambridge...
- David Silk
- 2002–present Richard Atkinson