List of Archdeacons of Oxford
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This is a list of archdeacon
s of Oxford
, England. Before the diocese of Oxford
was created by Henry VIII, this office was in the diocese of Lincoln
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 Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
, England. Before 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...
was created by Henry VIII, this office was in the diocese of Lincoln
Diocese of Lincoln
The Diocese of Lincoln forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. The present diocese covers the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire.- History :...
- Robert FoliotRobert FoliotRobert Foliot was a medieval Bishop of Hereford in England. He was a relative of a number of English ecclesiastics, including Gilbert Foliot, one of his predecessors at Hereford. After serving Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln as a clerk, he became a clerk of Henry of Blois, the Bishop of Winchester...
- Walter of OxfordWalter of OxfordWalter of Oxford , also known as Walter Calenius, was a British cleric and writer. He served as archdeacon of Oxford in the 12th century...
- Walter de CoutancesWalter de CoutancesWalter de Coutances was a medieval English Bishop of Lincoln and Archbishop of Rouen. He began his royal service in the government of Henry II, serving as a vice-chancellor...
- John of CoutancesJohn of Coutances-Life:He was a nephew of Walter of Coutances, Bishop of Lincoln and was treasurer of the diocese of Lisieux before his uncle appointed him Archdeacon of Oxford sometime before December of 1184. He also was dean of Rouen, and retained the treasurership of Lisieux while archdeacon.He was elected in...
- Hugh de Nonant
- 1196 Walter MapWalter MapWalter Map was a medieval writer of works written in Latin. Only one work is attributed to Map with any certainty: De Nugis Curialium.-Life:...
- c. 1210-1221 John of Tynemouth
- 1236-1244 John of St Glie (John de Sancto Egidio)
- Roger Weseham
- Richard of GravesendRichard of GravesendRichard of Gravesend was a medieval Bishop of Lincoln.-Life:Richard was a native of Gravesend in Kent. He was treasurer of the diocese of Hereford about 1238. By 16 June 1250 he was Archdeacon of Oxford in the diocese of Lincoln...
- Robert de Mariscis
- Richard Mepham
- John de Maydestun
- 1275-1280 Nicholas de Heigham
- Simon of GhentSimon of Ghent-Life:He was a prebendary of the diocese of Salisbury and Chancellor of Oxford University, as well as Archdeacon of Oxford.He was elected bishop on 2 June 1297 and consecrated on 20 October 1297 at Canterbury He died 2 April 1315.-References:...
- Galhardus de Mora
- 1433 William LyndwoodWilliam LyndwoodWilliam Lyndwood was an English bishop of St. David's, diplomat and canonist, most notable for the publication of the Provinciale.-Early life:...
- 1472 Lionel Woodville
- 1482 Oliver KingOliver KingOliver King was a Bishop of Exeter and Bishop of Bath and Wells who restored Bath Abbey after 1500.-Life:Educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, King became a priest and was appointed Bishop of Exeter on 1 October 1492, consecrated on 3 February 1493. He was then translated to the see of...
- Richard Mayo (Mayew)
- 1504 Christopher UrswickChristopher UrswickChristopher Urswick was a priest and confessor of Margaret Beaufort. He was Rector of Puttenham, Hampshire, and later Dean of Windsor...
- 1528 Nicholas Wilson
- 1535-1543 Richard Coren
- 1543-1561 Walter Wright
- 1561-1592 John KennallJohn KennallDr John Kennall, LL.D. was Archdeacon of Oxford and a noted pluralist.Canon of 8th preb., Christ Church, Oxford, from 1559–1592, Archdeacon of Oxford, Oxford, from 1561-1592, Canon of 6th preb., Rochester, from 1556–1559, and Archdeacon of Rochester, 1554–1560...
- 1592-1614 John Drewry (Drury)
- 1614-1624 William Bridges
- 1625-1661 Barten HolydayBarten HolydayBarten Holyday or Holiday was a clergyman, author and poet. He earned a Doctor of Divinity degree, and entered the clergy in 1615; he was appointed archdeacon of Oxford by King Charles I in 1626. Technogamia was his only play. In 1618, the year it was produced, Holyday served as Sir Francis...
- 1661?-1675 Thomas BarlowThomas Barlow (bishop)Thomas Barlow was an English academic and clergyman, who became Provost of The Queen's College, Oxford and Bishop of Lincoln. He was considered, in his own times and by Edmund Venables writing in the Dictionary of National Biography, to have been a trimmer, a reputation mixed in with his academic...
- 1663-1664 Thomas LamplughThomas LamplughThomas Lamplugh was an English churchman who ended up being Archbishop of YorkHe was the son of Christopher Lamplugh of Little Riston, Yorkshire and his wife Anne, daughter and coheir of Thomas Roper of Octon in the East Riding of Yorkshire...
- 1675-1704 Timothy HaltonTimothy HaltonTimothy Halton D.D. was an English churchman and academic, Provost of Queen's College, Oxford from 1677.-Life:He has been identified with the Timothy Halton, son of Miles Halton of Greenthwaite Hall, Cumberland, northern England, who was baptised at Greystoke Church 19 September 1633, and in that...
- 1704-1707 Humphrey HodyHumphrey HodyHumphrey Hody was an English scholar and theologian.-Life:He was born at Odcombe in Somerset in 1659. In 1676 he entered Wadham College, Oxford, of which he became a fellow in 1685...
- 1707-1715 Timothy GoodwinTimothy GoodwinTimothy Goodwin, Godwin or Godwyn was an English churchman, who became archbishop of Cashel.-Life:He was born at Norwich, probably about 1670. He began his education at the nonconformist academy of Samuel Cradock, at Geesings, Suffolk. Here he was a classmate in philosophy with Edmund Calamy, who...
- 1715-1723 William BakerWilliam Baker (bishop)William Baker was an English churchman and academic, Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, Bishop of Bangor and bishop of Norwich.-Life:...
- 1724 Robert Cook
- 1724-1741 George Rye
- 1741-1767 John PotterJohn Potter (Dean)John Potter was an 18th-century Church of England clergyman who was Dean of Canterbury from 1766 to 1770.He was the eldest son of John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury ....
- 1767-1783 Thomas RandolphThomas Randolph (Oxford)Thomas Randolph D.D. was an English academic, President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.-Life:Randolph graduated M.A. and D.D. at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he became a Fellow in 1723. He attracted the attention of John Potter, then Bishop of Oxford, who, after he became Archbishop of...
- 1783-1797 George Turner
- 1797-1830 Phineas Pett
- 1830-1877 Charles Carr Clerke
- 1878-1895 Edwin Palmer
- Edward Domett Shaw
- 1936-1952 Gerald Burton AllenGerald Burton AllenGerald Burton Allen was a British scholar and a Church of England priest and bishop.-Life:Allen was born into a clerical family, being the eldest son of The Reverend T.K. Allen, sometime Vicar of Weyhill. He was educated at Cheltenham College, later serving as a member of the College Council ...
- 1982-1997 Frank Valentine WestonFrank Valentine WestonFrank Valentine Weston was Bishop of Knaresborough from 1997 until his death.Weston was born into a clerical family, he was educated at Christ's Hospital and The Queen's College, Oxford . He then studied for ordination at Lichfield Theological College.Weston was a curate in Atherton...
- 1997-2005 John Morrison
- 2005–present Julian HubbardJulian HubbardJulian Richard Hawes Hubbard is the current Archdeacon of Oxford.He was born on 15 February 1955 and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1982 and began his career as a Curate at St Dionis, Parson's Green. He was a Tutor at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford from 1981 to 1984 and Chaplain...