The Archdeacon of Berkshire (also rendered Archdeacon of Berks) is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Oxford . The archdeacon is the head of the archdeaconry of Berkshire, a post historically found within the diocese of Salisbury , and then, from 7 October 1836, within Oxford diocese.[1]
List of archdeacons [ ]
Some archdeacons without territorial titles are recorded from around the time of the Norman Conquest ; see Archdeacon of Salisbury .
High Medieval [ ]
Late Medieval [ ]
10 March 1313–bef. December 1313:
bef. December 1313–bef. August 1331 (d.):
14 September 1317: (ineffective royal grant)
21 August 1331–aft. 1333: (previously Archdeacon of Wiltshire )
bef. 1334–aft. 1359: (collated 12 September 1339)
aft. 1359–bef. 1365 (res.):
10 December 1365 – 1366 (res.): John Harewell
bef. 1371–aft. 1384: (Cardinal-priest of St Stephen al Monte Celio )
26 October 1389–aft. 1392:
papal grants:
royal grants:
22 September 1395:
28 September 1395: Walter Cook
20 October 1395:
c. 16 November 1395 :
9 February 1397 – 30 January 1404 (exch.): John Southam (afterwards Archdeacon of Oxford )
30 January–15 March 1404 (d.):
bef. 10 June 1404–?:
aft. 10 June–26 December 1404 (exch.): Simon Sydenham
26 December 1404–c. 21 July 1417 (exch.):
c. 21 July 1417 –bef. 31 May 1427:
25 June 1427 – 1431 (res.): Thomas Brunce
15 September 1431–bef. 1432: (possibly the Master of Univ )
24 September 1432 – 1433 (d.):
18 October 1433 – 1462 (d.): (probably the Chancellor of Oxford )
15 February 1462 – 1464 (d.): Richard Ewen
9 March 1464 – 1465 (res.): Robert Stillington
28 February 1466 – 1476 (res.): John Russell
6 November 1476 – 1478 (res.): John Morton
31 December 1478 – 1482 (res.): (also Archdeacon of London and Archdeacon of Hereford ; became Bishop of St David's )
bef. 1 December 1488 – 1492 (res.): Oliver King
15 January 1493 – 1507 (res.):
5 February 1507 – 1509 (d.):
20 December 1509 – 24 December 1510 (res.): Stephen Bereworth (again)
24 December 1510 – 1522 (d.):
14 February 1522 – 1545 (d.):
Early modern [ ]
Archdeaconry transferred to Diocese of Oxford, 7 October 1836 [1]
1836 –1855 (res.): Edward Berens
21 March 1855 – 3 September 1869 (res.): James Randall
Late modern [ ]
References [ ]
Sources [ ]
Greenway, Diana E. (1991), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300 , vol. 4, pp. 28–31
Horn, Joyce M. (1962), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541 , vol. 3, pp. 9–11
Horn, Joyce M. (1986), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 , vol. 6, pp. 14–16
Horn, Joyce M. (1996), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 , vol. 8, p. 86
Account of Purley on Thames – Archdeacons (PDF) (accessed 4 December 2012)
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Office holders
Steven Croft , Bishop of Oxford
Alan Wilson , area Bishop of Buckingham
Olivia Graham , area Bishop of Reading
Gavin Collins , Episcopal vicar and area Bishop-designate of Dorchester
AEO : Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet (vacant) & Rod Thomas , Bishop suffragan of Maidstone
Martyn Percy , Dean of Christ Church
Judy French , Archdeacon of Dorchester
Jonathan Chaffey , Archdeacon of Oxford
Guy Elsmore , Archdeacon of Buckingham
, Archdeacon of Berkshire
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Archdeacons in the Diocese in Europe : The Aegean
Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
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Italy
Malta
Northern France
the Riviera
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Scandinavia and Germany
South-Eastern Europe
Spain (or the Peninsula) and North Africa