Archdeacon of Buckingham

The Archdeacon of Buckingham is the senior ecclesiastical officer in charge of the Church of England in Buckinghamshire.

The archdeacon has statutory oversight over the ancient Archdeaconry of Buckingham, which has existed since (at latest) the 11th century and was, until 1837, in the Diocese of Lincoln. On 18 August 1837, an Order in Council transferred the archdeaconry to the Diocese of Oxford.^[1] The archdeacon has some disciplinary supervision and pastoral care of the clergy in the archdeaconry.

List of archdeacons[]

Archdeacons of Buckingham
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
bef May 1092	c. 1100
c. 1100	1119		Gislebert.
1119	October 1129	Roger de Clinton
c. 1130	aft 1140
bef 1142	1176–September 1177		Brother to Alexander of Lincoln.
c. 1180	aft 25 August 1189
c. 1194	aft September 1202
aft September 1202	bef 1206
bef 10 May 1206	25 August 1218	William de Blois
bef 11 April 1219	bef 25 December 1221
bef 25 December 1221	6 September 1269
6 September 1269	bef 22 April 1290
11 July 1290	bef 10 March 1299
11 March 1299	28 April or June 1319		Became .
28 April or June 1319	28 June 1322		Previously .
28 June 1322	30 October 1322
30 October 1322	July 1333
7 July 1333	July or August 1350	Cardinal Annibale di Ceccano
12 January 1351	12 March 1351		.
12 March 1351	22 April 1352		.
22 April 1352	11 December 1367		.
1 August 1367	1367		Died before fully taking office.
1367	6 December 1367		Deposed in favour of Ginewell before taking office.
6 December 1367	30 November 1380	(again)	.
30 November 1380	1 July 1392
28 February 1390	25 September 1391	John Stacy	Ineffective royal grant.
25 September 1391	1 July 1392		Ineffective royal grant.
1 July 1392	1399
1399	26 November 1399
10 March 1402	c. 1403	Thomas Tuttebury	. Also Dean of Wells 1401-1410.
26 February 1403	bef 1 October 1424
late 1404			Failed seizure of office.
1 October 1424	1443	Thomas Beckington
c. 1443	bef 2 April 1474
2 April 1474	6 November 1495
13 February 1496	1505	Robert Sherborne	Also Archdeacon of Taunton; and Dean of St Paul's from 1499.
8 May 1505	1516	Charles Booth
24 December 1516	bef 14 October 1534	John Taylor
14 October 1534	bef 17 June 1544	Richard Layton
17 June 1544	bef 29 April 1554	John Longland
29 April 1554	1559		Deprived 1559 ^[2]
1559	bef 2 November 1589	John Longland (again)
2 November 1589	24 March 1614	Erasmus Webb
29 March 1614	21 June 1642	Robert Newell
1660			Ineffective contest.
19 July 1660	25 June 1671	Giles Thorne
6 July 1671	1 November 1684	John Hillersdon
4 November 1684	9 August 1722	John Gery
1 September 1722	1742	Nicholas Clagett	Bishop of St David's from 1732; translated to Exeter.
10 August 1742	4 January 1753	The Hon William Carmichael	Became Bishop of Clonfert.
13 January 1753	4 April 1766	John Taylor
26 April 1766	1769	John Gordon	Became Archdeacon of Lincoln.
9 October 1769	20 July 1778	Pulter Forester
2 September 1778	23 June 1825	Luke Heslop
7 September 1825	18 March 1853	Justly Hill
On 19 July 1837, the archdeaconry was transferred from the Diocese of Lincoln to the Diocese of Oxford.
25 April 1853	bef 5 June 1875	Edward Bickersteth	afterwards Dean of Lichfield, 1875
June 1875	1880	Arthur Purey-Cust	afterwards Dean of York, 1880
1880	1889	Leslie Randall	afterwards Bishop of Reading, 1889
1895	1910	Cecil Bourke
1910	1921	Edward Shaw	Also Bishop of Buckingham from 1914; became Assistant Bishop and Archdeacon of Oxford.
1921	1944	Philip Eliot	As Bishop of Buckingham.
1944	19??	Robert Hay	As Bishop of Buckingham.
19??	1960	Gordon Savage	afterwards Bishop of Buckingham, 1960
1960	1970	John Pratt	afterwards Provost of Southwell Minster, 1970
1970	19??	Derek Eastman
19??	1989	John Bone	afterwards Bishop of Reading, 1989
1989	1998	John Morrison	afterwards Archdeacon of Oxford, 1998
1998	2002	David Goldie
2002	January 2007	Sheila Watson	afterwards Archdeacon of Canterbury, 2007
6 October 2007	19 January 2016	Karen Gorham	^[3] afterwards Bishop of Sherborne
18 July 2016	present	Guy Elsmore	^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ "No. 19533". The London Gazette. 18 August 1837. pp. 2176–2180.
^ "Archdeacons Deprived Under Queen Elizabeth" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-10.
^ "Review of 2007: Appointments". Church Times. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
^ Diocese of Oxford — New Archdeacon of Buckingham Announced (Accessed 10 May 2016)
^ Christ Church Cathedral — Services & Music, July 2016 Archived July 24, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 25 July 2016)

Sources[]

GenUKI – early Archdeacons of Sutton-cum-Buckingham
Greenway, Diana E. (1977), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, 3, pp. 39–41
King, H.P.F. (1962), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, 1, pp. 15–16
Horn, Joyce M.; Smith, David M. (1999), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 9, pp. 14–15
Horn, Joyce M. (1996), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 8, p. 86
Le Neve, John; Hardy, Sir Thomas Duffus (1854). Archdeacons of Buckingham . Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae. 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 67–71 – via Wikisource.

[oxf-1] "No. 19533". The London Gazette. 18 August 1837. pp. 2176–2180.

[2] "Archdeacons Deprived Under Queen Elizabeth" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-10.

[3] "Review of 2007: Appointments". Church Times. Retrieved 2009-10-06.

[4] Diocese of Oxford — New Archdeacon of Buckingham Announced (Accessed 10 May 2016)

[5] Christ Church Cathedral — Services & Music, July 2016 Archived July 24, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 25 July 2016)

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show v t Diocese of Oxford
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Dorchester Abbey Cuddesdon Palace Osney Abbey Area scheme (1984–present)
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) Martyn Percy, Dean of Christ Church Judy French, Archdeacon of Dorchester Jonathan Chaffey, Archdeacon of Oxford Guy Elsmore, Archdeacon of Buckingham , Archdeacon of Berkshire
Selected deaneries	Deanery of Reading

show v t Diocese of Lincoln
Lincoln Cathedral Edward King House Bishop's Palace, Lincoln (medieval & 19th century – 1948) Buckden Palace (12th century – 1841) Riseholme Hall (1843–1888) (1948–2011) 5-bed bishop's house (since 2011) Area scheme (2010–2013)
Office holders	Christopher Lowson, Bishop of Lincoln David Court, Bishop suffragan of Grimsby Nicholas Chamberlain, Bishop suffragan of Grantham AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough Christine Wilson, Dean of Lincoln Justine Allain Chapman, Archdeacon of Boston Mark Steadman, Archdeacon of Stow and Lindsey Gavin Kirk, Archdeacon of Lincoln
Selected deaneries	Deanery of Christianity Deanery of Lafford
Historic offices	Bishop of Nottingham (1870–1893) Archdeacon of Huntingdon (c. 1075–1837; moved to Ely) Archdeacon of Northampton (1092–1541; became Peterborough) Archdeacon of Oxford (c. 1092–1541; became Oxford) Archdeacon of Bedford (1092–1837; moved to Oxford) Archdeacon of Buckingham (1092–1837; moved to Oxford) Archdeacon of Leicester (1092–1837; moved to Peterborough) Archdeacon of Nottingham (1837–1884; moved to Southwell) Archdeacon of Lindsey (1933–1994; merged back to Stow)