High Medieval [ ]
Archdeacons without territorial titles:
bef. 1086–aft. 1088: , Archdeacon of Exon
bef. 1106–aft. 1106: [N 1]
bef. 1106–aft. 1106: [N 1]
bef. 1120–aft. 1136: [N 2]
bef. 1122–bef. 1136: ()[N 3]
Archdeacons of Wells:
Late Medieval [ ]
Early modern [ ]
Archdeaconry resigned to the crown and abolished, 1547.
bef. 1547–aft. 1554: Vergil still called Archdeacon of Wells
bef. 1554–?: Cotterell already called Archdeacon of Wells
Archdeaconry re-erected, 1556.
bef. 1559–1572 (d.): John Cotterell
bef. 1572–bef. 1582 (d.): John Rugge
March 1582–?: Bartholomew Clerke (a layman)
4 February 1589–aft. 1605: John Langworth
1611–aft. 1645:
1645–bef. 1649: William Watts (never took possession)
1660–27 April 1680 (d.):
28 April 1680 – 1683 (d.):
10 November 1683 – 8 October 1705 (d.): Edwin Sandys
11 October 1705 – 7 March 1716 (d.): Samuel Hill
4 May 1716 – 24 November 1726 (d.): Henry Layng
7 December 1726 – 1 October 1739 (d.): Edmund Archer (previously Archdeacon of Taunton )
26 November 1739 – 14 November 1742 (d.):
24 November 1742 – 20 April 1749 (d.):
19 August 1749 – 7 November 1757 (d.):
26 April 1758 – 26 February 1760 (d.): (previously Archdeacon of Taunton)
9 August 1760 – 1 October 1767 (d.): (previously Archdeacon of Taunton)
20 October 1767 – 12 May 1815 (d.): (previously Archdeacon of Taunton)
7 July 1815 – 5 April 1826 (d.):
4 October 1826 – 1862 (res.): Henry Law (became Dean of Gloucester )
Late modern [ ]
Notes [ ]
^ a b Walkerius and Robert both occur with Gerbert Archdeacon of Bath, so they were each probably either Archdeacon of Wells or of Taunton.
^ Arald occurs with Gerbert Archdeacon of Bath, so he was probably either Archdeacon of Wells or of Taunton.
^ John occurs with Arald, so he was either Archdeacon of Bath, or of either Taunton or Wells (whichever Arald wasn't).
References [ ]
^ "Church news: preferments and appointments" . Church Times . No. 9. 4 April 1863. p. 69. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 13 April 2015 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ "in memoriam " . Church Times . No. 1823. 31 December 1897. p. 775. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 13 April 2015 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ "Church news: preferments and appointments" . Church Times . No. 1824. 7 January 1898. p. 10. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 13 April 2015 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ "Church news: preferments and appointments" . Church Times . No. 1834. 18 March 1898. p. 298. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 13 April 2015 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ "Salmon, Edwin Arthur" . Who's Who . ukwhoswho.com . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Brymer, Frederick Augustus" . Who's Who . ukwhoswho.com . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Farrer, Walter" . Who's Who . ukwhoswho.com . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Hollis, George Arthur" . Who's Who . ukwhoswho.com . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Higgins, Walter Norman" . Who's Who . ukwhoswho.com . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Salmon, Harold Bryant" . Who's Who . ukwhoswho.com . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Lance, John Du Boulay" . Who's Who . ukwhoswho.com . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Haynes, Peter" . Who's Who . ukwhoswho.com . Vol. 2014 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Thomas, Charles Edward" . Who's Who . ukwhoswho.com . Vol. 2014 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Acworth, Richard Foote" . Who's Who . ukwhoswho.com . Vol. 2014 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Maurice, Peter David" . Who's Who . ukwhoswho.com . Vol. 2014 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Sullivan, Nicola Ann" . Who's Who . ukwhoswho.com . Vol. 2014 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Diocese of Bath & Wells — Appointment: Kevin Roberts (Accessed 7 October 2016)
^ Diocese of Bath and Wells — Bishop announces next Archdeacon of Wells (Accessed 13 January 2017)
Sources [ ]
Greenway, Diana E. (2001), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300 , vol. 7, pp. 25–26
Greenway, Diana E. (2001), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300 , vol. 7, pp. 31–35
Jones, B. (1964), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541 , vol. 8, pp. 12–14
Horn, Joyce M.; Bailey, Derrick Sherwin (1979), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 , vol. 5, pp. 9–11
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