Archdeacon of Wilts

High Medieval[]

Some archdeacons without territorial titles are recorded from around the time of the Norman Conquest; see Archdeacon of Salisbury.

• bef. 1139–1139: (probably the later )
• bef. 1139–aft. 1157:
• bef. 1161–1164: Reginald Fitz Jocelin
• bef. 1173–aft. 1173:
• bef. 1179–aft. 1189:
• 1193: or (became Archdeacon of Salisbury)
• 1193–1198 (res.): William of Sainte-Mère-Église (became Bishop of London)
• bef. 1199–aft. 1222:
• bef. 1223–aft. 1223:
• bef. 1226–aft. 1246:
• bef. 1246–1247 (d.):
• 1247–aft. 1257:
• bef. 1258–aft. 1271:
• bef. 1275–aft. 1279: Henry Brandeston (became Archdeacon of Dorset)
• bef. 1283–bef. 1284:
• bef. 1284–aft. 1287:
• aft. 1288–aft. 1296:
• bef. 1299–1303 (d.):

Late Medieval[]

• ?–1304 (deprived):
• 25 January 1304–bef. 1320 (d.):
• bef. 1321–bef. 1326 (d.):
• 12 March–March 1326 (res.):
• March 1326 (res.): senior
• 27 March 1326 – 1331 (res.): (became Archdeacon of Berkshire)
• 8 August 1331–aft. 1333:
• 10 January 1333 – 30 June 1343 (exch.):
• 30 June 1343–bef. 1361 (d.):
• 26–27 December 1361 (exch.):
• 27 December 1361–aft. 1379: or
• 1388–bef. 1407 (d.):
• 17 March–21 April 1407 (exch.):
• 21 April 1407–March 1419: (became Archdeacon of Salisbury)
• 1419–bef. 1423 (d.):
• 13 October 1423 – 1449 (res.):
• 14 August 1449 – 1452 (res.): John Chadworth (became Bishop of Lincoln)
• 8 November 1452–aft. 1454:
• 27 March 1457–bef. 1464 (res.):
• 10 October 1464 – 1478 (res.): Peter Courtenay (became Bishop of Exeter)
• 1 February 1479–aft. 1485: (in commendam as Bishop of St Davids from 1485)
• bef. 1488–bef. 1522 (d.): Christopher Urswick, Dean of York until 1494, Dean of Windsor (1496–1505) and Rector of Hackney from 1502 (also Archdeacon of Richmond (1494–1500), Archdeacon of Norfolk (1500–1522) and Archdeacon of Oxford (from 1504))
• 12 May 1522–bef. 1539 (d.):
• 15 January 1539–bef. 1554 (deprived): John Pollard (deprived) (also Archdeacon of Cornwall from 1543, Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1544)

Early modern[]

• 1554–bef. 1564 (deprived): John Lawrence (deprived)
• 1564–aft. 1577: Giles Lawrence
• 1577–10 March 1590 (d.):
• 1590–7 February 1610 (d.): Edmund Lilly, Master of Balliol
• 7 March 1610–bef. 1614 (d.): Walter Benet
• 15 November 1614–bef. 1646 (d.): Thomas Leche
• 1646–1663: vacant (Commonwealth)
• 6 July 1660 – 19 July 1663 (d.): William Creed, Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford
• 1 August 1663 – 15 December 1674 (d.): Thomas Henchman
• 4 February 1675 – 1681 (res.): Seth Ward
• 15 November 1681 – 1687 (res.): Robert Woodward (later Dean of Salisbury)
• 19 January 1687 – 20 March 1696 (d.): Thomas Ward
• 9 April 1696 – 12 April 1720 (d.): Cornelius Yate
• 26 April 1720 – 1735 (res.): Thomas Rundle (became Bishop of Derry)
• 18 July 1735 – 2 January 1763 (d.): Henry Stebbing
• 20 January 1763–bef. 1768 (res.): Charles Weston
• 22 September 1768–bef. 1779 (d.): Richard Brickenden
• 5 March 1779–February 1799 (d.): Arthur Coham
• 9 March 1799 – 5 May 1804 (res.): William Douglas
• 9 May 1804 – 8 June 1828 (d.): William Coxe
• 14 June 1828 – 24 June 1862 (d.): William Macdonald

Late modern[]

• 1862–1863: Henry Drury
• 1863–1868: Charles Harris (became Bishop of Gibraltar)^[6]
• 1868–1874: Thomas Stanton^[7]
• 1874–1911 (ret.): Thomas Buchanan, Vicar of Potterne until 1891, then Rector of Poulshot, until 1905^[8]
• 1911–1912 (res.): Frederic Wallis (previously Bishop of Wellington; later Archdeacon of Sherborne)^[9]
• 1912–1927 (res.): Eric Bodington (became Archdeacon of Dorset)^[10]
• 1927–1951 (ret.): Joseph Coulter, Vicar of Calne (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[11]
• 1951–1974 (ret.): Cecil Plaxton, Rector of Pewsey until 1965 (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[12]
• 1974–1980 (res.): John Neale, Bishop suffragan of Ramsbury^[13]
• 1980–1998 (ret.): John Smith, Vicar of Bishops Cannings, All Cannings and Etchilhampton until 1983; Team Vicar, Redhorn from 1990 (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[14]
• 1998–2004 (ret.): Barney Hopkinson (previously Archdeacon of Sarum)^[15]
• 2004–2012 (res.): John Wraw (became area Bishop of Bradwell)^[16]
• 2012–2013: Alan Jeans, Archdeacon of Sarum (Acting)
• 28 January 2013–September 2015: Ruth Worsley^[17]
• 22 February 2016–present: Sue Groom^[3]