Archdeacon of Buckingham

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

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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
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
bef May 1092c.1100 Alfred Parvus
c.11001119 Gilbert Gislebert.
1119October 1129 Roger de Clinton
c.1130aft 1140 Richard de Urville
bef 11421176–September 1177 David Brother to Alexander of Lincoln.
c.1180aft 25 August 1189 Robert de Burnham
c.1194aft September 1202 Stephen de Swafeld
aft September 1202bef 1206 Roger
bef 10 May 120625 August 1218 William de Blois
bef 11 April 1219bef 25 December 1221 William
bef 25 December 12216 September 1269 Matthew Stratton
6 September 1269bef 22 April 1290 Percival de Lavinia
11 July 1290bef 10 March 1299 Richard de St Frideswide
11 March 129928 April or June 1319 Boniface of Saluzzo Became Precentor of Salisbury.
28 April or June 131928 June 1322 George of Saluzzo Previously Precentor of Salisbury.
28 June 132230 October 1322 Roger Waltham
30 October 1322July 1333 George of Saluzzo
7 July 1333July or August 1350Cardinal Annibale di Ceccano
12 January 135112 March 1351 John Belveys John Bulneys.
12 March 135122 April 1352 John Herring de Ashbourn John Hervey of Asbourne.
22 April 135211 December 1367 William de Ginewell William Gynewell.
1 August 13671367 John Skyret Died before fully taking office.
13676 December 1367 Henry Piel Deposed in favour of Ginewell before taking office.
6 December 136730 November 1380 William de Ginewell (again) William Gynewell.
30 November 13801 July 1392 John Evot
28 February 139025 September 1391 John Stacy Ineffective royal grant.
25 September 13911 July 1392 William Aston Ineffective royal grant.
1 July 13921399 Ralph Selby
139926 November 1399 Walter Cook
10 March 1402c.1403 Thomas Tuttebury Thomas Tutbury. Also Dean of Wells 1401-1410.
26 February 1403bef 1 October 1424 William Milton
late 1404 Nicholas Ryshton Failed seizure of office.
1 October 14241443 Thomas Beckington
c.1443bef 2 April 1474 Richard Andrews
2 April 14746 November 1495 John Bouchier
13 February 14961505 Robert Sherborne Also Archdeacon of Taunton; and Dean of St Paul's from 1499.
8 May 15051516 Charles Booth
24 December 1516bef 14 October 1534 John Taylor
14 October 1534bef 17 June 1544 Richard Layton
17 June 1544bef 29 April 1554 John Longland
29 April 15541559 Richard Porter Deprived 1559 [2]
1559bef 2 November 1589 John Longland (again)
2 November 158924 March 1614 Erasmus Webb
29 March 161421 June 1642 Robert Newell
1660 Joseph Crowther Ineffective contest.
19 July 166025 June 1671 Giles Thorne
6 July 16711 November 1684 John Hillersdon
4 November 16849 August 1722 John Gery
1 September 17221742 Nicholas Clagett Bishop of St David's from 1732; translated to Exeter.
10 August 17424 January 1753 The Hon William Carmichael Became Bishop of Clonfert.
13 January 17534 April 1766 John Taylor
26 April 17661769 John Gordon Became Archdeacon of Lincoln.
9 October 176920 July 1778 Pulter Forester
2 September 177823 June 1825 Luke Heslop
7 September 182518 March 1853 Justly Hill
On 19 July 1837, the archdeaconry was transferred from the Diocese of Lincoln to the Diocese of Oxford.
25 April 1853bef 5 June 1875 Edward Bickersteth afterwards Dean of Lichfield, 1875
June 18751880 Arthur Purey-Cust afterwards Dean of York, 1880
18801889 Leslie Randall afterwards Bishop of Reading, 1889
18951910 Cecil Bourke
19101921 Edward Shaw Also Bishop of Buckingham from 1914; became Assistant Bishop and Archdeacon of Oxford.
19211944 Philip Eliot As Bishop of Buckingham.
194419?? Robert Hay As Bishop of Buckingham.
19??1960 Gordon Savage afterwards Bishop of Buckingham, 1960
19601970 John Pratt afterwards Provost of Southwell Minster, 1970
197019?? Derek Eastman
19??1989 John Bone afterwards Bishop of Reading, 1989
19891998 John Morrison afterwards Archdeacon of Oxford, 1998
19982002 David Goldie
2002January 2007 Sheila Watson afterwards Archdeacon of Canterbury, 2007
6 October 200719 January 2016 Karen Gorham [3] afterwards Bishop of Sherborne
18 July 2016present Guy Elsmore [4] [5]

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References

  1. "No. 19533". The London Gazette . 18 August 1837. pp. 2176–2180.
  2. "Archdeacons Deprived Under Queen Elizabeth" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  3. "Review of 2007: Appointments". Church Times. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  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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