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.
Archdeacons of Buckingham | |||
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From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
bef May 1092 | c. 1100 | Alfred Parvus | |
c. 1100 | 1119 | Gilbert | Gislebert. |
1119 | October 1129 | Roger de Clinton | |
c. 1130 | aft 1140 | Richard de Urville | |
bef 1142 | 1176–September 1177 | David | Brother to Alexander of Lincoln. |
c. 1180 | aft 25 August 1189 | Robert de Burnham | |
c. 1194 | aft September 1202 | Stephen de Swafeld | |
aft September 1202 | bef 1206 | Roger | |
bef 10 May 1206 | 25 August 1218 | William de Blois | |
bef 11 April 1219 | bef 25 December 1221 | William | |
bef 25 December 1221 | 6 September 1269 | Matthew Stratton | |
6 September 1269 | bef 22 April 1290 | Percival de Lavinia | |
11 July 1290 | bef 10 March 1299 | Richard de St Frideswide | |
11 March 1299 | 28 April or June 1319 | Boniface of Saluzzo | Became Precentor of Salisbury. |
28 April or June 1319 | 28 June 1322 | George of Saluzzo | Previously Precentor of Salisbury. |
28 June 1322 | 30 October 1322 | Roger Waltham | |
30 October 1322 | July 1333 | George of Saluzzo | |
7 July 1333 | July or August 1350 | Cardinal Annibale di Ceccano | |
12 January 1351 | 12 March 1351 | John Belveys | John Bulneys. |
12 March 1351 | 22 April 1352 | John Herring de Ashbourn | John Hervey of Asbourne. |
22 April 1352 | 11 December 1367 | William de Ginewell | William Gynewell. |
1 August 1367 | 1367 | John Skyret | Died before fully taking office. |
1367 | 6 December 1367 | Henry Piel | Deposed in favour of Ginewell before taking office. |
6 December 1367 | 30 November 1380 | William de Ginewell (again) | William Gynewell. |
30 November 1380 | 1 July 1392 | John Evot | |
28 February 1390 | 25 September 1391 | John Stacy | Ineffective royal grant. |
25 September 1391 | 1 July 1392 | William Aston | Ineffective royal grant. |
1 July 1392 | 1399 | Ralph Selby | |
1399 | 26 November 1399 | Walter Cook | |
10 March 1402 | c. 1403 | Thomas Tuttebury | Thomas Tutbury. Also Dean of Wells 1401-1410. |
26 February 1403 | bef 1 October 1424 | William Milton | |
late 1404 | Nicholas Ryshton | Failed seizure of office. | |
1 October 1424 | 1443 | Thomas Beckington | |
c. 1443 | bef 2 April 1474 | Richard Andrews | |
2 April 1474 | 6 November 1495 | John Bouchier | |
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 | Richard Porter | 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 | Joseph Crowther | 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] |
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