Archdeacon of Bath


The Archdeacon of Bath is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells. The post, having oversight over the archdeaconry of Bath, has existed since the twelfth century. The archdeaconry includes five deaneries.

List of archdeacons

High Medieval

  • bef. 1100–aft. 1120: Gerbert
  • bef. July 1141–aft. 1154: Martin
  • aft. 1154–aft. 1165: Thomas
  • : Baldwin
  • –bef. 1176: John Comyn
  • bef. 1182–aft. 1206: Peter of Blois
  • –aft. 1212: John of Colchester
  • bef. 1214– : Hugh of Wells
  • –aft. 1236: Nicholas de Neville
  • bef. 1238–aft. 1246: Henry Tessun
  • bef. 1247–aft. 1248: Nicholas Tessun
  • bef. 1257–1257 : Robert de Chauncy
  • bef. 1259–1259 : John de Cheam
  • bef. 1264–aft. 1266: Walter de Merton ''
  • bef. 1277–aft. 1285: Ralph de Wicham/Wikham
  • bef. 1292–aft. 1294: Thomas of Axbridge
  • bef. 1295–bef. 1297: Iterius Bochard of Angoulême

Late Medieval

  • 8 February 1309 – 1333 : Henry of Sandwich
  • –29 September 1342 : Matthew de Valenciis
  • 29 September 1342 – 1353 : Walter de Hulle
  • 7 March 1353–aft. 1366: John Power
  • bef. 1380–1380: Hugh Herle
  • 1380–bef. 1386: Ranulf de Gorce de Monterac
  • 23 July 1386–bef. 1428 : Roger Harewell
  • 30 January 1428 – 10 December 1449 : Thomas Warde
  • 10 December 1449–bef. 1460 : William Sprever
  • 26 February–May 1460 : Hugh Sugar/Norris
  • 6 May 1460–bef. 1497 : Richard Lichefeld
  • 17 March 1497 – 1498 : William Cosyn
  • 31 March–July 1499 : Thomas Beaumont
  • 12 July 1499 – 1502 : John Pikman
  • 4 September 1502 – 1518 : Thomas Tomyow
  • bef. 1535–17 October 1535 : Robert Shorton
  • bef. 1536–November 1557 : Walter Cretyng

Early modern

Late modern