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
- bef. 1561–aft. 1569: James Bonde
- 28 November 1570 – 1584 : Tobias Matthew
- 1 April 1584 – 12 March 1614 : William Powell
- 18 April 1614 – 1 April 1638 : Timothy Revett
- 2 April 1638 – 1643 : William Piers
- 30 December 1643–bef. 1661: William Davis
- 6 June 1661 – 23 June 1690 : John Sellick
- 31 October 1690 – 11 December 1711 : William Clement
- 31 December 1711 – 1733 : William Hunt
- 5 September 1733 – 19 April 1743 : Lawson Huddleston
- 21 May 1743 – 1761 : Samuel Squire : Thomas Camplin
- 12 February 1768 – 25 July 1786 : John Chapman
- 26 September 1786 – 18 July 1798 : Edmund Lovell
- 28 July 1798 – 11 June 1815 : James Phillott
- 22 July 1815 – 1817 : George Trevelyan
- 26 April 1817 – 27 May 1820 : Josiah Thomas
- 17 June 1820–bef. 1839 : Charles Moysey
- 6 March 1839 – 19 August 1852 : William Brymer
- 17 September 1852 – 11 October 1860 : William Gunning
Late modern
- 1860–1895: Robert William Browne
- 1895–1909: Hilton Bothamley
- 1909–29 September 1924 : Lancelot Fish
- 1924–1938: Sydney Boyd
- 1938–1947: William Selwyn
- 1947–1962: Edwin Cook
- 1962–1971: Arthur Hopley
- 1971–1975: Tom Baker
- 1975–1995: John Burgess
- 1996–2004: Bob Evens
- May 200530 June 2017 : Andy Piggott
- 4 July5 November 2017: Chris Hare
- 5 November 2017June 2024 : Adrian Youings
- 1 September 2024present: Charlie Peer