Archdeacon of Coventry

The Archdeacon of Coventry is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Coventry. The post has been called the Archdeacon Pastor since 2012.

History

The post was historically within the Diocese of Lichfield (formerly "Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield" until 1539, and later "Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry" until 1837) beginning in the 12th century – around the time when archdeacon first started to occur in England. From 24 January 1837, the archdeaconry was in the Diocese of Worcester,^[1] and since 6 September 1918 it has been in the Diocese of Coventry.^[2] From 2009, the archdeacon of Coventry also had statutory oversight over the Archdeaconry of Warwick, delegated from the Archdeacon Missioner, in preparation for the merging of the two archdeaconries.^[3] This arrangement may or may not still be legally in effect following the end of use of the terms "of Warwick/of Coventry"^[4] (Rodham and Green remained, legally, collated to the Archdeaconries of Warwick and of Coventry).^[5]

List of archdeacons

High Medieval

aft. 1135–1161 (res.): Richard Peche
aft. 1161–bef. 1175: Edmund
bef. 1176–aft. 1184: Nicholas
bef. 1184–aft. 1189: Richard Brito (I)
bef. 1210–aft. 1210: Richard de Leghes
c. 1224: Robert de Bosco
c. 1229: Richard of Gloucester
bef. c. 1231–aft. 1245: Alexander of Hales
bef. 1240–aft. 1242: Adam de Hoo
bef. 1245–aft. 1245: Lawrence of St Martin
bef. 1248–1255 (res.): William of Kilkenny
bef. 1272–bef. 1286: John Kirkby
c. 1284: Richard Brito (II)
bef. c. 1293–aft. 1297: Robert Stafford
14 November 1299–?: Peter de Insula

Late Medieval

?–bef. 1302 (d.): Gregory Giudice de Alatri
1302–29 August 1320 (exch.): Richard (son of Anibaldus Riccardi de Urbe)
29 August 1320 – 27 August 1335 (d.): John Cardinal Gaetani de Urbe (Cardinal-deacon of St Theodore)
27 August 1335 – 11 April 1340: Vacant (due to an ongoing dispute between the king and the pope)
11 April 1340–bef. 1349: Humphrey de Hastanges
11 July 1349–aft. 1352 (deprived): Hugh de Marisco (not consistently in post)
3 September 1349–bef. 1351 (d.): William de Sallowe
12 February 1352–bef. 1354 (d.): William Cross
30 July 1354 – 1355 (deprived): Richard Boule
25 January 1355 – 20 September 1358 (exch.): William de Driffield
20 September 1358–bef. 1361 (d.): John de Pipe
14 August 1361–bef. 1369 (res.): Richard de Birmingham
22 November–24 December 1369 (exch.): William Lombe
24 December 1369–bef. 1408 (d.): Robert de Stretton
20 June 1408 – 18 June 1422 (res.): Robert de Oxton
18 June 1422 – 1433 (res.): John Heyworth
22 May 1433–bef. 1442 (res.): Robert Esple
29 June 1442–bef. 1488 (d.): Roger Wall
1 December 1488 – 30 January 1505 (d.): Thomas Mills
aft. 1505–bef. 1509: George Strangways
aft. 1509–1512 (res.): Ralph Colyngwood (afterwards Dean of Lichfield)
2 October 1512–bef. 1558 (d.): John Blythe

Early modern

c. 1558–c. 1559 (deprived): Henry Comberford (disputed)
1560–July 1577 (d.): Thomas Lever
August 1577 – 1584 (res.): William James
14 November 1584 – 1631 (d.): William Hinton
13 May–16 September 1631 (d.): Samuel Brooke
29 September 1631 – 1642 (res.): Ralph Brownrigg
1643–bef. 1661 (d.): Francis Walsall (disputed)
1661–3 March 1673 (d.): John Riland
10 March 1673–bef. 1684 (d.): George Downing
1684–20 April 1703 (d.): Lancelot Addison (also Dean of Lichfield since 1683)
26 July 1703–bef. 1708 (d.): Richard Davies
9 August 1708–bef. 1741 (d.): William Wilson
9 June 1741 – 2 July 1778 (d.): Thomas Smallbrook
22 July 1778 – 4 April 1793 (d.): Norman Fotheringham
16 May 1793 – 20 February 1816 (d.): William Vyse
14 March 1816 – 28 September 1827 (d.): Charles Buckeridge
19 October 1827–bef. 1851 (res.): William Spooner

The archdeaconry was in Worcester diocese from 24 January 1837.

31 March 1851 – 22 March 1873 (d.): John Sandford

Late modern

1873–1887 (ret.): Charles Holbech^[6]
1887–1908 (ret.): William Bree^[7]
1908–9 November 1922 (d.): George Arbuthnot^[8]

On 6 September 1918, the archdeaconry was moved to the new Diocese of Coventry.

1923–1927 (res.): Claude Blagden^[9]
1927–1935 (res.): Joseph Hunkin^[10]
1935–1940 (res.): Richard Brook^[11]
1941–1946 (res.): Richard Howard (also Provost of Coventry, 1933–1958)^[12]
1946–1965 (ret.): Leonard Stanford (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[13]
1965–1977 (ret.): Eric Buchan (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[14]
1977–1983 (res.): Peter Bridges^[15]
1983–1989 (res.): Alan Morgan^[16]
1989–2000 (ret.): Ian Russell^[17]^[18]
2001–2007 (res.): Mark Bryant^[19]
2008–2012 (ret,): Ian Watson (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[20]
December 2012 – 31 August 2017: John Green (Acting, April–December 2012;^[21] called Archdeacon Pastor)^[4]
July 2017 – 18 March 2018: Clive Hogger (Acting;^[22] assistant archdeacon since March 2018)^[23]
18 March 2018 – January 2023 (res.): Sue Field (called Archdeacon Pastor)^[23] was required to resign in January 2023 following disciplinary proceedings.^[24]

References

^ "No. 19460". The London Gazette. 24 January 1837. pp. 167–170.
^ "No. 30887". The London Gazette. 6 September 1918. p. 10533.
^ "Background Notes to the Appointment of an Archdeacon Missioner" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b Coventry Diocese – A New Archdeacon
^ National Archdeacons' Forum — Archdeacons’ News — #26, July 2017 (Accessed 9 September 2017)
^ "Holbech, Charles William". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Bree, William". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Arbuthnot, George". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Blagden, Claude Martin". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Hunkin, Joseph Wellington". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Brook, Richard". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Howard, Richard Thomas". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Stanford, Leonard John". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "The Venerable Eric Buchan". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
^ "Bridges, Peter Sydney Geoffrey". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Morgan, Alan Wyndham". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Russell, I. (2000) The Churchwarden's Handbook. Stowmarket: Kevin Mayhew
^ "Russell, (Harold) Ian (Lyle)". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Bryant, Mark Watts". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Watson, Ian Leslie Stewart". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Coventry Diocese – Acting Archdeacon of Coventry Archived 2014-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ Diocese of Coventry — Appointment of Acting Archdeacon (Accessed 9 September 2017)
^ ^a ^b Diocese of Coventry — Hundreds welcome our new Archdeacon Pastor (Accessed 25 March 2018)
^ "CDM Penalties imposed (under sections: 16 | 30 | 31 )". Church of England. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.

Sources

Le Neve, John; Hardy, Sir Thomas Duffus (1854). Archdeacons of Coventry (Chapter). Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae. Vol. 1 (1854 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 568 – via Wikisource.
Jones, B. (1964), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, vol. 10, pp. 14–16
Horn, Joyce M. (2003), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 10, pp. 8–9
Horn, Joyce M. (1992), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 7, p. 114

[1] "No. 19460". The London Gazette. 24 January 1837. pp. 167–170.

[2] "No. 30887". The London Gazette. 6 September 1918. p. 10533.

[3] "Background Notes to the Appointment of an Archdeacon Missioner" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2011.

[pastor-4] Coventry Diocese – A New Archdeacon

[adf-5] National Archdeacons' Forum — Archdeacons’ News — #26, July 2017 (Accessed 9 September 2017)

[6] "Holbech, Charles William". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[7] "Bree, William". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[8] "Arbuthnot, George". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[9] "Blagden, Claude Martin". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[10] "Hunkin, Joseph Wellington". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[11] "Brook, Richard". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[12] "Howard, Richard Thomas". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[13] "Stanford, Leonard John". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[14] "The Venerable Eric Buchan". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 April 2012.

[15] "Bridges, Peter Sydney Geoffrey". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[16] "Morgan, Alan Wyndham". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[17] Russell, I. (2000) The Churchwarden's Handbook. Stowmarket: Kevin Mayhew

[18] "Russell, (Harold) Ian (Lyle)". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[19] "Bryant, Mark Watts". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[20] "Watson, Ian Leslie Stewart". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[21] Coventry Diocese – Acting Archdeacon of Coventry Archived 2014-05-02 at the Wayback Machine

[22] Diocese of Coventry — Appointment of Acting Archdeacon (Accessed 9 September 2017)

[sfcoll-23] Diocese of Coventry — Hundreds welcome our new Archdeacon Pastor (Accessed 25 March 2018)

[cdm-24] "CDM Penalties imposed (under sections: 16 | 30 | 31 )". Church of England. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.

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v t Archdeacons of Coventry and Archdeacons Pastor
High Medieval	Richard Peche Edmund Nicholas Richard Brito (I) Richard de Leghes Robert de Bosco Richard of Gloucester Alexander of Hales Adam de Hoo Lawrence of St Martin William of Kilkenny John Kirkby Richard Brito (II) Robert Stafford Peter de Insula
Late Medieval	Gregory Giudice de Alatri Richard Riccardi de Urbe John Cardinal Gaetani de Urbe Humphrey de Hastanges Hugh de Marisco William de Sallowe William Cross Richard Boule William de Driffield John de Pipe Richard de Birmingham William Lombe Robert de Stretton Robert de Oxton John Heyworth Robert Esple Roger Wall Thomas Mills
Early modern	George Strangeways Ralph Colyngwood John Blythe Henry Comberford Thomas Lever William James William Hinton Samuel Brooke Ralph Brownrigg Francis Walsall John Riland George Downing Lancelot Addison Richard Davies William Wilson Thomas Smallbrook Norman Fotheringham
Late modern	William Vyse Charles Buckeridge William Spooner John Sandford Charles Holbech William Bree George Arbuthnot Claude Blagden Joseph Hunkin Richard Brook Richard Howard Leonard Stanford Eric Buchan Peter Bridges Alan Morgan Ian Russell Mark Bryant Ian Watson John Green (Acting) John Green, "Archdeacon Pastor" Clive Hogger (Acting) Sue Field, "Archdeacon Pastor"

v t Diocese of Coventry
Coventry Cathedral Coventry Blitz Bishop's House, Coventry Cathedral and Diocesan Office, Coventry St Mary's Priory and Cathedral
Office holders	Bishop of Coventry (vacant) Bishop suffragan of Warwick (vacant) AEO: Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet John Witcombe, Dean of Coventry Barry Dugmore, Archdeacon Missioner (Archdeacon of Warwick) Archdeacon Pastor/Archdeacon of Coventry (vacant)
Historic offices	Provost of Coventry (1931–2000; see Dean of Coventry)

v t English Lord High Treasurers under the House of Plantagenet (1216–1399)
Henry III (1216–1272)	Eustace of Fauconberg (1217–1228) Walter Mauclerk (1228–1233) Peter de Rivaux (1233–1234) Hugh de Pateshull (1234–1240) William Haverhill (1240–1252) Philip Lovel (1252–1258) John Crakehall (1258–1260) John of Caux (1260–1263) Nicholas of Ely (May–July 1263) Henry, Prior of St. Radegund (July–November 1263) John Chishull (November 1263) Roger de la Leye (November 1263–1264) Henry, Prior of St. Radegund (1264–1265) Thomas Wymondham (1265–1270) John Chishull (1270–1271) Philip of Eye (1271–1272)
Edward I (1272–1307)	Philip of Eye (1272–1273) Sir Joseph of Chauncy (1273–1280) Richard of Ware (1280–1283) John Kirkby (1284–1290) William of March (1290–1295) John Droxford (August–September 1295) Walter Langton (1295–1307)
Edward II (1307–1327)	Walter Reynolds (1307–1310) John Sandale (1310–1311) Walter Norwich (1311–1312) Walter Langton (January–May 1312) Walter Norwich (May–October 1312) John Sandale (October 1312–1314) Walter Norwich (1314–1317) John Hotham (1317–June 1318) John Walwayn (June–November 1318) John Sandale (November 1318–1319) Walter Norwich (1319–1320) Walter de Stapledon (1320–1321) Walter Norwich (1321–1322) Walter de Stapledon (1322–1325) William Melton (1325–1326) John de Stratford (1326–January 1327)
Edward III (1327–1377)	Adam Orleton (January–March 1327) Henry Burghersh (1327–1328) Thomas Charlton (1328–1329) Robert Wodehouse (1329–1330) William Melton (1330–1331) William Ayermin (1331–1332) Robert Ayleston (1332–1334) Richard de Bury (March–August 1334) Henry Burghersh (August 1334–1337) William Zouche (1337–1338) Robert Wodehouse (March–December 1338) William Zouche (December 1338–May 1340) Sir Robert Sadington (May–June 1340) Roger Northburgh (June–December 1340) Sir Robert Parning (January–October 1341) William Cusance (October 1341–1344) William Edington (1344–1356) John Sheppey (1356–1360) Simon Langham (1360–1363) John Barnet (1363–1369) Thomas de Brantingham (1369–1371) 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton (1371–1375) Sir Robert de Ashton (1375–January 1377) Henry Wakefield (January–July 1377)
Richard II (1377–1399)	Thomas de Brantingham (July 1377–February 1381) Sir Robert Hales (February–June 1381) Sir Hugh Segrave (August 1381–January 1386) John Fordham (January–October 1386) John Gilbert (October 1386–May 1389) Thomas de Brantingham (May–August 1389) John Gilbert (August 1389–1391) John Waltham (1391–1395) Roger Walden (1395–January 1398) Guy Mone (January–September 1398) William Scrope, Earl of Wiltshire (September 1398–July 1399)