Archdeacon of Barnstaple explained
The Archdeaconry of Barnstaple or Barum is one of the oldest archdeaconries in England. It is an administrative division of the Diocese of Exeter in the Church of England.
History
The Diocese of Exeter was divided into four archdeaconries in Norman times, probably during the bishopric of Osbern FitzOsbern (1072–1103):[1]
In 1782, it was noted that the archdeaconry contained the deaneries of Barum (Barnstaple), Chumleigh, Hertland, Shirwell, South Molton and Torrington.[2]
The archdeaconry currently comprises the following deaneries:
List of archdeacons
High Medieval
William de Auco
possibly son of Richard Blund, Bishop of Exeter)
Late Medieval
Hugh de Monyton
Early modern
Late modern
Sources
- Le Neve. John. Hardy. Sir Thomas Duffus. John Le Neve. Thomas Duffus Hardy. Archdeacons of Barum or Barnstaple. Page:Fasti_ecclesiae_Anglicanae_Vol.1_body_of_work.djvu/447. Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae. 1. 1854. Oxford University Press. Oxford. 405–408. 447–450.
Notes and References
- Watkin, Hugh R., The History of Totnes Priory, Vol.2, Torquay, 1917, p.981
- Thesaurus ecclesiasticus provincialis; or, a survey of the diocese of Exeter: printed and sold by the editors, B. Thorn and Son. Sold also by Messrs. Rivington and Sons, and T. Evans, London; Fletcher, Oxford; and Merril, Cambridge, 1782
- Gardiner, Francis–Barnstaple: 1837–1897
- "Sanderson, Rt. Rev Wilfrid Guy", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007 accessed 27 November 2012
- Diocese of Exeter – New archdeacons for Totnes and Barnstaple announced & ad clerum (Accessed 2 January 2015)
- Web site: New Principal for South West Ministry Training Course. 22 April 2020.
- Web site: New Archdeacon of Barnstaple Says Amazing Things Can Happen in Small Parishes. 11 April 2021.