Archdeacon of Hastings

The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for nearly a hundred miles (160 km) along the south coast of England.^[1]

History

The two original archdeaconries of Chichester diocese, Chichester and Lewes, were created in the 12th century – at around the time when archdeacons were first appointed across England. The third archdeaconry, Hastings, was created (from that of Lewes) on 28 June 1912.^[2]^[3] The archdeaconries were then reorganised under Eric Kemp (Bishop of Chichester)^[4] on 28 June 1975:^[5] the Hastings archdeaconry was dissolved and her territory returned to Lewes archdeaconry, which was renamed "Lewes & Hastings"; and a new archdeaconry of Horsham was created.^[1]^[4]

On 12 May 2014, it was announced that the diocese is to take forward proposals to create a fourth archdeaconry (presently referred to as Brighton.)^[6] Since Lewes itself would be within the new archdeaconry, Lewes & Hastings archdeaconry would become simply Hastings archdeaconry.^[7] On 8 August 2014, the Church Times reported that the archdeaconry had been renamed.^[8]

List of archdeacons

Some archdeacons without territorial titles are recorded from the early 12th century; see Archdeacon of Chichester.

High Medieval

bef. 1164–?: Jordan de Melburne^[a]
bef. 1174–aft. 1199: Joceline^[b]
bef. 1207–aft. 1229 (res.): Eustachius de Leveland
aft. 1229–aft. 1239: Reginald de Wintonia
1240–1241: William de Lughteburg
5 March 1244 – 6 June 1252 (d.): Robert Passelewe
bef. 1253–aft. 1271: Simon de Clympingham
bef. 1279–aft. 1272: Henry
bef. 1279–aft. 1283 (res.): Godfrey de Peckham
bef. 1284–bef. 1301: Thomas de Berghstede

Late Medieval

bef. 1301–bef. 1305: Thomas Cobham
?–bef. 1305 (res.): John de Godele
16 April 1305–aft. 1305: Hamelin de Godele
bef. 1311–aft. 1313: John Geytentun
bef. 1316–aft. 1316: William de Estdene
bef. 1323–aft. 1323: Thomas de Codelowe
1339–bef. 1352 (d.): Walter de Lyndrich
1352–1358 (res.): William de Loughteburgh
bef. 1366–aft. 1391: John Courdray
Walter Forey (ineffective exchange, 8 May 1389)
Richard Stone
?–15 July 1395 (exch.): John Wendover
15 July 1395–aft. 1415: John Brampton
bef. 1419–aft. 1442: Lewis Coychurch
bef. 1450–aft. 1469: Thomas Hanwell
1474–?: William Skylton
?–2 March 1475 (exch.): John Dogett
2 March 1475 – 1483 (d.): John Plemth
1483–1486: Simon Climping
bef. 1484–bef. 1486 (res.): Thomas Oatley
31 May 1486–bef. 1489: Richard Hill
bef. 1489–1509 (res.): Edward Vaughan
22 March 1510–bef. 1512 (res.): William Atwater
17 December 1512 – 2 June 1516 (res.): William Cradock
30 September 1516 – 12 March 1520 (res.): Oliver Pole
12 March 1520–bef. 1527 (res.): Anthony Wayte
20 May 1528–bef. 1542 (d.): Edward More

Early modern

14 February 1542 – 1551 (d.): John Sherry
22 August 1551–bef. 1558 (d.): Richard Brisley
6 April 1558–bef. 1559 (deprived): Robert Taylor (deprived)^[9]
11 January 1560 – 1570 (d.): Edmund Weston
4 March 1570–bef. 1578 (d.): Thomas Drant
17 April 1578–bef. 1578 (deprived): William Coell
15 October 1578 – 1598 (res.): William Cotton
9 December 1598–bef. 1612 (d.): John Mattock
30 December 1612 – 12 August 1628 (d.): Richard Buckenham

14 March 1629 – 21 February 1644: William Hutchinson
?–bef. 1660 (res.): Thomas Hook
19 September 1660 – 4 March 1667 (d.): Philip King
27 March 1667–bef. 1670 (d.): Nathaniel Hardy
9 June 1670–bef. 1681 (d.): Toby Henshaw
8 December 1681–bef. 1693 (d.): Joseph Sayer
20 October 1693 – 18 August 1723 (d.): Richard Bowchier
24 September 1723 – 15 November 1736 (d.): James Williamson
25 March 1737 – 28 April 1751 (d.): Edmund Bateman
5 June 1751 – 27 January 1770 (d.): Thomas D'Oyly
31 May 1770 – 25 February 1806 (d.): John Courtail
29 April 1806–bef. 1815 (res.): Matthias D'Oyly
25 February 1815–bef. 1823 (res.): Edward Raynes
8 May 1823 – 25 February 1840 (d.): Thomas Birch
10 April 1840 – 23 January 1855 (d.): Julius Hare
6 March 1855 – 25 June 1876 (d.): William Otter

Late modern

1876–1 June 1888 (d.): John Hannah^[10]
1888–1908 (ret.): Robert Sutton
1908–1912 (res.): Theodore Churton (became Archdeacon of Hastings)

Lewes archdeaconry was split on 28 June 1912 to create Hastings archdeaconry.

1912–1923 (res.): Henry Southwell (also Bishop suffragan of Lewes from 1920)
1923–1929 (res.): Hugh Hordern
1929–1946 (ret.): Francis Smythe
1946–1959 (res.): Lloyd Morrell
1959–1971 (res.): Peter Booth
1972–1975: Max Godden (became Archdeacon of Lewes & Hastings)

On 28 June 1975, the Archdeaconry of Lewes was renamed Lewes & Hastings.

Archdeacons of Hastings (1912–1975)

1912–1 June 1915 (d.): Theodore Churton (previously Archdeacon of Lewes)
1915–1920 (res.): Benedict Hoskyns
1920–22 May 1922 (d.): Arthur Upcott
1922–16 October 1928 (d.): Thomas Cook (also Bishop suffragan of Lewes from 1926)
1928–1938 (res.): Arthur Alston
1938–1956: Ernest Reid
1956–1975 (ret.): Guy Mayfield

Hastings archdeaconry was dissolved and merged back into the Archdeaconry of Lewes/Lewes & Hastings on 28 June 1975.

Archdeacons of Lewes and Hastings (1975-2014)

1975–1988 (ret.): Max Godden (previously Archdeacon of Lewes)
1989–1991 (ret.): Christopher Luxmoore
1991–1997 (ret.): Hugh Glaisyer (archdeacon emeritus since 2007)
1997–2004 (res.): Nicholas Reade
2005–2014: Philip Jones (became Archdeacon of Hastings)

Archdeacons of Hastings (since 2014)

2014–31 January 2016 (ret.):^[11]^[12] Philip Jones (previously Archdeacon of Lewes & Hastings; became archdeacon emeritus)^[13]^[c]
5 January–29 March 2015: Stan Tomalin (acting)^[14]^[c]
31 January–18 September 2016: Edward Bryant & Nick Cornell (acting)^[15]
18 September 2016 – 14 September 2024: Edward Dowler^[16] (became Dean of Chichester)^[17]

Notes

^ Jordan is not recorded with the title of "Archdeacon of Lewes", but occurs as an archdeacon alongside Henry, Archdeacon of Chichester.
^ Joceline is not recorded with the title of "Archdeacon of Lewes", but occurs as an archdeacon alongside Matthew of Chichester and Silvester, Archdeacons of Chichester.
^ ^a ^b Philp Jones was on sabbatical between 5 January and 29 March 2015.^[14]

References

^ ^a ^b "Chichester Diocese Website". Diocese of Chichester. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
^ "No. 28622". The London Gazette. 28 June 1912. pp. 4651–4652.
^ "West Sussex Records Office: Diocese of Chichester: Episcopal Records". National Archives. Retrieved 4 November 2010./VII.
^ ^a ^b Kemp, Eric (2006). Shy but not Retiring: the memoirs of Eric Kemp. Jeremy Haselock. London: Continuum. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-8264-8073-6.
^ "No. 46633". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 July 1975. p. 9015.
^ Diocese of Chichester – Announcement of a Fourth Archdeaconry for the Diocese of Chichester Archived 2014-05-14 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 14 May 2014)
^ Diocese of Chichester – Suffragan Bishop of Lewes: Statement of Needs Archived 2014-05-14 at the Wayback Machine p. 7 (Accessed 14 May 2014)
^ "Appointments". Church Times. No. 7899. 8 August 2014. p. 24. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
^ "ARCHDEACONS DEPRIVED UNDER QUEEN ELIZABETH" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2012.
^ M. C. Curthoys (2004). "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". OUP. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
^ "Appointments". Church Times. No. 7964. 6 November 2015. p. 34. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
^ Diocese of Chichester — Farewell Service for the Archdeacon of Hastings (Accessed 31 January 2016)
^ Diocese of Chichester — Diocese of Chichester marks ministry of Archdeacon Philip (Accessed 13 February 2016)
^ ^a ^b Diocese of Chichester – Archdeacons (Accessed 5 February 2015)
^ St Swithuns East Grinstead — News from the Diocese (Accessed 31 January 2016)
^ Diocese of Chichester — New Archdeacon of Hastings announced Archived 2016-06-23 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 30 June 2016)
^ "Edward Dowler installed as Dean of Chichester". Chicester Cathedral. 14 September 2024. Archived from the original on 28 September 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.

Sources

Greenway, Diana E. (1996), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, vol. 5, pp. 23–25
For 1180–1486 archdeacons: Hennessy, George (1900). Chichester Diocese Clergy Lists: Clergy Succession from the earliest time to the year 1900. London: St Peters Press.
Horn, Joyce M. (1964), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, vol. 7, pp. 13–14
Horn, Joyce M. (1971), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 2, pp. 17–19

[9] Jordan is not recorded with the title of "Archdeacon of Lewes", but occurs as an archdeacon alongside Henry, Archdeacon of Chichester.

[10] Joceline is not recorded with the title of "Archdeacon of Lewes", but occurs as an archdeacon alongside Matthew of Chichester and Silvester, Archdeacons of Chichester.

[sabb-17] Philp Jones was on sabbatical between 5 January and 29 March 2015.^[14]

[diochi-1] "Chichester Diocese Website". Diocese of Chichester. Retrieved 26 May 2013.

[2] "No. 28622". The London Gazette. 28 June 1912. pp. 4651–4652.

[3] "West Sussex Records Office: Diocese of Chichester: Episcopal Records". National Archives. Retrieved 4 November 2010./VII.

[kemp186-4] Kemp, Eric (2006). Shy but not Retiring: the memoirs of Eric Kemp. Jeremy Haselock. London: Continuum. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-8264-8073-6.

[5] "No. 46633". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 July 1975. p. 9015.

[6] Diocese of Chichester – Announcement of a Fourth Archdeaconry for the Diocese of Chichester Archived 2014-05-14 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 14 May 2014)

[7] Diocese of Chichester – Suffragan Bishop of Lewes: Statement of Needs Archived 2014-05-14 at the Wayback Machine p. 7 (Accessed 14 May 2014)

[ct7899-8] "Appointments". Church Times. No. 7899. 8 August 2014. p. 24. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

[11] "ARCHDEACONS DEPRIVED UNDER QUEEN ELIZABETH" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2012.

[12] M. C. Curthoys (2004). "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". OUP. Retrieved 27 May 2013.

[ct7964-13] "Appointments". Church Times. No. 7964. 6 November 2015. p. 34. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 6 November 2015.

[14] Diocese of Chichester — Farewell Service for the Archdeacon of Hastings (Accessed 31 January 2016)

[15] Diocese of Chichester — Diocese of Chichester marks ministry of Archdeacon Philip (Accessed 13 February 2016)

[chi1-16] Diocese of Chichester – Archdeacons (Accessed 5 February 2015)

[18] St Swithuns East Grinstead — News from the Diocese (Accessed 31 January 2016)

[dowl-19] Diocese of Chichester — New Archdeacon of Hastings announced Archived 2016-06-23 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 30 June 2016)

[20] "Edward Dowler installed as Dean of Chichester". Chicester Cathedral. 14 September 2024. Archived from the original on 28 September 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.

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v t e Archdeacons of Lewes, of Hastings and of Lewes & Hastings
High Medieval	Jordan de Melburne Joceline Eustachius de Leveland Reginald de Wintonia William de Lughteburg Robert Passelewe Simon de Clympingham Henry Godfrey de Peckham Thomas de Berghstede
Late Medieval	Thomas Cobham John de Godele Hamelin de Godele John Geytentun Thomas de Codelowe Walter de Lyndrich William de Loughteburgh John Courdray Walter Forey Richard Stone John Wendover John Brampton Lewis Coychurch Thomas Hanwell William Skylton John Dogett John Plemth Simon Climping Thomas Oatley Richard Hill Edward Vaughan William Atwater William Cradock Oliver Pole Anthony Wayte Edward More
Early modern	John Sherry Richard Brisley Robert Taylor Edmund Weston Thomas Drant William Coell William Cotton John Mattock Richard Buckenham William Hutchinson Thomas Hook Philip King Nathaniel Hardy Toby Henshaw Joseph Sayer Richard Bowchier James Williamson Edmund Bateman Thomas D'Oyly John Courtail Matthias D'Oyly Edward Raynes Thomas Birch Julius Hare William Otter
Late modern	John Hannah Robert Sutton Theodore Churton (became Archdeacon of Hastings) Henry Southwell, Bishop suffragan of Lewes Hugh Hordern Francis Smythe Lloyd Morrell Peter Booth Max Godden (became Archdeacon of Lewes & Hastings)
Hastings (1912–1975)	created from Lewes Theodore Churton (previously Archdeacon of Lewes) Benedict Hoskyns Arthur Upcott Thomas Cook, Bishop suffragan of Lewes Arthur Alston Ernest Reid Guy Mayfield dissolved/merged to Lewes & Hastings
Lewes & Hastings	Max Godden (previously Archdeacon of Lewes) Christopher Luxmoore Hugh Glaisyer Nicholas Reade Philip Jones renamed to Hastings
Hastings (2014–present)	Philip Jones (previously Archdeacon of Lewes & Hastings) Stan Tomalin (Acting) Edward Bryant & Nick Cornell (Acting) Edward Dowler

v t e Diocese of Chichester
Chichester Cathedral The Palace, Chichester Diocesan Church House, Hove Area scheme (1984–2013)
Office holders	Martin Warner, Bishop of Chichester Ruth Bushyager, Bishop of Horsham Will Hazlewood, Bishop of Lewes AEO: the bishop diocesan & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Edward Dowler, Dean of Chichester Martin Lloyd Williams, Archdeacon of Brighton & Lewes Luke Irvine-Capel, Archdeacon of Chichester Angela Martin, Archdeacon of Horsham Archdeacon of Hastings (vacant)
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Hastings (1912–1975; merged back into Lewes archdeaconry)