Archdeacon of Worcester
The Archdeacon of Worcester is a senior clergy position in the Diocese of Worcester in the Church of England. Among the archdeacon's responsibilities is the care of clergy and church buildings within the area of the Archdeaconry of Worcester.
History
The first recorded archdeacons in the Diocese of Worcester occur from around the same time that archdeacons occur across the church in England. Two archdeacons are recorded simultaneously from that time, but no clear territorial title occurs until 1143, when Gervase is called Archdeacon of Gloucester.The Archdeaconry of Birmingham was created from Worcester and Coventry archdeaconries by Order-in-Council on 12 August 1892 but became part of the new Diocese of Birmingham upon its creation by Order-in-Council on 13 January 1905.
The archdeaconry is currently subdivided into six deaneries: Evesham, Malvern, Martley and Worcester West, Pershore, Upton, and Worcester East. The current Archdeacon of Worcester is the Venerable Robert Jones.
Deaneries, rural deans and lay chairs as of 2019
List of archdeacons
High Medieval
- bef. 1086–bef. 1114 : Ailric
- bef. 1114–21 March 1125 : Hugh
- 1125–1143 : William Cumin
- 1144–bef. 1157 : Godfrey
- bef. 1157–bef. 1159 : William Cumin '
- bef. 1159–bef. 1168 : Godfrey '
- bef. 1168–bef. 1190 : Simon Luvel
- bef. 1190–bef. 1198 : Peter de Leche
- bef. 1198–aft. 1196: John of Cornwall
- bef. 1200–aft. 1217: John Brancastre
- December 1218–bef. 1243: William Scot
- June 1243–aft. 1256: Vincent of Abergavenny
- bef. 1257–aft. 1270: Robert de Esthall
- bef. 1275–27 July 1287 : Hugh of Evesham
- 16 October 1287 – 4 July 1288 : Ralph de Hingham
- 4 July 1288–aft. 1311: :it:Francesco Napoleone Orsini|Francesco Napoleone Cardinal Orsini
Late Medieval
- 1312–1317 : Henri de la Tour du Pin
- aft. 1317–1320 : John de Brucy
- 15 May 1321–bef. 1329 : Adam le Chaumpeneys de Sandwico
- 17 October 1329 – 7 April 1337 : John de Orleton
- 7 April 1337–bef. 1349: Robert de Worcester
- 16 May 1349 – 18 February 1353 : John de Severle
- 18 February 1353 – 1366 : John Harewell
- 1366–4 May 1371 : Simon Clement
- 4 May 1371–bef. 1383 : John Blanchard
- 4 December 1383 – 1389 : William Malpas '
- 2 May 1388–bef. 1412: William Rocombe '
- 28 October 1412–bef. 1432 : John Ixworth
- 31 May 1431–bef. 1433 : John Burdett
- 5 May 1433 – 13 November 1438 : William Hende
- 13 November 1438–bef. 1452 : John Verney
- 19 October 1452–bef. 1467 : William Vaunce
- 12 November 1467–bef. 1472 : Thomas Hawkins
- 4 May–May 1472 : Robert Inkbarrow
- 19 May 1472–bef. 1476 : Thomas Hawkins
- 26 July–bef. November 1479: John Burton
- 24 November 1479 – 1483 : Richard Burton
- 4 August 1483–aft. 1518: Thomas Alcock
- bef. 1529–1531 : Stephen Gardiner
- 4 April 1531–bef. 1534 : William Claybrook
- 12 May 1534 – 1563 : Peter Vannes
Early modern
- 1563–bef. 1579 : Thomas Powell
- 15 July 1579 – 1598 : Godfrey Goldsborough
- 1598–bef. 1610 : John Johnson
- 1610–4 August 1623 : William Swaddon
- 1623–bef. 1629 : Hugh Lloyd
- 3 August 1629–bef. 1645 : Edward Thornborough
- 30 May 1645–bef. 1676 : William Hodges
- 4 September 1676–bef. 1705 : John Fleetwood
- 14 December 1705 – 7 August 1742 : William Worth
- 10 September 1742 – 21 November 1774 : John Tottie
- 1775–8 March 1787 : John Warren
- 21 March 1787 – 12 August 1815 : Thomas Evans
- 29 August 1815 – 18 October 1849 : Richard Onslow
- 9 November 1849 – 5 May 1881 : Richard Hone
Late modern
- May 1881 – 1889 : William Lea, sometime Vicar of St Peter's Droitwich
- 1889–1911 : William Walters, Vicar of Pershore until 1894, then Rector of Alvechurch until 1904, then Vicar of Malvern Wells from 1905
- 1911–1921 : John Greig, Rector of Hartlebury
- 1921–1938 : James Peile, Rector of Alvechurch until 1925, then of Ripple until 1926
- 1938–26 September 1944 : Ridley Duppuy
- 1944–1961 : Thomas Wilson, Rector of Hartlebury until 1956
- 1961–1975 : Peter Eliot, Vicar of Cropthorne with Charlton until 1965
- 1975–1980 : John Williams
- 1981–1984 : Peter Coleman
- 1984–1999 : Frank Bentley
- 1999–2008 : Joy Tetley
- 5 October 2008 – 25 July 2014 : Roger Morris
- 16 November 2014–present: Robert Jones