Archdeacons: Lewes

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 2, Chichester Diocese. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1971.

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ARCHDEACONS OF LEWES

Edward More B.D. 1527-1542.

Instal. 27 Nov. 1527 (WAB. p. 19). Coll. 20 May 1528 (Ep. 1/1/4 f. 70-probably late in being entered in reg.). D. by 14 Feb. 1542 (WAB. p. 64).

John Shery 1542-1551.

Instal. 14 Feb. 1542 (WAB. p. 64). D. 1/22 Aug. 1551 (PCC 32 Powell; Ep. 1/1/6 f. 82).

Richard Brisley LL.D. 1551-1558.

Coll. 22 Aug. 1551 (Ep. 1/1/6 f. 82). Instal. by proxy 27 Sept. (AC. p. 18). D. by 6 Apr. 1558 (Ep. 1/1/7 f. 4).

Robert Taylor (fn. 1) LL.B. 1558-1559.

Coll. 6 Apr. 1558 (Ep. 1/1/7 f. 4). Instal. 28 Apr. (AC. p. 29). Depriv. by 8 Nov. 1559 (C.P.R. 1558-60 p. 4).

Edmund Weston LL.B. 1559-1570.

Pres. by queen sede vacante 13 Oct. and 8 Nov. 1559 (P.R.O., C 66/938; C.P.R. 1558-60 p. 4). Instal. by proxy 11 Jan. 1560 (AC. p. 35). D. 27 Jan./27 Feb. 1570 (ibid. pp. 68, 71 n.; Reg. Parker 1 284).

Thomas Drante B.D. 1570-1578.

Pres. by queen sede vacante 22 Feb. 1570 (C.P.R. 1569-72 p. 73; P.R.O., C 66/1065). Adm. by abp. 27 Feb. (Reg. Parker 1 284). Instal. 4 March (AC. p. 68). D. by 16 Apr. 1578 (burial, St. Giles, Cripplegate) (London, Guildhall MS. 6419/1 f. 53v; Cap. 1/8/6; AC. p. 98).

William Coell M.A. 1578.

William Cotton 1578-1598.

Bp.'s mand. for instal. of Coell 16 Apr. 1578 (Cap. 1/8/6). Instal. 17 Apr. (AC. p. 98). But Cotton pres. by Richard Wingfield, assignee of Anthony Rushe D.D., assignee of Anthony Erington, gentleman, to whom gr. of next pres. made by bp. and conf. by chapter 9 Apr. 1573; bp.'s mand. for instal. of Cotton 14 Oct. 1578 (AC. p. 96; Cap. 1/8/6). Cotton instal. by proxy 15 Oct. (AC. p. 99). Bp. of Exeter 1598.

John Mattock M.A. 1598-1612.

Pres. by queen; bp.'s mand. for instal. 18 Nov. 1598 (Cap. 1/8/6). Further royal pres. 28 Nov. (P.R.O., C 66/1499). Instal. 9 Dec. (AC. p. 150). D. by 27 Dec. 1612 (burial, Chichester cath.) (Par. 44/2/1 f. 145; Ep. 1/1/8 f. 64v).

Richard Buckenham B.D. 1612-1628.

Coll. 30 Dec. 1612 (Ep. 1/1/8 f. 64v). Instal. 7 Jan. 1613 (AC. p. 194). D. 12 Aug. 1628 (Cap. 1/1/2 f. 17; Cap. 1/8/6).

William Hutchinson M.A. 1628-1644.

Pres. by k. sede vacante; bp.'s mand. for instal. 28 Aug. 1628 (Cap. 1/8/6). Further bp.'s mand. for instal. 12 March 1629 (ibid.). Instal. 14 March (AC. p. 239). D. 21 Feb. 1644 (Walker Revised p. 115; R. Polwhele, Hist. of Devonshire (London, 1793-1806) 11 183).

Thomas Hook D.D. ?-1660.

Res. this archdcnry by 19 Sept. 1660 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./11; Cap. 1/3/2 f. 7v).

Philip King D.D. 1660-1667.

Coll. 19 Sept. 1660 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./11). Instal. 11 Oct. (Cap. 1/3/2 f. 7v). D. 4 March 1667 (Brit. Mus., Lansd. MS. 986 f. 80).

Nathaniel Hardy D.D. 1667-1670.

Coll. 27 March 1667 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./12). Instal. by proxy 6 Apr. (Cap. 1/3/2 f. 39v). D. by 9 June 1670 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./12; Cap. 1/3/2 f. 55). (fn. 2)

Toby Henshaw B.D. 1670-1681.

Coll. 9 June 1670 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./12). Bp.'s mand. for instal. 3 Sept.; instal. 5 Sept. (Cap. 1/3/2 f. 55). D. by 25 Nov. 1681 (burial, Cuckfield) (Ep. 11/16/50A; Cap. 1/3/2 f. 91v).

Joseph Sayer B.D. 1681-1693.

Coll. 8 Dec. 1681 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./15). Instal. s.d. (Cap. 1/3/2 f. 91v). D. by 24 Aug. 1693 (burial, Northchurch, Berkhamsted, Herts.) (Northchurch parish reg., ex inf. Rev. J. B. W. Hughes; Ep. 1/1/10 f. 40).

Richard Bowchier B.D. 1693-1723.

Coll. 20 Oct. 1693 (Ep. 1/1/10 f. 40). Instal. 21 Oct. (Cap. 1/3/2 f. 138v). D. 18 Aug. 1723 (m.i., Amport, Hants) (Suss. Arch. Coll. cvi 6; Ep. 1/1/11 f. 16).

James Williamson M.A. 1723-1736.

Coll. 24 Sept. 1723 (Ep. 1/1/11 f. 16). Instal. 26 Oct. (Cap. 1/3/3 f. 64). D. 15 Nov. 1736 (m.i., Ripe) (Horsfield, Hist. Suss. 1 354; Ep. 11/16/162A; Ep. 1/1/11 f. 38).

Edmund Bateman D.D. 1737-1751.

Pres. by executors of William Wake, late abp. of Canterbury, to whom gr. of next pres. made by bp.; adm. 22 March 1737 (Ep. 1/1/11 f. 38). Instal. 25 March (Cap. 1/3/3 f. 125). D. 28 Apr. 1751 (Gent. Mag. 1751, xxi 236; Ep. 1/1/11 f. 56).

Thomas D'Oyly D.C.L. 1751-1770.

Coll. 5 June 1751 (Ep. 1/1/11 f. 56). Instal. 13 July (Cap. 1/3/4 p. 137). D. 27 Jan. 1770 (Gent. Mag. 1770, xl 95).

John Courtail M.A. 1770-1806.

Coll. 31 May 1770 (Ep. 1/1/11 f. 78v). Instal. 16 June (Cap. 1/3/4 p. 304). D. 25 Feb. 1806 (Gent. Mag. 1806, lxxvi (1) 288; Cap. 1/3/6 p. 43).

Matthias D'Oyly M.A. 1806-1815.

Coll. 29 Apr. 1806 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./40). Instal. 7 June (Cap. 1/3/6 p. 40). Res. by 25 Feb. 1815 (Cap. 1/8/6; Gent. Mag. 1815, lxxxv (2) 478).

Edward Robert Raynes M.A. 1815-1823.

Coll. 25 Feb. 1815 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./41). Res. by 8 May 1823 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./43).

Thomas Birch D.C.L. 1823-1840.

Coll. 8 May 1823 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./43). Instal. 10 May (Cap. 1/3/6 p. 137). D. 25 Feb. 1840 (Gent. Mag. 1840, cx (1) 440; P.R.O., E 331 Chich./46).

Julius Charles Hare M.A. 1840-1855.

Coll. 10 Apr. 1840 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./46). Instal. s.d. (Cap. 1/3/6 p. 296). D. 23 Jan. 1855 (Quarterly Review, July 1855, xcvii 15; Reg. Gilbert and Durnford p. 72).

William Bruère Otter M.A. 1855-1876.

Coll. 6 March 1855 (Reg. Gilbert and Durnford p. 72). Instal. 7 March (Cap. 1/3/7 p. 72). D. 25 June 1876 (Annual Reg. 1876 (2) 145; Reg. Durnford p. 6).

Footnotes

  • 1. Not Thomas Taylor, as in Le Neve-Hardy.
  • 2. Hardy, who was also dean of Rochester and vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, was said to be buried at St. Martin's 9 June (J. McMaster, Hist. of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (London, 1916) p. 170), but he does not figure in St. Martin's parish reg. (Westminster Public Library, Archives department). The m.i. to him, now in the crypt of St. Martin's (seen May 1970), gives only the year of his d.