The Archdeacon of Wells has been a senior clergy position in the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells since the English reformation , before which it was part of the Roman Catholic Church . The post, having oversight over the archdeaconry of Wells in Somerset has existed since the twelfth century. The archdeaconry includes seven deaneries .
List of archdeacons [ edit ]
Archdeacons without territorial titles:
Archdeacons of Wells:
Archdeaconry resigned to the crown and abolished, 1547.
bef. 1547–aft. 1554: Vergil still called Archdeacon of Wells
bef. 1554–?: Cotterell already called Archdeacon of Wells
Archdeaconry re-erected, 1556.
1862–?: Fitzhardinge Portman (died 1893)
April 1863–24 December 1897 (d.): Augustus Otway Fitzgerald , Rector of Charlton Mackrell (St Mary) until 1876, then Vicar of Brent Knoll [ 1] [ 2]
March 1898–20 September 1899 (d.): Edwin Arthur Salmon , Vicar of Brent Knoll[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
1899–1 May 1917 (d.): Frederick Brymer , Rector of Charlton Mackrell (St Mary)[ 6]
1917–19 December 1934 (d.): Walter Farrer , Vicar of St Cuthbert's, Wells until 1919[ 7]
1935–1940 (res.): George Hollis , Bishop suffragan of Taunton [ 8]
1940–1951 (ret.): Walter Norman Higgins , Rector of Mells until 1944[ 9]
1951–1962 (ret.): Harold Bryant Salmon [ 10]
1963–1973 (ret.): John Lance [ 11]
1974–1982 (res.): Peter Haynes (became Dean of Hereford )[ 12]
1983–1993 (ret.): Ted Thomas [ 13]
1993–2003 (ret.): Richard Acworth [ 14]
2003–2006: Peter Maurice (became Bishop suffragan of Taunton)[ 15]
April 2007 – 17 September 2016 (res.): Nicola Sullivan (became Dean of Southwell )[ 16]
5 September 2016 – 20 May 2017: Kevin Roberts (Acting)[ 17]
20 May 2017 – present: Anne Gell [ 18] (took sabbatical to, January–September 2024, to serve as Acting Dean of Wells )[ 19]
6 January 2023 – 1 September 2024: Charlie Peer (Acting;[ 19] became Archdeacon of Bath )
^ a b Walkerius and Robert both occur with Gerbert Archdeacon of Bath, so they were each probably either Archdeacon of Wells or of Taunton.
^ Arald occurs with Gerbert Archdeacon of Bath, so he was probably either Archdeacon of Wells or of Taunton.
^ John occurs with Arald, so he was either Archdeacon of Bath, or of either Taunton or Wells (whichever Arald wasn't).
^ "Church news: preferments and appointments" . Church Times . No. 9. 4 April 1863. p. 69. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 13 April 2015 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ "in memoriam " . Church Times . No. 1823. 31 December 1897. p. 775. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 13 April 2015 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ "Church news: preferments and appointments" . Church Times . No. 1824. 7 January 1898. p. 10. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 13 April 2015 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ "Church news: preferments and appointments" . Church Times . No. 1834. 18 March 1898. p. 298. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 13 April 2015 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ "Salmon, Edwin Arthur" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Brymer, Frederick Augustus" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Farrer, Walter" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Hollis, George Arthur" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Higgins, Walter Norman" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Salmon, Harold Bryant" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Lance, John Du Boulay" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Haynes, Peter" . Who's Who . Vol. 2014 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Thomas, Charles Edward" . Who's Who . Vol. 2014 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Acworth, Richard Foote" . Who's Who . Vol. 2014 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Maurice, Peter David" . Who's Who . Vol. 2014 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Sullivan, Nicola Ann" . Who's Who . Vol. 2014 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 April 2015 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Diocese of Bath & Wells — Appointment: Kevin Roberts (Accessed 7 October 2016)
^ Diocese of Bath and Wells — Bishop announces next Archdeacon of Wells Archived 16 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 13 January 2017)
^ a b "Anne Gell to become Acting Dean of Wells" . Wells Cathedral . Wells Cathedral. Retrieved 28 December 2023 .
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Greenway, Diana E. (2001), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300 , vol. 7, pp. 31–35
Jones, B. (1964), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541 , vol. 8, pp. 12–14
Horn, Joyce M.; Bailey, Derrick Sherwin (1979), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 , vol. 5, pp. 9–11
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