Archdeacon of Bedford

The Archdeacon of Bedford is an ecclesiastical post in the Church of England Diocese of St Albans in the Province of Canterbury. Historically the post was in the diocese of Lincoln, then from 1837 in the diocese of Ely, England. In 1914, the archdeaconry became a part of the diocese of St Albans. The current incumbent is the Venerable Paul Hughes, who became Archdeacon of Bedford in September 2003.^[1]

List of archdeacons

10 September 1319–26 January 1230: Thomas Neville (set aside)
26 January 1320–1333 (d.): Edmund London
1333–?: John Daubeny
?–30 August 1351 (exch.): Philip Daubeny
30 August 1351–bef. 1372: Thomas Cumpton
bef. 1372–bef. 1375: John Irtlingburgh
bef. 1375–1405 (d.): Thomas Stowe
19 November 1405–1423 (d.): William Aghton ^[2]
17 April 1423–1431 (res.): Richard Caudray (afterwards Archdeacon of Lincoln)
1431–1439 (d.): William Derby
14 February 1439–1450 (d.): Robert Thornton
21 May 1450–1460 (d.): Thomas Salisbury
15 December 1460–1468 (res.): John Ruding (afterwards Archdeacon of Northampton)
4 December 1468–1471 (res.): John Collinson (afterwards Archdeacon of Northampton)
6 Auguster 1471–bef. April 1489 (res.): Henry Sharp
April 1489–1494 (res.): Thomas Hutton (afterwards Archdeacon of Huntingdon)
17 February 1494–1525 (d.): William Cosyn
11 January 1525–1549 (d.): John Chambre

7 July 1549–1554 (res.): Gilbert Bourne
1 May 1554–11 November 1558 (d.): John Pope
15 November 1558–February 1559 (d.): Michael Dunning (deprived)
14 March 1559–1560 (res.): Richard Barber (afterwards Archdeacon of Leicester)
24 December 1560–1574 (d.): William Todd
31 May 1574–1598 (d.): John Robinson
14 March 1598–6 December 1599 (res.): Roger Parker
4 February 1600–1631 (d.): George Eland
4 October 1631–1661 (res.): John Hacket (afterwards Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, 1661)
May 1662–16 July 1667 (d.): Francis Wilford
August 1667–22 November 1678 (d.): Theophilus Dillingham
15 February 1679–3 April 1704 (d.): John Skelton
April 1704–2 March 1731 (d.): Thomas Frank
22 May 1731–1745 (d.): John Dudley
15 March 1745–1756 (res.): John Taylor (afterwards Archdeacon of Leicester)
16 July 1756–1757 (res.): Charles Jenner (afterwards Archdeacon of Huntingdon)
28 April 1757–28 February 1771 (d.): Richard Grey
20 March 1771–1782 (d.): Hadley Cox
18 May 1782–1 June 1783 (d.): William Done
19 June 1783–3 January 1809 (d.): Richard Shepherd
12 January 1809–1821 (d.): Samuel Vince
10 December 1821–1845 (res.): Henry Bonney

The archdeaconry was transferred from the diocese of Lincoln to the diocese of Ely by Order-in-Council on 30 May 1837^[3]

↑ Diocese of St Albans: archdeacons. Retrieved on 24 November 2010.
↑ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/629; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H5/CP40no629/aCP40no629fronts/IMG_0825.htm; fifth entry, end of line 3, as plaintiff
↑ The London Gazette: no. 19499. pp. 1369–1371. 30 May 1837. Retrieved 2 December 2012.

v t e Archdeacons of Bedford
High Medieval	Osbert Ralph Hugh Nicholas Alan Richard Geoffrey Alexander of Elstow John de Houton Amaury of Buckden John de Dyham John of Crakehall Peter de Audeham John de Maidenstan Nicholas de Hegham Richard de Bradewell John Hook
Late Medieval	Roger Rothwell/Rowell Thomas Neville Edmund London John Daubeny Philip Daubeny Thomas Cumpton John Irtlingburgh Thomas Stowe William Aghton Richard Caudray William Derby Robert Thornton Thomas Salisbury John Ruding John Collinson Henry Sharp Thomas Hutton
Early modern	William Cosyn John Chambre Gilbert Bourne John Pope Michael Dunning Richard Barber William Todd John Robinson Roger Parker George Eland John Hacket Francis Wilford Theophilus Dillingham John Skelton Thomas Frank John Dudley John Taylor Charles Jenner Richard Grey Hadley Cox William Done Richard Shepherd
Late modern	Samuel Vince Henry Bonney Henry Tattam Henry Rose Frederick Bathurst Noel Hodges Arthur Parnell Gerard Lander William Robins Donald Harris Basil Guy Basil Snell John Hare Robert Brown Christopher Mayfield Michael Bourke Malcolm Lesiter Paul Hughes

v t e Diocese of St Albans
St Albans Cathedral Abbey Gate House, St Albans Holywell Lodge, St Albans
Office holders	Alan Smith, Bishop of St Albans Richard Atkinson, Bishop suffragan of Bedford Michael Beasley, Bishop suffragan of Hertford AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough Jeffrey John, Dean of St Albans Trevor Jones, Archdeacon of Hertford Paul Hughes, Archdeacon of Bedford Jonathan Smith, Archdeacon of St Albans
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Colchester; Archdeacon of Essex (1877–1914; moved to Diocese of Chelmsford)