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The Archdeacon of St Albans is an ecclesiastical post in the
Church of England
Diocese of St Albans in the
Province of Canterbury .
History
Before the
Dissolution of the Monasteries and Henrican reforms of the 16th century, there were Archdeacons of St Albans from within the
Abbey . Registers list archdeacons starting in 1420, but this old "abbey archdeaconry" is supposed to have been created in the reign of
Henry III (13th century).
The "diocesan archdeaconry" was newly constituted from
St Albans Abbey 's parishes in
Hertfordshire and
Bedfordshire in 1550;
[1] it remained a part of the
Diocese of London until 1845, when it and was transferred to the
diocese of Rochester , at which point its boundaries were made to coincide with those of
Hertfordshire . Thirty years later, the archdeaconries of
Essex , of
Colchester , and of St Albans were taken from the Rochester diocese to create the
Diocese of St Albans in 1878.
[2] Shortly after the two Essex archdeaconries were erected into the
Diocese of Chelmsford in 1914, the St Albans diocese received the ancient county
archdeaconry of Bedford from the
Diocese of Ely ; there has once again been a third archdeaconry since the split on 1 January 1997 of the
Hertford archdeaconry from the Archdeaconry of St Albans.
List of archdeacons
Medieval
From the 13th century, there was an archdeaconry within the Abbey's jurisdiction. These "abbey archdeacons" were monks from the abbey monastery:
Early modern
On 1 April 1550,
letters patent annexed the abbey's parishes to the
Diocese of London . Not long after, the diocesan archdeaconry was erected and East (re-)appointed:
The archdeaconry, by this point covering all Hertfordshire, was transferred to Rochester diocese by Order in Council on 8 August 1845
Late modern
References
^ Horn, Joyce M. (1969),
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 , vol. 1, pp. 9–11
^ Horn, Joyce M. (1974),
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 , vol. 3, pp. 45–47
^ He proved the wills of
Richard and Joan Willows of Winslow
^
"Lawrance, Walter John" .
Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 November 2014 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
^
"Gibbs, Kenneth Francis" .
Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 November 2014 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
^
"Parnell, Arthur Henry" .
Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 November 2014 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
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"Skelton, Henry Aylmer" .
Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 November 2014 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
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"Wood, Claud Thomas Thellusson" .
Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 November 2014 . (Subscription or
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^
"Cockbill, Charles Shipley" .
Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 November 2014 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
^
"Snell, Basil Clark" .
Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 November 2014 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
^
"Mumford, Peter" .
Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 November 2014 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
^
"Farmbrough, David John" .
Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 November 2014 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
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"Norfolk, Edward Matheson" .
Who's Who . Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 November 2014 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
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"Davies, Philip Bertram" .
Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 November 2014 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
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"Cheetham, Richard Ian" .
Who's Who . Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 November 2014 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
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"Cunliffe, Helen Margaret" .
Who's Who . Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 November 2014 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
^
People News January 2020 | Diocese of St Albans
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"Smith, Jonathan Peter" .
Who's Who . Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 November 2014 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
^
"Jane Mainwaring to be our next Archdeacon" . 7 December 2019.
^ @Chris41863802 (14 March 2020).
"Wonderful to see Hitchin Vicar Jane Mainwaring collated as Archdeacon of St Albans this afternoon. #blessed…" (
Tweet ) – via
Twitter .
^
"(Order of Service) Eucharist with the Ordination and Consecration..." (PDF) . Canterbury Cathedral . 2 February 2023. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023 .
^
"New Archdeacon of St Albans" . Diocese of St Albans . 8 January 2023. Archived from
the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023 .
^ @StAlbansCath (20 May 2023).
"Congratulations to the Revd Canon Charles Hudson..." (
Tweet ). Archived from
the original on 21 May 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023 – via
Twitter .
Sources
Madden, Bandinel et al. (1st ed.) & Nichols (2nd ed.). Collectanea Topographica & Genealogica, Vol. VII
p. 302
Hardy & Le Neve: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: or a calendar of the principal... , Volume 2. pp.
344 –
345
Horn, Joyce M. (1969),
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 , vol. 1, pp. 14–16
Horn, Joyce M. (1974),
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 , vol. 3, p. 59
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