The archdeacon of Bournemouth is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Winchester. The archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the archdeaconry, which consists of six deaneries in the southern part of the diocese: Bournemouth, Christchurch, Eastleigh, Lyndhurst, Romsey and Southampton. (accessed 25 December 2012) Before 2000, the title was archdeacon of Winchester.
History A similar area of the diocese was previously supervised by the ancient archdeacons of Winchester, while the north (now the new Winchester archdeaconry) was previously overseen by the archdeacon of Basingstoke.
List of archdeacons
High Medieval Senior archdeacons in the Diocese of Winchester bef. 1087–aft. 1078: William of Chichester bef. 1107–bef. 1116 (res.): Henri I de Blois (later Bishop of Verdun) bef. 1128–bef. 1139: Richard bef. 1139–1142 (res.): Josceline de Bohon bef. 1153–1153 (res.): Hugh de Puiset Archdeacons of Winchester bef. 1154–aft. 1178: Ralph bef. 1181–aft. 1205: Roger (I) bef. 1213–aft. 1229: Bartholomew ?–1231 (d.): Roger (II) bef. 1236–aft. 1236: P. (I) bef. 1237–1253 (d.): Hugh des Roches bef. 1254–aft. 1256: P. (II) bef. 1257–aft. 1261: Amaury Guiscard aft. 1263–bef. 1275: Henry de Helingeye bef. 1280–aft. 1283: Richard de la More aft. 1285–aft. 1303: Philip of St Austell alias Cornwaleys
Late Medieval 10 June 1304 – 1304 (res.): Michael de Helleston 31 July 1304–aft. 1324: James Sinabaldi de Florentia or de Pulcis 1 April 1325–bef. 1328 (d.): Philip Sapiti 1328–1343 (d.): John de Podio Barzaco 1343–bef. 1345: Stephen de Malo Leone 1343: Ayquelinus Guillelmi de Sparra (opposed Malo Leone) 1345–bef. 1361 (d.): Robert de Burton 18 June 1361–bef. 1361 (res.): John de Wolveleye 18 October 1361–bef. 1372 (res.): Robert de Wykford 19 October 1372 – 29 November 1381 (res.): Nicholas de Wykeham 27 March 1382–bef. 1387 (d.): John Bloxham bef. 1386–23 February 1389 (ren): William Forrester (opposed Bloxham) 1387–1395 (res.): Roger Walden 16 October 1395–aft. 1404: Nicholas Daniel bef. 1428–aft. 1435: Nicholas Bildeston (simultaneously Dean of Salisbury for part of that time) ?–bef. 1450 (res.): Stephen Wilton 21 February 1450–bef. 1459 (res.): John Pakenham 24 July 1459–bef. 1475 (d.): Vincent Clement 5 March 1475 – 1478 (res.): John Morton bef. 1485–1486 (res.): Robert Morton 22 February 1487 – 1492: William Smyth bef. 1495–bef. 1502 (res.): Robert Frost 29 April 1502 – 8 October 1511 (res.): John Frost 22 October 1511 – 20 March 1520 (res.): Hugh Ashton 27 March 1520–March 1527 (exch.): John Fox March 1527–31 December 1529 (res.): Richard Pate 20 January 1530–October 1552 (d.): William Boleyn
Early modern 1552–bef. 1554 (deprived): John Philpot (deprived in 1554 and burnt for heresy, 18 December 1555) 12 March 1554–bef. 1572 (d.): Stephen Cheston 1 June 1572–bef. 1575 (res.): John Ebden 29 March 1575 – 26 August 1609 (d.): Michael Reniger 1609–20 July 1631 (d.): Ralph Barlow (also Dean of Wells from 1621) 22 September 1631 – 2 June 1653 (d.): Edward Burby 1660–bef. 1661 (d.): George Roberts 16 March 1661–bef. 1666 (res.): Thomas Gorges 26 April 1666 – 29 March 1684 (d.): Walter Dayrell 18 April–11 July 1684 (d.): Robert Sharrock 29 July 1684–bef. 1700 (d.): Thomas Clutterbuck 16 November 1700–bef. 1702 (d.): George Fulham 26 November 1702 – 25 March 1743 (d.): Ralph Brideoake 12 April 1743–bef. 1749 (res.): Robert Eden 20 April 1749 – 10 April 1750 (res.): Nicholas Lechmere 21 August 1750–bef. 1756 (res.): Robert Lowth 17 January 1756 – 11 July 1759 (d.): Robert Eden (again) 23 July 1759 – 19 January 1795 (d.): Thomas Balguy 6 July 1795 – 30 September 1807 (d.): Matthew Woodford 18 December 1807 – 11 August 1814 (res.): Thomas de Grey 2 September 1814 – 6 December 1819 (res.): Augustus Legge 9 December 1819 – 19 October 1829 (d.): Gilbert Heathcote 16 November 1829–bef. 1847 (res.): Charles Hoare 16 November 1847 – 1860 (res.): Joseph Wigram
Late modern 1860–20 December 1884 (d.): Philip JacobJacob family – Philip Jacob (Accessed 16 January 2014) 1884–1900 (res.): George Sumner (also Bishop suffragan of Guildford from 1888) 1901–19 February 1903 (d.): Arthur Lyttelton (also Bishop suffragan of Southampton since 1898) 1903–1920 (ret.): William Fearon 1920–29 October 1935 (d.): Alfred Daldy 1936–1943 (res.): Edmund Morgan 1943–1947 (res.): Hedley Burrows 1947–1962 (ret.): Leslie Lang, Assistant Bishop 1962–1973 (ret.): Roy Beynon (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 1973–1984 (res.): David Cartwright 1984–1999 (ret.): Alan Clarkson (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 1999–2000: Adrian Harbidge (became Archdeacon of Bournemouth) In 2000, the ancient archdeaconry was renamed Bournemouth; the old Basingstoke archdeaconry was renamed Winchester. Archdeacons of Bournemouth 2000–2010 (ret.): Adrian Harbidge (previously Archdeacon of Winchester) 2011–2020 (res.): Peter Rouch During 2021, rather than fill the Archdeaconry of Bournemouth, it was given to the Archdeacon of Winchester in plurality. 25 June 20236 February 2026 (res.): Jean Burgess (previously Archdeacon of Bolton and Salford; became Bishop suffragan of Grimsby) 2026: Gemma Foster (designate, to be licensed September 2026)
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