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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.

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Archdeacon of Wells

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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...

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List of archdeacons in the Church of England

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The archdeacons in the Church of England are senior Anglican clergy who serve under their dioceses' bishops, usually with responsibility for the area's...

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Bishop of Bath and Wells

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The Bishop of Bath and Wells heads the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Province of Canterbury in England. The present diocese covers...

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List of lord chancellors and lord keepers

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(1265–1266) Godfrey Giffard, Archdeacon of Wells (1266–1268) John Chishull, Dean of St Paul's (1268–1269) Richard Middleton, Archdeacon of Northumberland (1269–1272)...

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Archdeacon of Taunton

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Taunton in the Diocese of Bath and Wells (in the Church of England). The archdeaconry includes seven deaneries. Three archdeacons were appointed in what...

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Wells Cathedral

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Wells Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England, dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells...

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Wells Cathedral School

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Wells Cathedral School is a co-educational independent day and boarding school located in Wells, Somerset, England. The school is one of the five specialist...

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Eleanor of Aquitaine

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for. Henry II sent Thomas Agnell (Thomas of Early), Archdeacon of Wells, to Eleanor at Sarum to inform her of her son's death. He later described how she...

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Archdeacon

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An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians...

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Diocese of Bath and Wells

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located in Wells. The diocese is not referred to as Bath diocese or Wells diocese, but as The Diocese of Bath and Wells. The ordinary of the diocese...

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Archdeacons in the Diocese in Europe

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The archdeacons in the Diocese in Europe are senior clergy of the Church of England Diocese in Europe. They each have responsibility over their own archdeaconry...

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Henry the Young King

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attempt by his mother and a faction of his friends to promote his sainthood. Thomas of Earley, Archdeacon of Wells, published a sermon not long afterward...

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Polydore Vergil

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variety of affairs. In October 1504 he was enthroned Bishop of Bath and Wells as proxy for Adriano; and in 1508 he himself was installed as Archdeacon of Wells...

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Hugh of Wells

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Turner King John p. 46 Greenway "Archdeacons of Wells" Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 7: Bath and Wells Emery Greater Medieval Houses p....

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Simon of Wells

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Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 7: Bath and Wells: Archdeacons: Wells Mayr-Harting "Wells, Simon of" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae...

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Richard Nykke

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became Rector of Ashbury in 1473; Rector of Cadbury and Prebendary of Wells in 1489; Archdeacon of Exeter in 1492; Vicar general of Bath and Wells in 1493;...

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Frederick Brymer

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October 1850 – 1 May 1917) was a British Church of England priest, most notably Archdeacon of Wells from 1899 until his death. Brymer was educated at...

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John Langworth

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Colchester, Barkway and Wheldrake. Langridge was Archdeacon of Chichester from 1581 to 1586; and Archdeacon of Wells from 1589 until his death in 1613. CCEd Alumni...

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Archdeacon of Bath

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The Archdeacon of Bath is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells. The post, having oversight over the archdeaconry...

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Richard Acworth

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Acworth (born 19 October 1936) is a British Church of England priest, most notably Archdeacon of Wells from 1993 to 2003. Acworth was educated at St John's...

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Norman Higgins

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(27 April 1880 – 17 May 1957) was a British Church of England priest, most notably Archdeacon of Wells from 1940 to 1951. Higgins was educated at King's...

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Diocese of Coventry

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Archdeacon for July and August, then remained Acting Archdeacon after Green's retirement. Sue Field was collated Archdeacon Pastor and Archdeacon of Coventry...

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Thomas Fastolf

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1340 to 1347 he was archdeacon of Norwich, and from 1347 to 1352 archdeacon of Wells. Although common lawyers had begun reporting cases in England during...

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Walter Giffard

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orders and became a canon and archdeacon of Wells and a papal chaplain. On 22 May 1264 he was elected Bishop of Bath and Wells and received the temporalities...

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Peter Chaceporc

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(died 1254) was Keeper of the Wardrobe under Henry III of England, and an Archdeacon of Wells. Peter was from Poitou, the area of France from which Henry...

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Thomas Wynter

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– c. 1546) was the Archdeacon of York, Richmond, Cornwall, Provost of Beverley, Dean of Wells Cathedral and the illegitimate son of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey...

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Ruth Worsley

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Diocese of Bath & Wells — Bishops & Archdeacons (Accessed 4 September 2015) "First female Bishop of Taunton to be officially installed in Wells Cathedral...

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Diocese of Lichfield

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Cathedral Dean of Lichfield Archdeacon of Salop Archdeacon of Stafford Archdeacon of Stoke "Diocese of Lichfield". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 7 March...

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