Archdeacon of Westminster
The Archdeacon of Westminster is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the
Royal Peculiar of Westminster Abbey in London. The holder of the post oversees relationships with the twenty-four parishes of which the Dean and Chapter are patrons, and is responsible for the pastoral care of the staff and volunteers of the Abbey.[1]
The post is currently held by
Speaker's Chaplain
, who took up the position in 2021. The role of archdeacon has previously been held together with other chapter roles, including Sub-Dean, Canon Treasurer, and Canon Theologian.
List of archdeacons
Richard Widmore lists the following as Archdeacons of Westminster, acknowledging the incompleteness of the list:[2]
- Richard Crokesley (elected abbot 1246)
- Thomas (1258)
- A. de Wycomb (1277–1288)
- Roger Bures (before 1293)
- William de Huntyngdon (1292)
- Alexander de Pershore (1312)
- Robert (1324–1327)
- William de Ipswich (1360–1370)
- Thomas Pyk (1372–1373)
- William de Colchester (1382, elected abbot 1386)
- John Stowe (1388)
- John Burwell (1391–1394)
- William Agmondesham (1414)
- William Wycombe (1467)
- William Borogh (1498–1500)
- Andrew Perne (1554)
- John Hardyman (1560, deprived)
- William Latymer (1561–1572)
- Richard Reve (1573–1580)
- Richard Hakluyt (1603–1604)
- Christopher Sutton[3] (1609–1617)
- Gabriel Grante (1617–1630)
- Thomas Mountford (1631)
At Widmore's time of writing (1751), the present archdeacon was Scawen Kenrick.[2]
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- 1854–1864 (res.): William Bentinck (Rector of Sigglesthorne 1808; canon 1809–1864)[4]
- 1864–1868 (res.): Christopher Wordsworth (canon 1844–1869; later Bishop of Lincoln)[5]
- 1868–1883: John Jennings (canon 1837–1883)[6]
- 1883–1894 (res.): Frederick Farrar (canon 1876–1895; Speaker's Chaplain from 1890; later Dean of Canterbury)[7]
- 1894–1900: Charles Furse (father of artist Charles Wellington Furse)
- 1900–13 May 1916 (d.): Basil Wilberforce, Speaker's Chaplain (canon since 1894)[8]
- 1916–1918: Ernest Pearce[9] (canon 1911–1919; became Sub-Dean)
- 1918–1919: William Hartley Carnegie, Speaker's Chaplain (canon 1913–1936; became Sub-Dean)
- 1919–30 January 1931 (d.): Robert Charles (canon since 1913)[10]
- 1931–December 1936 (res.): Vernon Storr (canon since 1921)
- 1937–?: Frederic Donaldson (canon 1921–1951)
- 1946–1951 (res.): Stephen Marriott (canon since 1937; became Sub-Dean)
- Adam Fox (canon 1941–1964)
- 1959–1964 (ret.): Stephen Marriott (again; canon since 1937)
- 1963–1974 (res.): Edward Carpenter (canon since 1951; became Dean of Westminster)[11]
- 1974–1 September 1975 (res.): Ronald Jasper (canon since 1968)
- 1975–1987 (ret.): Edward Knapp-Fisher (Sub-Dean from 1982)[12]
- 1987-1999 (ret.): Anthony Harvey,[13] Sub-Dean
- 1999–2005 (ret.): David Hutt,[14] Sub-Dean (canon since 1995)
- 2006–2010 (res.): Jane Hedges,[1]Canon Steward (canon until 2014)
- 2009–2010 (ret.): Robert Wright,[15]Sub-Dean, Rector of St Margaret's & Speaker's Chaplain (canon since 1998)
- 2010–21 June 2014 (res.): Jane Hedges,[1]Canon Steward (again; canon since 2006; Sub-Dean since 2013)
- 2014–17 July 2016 (res.): Andrew Tremlett[N 1], Sub-Dean and Rector of St Margaret's (canon since 2010)
- 2016–2018 (ret.): Vernon White, Sub-Dean[18] (canon and Canon Theologian since 2011; resigned archdeaconry before 17 June 2018)[19]
- before 17 June 2018[20] – before 31 May 2021:[21] David Stanton (canon and Treasurer since 2013; Sub-Dean since before 21 October 2018)
- 2021–present: Speaker's Chaplain since 4 March 2020)[23]
Notes
References
- ^ a b c "ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS TO THE CONFERENCE" (PDF). Retrieved 21 June 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Widmore, Richard (1751). An History of the Church of St. Peter, commonly called Westminster Abbey. pp. 229–230. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ "Christopher Sutton". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1860 (p. 45)
- ^ "Christopher Wordsworth 1807-1885". Christian Quotes. Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ "Kelly's Directory South Wales 1895". GENUKI. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ "St Winifreds:Frederick William Farrar". 1862. Retrieved 21 June 2012. Google Books
- ^ "Archdeacon Wilberforce, his ideals and teaching". Retrieved 21 June 2012. Google Books
- required.)
- ISBN 9781451420180. Retrieved 21 June 2012. Google Books
- ^ Webster, Alan (28 August 1998). "Obituary: The Rev Edward Carpenter". The Independent. London. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ "The Rt Rev Edward Knapp-Fisher". London: The Telegraph. 10 February 2003. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ "Canon Anthony Ernest HARVEY". www.crockford.org.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ "The Ven David Hutt". Debretts. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ "Canon Wright to leave Abbey". Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ Services at St Margaret's Church – 6 July 2014 (Accessed 18 August 2014)
- ^ Sermons given – 3 August 2014 (Accessed 18 August 2014)
- ^ Westminster Abbey — Annual Review 2016 (Accessed 1 September 2017)
- ^ "Canon Theologian to retire".
- ^ "Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday after Trinity 2018".
- ^ a b "2020 Report (page 46)" (PDF). Westminster Abbey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Speaker's Chaplain installed as Canon of Westminster". Westminster Abbey. 10 May 2021. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Tricia Hillas inaugurated as Speaker's Chaplain". Westminster Abbey. 4 March 2020. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2022.