Archdeacon of Wells

The Archdeacon of Wells has been a senior clergy position in the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells sin 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. List of archdeacons High Medieval Archdeacons without territorial titles: bef. 1086–aft. 1088: Benselin, Archdeacon of Exon bef. 1106–aft. 1106: Walkerius bef. 1106–aft. 1106: Robert bef. 1120–aft. 1136: Arald bef. 1122–bef. 1136: John de Bada (son of Hildebert) Archdeacons of Wells: bef. 1142–aft. 1151: Eustace bef. 1159–aft. 1166: Robert bef. 1168–aft. 1194: Thomas of Earley (Erlegh) alias Agnellus bef. 1198–aft. 1199: Simon of Wells (later Bishop of Chichester) bef. 1204–1209 (res.): Hugh of Wells (became Bishop of Lincoln) bef. 1215–aft. 1231: William of Bardney bef. 1238–1248 (res.): William of Bitton (uncle; became Bishop of Bath and Wells) aft. 1248–bef. 1249 (res.): John of Bitton bef. 1249–aft. 1254: Peter Chaceporc bef. 1263–1267 (res.): William of Bitton (nephew) (became Bishop of Bath and Wells) 1267–1268 (res.): Godfrey Giffard (also Archdeacon of Barnstaple until May 1267; also Archdeacon of York from 1267; became Bishop of Worcester) bef. 1269–aft. 1269: S. (i.e. either Simon de Micham or Stephen of Chichester) bef. 1270–1284 (res.): Thomas Bytton (became Dean of Wells) bef. 1286–aft. 1295: Walter Haselshaw (later Dean of Wells) bef. 1295–24 January 1303 (d.): Peter de Insula (previously Archdeacon of Exeter) Late Medieval aft. 1303–24 May 1326 (res.): Thomas de Charlton 24 May–13 June 1326 (exch.): Wibert de Lutleton 13 June 1326–bef. 1334: Robert de Wamberg (bishop's candidate; admitted but disputed by king's candidates) 29 June 1329 – 1330: Simon de Montacute (royal grant; never admitted) 15 October 1330 – 1332: Thomas Upton (royal grant; never admitted) bef. 1334–aft. 1336: Robert Mortimer bef. 1344–aft. 1344: Hugh bef. 1346–1352 (res.): Thomas Fastolf (became Bishop of St David's) 3 January 1353 – 12 June 1361 (d.): William de Court 27 October 1361–bef. 1369 (res.): Étienne Cardinal Aubert (Cardinal-deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro) 21 February 1369 – 22 July 1376 (d.): Simon Cardinal Langham (former archbishop of Canterbury; cardinal-priest of San Sisto Vecchio until 1373, then Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina; also Archdeacon of York from 1374) bef. 1385–aft. 1388: Andrew Baret 1386–aft.