Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 2, Chichester Diocese. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1971.
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'Archdeacons: Lewes', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 2, Chichester Diocese, (London, 1971) pp. 17-19. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol2/pp17-19 [accessed 24 April 2024]
ARCHDEACONS OF LEWES
Edward More B.D. 1527-1542.
Instal. 27 Nov. 1527 (WAB. p. 19). Coll. 20 May 1528 (Ep. 1/1/4 f. 70-probably late in being entered in reg.). D. by 14 Feb. 1542 (WAB. p. 64).
John Shery 1542-1551.
Instal. 14 Feb. 1542 (WAB. p. 64). D. 1/22 Aug. 1551 (PCC 32 Powell; Ep. 1/1/6 f. 82).
Richard Brisley LL.D. 1551-1558.
Coll. 22 Aug. 1551 (Ep. 1/1/6 f. 82). Instal. by proxy 27 Sept. (AC. p. 18). D. by 6 Apr. 1558 (Ep. 1/1/7 f. 4).
Robert Taylor (fn. 1) LL.B. 1558-1559.
Coll. 6 Apr. 1558 (Ep. 1/1/7 f. 4). Instal. 28 Apr. (AC. p. 29). Depriv. by 8 Nov. 1559 (C.P.R. 1558-60 p. 4).
Edmund Weston LL.B. 1559-1570.
Pres. by queen sede vacante 13 Oct. and 8 Nov. 1559 (P.R.O., C 66/938; C.P.R. 1558-60 p. 4). Instal. by proxy 11 Jan. 1560 (AC. p. 35). D. 27 Jan./27 Feb. 1570 (ibid. pp. 68, 71 n.; Reg. Parker 1 284).
Thomas Drante B.D. 1570-1578.
Pres. by queen sede vacante 22 Feb. 1570 (C.P.R. 1569-72 p. 73; P.R.O., C 66/1065). Adm. by abp. 27 Feb. (Reg. Parker 1 284). Instal. 4 March (AC. p. 68). D. by 16 Apr. 1578 (burial, St. Giles, Cripplegate) (London, Guildhall MS. 6419/1 f. 53v; Cap. 1/8/6; AC. p. 98).
William Coell M.A. 1578.
William Cotton 1578-1598.
Bp.'s mand. for instal. of Coell 16 Apr. 1578 (Cap. 1/8/6). Instal. 17 Apr. (AC. p. 98). But Cotton pres. by Richard Wingfield, assignee of Anthony Rushe D.D., assignee of Anthony Erington, gentleman, to whom gr. of next pres. made by bp. and conf. by chapter 9 Apr. 1573; bp.'s mand. for instal. of Cotton 14 Oct. 1578 (AC. p. 96; Cap. 1/8/6). Cotton instal. by proxy 15 Oct. (AC. p. 99). Bp. of Exeter 1598.
John Mattock M.A. 1598-1612.
Pres. by queen; bp.'s mand. for instal. 18 Nov. 1598 (Cap. 1/8/6). Further royal pres. 28 Nov. (P.R.O., C 66/1499). Instal. 9 Dec. (AC. p. 150). D. by 27 Dec. 1612 (burial, Chichester cath.) (Par. 44/2/1 f. 145; Ep. 1/1/8 f. 64v).
Richard Buckenham B.D. 1612-1628.
Coll. 30 Dec. 1612 (Ep. 1/1/8 f. 64v). Instal. 7 Jan. 1613 (AC. p. 194). D. 12 Aug. 1628 (Cap. 1/1/2 f. 17; Cap. 1/8/6).
William Hutchinson M.A. 1628-1644.
Pres. by k. sede vacante; bp.'s mand. for instal. 28 Aug. 1628 (Cap. 1/8/6). Further bp.'s mand. for instal. 12 March 1629 (ibid.). Instal. 14 March (AC. p. 239). D. 21 Feb. 1644 (Walker Revised p. 115; R. Polwhele, Hist. of Devonshire (London, 1793-1806) 11 183).
Thomas Hook D.D. ?-1660.
Res. this archdcnry by 19 Sept. 1660 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./11; Cap. 1/3/2 f. 7v).
Philip King D.D. 1660-1667.
Coll. 19 Sept. 1660 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./11). Instal. 11 Oct. (Cap. 1/3/2 f. 7v). D. 4 March 1667 (Brit. Mus., Lansd. MS. 986 f. 80).
Nathaniel Hardy D.D. 1667-1670.
Coll. 27 March 1667 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./12). Instal. by proxy 6 Apr. (Cap. 1/3/2 f. 39v). D. by 9 June 1670 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./12; Cap. 1/3/2 f. 55). (fn. 2)
Toby Henshaw B.D. 1670-1681.
Coll. 9 June 1670 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./12). Bp.'s mand. for instal. 3 Sept.; instal. 5 Sept. (Cap. 1/3/2 f. 55). D. by 25 Nov. 1681 (burial, Cuckfield) (Ep. 11/16/50A; Cap. 1/3/2 f. 91v).
Joseph Sayer B.D. 1681-1693.
Coll. 8 Dec. 1681 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./15). Instal. s.d. (Cap. 1/3/2 f. 91v). D. by 24 Aug. 1693 (burial, Northchurch, Berkhamsted, Herts.) (Northchurch parish reg., ex inf. Rev. J. B. W. Hughes; Ep. 1/1/10 f. 40).
Richard Bowchier B.D. 1693-1723.
Coll. 20 Oct. 1693 (Ep. 1/1/10 f. 40). Instal. 21 Oct. (Cap. 1/3/2 f. 138v). D. 18 Aug. 1723 (m.i., Amport, Hants) (Suss. Arch. Coll. cvi 6; Ep. 1/1/11 f. 16).
James Williamson M.A. 1723-1736.
Coll. 24 Sept. 1723 (Ep. 1/1/11 f. 16). Instal. 26 Oct. (Cap. 1/3/3 f. 64). D. 15 Nov. 1736 (m.i., Ripe) (Horsfield, Hist. Suss. 1 354; Ep. 11/16/162A; Ep. 1/1/11 f. 38).
Edmund Bateman D.D. 1737-1751.
Pres. by executors of William Wake, late abp. of Canterbury, to whom gr. of next pres. made by bp.; adm. 22 March 1737 (Ep. 1/1/11 f. 38). Instal. 25 March (Cap. 1/3/3 f. 125). D. 28 Apr. 1751 (Gent. Mag. 1751, xxi 236; Ep. 1/1/11 f. 56).
Thomas D'Oyly D.C.L. 1751-1770.
Coll. 5 June 1751 (Ep. 1/1/11 f. 56). Instal. 13 July (Cap. 1/3/4 p. 137). D. 27 Jan. 1770 (Gent. Mag. 1770, xl 95).
John Courtail M.A. 1770-1806.
Coll. 31 May 1770 (Ep. 1/1/11 f. 78v). Instal. 16 June (Cap. 1/3/4 p. 304). D. 25 Feb. 1806 (Gent. Mag. 1806, lxxvi (1) 288; Cap. 1/3/6 p. 43).
Matthias D'Oyly M.A. 1806-1815.
Coll. 29 Apr. 1806 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./40). Instal. 7 June (Cap. 1/3/6 p. 40). Res. by 25 Feb. 1815 (Cap. 1/8/6; Gent. Mag. 1815, lxxxv (2) 478).
Edward Robert Raynes M.A. 1815-1823.
Coll. 25 Feb. 1815 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./41). Res. by 8 May 1823 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./43).
Thomas Birch D.C.L. 1823-1840.
Coll. 8 May 1823 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./43). Instal. 10 May (Cap. 1/3/6 p. 137). D. 25 Feb. 1840 (Gent. Mag. 1840, cx (1) 440; P.R.O., E 331 Chich./46).
Julius Charles Hare M.A. 1840-1855.
Coll. 10 Apr. 1840 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./46). Instal. s.d. (Cap. 1/3/6 p. 296). D. 23 Jan. 1855 (Quarterly Review, July 1855, xcvii 15; Reg. Gilbert and Durnford p. 72).
William Bruère Otter M.A. 1855-1876.
Coll. 6 March 1855 (Reg. Gilbert and Durnford p. 72). Instal. 7 March (Cap. 1/3/7 p. 72). D. 25 June 1876 (Annual Reg. 1876 (2) 145; Reg. Durnford p. 6).