The Archdeacon of Oxford is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Oxford, England. The office responsibility includes the care of clergy and church buildings within the area of the Archdeaconry of Oxford.
History
The first archdeacon of Oxford is recorded before 1092 – around the time when archdeacons were first appointed across England – in the Diocese of Lincoln. He was one of eight archdeacons appointed by the bishop: Lincoln, Huntingdon, Northampton, Leicester, Buckingham, Bedford and Stow.
In the Henrican Reorganization, the archdeaconry was transferred to the newly-erected Diocese of Oxford in 1546. On 1 March 2014, the Archdeaconry of Oxford was split to create the new Archdeaconry of Dorchester; the Archdeaconry of Oxford now consists solely of the City of Oxford itself, whereas the rest of the county of Oxfordshire is now in the Archdeaconry of Dorchester. The Archdeacon of Oxford continues to be Residentiary Canon of Christ Church and has strategic roles across the Diocese of Oxford as a whole, for example as Interfaith Advisor.
List of archdeacons
High Medieval
bef. 1092–?: Alfred (first archdeacon) bef. 1112–aft. 1151: Walter of Oxford bef. 1151–1173 (res.): Robert Foliot bef. 1176–1183 (res.): Walter de Coutances –1196 (res.): John of Coutances (also Dean of Rouen from 1188) bef. 1197–aft. 1208: Walter Map (elected Bishop of Hereford in 1199 and Bishop of St David's in 1203) bef. 1212–1221 (d.): John of Tynemouth bef. 1221–1221 (res.): Matthew Stratton (became Archdeacon of Buckingham) bef. 1222 – February 1236 (d.): Adam de Sancto Edmundo bef. 1237–1240 (res.): Roger Weseham bef. 1240–aft. 1249: John de Sancto Egidio bef. 1250–aft. 1252: Richard of Gravesend –aft. 1258 (res.): Robert de Mariscis bef. 1259–1263 (res.): Henry of Sandwich bef. 1263–aft. 1272 (res.): Richard de Mepham (previously Archdeacon of Stafford; became Dean of Lincoln) bef. 1273–1274 (res.): John de Maidenstan (previously Archdeacon of Bedford; became Dean of Lincoln) bef. November 1274–bef. 1277: W. bef. 1278–1280 (res.): Nicholas de Hegham bef. 1284–aft. 1284: unnamed archdeacon; possible Simon of Ghent. bef. 1284–1297 (res.): Simon of Ghent 1297–1298 (deprived): Pontius de Salino (lost dispute with Amadeus of Savoy) bef. 1298–aft. 1299: Amadeus of Savoy (Archdeacon of Rheims; probably ineffective) 15 February 1298 – 5 November 1303 (d.): William de Sardene
Late Medieval
10 December 1303–bef. 1313 (d.): Gilbert Segrave
12 March 1313 – 20 December 1356 (d.): Gaillard Cardinal de la Motte/Mothe (Cardinal-deacon of Santa Lucia in Orthea) bef. 1368–30 January 1404 (exch.): Thomas Southam (became Archdeacon of Berkshire) 9 February 1404 – 23 February 1441 (d.): John Southam bef. 1458-bef. 1467 (res.): Fulk Birmingham 2 July 1467–bef. 1472 (d.): John Boteler 10 October 1472 – 1482 (res.): Lionel Woodville 17 April 1482 – 1493 (res.): Oliver King 24 January 1493 – 1504 (res.): Richard Mayew 15 November 1504–bef. 1522 (d.): Christopher Urswick, Dean of Windsor until 1505 (also Archdeacon of Wilts, Archdeacon of Norfolk and Rector of Hackney) 24 March 1522 – 1528 (res.): George Heneage
7 October 1528–?: Nicholas Wilson
19 January 1535–bef. 1543 (d.): Richard Curwen
Early modern
1543–10 May 1561 (d.): Walter Wright
On 26 January 1546, the archdeaconry was transferred to the new Diocese of Oxford. 1561–aft. 1592: John Kennall 1592–7 June 1614 (d.): John Drewry 17 June 1614–bef. 1624 (d.): William Bridges 1625–2 October 1661 (d.): Barten Holyday July 1663 – 1664 (dep.): Thomas Lamplugh (lost dispute with Barlow) 13 June 1664 – 1675 (res.): Thomas Barlow (became Bishop of Lincoln) 12 July 1675 – 21 July 1704 (d.): Timothy Halton 5 August 1704 – 20 January 1707 (d.): Humphrey Hody 5 February 1707 – 1715 (res.): Timothy Goodwin (became Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh) 21 March 1715 – 1723 (res.): William Baker (became Bishop of Bangor) 27 April 1724 – 1724 (d.): Robert Cook 26 August 1724 – 4 July 1741 (d.): George Rye 23 September 1741–bef. 1767 (res.): John Potter (became Dean of Canterbury) 19 January 1767 – 24 March 1783 (d.): Thomas Randolph 30 June 1783 – 30 October 1797 (d.): George Turner 11 November 1797 – 4 February 1830 (d.): Phineas Pett 9 March 1830 – 24 December 1877 (d.): Charles Clerke