Archdeacon of Hereford

High Medieval

Archdeacons in Hereford diocese:

• bef. 1086–aft. 1101 (d.): Heinfrid^{[N 1]}
• ?–25 November 1120 (d.): Geoffrey^{[N 1]}

Archdeacons of Hereford:

• bef. 1131–aft. 1179 (d.): Peter
• bef. 1181–aft. 1196: Ralph Foliot
• bef. 1198–5 September 1215 (deprived): William fitzWalter (excommunicated)
• bef. 1215–?: Alexander de Walton
• bef. 1216–bef. 1228: William de Ria
• bef. 1234–aft. 1248: Henry Bustard
• bef. 1258–bef. 1287 (res.): William of Conflans (Guillaume de Conflans; afterwards Bishop of Genève)
• 27 May 1287–bef. 1287 (res.): Roger of Sevenoaks (disputed)
• 21 November 1287–bef. 1303 (d.): Richard of Hertford

Late Medieval

• 1 June 1303 – 13 February 1318 (res.): Henry de Shorne
• 1318–aft. 1326: Thomas de Chaundos (Sr)
• 5 March 1333–bef. 1343: John de Barton
• bef. 1343–bef. 1367 (d.): William de Sheynton
• bef. 1369–2 April 1379 (res.): John de Bedwardine/Smythes
• c. 1380: Richard Tissington (claimant)
• 1389–bef. 1405 (res.): Richard Kingston (afterwards Dean of Windsor, 1412)
• 31 January 1405 – 5 May 1417 (exch.): John Loveney (afterwards Archdeacon of Shropshire)
• 5 May 1417–bef. 1424 (res.): John Hereford (previously Archdeacon of Shropshire)
• 21 July 1424 – 10 July 1446 (exch.): John Barowe
• 10 July 1446 – 1476 (d.): Richard Rudhale/Rudhall
• bef. 1478–bef. 1485: Richard Martyn (also Archdeacon of Berkshire from 1478 and Archdeacon of London until 1482; Bishop of St David's from 1482)
• bef. 1485–1494 (d.): Robert Geffrey/Jeffry (previously Archdeacon of Shropshire)
• 1494–bef. 1511 (d.): Thomas Morton (previously Archdeacon of Shropshire)
• 20 July 1511 – 1522 (d.): William Webb/Webbe (previously Archdeacon of Shropshire)
• 29 January 1523 – 1542 (d.): John Boothe

Early modern

• 14 August 1542 – 1552 (d.): John Styrmin
• 3 February 1552 – 1557 (res.): Richard Cheyney

• 27 July 1557 – 1559 (deprived): John Glazier (deprived)
• 24 March 1559 – 1567 (res.): Robert Crowley
• 5 April 1567 – 1578 (res.): Edward Cowper
• 1578–1606 (d.): Simon Smith
• 28 July 1606 – 1617 (exch.): Silvanus Griffiths
• 1617–1620 (res.): Richard Montagu
• 1623–6 June 1648 (d.): John Hughes
• c. 1650s: Matthew Burst
• 1660–1684 (res.): George Benson
• 1684–1690 (deprived): Samuel Benson (deprived)
• 1690–2 February 1698 (d.): William Johnson
• 1698: Brian Turner (nominated, but died before installation)
• 1698–bef. 1729: Thomas Fox
• 1729–9 November 1741 (d.): John Walker^[2]
• 18 December 1741–bef. 1769: Robert Breton
• 19 January 1769–bef. 1787: John Harley (also Dean of Windsor from 1778)
• 1787–bef. 1823: James Jones
• 15 February 1823–bef. 1825: John Lilly
• 1825–bef. 1852 (res.): Henry Wetherell
• 1852–11 August 1863 (d.): Richard Lane Freer

Late modern

• 1863–26 May 1887 (d.): The 16th Baron Saye and Sele
• 1887–1910 (ret.): Berkeley Scudamore-Stanhope^[3][4]
• 1910–1923 (res.): Edward Winnington-Ingram (brother of Arthur, Bishop of London)^[5]
• 1923–26 December 1928 (d.): Rowland Money-Kyrle^[6]
• 1929–1941 (ret.): Geoffrey Iliff^[7]
• 1942–1958 (res.): Arthur Winnington-Ingram (son of the above Edward; afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[8]
• 1959–1970 (ret.): Thomas Randolph (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[9]
• 1970–1976 (ret.): John Lewis (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[10]
• 1977–1982 (ret.): Thomas Barfett (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[11]
• 1982–1991 (ret.): Andrew Woodhouse (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[12]
• 1991–1997 (ret.): Leonard Moss (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[13]
• 1997–2002 (res.): Michael Hooper^[14]
• 2002–2004 (ret.): John Tiller (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[15]
• 2005–2010 (ret.): Malcolm Colmer^[16][17]
• 16 January 2011 – 31 August 2017: Paddy Benson^[18][19]
• 9 September 2018 – present: Derek Chedzey