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ARCHDEACONS.
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William de Wrotham*.

Stephen de Langton was archdeacon in 1229[1].

Richard de St. John[2], chaplain to Hubert de Burgh, had the archdeaconry given to him by the King 28th Jan. 1232, during the vacancy of the archiepiscopal see.

Simon Langton, brother of Stephen archbishop of Canterbury. He died 1248[3].

Stephen de Vicenna succeeded Langton.

Ottobone de Fresco, cardinal-deacon of St. Adrian. He afterwards became Pope under the title of Adrian V.

Hugh Mortimer held this dignity in 1245[4].

Stephen de Monte Luelli was archdeacon in 1257.

William Middleton held the office in 1276, and was elected bishop of Norwich in 1278.

Robert of Yarmouth succeeded Middleton[5].

Richard de Ferringes held the dignity in 1281[6]. He was made archbishop of Dublin by the Pope on the death of William de Hotham in 1298[7].

John Langton, chancellor of England, appointed by the Pope in recompense for his disappointment in not having the see of Ely to which he had been elected. He was made bishop of Chichester in 1305[8].

Simon of Faversham, appointed 22nd Sept. 1305[9]; but he was forced to give up the dignity in favour of the Pope's nominee

Bernard de Eyci[10], who was appointed by papal bull

* Le Neve makes him archdeacon in 1206, but he has mistaken Tant' for Cant' on the record.

  1. Pat. 13 Hen. III. m. 10.
  2. Pat. 16 Hen. III. m. 8.
  3. Matt. Paris ad an.
  4. Ibid.
  5. Anglia Sacra, parsi. p. 151.
  6. Reg. Peckham. Anglia Sacra, p. 638.
  7. Matt. Westm. ad an.
  8. Reg. Winchels. fol. 90.
  9. Eodem die (x Kal. Oct. 1305) dedit (archiepiscopus) magistro Simoni de Feversham archidiaconatum Cantuar. Reg. Winchels. fol. 90.
  10. Or Ecy de Labredo, or de la Breto, or Le Brito. Called also De la Barton, for he was the son of the lord Aumeny de la Barton. Bernardus Ecii de la Breto archidiaconus Cantuarise habet litteras de protectione 13 Oct. Pat. 2 Ed. H.