Archdeacon of Exeter

High medieval[edit]

Sole (or primary) archdeacons of the diocese

• ?–28 June 1083 (d.): Odo
• ?–11 March 1104 (d.): Rolamnus
• aft. 1103–11 August 1107 (res.): William Warelwast^[4]

During (or possibly before) the episcopacy of William Warelwast (1107–1137), the other three archdeaconries were instituted.

Archdeacons of Exeter

• Ernaldus (died 14 March 1136)
• bef. 1113–18 December 1138 (res.): Robert Warelwast
• bef. 1143–aft. 1143: Walter de Constantiis
• 1162 - 1188: Henry Fitzharding^[5]
• ?–17 February 1155 (d.): Ralph
• 1155–1161 (res.): Bartholomew Iscanus

Baldwin of Forde, Archdeacon of Totnes was said in 1165 to have held this post.

• bef. 1205–1221 (d.): Henry Fitz Robert de Molesiis/de Melvile
• ?–December 1225 (res.): Serlo
• aft. 1225–bef. 1236: Bonus
• bef. 1236–21 September 1247 (d.): Bartholomew
• bef. 1269–1269 (res.): Roger de Thoriz
• 3 September 1270 – 1274 (res.): John Norilis/Norle
• 22 December 1274 – 1282 (res.): John of Pontoise
• bef. 1284–aft. 1287: Robert de Evesham
• bef. 1290–aft. 1292: Peter de Insula (later Archdeacon of Wells)
• bef. 1295–bef. 1311: Bartholomew de Sancto Laurentio (also Archdeacon of Barnstaple; Dean of Exeter from 1310)

Late medieval[edit]

• 10 March 1308–? (deprived): Richard de Plumstok/de Plumpstock (unsuccessful royal grant)
• 20 June 1311–bef. 1312 (d.): William FitzRogo
• 5 March 1312 – 1317 (res.): John Wele
• 16 August 1317 – 2 February 1318 (deprived): Richard de Coleton (collation reversed)
• 2 February 1318–bef. 1318 (d.): Richard de Morcester
• 11 June 1318–bef. 1329 (d.): Thomas de Hereward
• 29 November 1329 – 1330 (res.): John de Northwode
• 18 April–5 July 1330 (d.): William de Grandisson/Grandison
• 12 July 1330 – June 1331 (exch.): William Zouche
• June 1331–bef. 1345 (res.): Thomas de Nassington
• 15 December 1345–bef. 1360 (d.): Otto/Otho de Northwode
• 16 November–27 December 1360 (res.): Philip de Beauchamp/de Bello Campo (underage)
• 27 December 1360 – 1361 (res.): Stephen de Pempel/de Penpel/de Pympel
• 1361–1371 (d.): Philip de Beauchamp (again)
• 20 August 1371 – 1 March 1375 (deprived): Thomas de Swaby/Swaby (royal grant; revoked)
• 1 March 1371 – 1378 (deprived): Peter Cardinal de Vernhio (Peter de Everino; cardinal-deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata)
• 10 July 1379–aft. 1379: John Cheyne
• bef. 1384–16 August 1397 (d.): Philip Cardinal de Alencon (Philippe Valois d'Alençon, cardinal-bishop of Sabina)
• 8 November 1397–bef. 1399: William Waltham
• 9 April 1399–bef. 1399 (res.): Nicholas Bubwith
• 21 October 1399 – 1403 (res.): Walter Cook
• 11 June 1403 – 31 May 1408 (d.): Angelo Cardinal Acciaioli (Cardinal-bishop of Ostia)

• 7 December 1408 – 28 February 1410 (exch.): William Pilton/Thomas Pylton
• c. 1408–14 July 1410 (res.): Anthony Cardinal de Calvis (Antonio Calvi, cardinal-priest of San Marco; unsuccessful papal grant)
• 28 February 1410 – 1417 (res.): Thomas Hendeman
• 25 January–May 1417 (res.): Roger Bolter
• 21 September 1417–bef. 1425 (d.): John Schute
• 1418: Thomas Redman (ineffective exchange)
• 27 September 1425–bef. 1438 (d.): James Carslegh
• 5 December 1438–bef. 1444 (res.): Peter Stukeley/Stukelegh
• 21 March 1444 – 1453 (d.): John Druell
• 8 June 1453 – 7 January 1475 (exch.): Peter Courtenay^[6]
• 7 January 1475 – 23 October 1482 (d.): Robert Aiscough/Ayscogh
• aft. 1482–1492 (d.): David Hopton
• 3 February 1492–c. 1493 (res.): Richard Nykke^[7]
• bef. 1504 – November 1504 (res.): Hugh Oldham^[8]
• 13 January 1505 – 1515 (res.): Richard More
• 19 June 1515–bef. 1519 (d.): John Fulford
• 19 January 1519 – 27 December 1555 (d.): Adam Travesse

Early modern[edit]

• 1551–?: Rowland Taylor^[9] (burned at the stake, 1555)
• 30 January 1556–bef. 1569 (res.): George Carew^[10]
• 20 October 1569–bef. 1583 (d.): Robert Fisher/Fysher^[11]
• 14 January 1583 – 25 November 1633 (d.): Thomas Barrett^[12]
• 16 January 1634–bef. 1643 (d.): Aaron Wilson
• 21 September 1643–bef. 1662 (res.): Edward Young^[13]
• 18 August 1662–bef. 1665 (res.): Robert Cary^[14]
• 4 February 1665 – 28 March 1668 (d.): Daniel Estcott
• 28 March 1668 – September 1676 (res.): Anthony Sparrow, Bishop of Exeter
• 24 October 1676 – 1 February 1704 (d.): Edward Lake^[15]
• 1 April 1704 – 1707 (res.): Jonathan Trelawny, Bishop of Exeter
• 7 February 1708 – 29 November 1716 (d.): Ofspring Blackall, Bishop of Exeter
• 1 March 1717 – 21 October 1726 (d.): Edward Trelawney
• 11 November 1726–bef. 1732: Richard Ibbetson
• 26 January 1732 – 1820: successive Bishops of Exeter held the archdeaconry for this period
• 29 December 1820 – 1865 (d.): John Moore-Stevens^[16] (Moore-Stevens after July 1832)

Late modern[edit]

• April 1865 – February 1875 (d.): Philip Freeman^[17]
• February 1875 – 1888 (d.): Henry Sanders^[18]
• 1888–1909 (ret.): Ernest Sandford^[19][20]
• 1909–1924 (ret.): Frederick Sanders^[21]
• 1925–1930 (res.): William Surtees^[22][23]
• 1930–17 April 1951 (d.): Huxley Thompson^[24]
• 1951–1958 (res.): Wilfrid Westall (also Bishop suffragan of Crediton from 1954)^[25]
• 1958–1970 (ret.): Richard Babington (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[26]
• 1981–1994 (res.): John Richards^[27]
• 1994–2002 (ret.): Tony Tremlett^[28]
• 2003–2005 (res.): Paul Gardner^[29]
• 2006–2012 (res.): Penny Driver^[30][31]
• 28 April 2012 – 7 September 2019 (res.): Christopher Futcher^[32][33] (became Archdeacon in Cyprus)^[34]
• 25 September 2019 – present: Andrew Beane^[35]