Archdeacon Of Hereford

Hereford. 11 recorded holders. ← all offices

The succession the rolls themselves record for this office, earliest first — a finding aid drawn from the roll text, not an authoritative fasti. Spelling variants of one holder now fold together where the volumes' own printed indexes attest them (“Burghers” and “Burghersh” are one man when the editors say so); the opposite case — one name hiding two men — is proposed from the same indexes and from matched identities, and separates only after human confirmation. Until then a shared name lists as one holder, and the list can be checked against printed succession lists (Fasti / VCH).

1. Walter de Confleys 1275 ×3
   • 1275-05-19 — Grant to John Corayu that (he 200/. granted to him by Henry IIL out of the fines and amercements and other issues of the eyre of the justices next in eyre in th…
   • 1275-05-20 — Licence for the dean and chapter of Hereford to elect a bishop, on Walter de Confleys, archdeacon of Hereford, and Master Luke de Bree, canon of Hereford, bring…
2. Richard de Hertford 1295–1297 ×8
   • 1295-12-07 — Protection with clause nolwmus, until Michaelmas, for the following, who, Westminster. like the rest of the clergy, have granted the king a tenth of their benef…
   • 1295-12-14 — Protection with clause nolwmus, until Michaelmas, for the following, who, like the rest of the clergy, have granted the king a tenth of their benefices, as abov…
   • 1297-04-04 — Master Richard de Speccote, parson of the church of Parkham. Thomas, bishop of Exeter. The dean and chapter of St. Peter's, lxeter, for the possessions belongin…
   • 1297-04-04 — Vacated. de Salesbury, parson of the church of Merwenede Everdon, parson of the church of Stoke Basset. son of John, parson of the church of Stoke-juxta-Mare. B…
3. Thomas de Chaundos 1308–1334 ×6
   • 1308-12-29 — Pardon, at the request of Roger de Mortuo Mari and Gilbert Talebot, to Master Thomas de Chaundos, archdeacon of Hereford, for acquiring, in the time of the late…
   • 1327-02-01 — Pardon, at the request of Roger de Mortuo Mari and Gilbert Talebot, to Master Thomas de Chaundos, archdeacon of Hereford, for acquiring, in the time of the late…
   • 1330-01-01 — Commission to Master Thomas de Chaundos, archdeacon of Hereford, Master William de Fowehep, abbot of St. Peter's, Shrewsbury, and Master Robert de Preston ; on …
   • 1330-12-08 — Commission to Master Thomas de Chaundos, archdeacon of Hereford, Master William de Fowehep, abbot of St. Peter's, Shrewsbury, and Master Robert de Preston ; on …
4. Thomas de Chandos 1326 ×2
   • 1326-12-03 — Memorandum, that Henry Basset of co. Norfolk, Adam de Ravenwath of York, Robert de Saxtorof the same county, and Ralph Brok of Hereford, in chancery at Wodestok…
   • 1326-12-03 — Memorandum, that Henry Basset of co. Norfolk, Adam de Ravenwath of co. York, Robert de Saxton of the same county, and Ralph Brok of co. Hereford, in chancery at…
5. John de Barton 1335 ×4
   • 1335-03-02 — To Geoffrey le Scrop and his fellows, justices appointed to hold pleas the king. Whereas they lately returned a petition of John son of exhibited before the kin…
   • 1335-03-02 — To Geoffrey le Scrop and his fellows, justices appointed to hold pleas the king. Whereas they lately returned a petition of John son of exhibited before the kin…
   • 1335-08-26 — To the same. Order to permit John de Barton, archdeacon of Hereford, is going to the Roman court by the king's licence, to cross from that with bis men, horses,…
   • 1335-08-26 — To the same. Order to permit John de Barton, archdeacon of Hereford, is going to the Roman court by the king's licence, to cross from that with his men, horses,…
6. Richard Nowel 1376
   • 1376-06-12 — Commission to Richard Nowell, archdeacon of Hereford, and Henry Shipton, clerk, to make a visitation of the king's free chapel within castle of Bruggenorth ; as…
7. William de Sheynton 1377 ×2
   • 1377-09-25 — The like to Agnes de Westmondecote, one of the executors of the will of William de Sheynton, archdeacon of Hereford (the others being John Prees and Philip Neup…
   • 1377-11-04 — The like to Philip Neuport, one of the executors of the will of William Sheynton, archdeacon of Hereford, of his outlawry in Shropshire, for appearing when they…
8. Richard de Kyngeston 1402–1404 ×2
   • 1402-09-19 — Commission to the king's clerk Richard Kyngeston, archdeacon of Hereford, and John Cheyny, chivaler, on account of the king's great need of money for his expens…
   • 1404-06-16 — Commission to the king's clerk Richard Kyngeston, archdeacon of Hereford, to receive all moneys arising from the subsidy granted to the king in the last Parliam…
9. John Berewe 1443
   • 1443-02-06 — Whereas John Berewe, archdeacon of Hereford, John Aburhale, esquire, and John Falk, citizen of Hereford, acquired to them, their heirs and assigns of Richard ap…

Ordered by the first date each holder appears with the office — where a holder is undated they sort last. Dates are the roll entries' own, not tenure dates.
Cite: “archdeacon of Hereford”, Reading the Rolls, https://readingtherolls.com/office/archdeacon-of-hereford, accessed 2026-07-25. Derived from the printed calendars of the medieval English royal records.