Archdeacon of Llandaff
office in the Church in Wales
The Archdeacon of Llandaff is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff. The archdeacon is the senior priest with responsibility over the area of the archdeaconry of Llandaff, one of two archdeaconries in the diocese (the other is Margam). The archdeaconry of Llandaff currently consists of two large deaneries: Cardiff, and Eglwysilan.
History
The first recorded archdeacons of Llandaff occur soon after the Norman Conquest. However, no territorial titles are recorded until after c. 1125. Until 1843, when the separate position of Dean of Llandaff was created, the Archdeacon also performed the duties of cathedral dean.
List of archdeacons of Llandaff
Leofric
1059-1104 Abraham
Urban I
1126 Uhtred
1140–1148 Urban II
c.1154–1159 Ralph
1165–1179 William
1172–1179 Urban III
1217–1242 Maurice
1243 Ralph of Newcastle
1244 Thomas, the king's chaplain
1260 Nicholas
1260–c1287 Simon of Radnor
1287 Robert de Briouze
1289 Henry de Cranborne or Wager
1290 Robert
1323,1337 Alexander de Monmouth
1338 Richard de Halton
1347 Thomas de Burgherssh
?–1361 John de Coventry
1361,1364 Henry Despenser
1361–1368 Robert de Walsham
1363–? Thomas Banastre of Eltisley
1366 Thomas de Southam
1368–? Richard Boule
?–1373 Thomas de Alston
1373–? John de Sulthorn
1385,1393 Robert de la More
1396–?
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