ARCHDEACONS OF BARUM.
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ARCHDEACONS OF BARUM OR BARNSTAPLE.
Alured is the first archdeacon of Barum that has occurred.
Ralph is said to have enjoyed this dignity in 1143.
William de Auco was archdeacon between 1151 and 1161.
Roger was a witness to bishop Bartholomew's grant to the lepers of Exeter, and also to the confirmation of Plympton Priory by bishop John.
Thomas was a witness to deeds made about 1187 and 1203.
Anselm occurs about 1208.
Ralph de Werewell was presented 30th Sept.
1209[1].
John occurs in 1213[2].
Ralph was witness to a deed of bishop Simon in 1219.
Roger was a witness to the foundation deed of the deanery, 1225.
Isaac died possessed of this dignity 8th Feb. 1227—8.
Walter de Pembroke, held it in 1243, and in 1263 he accepted the archdeaconry of Totnes.
Henry de Bracton, collated 21st Jan. 1263—4. Resigned for the chancellorship.
Richard Blund succeeded 25th May 1264. Resigned for Totnes in 1265.
Godfrey Giffard, collated 6th Nov. 1265. He resigned this dignity in May 1267 for the see of Worcester.
John de Bradlegh, sometimes written Madelegh, was collated 28th May 1267.
Thomas de Hertford, collated in Jan. 1271.
Philip of Exon, collated 28th Aug. 1279. He held the office in 1297[3].
Walter de Pembroke held this dignity in 1305.
