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Richard Bowchier

Richard Bowchier (28 January 1661 – 3 November 1723) was the Archdeacon of Lewes from 1693 until 1723.^[1] He was also known as an antiquarian.^[2]

Bouchier was born in Pilton, Devon. He was a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge.^[3] He was incorporated at Oxford in 1683.^[4] He was a Prebend and Canon^[5] of Chichester Cathedral^[6] and Vicar of Amport.^[7]

References

^ ”Chichester Diocese Clergy Lists:Clergy succession from the earliest times to the year 1900" Hennessy, G: London, St Peter's Press, 1900
^ Johnstone, Hilda (March 1946). "Richard Bowchier, Archdeacon and Antiquary". History. 31 (New Series) (113): 1–8. JSTOR 24402579.
^ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. i. Abbey – Challis, (1940) p329
^ Bludworth-Brakell Pages 142-170 Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714
^ 'Appendix 1: Residentiary canons of Chichester', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 2, Chichester Diocese, ed. Joyce M Horn (London, 1971), pp. 71-80. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol2/pp71-80 [accessed 27 April 2021].
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^ GEMMS

Church of England titles
Preceded by Joseph Sayer	Archdeacon of Lewes 1693–1723	Succeeded by James Williamson

Diocese of Chichester

Chichester Cathedral
The Palace, Chichester
Diocesan Church House, Hove
Area scheme (1984–2013)

Office holders

Martin Warner, Bishop of Chichester
Ruth Bushyager, Bishop of Horsham
Will Hazlewood, Bishop of Lewes
AEO: the bishop diocesan & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet
Martin Lloyd Williams, Archdeacon of Brighton & Lewes
Edward Dowler, Archdeacon of Hastings and Dean-designate
Luke Irvine-Capel, Archdeacon of Chichester
Angela Martin, Archdeacon of Horsham

Historic offices

Archdeacon of Hastings (1912–1975; merged back into Lewes archdeaconry)

v t e Archdeacons of Lewes, of Hastings and of Lewes & Hastings
High Medieval	Jordan de Melburne Joceline Eustachius de Leveland Reginald de Wintonia William de Lughteburg Robert Passelewe Simon de Clympingham Henry Godfrey de Peckham Thomas de Berghstede
Late Medieval	Thomas Cobham John de Godele Hamelin de Godele John Geytentun Thomas de Codelowe Walter de Lyndrich William de Loughteburgh John Courdray Walter Forey Richard Stone John Wendover John Brampton Lewis Coychurch Thomas Hanwell William Skylton John Dogett John Plemth Simon Climping Thomas Oatley Richard Hill Edward Vaughan William Atwater William Cradock Oliver Pole Anthony Wayte Edward More
Early modern	John Sherry Richard Brisley Robert Taylor Edmund Weston Thomas Drant William Coell William Cotton John Mattock Richard Buckenham William Hutchinson Thomas Hook Philip King Nathaniel Hardy Toby Henshaw Joseph Sayer Richard Bowchier James Williamson Edmund Bateman Thomas D'Oyly John Courtail Matthias D'Oyly Edward Raynes Thomas Birch Julius Hare William Otter
Late modern	John Hannah Robert Sutton Theodore Churton (became Archdeacon of Hastings) Henry Southwell, Bishop suffragan of Lewes Hugh Hordern Francis Smythe Lloyd Morrell Peter Booth Max Godden (became Archdeacon of Lewes & Hastings)
Hastings (1912–1975)	created from Lewes Theodore Churton (previously Archdeacon of Lewes) Benedict Hoskyns Arthur Upcott Thomas Cook, Bishop suffragan of Lewes Arthur Alston Ernest Reid Guy Mayfield dissolved/merged to Lewes & Hastings
Lewes & Hastings	Max Godden (previously Archdeacon of Lewes) Christopher Luxmoore Hugh Glaisyer Nicholas Reade Philip Jones renamed to Hastings
Hastings (2014–present)	Philip Jones (previously Archdeacon of Lewes & Hastings) Stan Tomalin (Acting) Edward Bryant & Nick Cornell (Acting) Edward Dowler