medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Jon Cannon wrote:
>
> Tom is of course right, and the diocese of Lincoln was often 'cut
> down to size': the see of Ely in the ec12; sees of Oxford and
> Peterborough in the C16, and the see of St Albans (I believe) in the
> C19 all took chunks of a diocese the size of a small country. I
> believe bits of the see of Southwell were also once in Lincoln.
Southwell is the Archdeaconry of Nottingham (which is where we came in...)
which was part of the Archdiocese of York. It was transferred to Lincoln in
the 19th century, and then combined with the Archdeaconry of Derby (from
Lichfield - another once-giant diocese) to form the Diocese of Southwell.
Derby was subsequently made a separate diocese. At some point Southwell
diocese was then transferred back to the Province of York.
Also in the 19th century, Hertfordshire was taken from Lincoln, and Essex
from London and both were added to Rochester (!) but they were subsequently
detached to form the Diocese of St Albans. The Diocese of Oxford was formed
from Lincoln territory in the 16th century, but Berkshire was added to it in
the 19th century (from Salisbury) as was Buckinghamshire (from Lincoln
again.)
Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire (from Lincoln) were added to Ely in the
19th century, but Huntingdonshire was added to St Albans in the 20th
century...
Leicestershire was split off from Lincoln when the Diocese of Peterborough
was formed, but detached again in the 20th century when it became a separate
diocese.
John Briggs
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