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Archdeacon of Bedford

Wax seal (created post-2003) from 12/13th c. brass matrix of the Archdeacon of Bedford, found in South Lincolnshire in 2003 by a metal detectorist. Latin inscription: SIGILLUM ARCHIDIACONI BEDEFORDI(A)E ("Seal of the Archdeacon of Bedford"). The arms at dexter are Cantilupe (modern): Gules, three leopard's faces jessant-de-lys or, as used by Saint Thomas de Cantilupe (d.1282), Bishop of Hereford, and later adopted as the arms of the See of Hereford

The Archdeacon of Bedford is an ecclesiastical post in the Church of England Diocese of St Albans in the Province of Canterbury. Historically the post was in the Diocese of Lincoln, then from 1837 in the Diocese of Ely, England. On 13 April 1914, the archdeaconry became a part of the Diocese of St Albans.[1] The present holder of the office is Dave Middlebrook, collated Archdeacon on 30 March 2019.

  1. ^ "No. 28819". The London Gazette. 7 April 1914. pp. 2987–2991.

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