Archdeacon of Lichfield

High Medieval

At its creation, the archdeaconry was in the Diocese of Coventry.

• 1135–1145: Robert
• bef. c. 1146–aft. c. 1146: William
• bef. c. 1149–aft. c. 1159: Helias
• bef. 1175–aft. 1175: Ralph de Thamewood
• 1175–1182: Alan
• bef. 1191–aft. 1191: Henry Marshal (disputed)
• bef. 1191–aft. 1191: Alexander
• bef. 1194–1213 (res.): Henry de Loundres
• bef. c. 1213–aft. c. 1213: Helyas
• 5 March 1213 – 1222 (d.): Robert of Gloucester (also Archdeacon of Sudbury from bef. 1220)

From 1228, the diocese became the Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield.

• bef. 1238–aft. 1224: William of York
• bef. 1234–aft. 1234: R. de Langdon
• bef. 1244–aft. 1244: Robert of Stafford
• bef. 1259–aft. 1259: Richard de Mepham
• bef. 1265–1275 (res.): Thomas de Cantilupe
• bef. c. 1290–aft. c. 1290: Adam Paine
• ?–bef. 1301 (d.): Rayner de Vichio/Florence

Late Medieval

• 6 June 1301 – 19 January 1322 (res.): John de Brunforte, son of Octavian
• 8 December 1321 – 20 August 1323 (exch.): Robert de Patrika
• 20 August 1323–June 1336 (d.): John Clarel
• ?–bef. 1349 (d.): William de Apeltre
• 26 June 1349–bef. 1349 (d.): Roger de Depyng
• 27 August 1349 – 4 June 1353 (exch.): Richard de Birmingham
• 1349–bef. 1355 (d.): Roger de Dorkyng (unsuccessful claimant)
• 4 June 1353 – 14 May 1356 (exch.): John de Marisco
• 14 May 1356–bef. 1358 (d.): William de Grenburgh
• 16 October 1358–bef. 1374 (d.): John de Sulgrave
• 29 March 1374 – 1381 (res.): John de Outheby
• 28 December 1381–bef. 1400 (res.): Richard de Toppeclyve
• 1 September 1400–aft. 1413: Henry Davyd
• bef. 1415–aft. 1415: John Fyton
• bef. 1418–1418 (res.): Thomas Barton
• 13 July 1418–bef. 1422 (res.): John Fyton (again)
• 1 March 1422–bef. 1432 (d.): William de Admondeston
• 4 July 1432–bef. 1442 (d.): Ralph Prestbury
• bef. 1442–bef. June 1442 (res.): Roger Wall
• 29 June 1442 – 1459 (res.): John Wendesley, illegitimate son of Sir Thomas Wensley (d.1403) (or Wendesley) of Wensley in Derbyshire, five times a Member of Parliament for Derbyshire.
• 27 May 1459–bef. 1467 (res.): Thomas Hawkins (became Archdeacon of Worcester)
• 6 December 1467–March 1497 (d.): William Moggys
• 30 March 1497–aft. 1497: William Duffield
• bef. 1501–30 June 1501 (res.): Edward Willoughby

• 30 June 1501–July 1515 (d.): John Wardroper
• 20 July 1515–bef. 1529: Adam Grafton (died 23 June 1529)
• bef. 1530–1530 (res.): Geoffrey Blythe (nephew of Bishop Blythe)
• 3 October 1530–aft. 1530: John Blythe (another Blythe nephew)
• bef. 1536–1540 (res.): Nicholas Heath

From 1539, the diocese became the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry.

• 13 November 1540–bef. 1547 (exch.): John Redman (Master of Trinity from 1546)

Early modern

• bef. 1547–?: John Dakyn (unsuccessful exchange)
• 5 August 1547–September 1567 (d.): Richard Walker
• 12 May 1567 – 1586 (res.): Thomas Bickley
• 2 February 1586 – 12 October 1614 (d.): Humphrey Tyndall
• 1613–bef. 1636 (d.): John Fulnetby
• 27 December 1636–bef. 1660 (d.): Martin Tinley
• 6 December 1660 – 4 May 1682 (d.): Francis Coke
• 14 July 1682 – 4 May 1721 (d.): Nathaniel Ellison
• 3 May 1721–bef. 1732 (d.): Thomas Allen (also Dean of Chester from 1722)
• 30 June 1732–bef. 1763 (d.): James Brooks
• 3 February 1763 – 1769 (res.): Edmund Law
• 15 March 1769 – 8 May 1782 (res.): John Carver (afterwards Archdeacon of Surrey)
• 23 May 1782 – 24 April 1801 (res.): William Brereton
• 28 April 1801 – 23 March 1829 (d.): Robert Nares
• 9 May 1829 – 13 August 1855 (d.): George Hodson

On 24 January 1837, the diocese lost the Coventry archdeaconry to the Diocese of Worcester^[4] and became the Diocese of Lichfield.

• December 1855–18 July 1876 (d.): Henry Moore

Late modern

• 1876–bef. 1888: John Iles (died 1888)^[5]

Stoke archdeaconry was split off on 24 July 1877.

• 1888–3 June 1898 (d.): Melville Scott^[6]
• 1898–1910 (ret.): Robert Hodgson^[7]
• 1911–7 June 1922 (d.): Charles Blakeway^[8]
• 1922–1933 (ret.): Hugh Bright^[9]
• 1935–1944 (res.): Robert Hodson^[10]
• 1945–1959 (res.): William Parker^[11]
• 1959–1974 (ret.): Basil Stratton (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[12]
• 1974–1980: Richard Ninis (became Archdeacon of Lichfield)^[13]

The archdeaconry was renamed Lichfield on 25 April 1980.

• 1980–1998 (ret.): Richard Ninis (previously Archdeacon of Stafford)^[13]
• 1998–2000 (ret.): George Frost^[14]
• 3 March 2001 – 5 May 2013 (ret.): Chris Liley^[15][16]
• 18 July 2013 – 31 May 2019 (res.):^[17] Simon Baker^[18]
• September 2019 – present: Sue Weller ^[19]