Archdeacons of Bedford
There is a record of the name of an Archdeacon of Bedford who was instituted about the year 1078 by Bishop Remigius of Lincoln, in which Diocese the Archdeaconry remained until 1837. Owing to the great distance from the Bishop's seat, this Archdeaconry was more independent than were most such jurisdictions; its Court was not subordinate to the Chancellor's Consistory Court at Lincoln, but exercised similar powers.
The last ten have been:
| 1935 William Aubrey Robins | 1974 Robert Saville Brown |
| 1946 Donald Bertram Harris | 1979 Christopher John Mayfield |
| 1956 Basil Tudor Guy (also Bishop of Bedford from 1957) | 1986 Michael Gay Bourke |
| 1958 Basil Clark Snell |
1993 Malcolm Leslie Lesiter |
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1962 John Tyrrell Holmes Hare (also Bishop of Bedford from 1968) | 2003 Paul Vernon Hughes |
