Description
Archdeaconry, formed c.1090. Previously within the Bishopric of Exeter and since 1876 within the Diocese or Bishopric of Truro, since when it has sometimes been known as the Archdeaconry of Truro. In 1878 the Archdeaconry was split into two parts, the eastern part becoming the modern Archdeaconry of Bodmin.
The ancient Peculiar Deaneries of St Germans, Pawton and Penryn were not considered part of the ancient Archdeaconry of Cornwall being, as they were, peculiars of the Bishops of Exeter. Likewise, the Royal Peculiar Deanery of St Buryan was not considered part of the ancient Archdeaconry of Cornwall and did not fall under the governance of the Bishopric of Exeter, although the parish of St Buryan is listed under the Deanery of Penwith in the Taxation of Pope Nicholas IV in 1291.1
Chronological Sequence
Cornubie, 1291; Cornubiensis, Cornubiensi, 1327-8; Cornubie, 1346, 1357; Cornubiensis, 1361; Cornubie, 1366-7; Cornwall, 1847, 2009
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Cornubie : 1291; 1346, 1357, 1366-7
Cornubiensis : 1327-8, 1361
Cornubiensi : 1327-8
Cornwall : 1847, 2009
References
Archidiaconatus Cornubie
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p467, citing from 1291
Archidiaconatus Cornubiensis
Archidiaconatu Cornubiensi
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1263, citing from 1327-8
Archidiaconus Cornubie
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1353, citing from 1346
Archidiaconi Cornubie
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1447, citing from 1357
Archidiaconatu Cornubiensis
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1232, citing from 1361
Archidiaconus Cornubie
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1501, citing from 1366-7
Archdeaconry of Cornwall
Wallis, 1847, p21
TDD, 2009, p27