Jasper Swift

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Jasper Swift (died 20 January 1620) was the archdeacon of Cornwall and Archdeacon of Totnes.^[1]

Educated at Christ Church college, Oxford, he matriculated in 1590/1, graduating B.A. in 1594 and M.A. in 1599/1600. He was awarded B.D. and D.D. in 1615/16 and became rector of St. Erme, Cornwall in 1603 and of Powderham, Devon in 1612. He became prebendary of Exeter cathedral in 1613, archdeacon of Cornwall July-October 1616, and archdeacon of Totnes from 1616, until his death on 20 January 1619/20. ^[2]

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^ ”Some account of the barony and town of Okehampton:Its antiquities and institutions” Bridges, W.B; Wright, W.H.K; Rattenbury, J; Shebbeare, R; Thomas, C; Fothergill, H.G Tiverton, W.Masland,1889
^ "Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714". British History Online. Retrieved 2012-05-21.

v t e Archdeacons of Totnes

High Medieval	Patrick Haliburton John de Bradelgehe Hugh de Avigo Ascelinus Baldwin of Forde Robert Bernard John Fitz-John Gilbert Basset Walter de Gray John de Bridport Thomas de Boues Richard Cowe Ysaac Thomas Pincerna John Geoffrey William de Pembroke Richard Blunt Thomas de Hertford Thomas de Bollegh Thomas de Bodham Roger le Rouse

Late Medieval	Thomas de Charlton William de Puntyngdon Robert Fitz-Gildoe Roger de Charlton John de Northwode Peter de Gildesburgh William Steele Richard de Drax Hugh de Bridham John Lydford William Hunden William Barton John Typhane Alan Kirketon John Burneby Thomas Manning Thomas Chippenham Owen Lord William Wagott Edmund Chaderton Ralph Heathcott

Early modern	John Fulford Richard Sydnor George Carew William Collumpton William Fawell John Pollard Thomas Kent Robert Lougher Oliver Whiddon John Cole Lewis Swete William Parker Jasper Swift William Cotton Edward Cotton Francis Fullwood Sir Jonathan Trelawney George Snell Francis Atterbury George Fleetwood Nicholas Kendall George Baker Thomas Skynner Ralph Barnes

Late modern	Robert Froude John Downall Alfred Earle Charles Wilkinson Arthur Simms Newton Leeke John Cobham Edgar Hall John Hawkins Robert Newhouse John Lucas Richard Hawkins Tony Tremlett Richard Gilpin John Rawlings

v t e Archdeacons of Cornwall

High Medieval	Alnothus Ernaldus Hugo de Auco William A. Walter Ralph Luce Peter Galterus Walter Fitz Rogo Simon Martin Thomas John Rof Jordan Geofrey de Bismano Robert de Tefford John de Esse Henry/Thomas de Bolegh

Late Medieval	William de Bodringham/de Bodrigan/Bodeham Adam de Carleton Walter Nicholas de Scotton Annibale Cardinal di Ceccano Adam de Carleton (again) John de St Paul · Papal grants: John de Harewell Thomas David Alexander Neville · Royal grants: William Cusance Nicholas de Newton · Thomas de Orgrave Robert Braybrooke Nicholas Braybrooke Richard Lentwardyn Edward Dantsey John Bremore Richard Penels William Fylham Walter Trengof Richard Helyer Henry Trevilian John Selot Thomas Marke William Sylke

Early modern	Thomas Harrys Bernard Oldham John Fulford Hugh Ashton Richard Sampson Rowland Lee Thomas Bedyll Thomas Wynter John Pollard Hugh Weston John Rixman George Harvey Roger Alley Thomas Somaster Nicholas Marston William Hutchinson Jasper Swift William Parker Martin Mansogg/Nansogg William Parker (again) Robert Peterson Robert Hall George Hall Edward Cotton Edward Drew Lancelot Blackburne ? Charles Fleetwood George Allanson John Sleech George Moore

Late modern	William Short John Bull John Sheepshanks William Phillpotts John Cornish Stamford Raffles-Flint Guy Hockley John Holden Frederick Boreham Peter Young Arnold Wood Raymond Ravenscroft Trevor McCabe Rodney Whiteman Roger Bush Bill Stuart-White

v t e Diocese of Exeter

Exeter Cathedral The Palace, Exeter The Old Deanery, Exeter

Office holders	The Bishop of Exeter, Michael Langrish The Bishop suffragan of Plymouth, John Ford The Bishop suffragan of Crediton, Nick McKinnel AEO: Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet (Vacant) The Dean of Exeter, Jonathan Draper The Archdeacon of Barnstaple, David Gunn-Johnson The Archdeacon of Totnes, John Rawlings The Archdeacon of Plymouth, Ian Chandler The Archdeacon of Exeter, Christopher Futcher

Selected deaneries	Deanery of Barnstaple Deanery of Cadbury Deanery of Christianity (Exeter) Deanery of Hartland

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Cornwall (11th century – 1876; became the Diocese of Truro)