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Lewis Stephens was Archdeacon of Barnstaple and Archdeacon of Chester.^[1]

He was born the son of Lewis Stephens of Menheniot, Cornwall.^[2]

He was a cleric at Christ Church, matriculating in 1708 and graduating B.A. in 1712, M.A. in 1715 and B.D and D.D. in 1737.^[2]

He was chaplain to Charles Trimnell, the bishop of Norwich and to Dr. Blackburne, the bishop of Exeter, becoming rector of Chilbolton, Hampshire in 1718-1722 and of Droxford, Hampshire from 1722 to 1747. He was collated archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1724 (serving until 1731) and Archdeacon of Chester from 1727 to 1747.^[3] He was also a prebendary of York Minster in 1727, of Southwell cathedral in 1729 and of Exeter cathedral from 1731 to 1746.^[2]

References

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^ " Memorials of Barnstaple; being an attempt to supply the want of a history of that ancient borough" Gribble, J.B: Barnstaple, J.Avery, 1830
^ ^a ^b ^c "Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714". British History Online. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
^ "History of the city of Chester, from its foundation to the present time : with an account of its antiquities, curiosities, local customs, and peculiar immunities ; and a concise political history" Hemingway, J Chester' J. Fletcher; 1831 p326

v t e Archdeacons of Barnstaple
High medieval	Allured Ralph (I) William de Auco Roger Thomas Ralph de Werewell John Ralph (II) Isaac Walter de Pembroke Henry de Bracton Richard Blund Godfrey Giffard John de Bradleigh Thomas de Hertford Philip of Exon Ralph Germeyn
Late medieval	William Melton William Fitsrogo John Wele Bartholomew de Sancto Laurentio Walter Giffard Richard de Morcester Richard de Wideslade William Zouche John de Nassington John de Reynham Hugh de Monyton John de Derby William de Mugge Henry Whitefield Robert Rygge Richard Aldtyngton John Orum John Waryn Richard Helyer Michael Tregury Roger Keys William Fulford John Stubbes Owen Lord Robert Barforth William Elyot
Early modern	John Vesey Richard Norton John Young John Tyake Richard Tollett Thomas Brerwood John Pollard Henry Squire Robert Lawe William Tooker William Helyar James Smith Joshua Tucker William Read Robert Burscough Thomas Lynford Lewis Stephens John Grant William Hole Roger Massey John Andrew
Late modern	Peregrine Ilbert Jonathan Fisher Thomas Johnes John Bull George Barnes John Bartholomew Henry Woollcombe Herbert Barnes Albert Seymour Robert Trefusis Frank Jones Edgar Hay Denis James Guy Sanderson Arthur Ward Ronald Herniman Trevor Lloyd David Gunn-Johnson Mike Edson (Acting) Mark Butchers Verena Breed

v t e Archdeacons of Chester
Early Medieval	Halmar William Robert (I) Richard Peche Adam de Stafford William de Villars Robert (II) Hugh Thomas de Sancto Nicholao Ralph de Maidstone Silvester de Everdon Richard John Basing Simon de Albo Monasterio Adam de Stanford Jordan of Wimborne/de Wimburn Robert de Radewell
Late Medieval	Richard de Havering John de Ufford Michael Northburgh Pedro Cardinal Gòmez de Barroso William de Navesby Nicholas Slake John de Herlaston John Ganville William de Neuhagh Henry de Halsall David Price Richard Stanley John Burdet George Radclyf Sir Edward Stanley Thomas St Just Henry Ince John Morton James Stanley Christopher Talbot Edmund Chaderton, Archdeacon of Salisbury
Early modern	John Vesey Cuthbert Tunstall William Knight John Birde, Bishop of Chester Robert Perceval (twice) Robert Rogers Cuthbert Bellott George Snell John Carter William Finmore John Allen Edmund Entwisle John Thane Lewis Stephens William Powell Abel Ward George Taylor George Travis Thomas Breithweite
Late modern	Unwin Clarke Isaac Wood Edward Woolnough Richard Greenall William Pollock Edward Johnson John Darby Edward Barber Paige Cox Norman Tubbs Richard Burne Leslie Fisher Leslie Williams Michael Gear Geoffrey Turner Christopher Hewetson Donald Allister Michael Gilbertson

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