Basil Snell

The Ven. Basil Clark Snell , MA (2 February 1907 – 12 June 1986) ^[1] was an eminent Anglican priest in the mid twentieth century.^[2]

Snell was educated at The King's School, Canterbury and Queens' College, Cambridge.^[3] He was ordained in 1933 ^[4] and began his career with a curacy at Crosthwaite. After this he was Chaplain of Aldenham School and then Loretto School. During the war he was a Chaplain to the British Armed Forces.^[5] He was Rector of Tattingstone from 1947 to 1955 when he became a Residentiary Canon of St Edmundsbury Cathedral. He was Archdeacon of Bedford from 1958 until 1962^[6] and of St Albans from then to 1973.

References

↑ The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 17 June 1986; pg. 18; Issue 62485. Obituary The Ven. B.C. Snell
↑ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
↑ “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
↑ London Gazette
↑ Diocesan web site

Church of England titles
Preceded by Basil Tudor Guy	Archdeacon of Bedford 1958–1962	Succeeded by John Tyrell Holmes Hare
Preceded by Charles Shipley Cockbill	Archdeacon of St Albans 1962–1973	Succeeded by Peter Mumford

Archdeacons of Bedford

High Medieval	Osbert Ralph Hugh Nicholas Alan Richard Geoffrey Alexander of Elstow John de Houton Amaury of Buckden John de Dyham John of Crakehall Peter de Audeham John de Maidenstan Nicholas de Hegham Richard de Bradewell John Hook

Late Medieval	Roger Rothwell/Rowell Thomas Neville Edmund London John Daubeny Philip Daubeny Thomas Cumpton John Irtlingburgh Thomas Stowe William Aghton Richard Caudray William Derby Robert Thornton Thomas Salisbury John Rudying John Collinson Henry Sharp Thomas Hutton

Early modern	William Cosyn John Chambre Gilbert Bourne John Pope Michael Dunning Richard Barber William Todd John Robinson Roger Parker George Eland John Hacket Francis Wilford Theophilus Dillingham John Skelton Thomas Frank John Dudley John Taylor Charles Jenner Richard Grey Hadley Cox William Done Richard Shepherd

Late modern	Samuel Vince Henry Bonney Henry Tattam Henry Rose Frederick Bathurst Noel Hodges Arthur Parnell Gerard Lander William Robins Donald Harris Basil Guy Basil Snell John Hare Robert Brown Christopher Mayfield Michael Bourke Malcolm Lesiter Paul Hughes

Archdeacons of St Albans

Medieval	John Blebury John Hatfield William Alnwick/Alnewyke John Peyton John Hatfield Stephen London William Albon William of Wallingford Nicholas Boston John Rothebury John Thornton Thomas Newland/Newlonde Richard Runham John Stonewell/Stonywell John Killingworth John Albon John Mainard/Maynard Richard Runham Thomas Marshall Thomas Kingsbury/Kyngesbury Egidius Ferrers Thomas Kingsbury/Kyngesbury William East/Este

Early modern	William East/Este James Dugdale David Kempe Giles Lawrence William Hutchinson Thomas Raymond Thomas Westfield Mark Frank Christopher Shute William Bell Edward Carter John Cole Lionel Gatford Philip Stubbs Fifield Allen John Cole James Ibbetson Samuel Horsley Joseph Pott Robert Hodgson John Watson William Hale Charles Burney Anthony Grant

Late modern	Walter Lawrance Kenneth Gibbs Arthur Parnell Aylmer Skelton Thomas Wood Charles Cockbill Basil Snell Peter Mumford David Farmbrough Edward Norfolk Philip Davies Richard Cheetham Helen Cunliffe Jonathan Smith

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