Signatories to the open letter –
A Response to the House of Bishops Guidance on Transgender Welcome

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Licensed Clergy

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TitleFirst NameLast NameRole & ParishDiocese
Mr Malcolm Reid P.C.C. Member, Deputy Church warden ,Uphill, Weston-super -Mare Bath and Wells
Rev Christabel Ager Associate Minister, Seven Sowers Benefice Bath and Wells
Rev Morey Andrews Mission Enabler Bath and Wells
Rev Rosemary Ashley Rector Charlton Musgrove, Cucklington, Stoke Trister with Bayford Bath and Wells
Rev Tom Benyon curate Bath and Wells
Rev Timothy Butlin Bath and Wells
Rev Mark Cregan Rector Bath and Wells
Rev James Dudley-Smith Rector of Yeovil with Kingston Pitney; Area Dean of Yeovil Bath and Wells
Rev Michael Farrier SSM Bath Bath and Wells
Rev Matthew Frankum Vicar, St. Luke's, Bath Bath and Wells
Rev Jonty Frith Rector, Bathampton and Claverton Bath and Wells
Rev Stuart Huntley Rector Wulfric Benefice, Crewkerne Bath and Wells
Rev Preb. Ian Lewis Vicar, St Bart's, Bath Bath and Wells
Rev Mark Madeley Rector, St Nicholas with St Barnabas, Weston-super-Mare Bath and Wells
Rev Guy Martin-Scott Assistant curate of the benefice of Coxley with Godney, Henton, and Wookey Bath and Wells
Rev Jane Mitchell Bath and Wells
Rev James Packman Rector, Holy Trinity Nailsea Bath and Wells
Rev Scott Patterson Rector - Curry Rivel, Fivehead and Swell Bath and Wells
Rev Tom Putt Associate Minister, Yeovil with Kingston Pitney Bath and Wells
Rev Kevin Rogers Rector Bath and Wells
Rev James Taylor Assistant Curate, Holy Trinity Church, Bridgwater Bath and Wells
Rev Jane Twitty Vicar, Levels Arc Benefice Bath and Wells
Rev Andy Wadsworth Rector, All Saints Trull with St Michael's Angersleigh Bath and Wells
Revd Dr Clive Garrett Rector Bath Weston St. John with St. Nicholas Kelston Bath and Wells
Revd Dr Jeremy Hovil Associate Minister Bath and Wells
Revd Dr Jonathan Hunter Dunn Rector Bath and Wells
Revd Dr Ed Moll Vicar, St George's Wembdon Bath and Wells
Revd Dr Rich Tweedy Vicar, The Polden Wheel Bath and Wells
Ven Dr Adrian Youings Archdeacon of Bath Bath and Wells
Other (add in First Name) Revd Pete Sainsbury Vicar • Christ Church Summerfield Birmingham
Rev Philip Ansell Vicar, St Agnes, Moseley Birmingham
Rev Toby Crowe Rector of Elmdon Birmingham
Rev Ben Green Vicar of Amington Birmingham
Rev Nigel Hand Birmingham Cathedral Birmingham
Rev Chris Hobbs Vicar, St Stephen and St Wulstan, Selly Park, Birmingham Birmingham
Rev Janet Knox Assistant Priest St Boniface, Quinton, Secretary Awesome Birmingham
Rev Andrew Martin Associate Minister, St Stephen & St Wulstan, Selly Park Birmingham
Rev Ray Yates Vicar St Boniface Church Quinton Birmingham
Revd Dr Joshva Raja John Christopher Vicar Birmingham
Revd Dr Nicholas Tucker Vicar, Edgbaston St Bartholomew Birmingham
Rev Christopher Anderton Curate, Benefice of the Redeemer Blackburn
Rev David Arnold Vicar, Adlington Blackburn
Rev Paul Benfield Diocesan Registrar Blackburn
Rev Paul Boulter Vicar, St Paul's Caton and St Cuthbert's Over Kellet Blackburn
Rev Jenny Brown Associate Vicar of St Anne's Shevington, Standish Lower Ground and Crooke. Blackburn
Rev Andrew Brown Vicar of Shevington Blackburn
Rev Gary Bullock Assistant Curate, Heapey with Withnell Blackburn
Rev Nathan Buttery Vicar, All Saints Preston Blackburn
Rev Paul Bye Vicar Blackburn
Rev Alan Byrom Vicar Christ Church with All Saints Blackpool Blackburn

Clergy with PTO

TitleFirst NameLast NameRole & ParishDiocese
Rev Steven Abram Poitou Charantes Europe
Revd Dr Glyn Ackerley Retired St Mary Rushden Peterborough
Other (add in First Name) Canon Michael Adams Retired : East Dean Chichester
Rev David Addington PTO Downham Market Ely
Rev John Alderman HC Warwick Team Coventry
Rev Steve Allen Retired, previously Director of Diocesan School of Ministry Leeds
Revd Dr Brian Ardill St Andrew's, Cullompton Exeter
Rev Christopher Ash Holy Sepulchre with All Saints Ely
Rev keith Ashworth All Saints, Anchorsholme Blackburn
Rev Anthony Baker Retired Holy Trinity Eastbourne East Sussex Chichester
Rev Bernard Baker PTO Cornerstone Team Leicester
Rev Roy Ball associate minister Castle Church Stafford Lichfield
Rev Vernon Ball St Paul's, Banbury (retired) Oxford
Other (add in First Name) Revd Canon David Banting retired Chelmsford
Rt Revd kenneth barham Hon Assistant Bishop Chichester
Rev Jean Barton PTO - St Matthew's & All Saints', Harwell Oxford
Rev Oliver Bayley Retired help, Bitterne Winchester
Rt Revd Colin Bazley Hon. Asst, Bishop, St. Andrew’s, Bebington Chester
Rev Stephen Bazlinton NSM Chelmsford
Rev Andrew Beeston Newcastle
Rev Ian Bentley Associate Minister St David's Moreton-in-Marsh Gloucester
Mr Nigel Beynon St Barnabas Dalston London
Rev Laurence Biggs PTO Carlisle
Rev Alan Bing Rector of Ulverston Carlisle
Rev Stephen Boon St John's Tunbridge Wells Rochester
Revd Dr Gerald Bray Retired Ely
Rev Barry Brewer Exeter
Rev Robert Brewis Associate Minister Christ Church Chadderton Manchester
Rev John Briggs Retired. Poynton St George Chester
Rev Corinne Brixton PTO Winchester
Rev Peter Brown Christchurch Ramsgate Canterbury
Rev Rachel Browning Associate Minister, Christ Church Cambridge Ely
Ven David Butterfield PTO - Holy Trinity Ripon Leeds
Rev Daniel Button Gloucester
Rev John Byrne PTO Portsmouth
Rev Roger Campbell Retired Clergy Carlisle
Rev Tony Cannon Retired. Hailsham Parish church Chichester
Rev John Carr Retired Chelmsford
Rev Robert Carter Associate Minister Pennfields Parish Lichfield
Rev Jill Cheverton Associate Minister St James, Selby York
Rev George Cobb Retired Minister St Albans
Rev Evan Cockshaw London
Rev John Coles Retired London
Ven Roger Combes Chichester
Rev Fane Conant Evangelist Church Stretton Hereford
Rev david corfe retired Winchester
Rev Don Cormack St Mark's, Bexhill-on-Sea Chichester
Other (add in First Name) Canon Andrew Cornes General Synod Member, All Souls Eastbourne Chichester
Other (add in First Name) Graham Cotter Retired from St. Andrew, Buckland Monachorum Exeter
Revd Dr John Courtie Retired Assistant Exeter

Readers and Ordinands

TitleFirst NameLast NameRole & ParishDiocese
Mr Timothy Armstrong Ordinand Southwark
Mrs Joyce Ashton Reader stjames chorley Blackburn
Mr Nick Ashton Exeter
Mr Matthew Austen Ordinand, St Stephen’s House, Oxford Chelmsford
Other (add in First Name) Luke Aylen Ordinand, All Souls Eastbourne Chichester
Mr Rory Balfour Ordinand Durham
Dr Christopher Bartley Liverpool
Mr Barry Bates PCC Member Broadwater Parish Church (St Mary) Chichester
Miss Judith Battersby Chester
Mr Angus Beattie St Barnabas Northolt Park London
Mr Andrew Bellis Ordinand Chelmsford
Mr Ian Bensted LLM, Kingston, Fyfield & Tubney Benefice Oxford
Mr John [email protected] LLM at Canford Magna Parish Salisbury
Mr Jordan Betts Sheffield
Mr Christopher Bevis LLM with PTO, St John's Woking Guildford
Rev Peter Birnie Assistant Minister York
Dr Eddie Boyes St Bartholomew's, Roby Liverpool
Mr Duncan Brisk ordinand Chelmsford
Mr Martin Bristow Reader St Lukes , Blakenhall Wolverhampton Lichfield
Other (add in First Name) Captain David Brown Reader, St Mary's Colton Lichfield
Dr Paul Buckingham Reader, St John's Corby Peterborough
Mrs Lynda Buckley Reader, St Michael & St Barnabas, Devonport Exeter
Mr Jeremy Burdett Reader St. Mary's Newick Chichester
Mr Charlie Butler Ordinand, Christ Church Cockfosters Ely
Mr David Cansdale Reader Christ Church Chorleywood St Albans
Miss Rosemary Capon St Mary the Virgin, Eardisland Hereford
Mr DAVID CARPENTER Licensed Lay Minister (Reader) St Lawrence's Darlaston Lichfield
Mr Arthur Carter Reader. High Halstow & Allhallows Rochester
Mr David Casey Reader Christ Church Huntingdon Ely
Mr Joseph Champneys Reader, All Saints Brenchley Rochester
Miss Simona Chang London
Other (add in First Name) Canon Nigel Chetwood Reader at Holy Trinity Tewkesbury Gloucester
Mr Ian Chidlow Ordinand Chester
Dr David Child Reader StGermain Birmingham
Mr John Clark Deanery Lay Chair Lichfield
Mr Paul Clarke Reader Woolpit with Drinkstone St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Mr Benjamin Clarke Ordinand, Oak Hill College Chelmsford
Mr Malcolm Colmer All Saints Childwall, Liverpool Liverpool
Mr Rob Cook Reader, St. Michael Stanwix Carlisle
Mr Mark Cooper Ordinand, St Mellitus College Liverpool
Mr John Cooper Christ Church, Nth Finchley London
Mrs Jean Corfield LLM Chesham Oxford
Mrs Jane Cornish reader. Parish of St Matthew Triangle and All Saints Ipswich St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Mr Alan Cossey Licensed Lay Minister, Mattishall and Tudd Valley Norwich
Mr Andrew Cowan Ordinand London
Mr Tim Cox Vice Chair, House of Laity, Blackburn Diocesan Synod. Worship at St Stephen's, Preston Blackburn
Mr Richard Criddle Ordinand Manchester
Mr Garry Critchley Reader All Saints Childwall Liverpool
Mr Adam Curtis Rochester
Mr Paul Davies Ordinand London

Lay Officer Holders

TitleFirst NameLast NameRole & ParishDiocese
Mr Al Trenary PCC member, Fowey Truro
Mr Michael Trend PCC member, St Andrew the Great, Cambridge Ely
Mr Paul Trethewey PCC member, St. Giles Derby Derby
Miss Andrea Trevenna Associate for women’s ministry, St Nicholas, Sevenoaks Rochester
Mr David Tubbs Staff Member, St Peter Fulham London
Mr Robert Turner Church Warden - All Souls Langham Place London
Mrs Sarah Uhunamure PCC Member, St Giles’ Church Derby Derby
Miss Mary Vander Steen Churchwarden, St Michael's Cornhill London
Mr Richard Venning Churchwarden, St Matthew's, Cainscross Gloucester
Mr Nicholas Vernon-Smith PCC Member, Fowey Truro
Mrs Jenny Vernon-Smith PCC secretary Truro
Mr Steve Vince Mission & Ministry Team, St Mary, Bushbury Lichfield
Mr Colin Voutt Deanery & PCC member Bath and Wells
Mrs Elizabeth Wadsley Small group leader, Christ church Fulwood Sheffield
Mr Brian Wakeman Coordinator of Art outreach St Albans
Mrs Christine Walker PCC member St Gabriel’s Blackburn
Mr Andy Walkingshaw Church Warden, St Johns Hensingham Carlisle
Dr Stephen Walley PCC Secretary, St Andrew the Great, Cambridge Ely
Mr James Walsh Warden for Christ Church Bromley Rochester
Mrs Katie Waltham PCC Secretary and York Diocesan Synod Member York
Mr Geoffrey Walton Sidesperson St Chad Romiley Chester
Mr Edward Warren Church warden, Eastleigh Parish Church (All Saints') Winchester
Mrs Wendy Watson Warden St Philip and Jacob Bristol
Mrs Felicity Watson PCC, Terrington St Clements Ely
Mr Alexander Way Treasurer, St Peter’s, Ugley, Essex. Chelmsford
Mr Brian Weaver Deputy Churchwarden, All Souls, Langham Place London
Miss Ann Weitzel Church Warden and Deanery Secretary, Coventry St George Coventry
Mr James Wells Authorised Local Preacher Chelmsford
Miss Jessica Welsby Youth Worker, St Peter and St Paul Moulton Peterborough
Miss Rosie Weston PCC & Deanery Synod Member Ely
Mrs Alma Westwood Churchwarden, St Peter & St Paul, Stoke Lacy, Bromyard Hereford
Mr Roy White Churchwarden, Sts Peter, Paul and Thomas, Bovey Tracey Exeter
Mr Derek White PCC St Mary’s Ferndiwn Salisbury
Dr Charles Willbe PCC Treasurer, Elsenham Chelmsford
Other (add in First Name) Professor Ian Williams Churchwarden, St Nicholas Bathampton Bath and Wells
Mr Colin Williams PCC member St Mary's Eastrop Winchester
Mr Alan Williams Lay Co-chair Sharnbrook Deanery, All Saints Riseley St Albans
Mr Harold James Wilson Deanery Synod Representative Parish of Keswick & Intwood Norwich
Mr Geoff Wilson PCC, Christ Church, Fulwood Sheffield
Mrs Denise Wilson Treasurer and Deanery Synod Representative, St Swithin’s Church, Sproatley York
Mr Mike Wilton Deanery Synod Member St Albans
Mr Edward Wolstenholme Ministry Trainee, Christ Church Kensington London
Mrs Carole Woodcock PCC St George’s Church, Stamford Lincoln
Mrs Jenny Wootton Churchwarden, Jevington Chichester
Mr David Worthington Church Warden Exeter
Mr Brian Wright Churchwarden Broughton in Furness St Mary Magdalene Carlisle
Mr Wesley Xu Youth Worker Oxford
Mr Josh Yates Youth Worker St Andrews Plymouth Exeter
Dr Anna Young PCC Member, Holy Sepulchre Ely

Lay members of C of E

TitleFirst NameLast NameRole & ParishDiocese
Mrs Petra Abbott PCC Member - Exeter Exeter
Mr Martin Adams Communicant, St Mary’s Bletchley Peterborough
Mr Simon Adcock London
Dr Susan Addison Jesmond Newcastle
Mr Aldemir Akpinar Pera Resurrection Church Europe
Dr Rebecca Akroyd Chichester
Mr David Akroyd London
Dr Ugochukwu Akuwudike PCC member, Holy Sepulchre Cambridge Ely
Mrs Ruth Alcazar’s Chester
Dr Katie Alcock Lay Member, St Luke's, Skerton Blackburn
Mrs Sharon Alexander PCC member-Bovey Tracey Exeter
Mrs Claire Alldritt Lay member, St Thomas Oakwood London
Miss Catherine Allen Music Minister, All Saints, Crowborough Chichester
Mrs Heather Allen Chichester
Mrs Katrina Allsop-Jones Cleaner, Risley Derby
Mr Keith Alsop Lay Member, Winklebury & Worting. Former member, General Synod; former member, lay vice-president and chairman of the house of laity, London Diocesan Synod Winchester
Miss Helen Alsop Emmanuel Church Northwood, London
Mrs Jo Amey St John with St Michael Winchester
Mrs Rachel Anderson St. Helen's Bishopsgate, Children's Work London
Mrs Jenny Anderson Bible study leader, St Helen Bishopsgate London
Mrs Gillian Andrews Bath and Wells
Mrs Suzy Andrews Lichfield
Mrs Kate Andreyev St Peter's Stapenhill Derby
Mr Thomas Archdale Southwark
Mrs Rachel Argent-Belcher Chester
Mr John Arkell Retired Associate Minister. Holy Trinity, Exeter Exeter
Mrs Caroline Armitstead Lay. St John's with Kingston Pitney, Yeovil Bath and Wells
Mrs Jill Armstead Parishioner, St Mary’s Barnham Chichester
Mrs Catherine Armstrong castle church parish Lichfield
Mrs Suzi Arnold Church member, Hove Chichester
Mrs Christine Arnsby PCC member Birmingham
Mrs Katie Ash Chaplain’s wife, Cheltenham Gloucester
Mr Paul Ashworth Youth leader Southwark
Mrs Margaret Ashworth St Michael Keaton Belfrey york York
Mr Prof Allan Ashworth Lay York
Mrs Tiffany Atkins Member of St George’s Chesterton Ely
Mr Steve Atkinson Warden, Christ Church, Chadderton Manchester
Mrs Julia Attwell Frimley Green and Mytchett Guildford
Mr David Austen Lay person, St Leonard's, Exeter Exeter
Mr Kingsley Austin PCC: All Saints, Childwall Liverpool
Mrs Alison Bailey-Castellina Church member, St Mark's Tunbridge Wells Rochester
Mrs Jane Baker Member, St Thomas' Kidsgrove Lichfield
Mrs Dawn Baker Church member of St Simon & St Jude; East Dean & Friston Chichester
Mr Chris Balaam Treasurer Chelmsford
Miss Kate Balagtey Chelmsford
Miss Anne Balchin Otley Leeds
Dr Janet Baldock PCC Over Wallop Winchester
Mrs Sue Baldwin Chichester
Mrs Amanda Ball Peterborough
Mr Graham Ball Welcomer at Christ Church Downend Bristol