List of Archdeacons of Huntingdon
Encyclopedia
This is a list of the archdeacon
s of Huntingdon in the diocese of Ely
, England. Historically the archdeaconry was part of the diocese of Lincoln
; the transfer was in 1837.
Archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, Chaldean Catholic, and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church...
s of Huntingdon in the diocese of Ely
Diocese of Ely
The Diocese of Ely is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury. It is headed by the Bishop of Ely, who sits at Ely Cathedral in Ely. There is one suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon. The diocese now covers Cambridgeshire and western Norfolk...
, England. Historically the archdeaconry was part of the diocese of Lincoln
Diocese of Lincoln
The Diocese of Lincoln forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. The present diocese covers the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire.- History :...
; the transfer was in 1837.
- c. 1075 Nicholas, first archdeacon
- c.1110-1155 Henry of HuntingdonHenry of HuntingdonHenry of Huntingdon , the son of a canon in the diocese of Lincoln, was a 12th century English historian, the author of a history of England, Historia anglorum, "the most important Anglo-Norman historian to emerge from the secular clergy". He served as archdeacon of Huntingdon...
- c.1209 William de CornhillWilliam de CornhillWilliam de Cornhill was a medieval Bishop of Coventry.Some sources say William was the son of Henry de Cornhill, who was sheriff of London from 1187 to 1189 and was a brother to Reginald de Cornhill, one of John's chief administrators. Other sources say that William was either Reginald's son or...
- John Swynle
- William de Whittlesey
- 1414-1414 John Tibbay was collated 24th March 1413-14. He was slain at London 22nd July 1414.
- 1414-1421 Richard Hethe
- 1421-1453 William Lassells
- 1453-1461 Richard Morsby
- 1461-1464 Richard Hayman
- 1464-1475 Vincent Clement,
- 1475-1477 John Morton
- 1478-1498 John Blythe
- 1494-1496 Thomas Hutton
- 1496-1496 Christopher UrswickChristopher UrswickChristopher Urswick was a priest and confessor of Margaret Beaufort. He was Rector of Puttenham, Hampshire, and later Dean of Windsor...
- 1496-1496 William WarhamWilliam WarhamWilliam Warham , Archbishop of Canterbury, belonged to a Hampshire family, and was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, afterwards practising and teaching law both in London and Oxford....
- 1496-1502 Robert Sherbourn
- 1502-1512 John Foster
- 1512-1514 John Constable
- 1514-1514 William AtwaterWilliam Atwater (bishop)William Atwater was an English churchman, who became Bishop of Lincoln in 1514He was a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford from 1480. He served as Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, in the period from 1497 to 1502....
- 1514-1523 Richard RawlinsRichard RawlinsRichard Rawlins was Bishop of St David's between the years 1523 and 1536. He had previously been Warden of Merton College, Oxford, where he was known for selling land designated for the completion of a cruciform chapel for the establishment of Corpus Christi College...
- 1523-1541 William Knight
- 1542-1543 Richard GwentRichard GwentRichard Gwent , was the archdeacon of London.Gwent was the son of a Monmouthshire farmer. He was elected Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, in 1515...
- 1543-1560 Anthony DraycotAnthony DraycotAnthony Draycot was an English Roman Catholic churchman and lawyer. During the reign of Queen Mary he held a diocesan position as chancellor; his role in condemning numerous Protestants to death is detailed in Foxe's Book of Martyrs.-Life:He was from Staffordshire, and became Principal of White...
- 1560-1567 Robert Beaumont
- 1567-1576 John BullinghamJohn Bullingham-Life:He was a native of Gloucestershire. He was elected a probationer fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, July 1550, being then B.A. In the latter part of Edward VI's reign he went as a voluntary exile to France, staying at Rouen, to avoid the Protestant reforms in England. On the accession of...
- 1576-1612 Robert Condall
- 1612-1612 Nathan Clifford
- 1612-1615 Matthew Giffard
- 1615-1621 William LaudWilliam LaudWilliam Laud was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633 to 1645. One of the High Church Caroline divines, he opposed radical forms of Puritanism...
- 1622-1633 Owen GwynOwen GwynOwen Gwyn was a Welsh churchman and academic, Master of St John's College, Cambridge from 1612 and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1615-16.-Life:He was from Denbighshire, the third son of Griffith Wynn, of the Wynn family of Gwydir...
- 1634-1649 Richard HoldsworthRichard HoldsworthRichard Holdsworth was an English academic theologian, and Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge from 1637 to 1643...
- 1649-1665 Peter MewsPeter MewsPeter Mews was an English Royalist theologian and bishop.-Life:Mews was born at Caundle Purse in Dorset, and was educated at the Merchant Taylors' School, London, and at St John's College, Oxford, of which he was scholar and fellow.When the Civil War broke out in 1642, Mews joined the Royalist...
(collated 19 November 1649, but not installed until 12 September 1660) - 1666-1667 William Johnson
- 1667-1669 Henry Downhall
- 1670-1673 Richard Perrincheif
- 1673-1701 John Hammond
- 1701-1720 White KennettWhite KennettWhite Kennett was an English bishop and antiquarian.-Life:He was born at Dover. He was educated at Westminster School and at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where, while an undergraduate, he published several translations of Latin works, including Erasmus' In Praise of Folly.Kennett was vicar of...
- 1720-1725 John Sturges
- 1725-1747 William Lunn
- 1747-1757 Timothy Neve
- 1757-1770 Charles Jenner
- 1770-1774 Nicholas Cholwell
- 1774-1794 Michael Tyson
- 1794-1812 Thomas ParkinsonThomas Parkinson (archdeacon)Thomas Parkinson was a British clergymen.He entered Christ's College, Cambridge University in 1764 at age 19 and was senior wrangler and 2nd Smith's prizeman in 1769. He received an M.A. in 1772, a B.D. in 1789, and a D.D...
- 1812-1814 Thomas Fanshaw Middleton
- 1814 James Hook
- 1828-1856 John Banks Hollingworth
- 1856-1870 Henry Reginald Yorke
- 1870 Francis Thomas McDougallFrancis Thomas McDougallFrancis Thomas McDougall was the first Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak from 1849 to 1868.MacDougall was born in Sydenham and educated at King’s College London and Magdalen College, Oxford...
- 1912 Thomas Hodgson
- Francis Gerald Vesey
- 1965-1975 Dennis Fountain PageDennis Fountain PageDennis Fountain Page was the Anglican Bishop of Lancaster from 1975 until 1985.Page was educated at Shrewsbury School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1943 and was a curate at Rugby, Warwickshire before becoming the priest in Charge of Hillmorton and then the Rector...
- 1975-1977 David Young
- 1997-2003 John Beer
- 2005 Hugh McCurdy