List of Archdeacons of Suffolk
Encyclopedia
This is a list of archdeacon
s of Suffolk, a post historically in the diocese of Norwich
, from 1914 in the diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, England.
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 Suffolk, a post historically in the diocese of Norwich
Anglican Diocese of Norwich
The Diocese of Norwich forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.It traces its roots in an unbroken line to the diocese of Dunwich founded in 630. In common with many Anglo-Saxon bishoprics it moved, in this case to Elmham in 673...
, from 1914 in the diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, England.
- Michael NorthburghMichael NorthburghMichael Northburgh, otherwise Michael de Northburgh , was the Bishop of London between 1354 and his death in 1361.Northburgh occupied the office of Lord Privy Seal between 1350 and 1354....
- 1472 William Pykenham
- John DolmanJohn DolmanJohn Dolman, Dowman or Dowlman was an English clergyman and benefactor.John Dolman was the son of William Dowman of Pocklington in the East Riding of Yorkshire. He was educated at Cambridge University, graduating B.Civ.L. in 1488 and D.Civ.L. in 1494. From 1507 until his death he was archdeacon of...
- 1526-1529 Thomas WynterThomas WynterThomas Wynter or Winter was the supposed illegitimate son of Thomas Wolsey by his mistress, Joan Larke. Wolsey was archbishop of York, English cardinal, candidate for the papacy and chief minister of Henry VIII of England. The evidence of the kinship of Wynter and Wolsey is disputed...
- 1529-? Richard SampsonRichard SampsonRichard Sampson was an English clergyman and composer of sacred music, who was Anglican bishop of Chichester and subsequently of Coventry and Lichfield.-Biography:...
- 1536-1539 John SkyppJohn SkyppJohn Skypp was the Bishop of Hereford from 1539 until 1552. Born of humble parents in Irstead Norfolk he graduated from Gonville College in 1518, and embarked on a clerical career that saw him become Vicar of Newington, Shepway and Archdeacon of Suffolk before elevation to the Episcopate.He was...
- 1540-? William Revett
- 1542-1548 Elizeus Ferreys
- 1548-1559 Robert Rugge
- 1559-1576 Nicholas Wendon
- 1576-1613 John Maplesden
- 1613-1640 Robert Pearson
- 1640 Robert Bostock
- 1640-? Richard Mileson
- 1660-1683 Lawrence Womack
- 1683-1687 Godfrey King
- 1687-1688 John BattelyJohn BattelyJohn Battely was an English antiquary and clergyman, Archdeacon of Canterbury 1688–1708. He was the author of two antiquarian works published after his death: Antiquitates Rutupinae and Antiquitates S. Edmundi Burgi ad Annum MCCLXXII Perductae...
- 1688-1624 Humphrey Prideaux
- 1724-1745 David WilkinsDavid Wilkins (orientalist)David Wilkins , originally named Wilke or Wilkius, was a Prussian orientalist, born in Memel, who settled in England. His 1716 publication of the Coptic New Testament was the editio princeps.-Life:...
- 1745-1748 Richard Warren
- 1748-1781 Henry Goodall
- 1781-1818 John Strachey
- 1819-1846 Henry Denny Berners
- 1846-1868 Thomas Johnson Ormerod
- 1869-1887 Robert Hindes GroomeRobert Hindes GroomeRobert Hindes Groome was an English churchman, who became archdeacon of Suffolk.-Life:Groome was born at Framlingham on 18 January 1810, the second son of the Rev...
- 1994–July 2009 Geoffrey Arrand
- October 2009–present Judy Hunt