Archdeacon of Suffolk

The Archdeacon of Suffolk is a senior cleric in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.

The archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy^[1] in the territory of the archdeaconry.

History

Originally in the Dioceses of Norwich, and Rochester, the Suffolk archdeaconry was transferred to the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich in 1914.

List of archdeacons

High Medieval

From its erection, the archdeaconry was in Norwich diocese. For archdeacons of that diocese before territorial titles began, see Archdeacon of Norwich.

bef. 1119–aft. 1135: Roger de Beaufeu
bef. 1143–aft. 1186: Walkelin
bef. 1193–aft. 1210: Geoffrey (also called Archdeacon of Ipswich)
bef. 1214–aft. 1235: Robert de Tywa (also called Archdeacon of Ipswich)
bef. 1240–aft. 1241: Alexander de Walpole
1242–aft. 1246: Roger Pincerna alias Le Boteler
bef. 1249–aft. 1251: William de Horham
bef. 1257–aft. 1258: William de Dunton
bef. 1262–aft. 1267: John of Alvechurch
?–1282 (d.): Thomas Lenebaud
bef. 1291–1296 (res.): Thomas de Skerning (became Archdeacon of Surrey)
bef. 1298–bef. 1311: Sayerus (or Sacrus or Saer)

Late Medieval

10 January 1311–bef. 1324 (res.): Simon de Ely
28 March–April 1324 (res.): Alan de Ely
16 April 1224–bef. 1231 (res.): William de Knapton
31 March 1331–bef. 1347 (d.): John de Fenton
3–27 May 1347 (deprived): Richard Lyng (deprived)
27 May 1347–June 1353 (exch.): Michael Northburgh (later Bishop of London)
June 1353–bef. 1357 (d.): William de Fieschi or de Flisco
1357 (d.): Francis de St Maximo
1357–bef. 1359 (res.): Hélie Cardinal de Talleyrand-Périgord (Cardinal Bishop of Albano)
5 June 1359–bef. 1363: John de Carleton (displaced)
bef. 1363–21 July 1365 (exch.): William Graa de Trusthope
21 July 1365–bef. 1367 (d.): Carleton (again)
16 January 1367 – 20 January 1368 (deprived): John de Ufford (deprived)
20 January 1368–bef. 1373 (d.): John Aleyn
10 December 1373 – 1381 (deprived): John Clervaus
bef. 1374–?: Guillaume Cardinal Noellet (Cardinal-deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria)
?–25 August 1380 (d.): Eleazario Cardinal de Sabrano (Cardinal-priest of Santa Balbina)
4 August 1380 – 1381: Philippe Cardinal Valois d'Alençon (Cardinal Bishop of Sabina)
bef. 1382–bef. 1383 (d.): John Clervaus (regained possession)
2 September–October/November 1383 (deprived): William de Malebys
1 April 1384–bef. 1387: Thomas de Shirford
28 May–8 July 1387 (exch.): Henry Sturdy
8 July 1387 – 1 July 1390 (exch.): Robert Foulmere
1 July 1390–bef. 1421 (d.): John Thorpe
10 November 1421–bef. 1441 (d.): John Franks
?–1448 (res.): Richard Beauchamp (became Bishop of Hereford)
14 March 1449–bef. 1472 (d.): Henry Trevilian
2 March 1472–April 1497 (d.): William Pykenham^[2]
20 April 1487 – 1505 (d.): Nicholas Goldwell
?–bef. 1526 (res.): John Dolman

12 November 1526 – 1528: Thomas Wynter^[3] (also Dean of Wells, Archdeacon of York and Archdeacon of Richmond; became Archdeacon of Norfolk)
1524-1526, 1528-1529 (res.): Edmund Steward
11 January 1529 – 1536 (res.): Richard Sampson^[4] (became Bishop of Chichester)
1 November 1536 – 1539 (res.): John Skypp (became Bishop of Hereford)
27 August 1540–bef. 1542: William Ryvell

Early modern

8 February 1542–bef. 1548 (d.): Elizeus Ferreys
20 August 1548–bef. 1559 (d.): Robert Rugge
17 April 1559 – 1576 (deprived): Nicholas Wendon (fled overseas and deprived)^[5]
10 November 1576 – 1613 (d.): John Maplesden
6 October 1613–bef. 1640 (d.): Robert Pearson
1 February–November 1640 (d.): Robert Bostock
27 November 1640–bef. 1660 (deprived): Richard Mileson (deprived)
18 September 1660 – 1683 (res.): Laurence Womack (became Bishop of St David's)
3 January 1684–bef. 1687 (d.): Godfrey King
1 October 1687–bef. 1688 (res.): John Battely (became Archdeacon of Canterbury)
20 December 1688 – 1 November 1724 (d.): Humphrey Prideaux (also Dean of Norwich from 1702)
19 December 1724 – 6 September 1745 (d.): David Wilkins
19 September 1745 – 5 January 1748 (d.): Richard Warren
19 February 1748 – 23 February 1781 (d.): Henry Goodall
5 March 1781 – 17 December 1818 (d.): John Strachey
27 February 1819–bef. 1846 (res.): Henry Berners
12 January 1846–bef. 1868 (res.): Thomas Ormerod

Late modern

May 1868^[6]–March 1869 (res.):^[7] Vincent Ryan, assistant bishop (later Archdeacon of Craven)
March 1869^[7]–1887 (res.): Robert Groome, Rector of Monk Soham
1887–22 April 1892 (d.): Joseph Woolley, Rector of East Bergholt^[8]
May 1892^[9]–1901 (res.):^[10] Richard Gibson, Rector of Lound
1901^[11]–1917 (ret.):^[12] Charles Lawrence
February 1917^[13]–14 September 1919 (d.):^[14] William Everingham
1919–24 July 1938 (d.):^[15] James Darling, Rector of Eyke &c.
1938–1947 (ret.):^[16] Thomas Wonnacott, Rector of Stonham Aspal (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
1947^[17]–September 1961 (ret.):^[18] Christopher George, Rector of Sproughton (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
1962–1970 (ret.): Claud Scott, Vicar of Hoxne &c. (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[19]
1970–1975 (res.): Peter Hartley, Rector of Badingham &c. (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[20]
1975–1984 (res.): Donald Smith, Rector of Redgrave cum Botesdale &c. (until 1979; became Archdeacon of Sudbury)^[21]
1984–1987 (res.): Terry Gibson (became Archdeacon of Ipswich)^[22]
1987–30 March 1994 (ret.):^[23] Neil Robinson
1994–2009 (ret.): Geoffrey Arrand^[24] (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[25]
2009–2012 (res.): Judy Hunt^[26]
6 September 2012^[27] – 3 October 2019 (d.): Ian Morgan^[28]
18 January 2020 – 25 April 2023 (ret.): Jeanette Gosney (previously Acting since May 2019)^[29]^[30]
14 May 2023 – present: Rich Henderson^[31]

References

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^ "Gibson, Rev. Richard Hudson". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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^ "Lawrence, Ven. Charles D'Aguilar". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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^ "Everingham, Ven. William". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Darling, Ven. James George Reginald". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Wonnacott, Ven. Thomas Oswald". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "George, Ven. Christopher Owen". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Archdeacon of Suffolk retiring". Church Times. No. 5120. 30 March 1961. p. 20. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 18 January 2015 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ "Scott, Ven. Claud Syms". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Hartley, Ven. Peter Harold Trahair". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Smith, Ven. Donald John". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Gibson, Ven. Terence Allen". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (October 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Briefly". Church Times. No. 6815. 24 September 1993. p. 2. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 18 January 2015 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ BBC News – Archdeacon retires after 15 years
^ "Arrand, Ven. Geoffrey William". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (October 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Hunt, Rev. Canon Dr Judith Mary". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (October 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ St Edmundsbury & Ipswich – New Archdeacon of Suffolk chosen
^ "Morgan, Ven. Ian David John". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (October 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "New Archdeacon of Suffolk collated | CofE Suffolk". www.cofesuffolk.org. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020.
^ "Resignations and retirements". Church Times. 2 December 2022. ISSN 0009-658X.
^ "Rich Henderson installed as the new Archdeacon of Suffolk". Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. 15 May 2023. Archived from the original on 21 May 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.

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[1] Meakin, Tony (2002). Basic Church Dictionary. Canterbury PressNorwich. ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5.

[2] "Pykenham, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/98412. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[3] "Nix [Nykke], Richard". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20205. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[4] "Sampson, Richard". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24863. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[5] "ARCHDEACONS DEPRIVED UNDER QUEEN ELIZABETH" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2012.

[6] "Church news: preferments and appointments". Church Times. No. 276. 16 May 1868. p. 193. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 16 January 2015 – via UK Press Online archives.

[ct1869-7] "Church news". Church Times. No. 320. 19 March 1869. p. 117. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 16 January 2015 – via UK Press Online archives. (contains error in prose of third column: for "The archdeaconry of Norwich..." read "The archdeaconry of Suffolk...")

[8] Alumni Cantabrigienses pp. 576–7 Archived January 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 16 January 2015)

[9] "Church news: preferments and appointments". Church Times. No. 1529. 13 May 1892. p. 482. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 16 January 2015 – via UK Press Online archives.

[10] "Gibson, Rev. Richard Hudson". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[11] "Church news: preferments and appointments". Church Times. No. 1981. 11 January 1901. p. 37. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 18 January 2015 – via UK Press Online archives.

[12] "Lawrence, Ven. Charles D'Aguilar". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[13] "Church news: personal". Church Times. No. 2819. 2 February 1917. p. 98. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 18 January 2015 – via UK Press Online archives.

[14] "Everingham, Ven. William". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[15] "Darling, Ven. James George Reginald". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[16] "Wonnacott, Ven. Thomas Oswald". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[17] "George, Ven. Christopher Owen". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[18] "Archdeacon of Suffolk retiring". Church Times. No. 5120. 30 March 1961. p. 20. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 18 January 2015 – via UK Press Online archives.

[19] "Scott, Ven. Claud Syms". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[20] "Hartley, Ven. Peter Harold Trahair". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[21] "Smith, Ven. Donald John". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[22] "Gibson, Ven. Terence Allen". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (October 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[23] "Briefly". Church Times. No. 6815. 24 September 1993. p. 2. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 18 January 2015 – via UK Press Online archives.

[24] BBC News – Archdeacon retires after 15 years

[25] "Arrand, Ven. Geoffrey William". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (October 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[26] "Hunt, Rev. Canon Dr Judith Mary". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (October 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[27] St Edmundsbury & Ipswich – New Archdeacon of Suffolk chosen

[28] "Morgan, Ven. Ian David John". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (October 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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[30] "Resignations and retirements". Church Times. 2 December 2022. ISSN 0009-658X.

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v t e Archdeacons of Suffolk
High Medieval	Roger de Beaufeu Walkelin Geoffrey Robert de Tywa Alexander de Walpole Roger Pincerna William de Horham William de Dunton John of Alvechurch Thomas Lenebaud Thomas de Skerning Sayerus
Late Medieval	Simon de Ely Alan de Ely William de Knapton John de Fenton Richard Lyng Michael Northburgh William de Fieschi Francis de St Maximo Hélie Cardinal de Talleyrand-Périgord John de Carleton William Graa de Trusthope Carleton John de Ufford John Aleyn John Clervaus Guillaume Cardinal Noellet Eleazario Cardinal de Sabrano Philippe Cardinal Valois d'Alençon Clervaus William de Malebys Thomas de Shirford Henry Sturdy Robert Foulmere John Thorpe John Franks Richard Beauchamp Henry Trevilian William Pykenham Nicholas Goldwell John Dolman Thomas Wynter Edmund Steward Richard Sampson John Skypp William Ryvell
Early modern	Elizeus Ferreys Robert Rugge Nicholas Wendon John Maplesden Robert Pearson Robert Bostock Richard Mileson Laurence Womack Godfrey King John Battely Humphrey Prideaux David Wilkins Richard Warren Henry Goodall John Strachey Henry Berners Thomas Ormerod
Late modern	Vincent Ryan, assistant bishop Robert Groome Joseph Woolley Richard Gibson Charles Lawrence William Everingham James Darling Thomas Wonnacott Christopher George Claud Scott Peter Hartley Donald Smith Terry Gibson Neil Robinson Geoffrey Arrand Judy Hunt Ian Morgan Jeanette Gosney Rich Henderson

v t e Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
St Edmundsbury Cathedral Bishop's House, Ipswich St Nicholas Centre, Ipswich Suffolk Guild of Ringers
Office holders	Martin Seeley, Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Bishop suffragan of Dunwich (vacant) AEO: Bishop suffragan of Richborough (vacant) & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Joe Hawes, Dean of St Edmundsbury David Jenkins, Archdeacon of Sudbury Sally Gaze, Archdeacon for Rural Mission Rhiannon King, Archdeacon of Ipswich Rich Henderson, Archdeacon of Suffolk
Historic offices	Provost of St Edmundsbury (1929–2000; see Dean of St Edmundsbury)

v t e Ceremonial county of Suffolk
Boroughs or districts	Babergh East Suffolk Ipswich Mid Suffolk West Suffolk
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Aldeburgh Beccles Brandon Bungay Bury St Edmunds Clare Eye Felixstowe Framlingham Hadleigh Halesworth Haverhill Ipswich Kesgrave Leiston Lowestoft Mildenhall Needham Market Newmarket Orford Saxmundham Southwold Stowmarket Sudbury Woodbridge See also: List of civil parishes in Suffolk
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