Archdeacon of Nottingham

The Archdeacon of Nottingham is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, who exercises supervision of clergy and responsibility for church buildings within the geographical area of her or his archdeaconry.

History

The ancient Archdeaconry of Nottingham was an extensive ecclesiastical jurisdiction within the Diocese of York, England. It was created around 1100 – at which time the first archdeacons were being created across the nation – and comprised almost the whole of the county of Nottinghamshire, and was divided into the four deaneries of Nottingham, Newark, Bingham and Retford. The archdeaconry remained as a division of York diocese for more than seven centuries before, on 5 September 1837^[1] it was transferred by Order in Council to the Diocese of Lincoln.

The archdeaconry was transferred once more when it, along with the Archdeaconry of Derby, was used to create the new diocese of Southwell on 5 February 1884,^[2] of which it has remained a part since; it is now one of the two archdeaconries in the renamed Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, the other being the Archdeaconry of Newark, which was formed by Order in Council on 11 June 1912^[3] from the northern half of the Nottingham archdeaconry.

List of archdeacons

Some archdeacons without territorial titles are recorded from around the time of Thomas of Bayeux; see Archdeacon of York.

High Medieval bef. 1128–aft. 1121: Geoffrey[N 1] bef. 1128–aft. 1135 (res.): Thurstan bef. 1140–aft. 1151: Geoffrey Turcople bef. 1157–aft. 1158: William (I) aft. 1164–aft. 1179: John bef. 1185–1190 (res.): Robert FitzRalph bef. 1194–bef. 1214: William Testard bef. 1218–aft. 1234: William de Bodham bef. 1241–?: Walter de Taney bef. 1248–aft. 1245: W. (probably de Taney or William {II}) bef. 1249–aft. 1249: William (II) bef. 1256–aft. 1256: Peter bef. 1262–aft. 1272: Thomas de Wythen bef. 1287–bef. 1286 (d.): Henry of Skipton 12 March 1291–1310 (res.): William Pickering Late Medieval 12 October 1310–1327 (res.): John Grandisson 12 July 1328–bef. 1329 (res.): Gilbert de Alberwick 1330–1331 (exch.): Manuel de Fieschi 1331–1348 (res.): Annibale Cardinal di Ceccano (Cardinal-priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina until 1333; Cardinal-bishop of Frascati thereafter) 1349–November 1349 (res.): John Bokyngham 1349–bef. 1351 (d.): Robert de Kildesby 13 June 1351–6 April 1352 (revoked): John de Bishopstone 13 December 1351–bef. 1353 (depr.): John de Brynkeleye (deprived) 9 June 1353–16 June 1397 (res.): Richard de Derby 10 August 1397–1415 (res.): John de Nottingham 21 August 1415–25 September 1418 (res.): John Wodham 27 December 1418–bef. 1419 (res.): Simon de Gaunstede 26 May 1419–bef. 1430 (d.): Robert Bowet 2 July 1430–bef. 1461 (d.): Nicholas Wymbyssh 27 May 1461–bef. 1476 (d.): Thomas Birom 28 September 1476–bef. 1499 (d.): William Worsley (also Dean of St Paul's from 1479) 18 August 1499–bef. 1506 (d.): Thomas Crossley 30 August 1506–25 April 1516 (d.): John Hatton, assistant bishop (titular Bishop of Negroponte) 8 August 1516–bef. 1528 (d.) William Fell 11 January 1528–bef. 1550 (d.): Cuthbert Marshall

Early modern 29 January 1550–1559 (depr.): Robert Pursglove, Bishop suffragan of Hull (aka Sylvester; deprived) 22 April 1560–27 June 1565 (res.): William Day (also a canon of St George's, Windsor from 1563) 30 June 1565–5 August 1590 (d.): John Louth 8 August 1590–1611 (res.): John King 1612–1627 (res.): Joseph Hall 11 February 1628–8 May 1635 (res.): Richard Baylie 9 May 1635–bef. 1642 (d.): William Robinson The post was unfilled during the English Interregnum. 6 September 1660–4 July 1683 (d.): Vere Harcourt 13 August 1683–1685 (res.): Thomas White 23 November 1685–1 February 1690 (depr.): Samuel Crowbrow (deprived as a non-juror) 26 July 1690–6 February 1716 (d.): William Pearson 18 February 1716–24 August 1748 (d.): Robert Marsden 30 September 1748–11 July 1780 (d.): Hugh Thomas 2 August 1780–25 December 1810 (d.): Sir Richard Kaye, 6th Baronet (also Dean of Lincoln from 1783; styled Richard Kaye until 1789) 4 January 1810–23 March 1830 (d.): John Eyre 15 April 1830–21 April 1832 (res.): William Barrow On 5 September 1837, the archdeaconry was transferred to Lincoln diocese. 24 April 1832–13 August 1865 (d.): George Wilkins Late modern 1865–?: Henry Mackenzie (also Bishop suffragan of Nottingham, 1870–1877 (res.); died 1878) 1878–1894 (d.): Brough Maltby Since 5 February 1884, the archdeaconry has been in Southwell diocese. 1894–1913 (ret.): John Richardson[4] 1913–1915 (res.): Herbert Wild[5] 1916–1936 (res.): William Conybeare (also Rector of {1916–1931} then Provost of {1931–1945} Southwell Minster)[6] 1936–1944 (res.): Herbert Turner[7] 1944–1949 (res.): Roger Wilson[8] 1949–1960 (res.): John Phillips[9] 1960–1977 (ret.): Michael Brown (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[10] 1978–1984 (res.): Roy Williamson[11] 1984–1990 (res.): Clive Handford[12] 1991–1996 (ret.): Tom Walker (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[13] 1996–2006 (ret.): Gordon Ogilvie[14] 14 July 2007–25 July 2014: Peter Hill[15] 26 October 2014–present: Sarah Clark

Notes

1. Geoffrey occurs in a list with the other four archdeacons in the diocese, so his territory can be deduced as Nottingham.

References

1. The London Gazette: no. 19538. pp. 2334–2337. 5 September 1837. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
2. The London Gazette: no. 25315. p. 527. 5 February 1884. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
3. The London Gazette: no. 28616. pp. 4209–4210. 11 June 1912. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
4. Richardson, Ven. John Gray. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
5. Wild, Rt Rev. Herbert Louis. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
6. Conybeare, Very Rev. William James. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
7. Turner, Rt Rev. Herbert Victor. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
8. Wilson, Rt Rev. Roger Plumpton. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
9. Phillips, Rt. Rev. John Henry Lawrence. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
10. Brown, Ven. Michael René Warneford. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
11. Williamson, Rt Rev. Robert Kerr, (Roy). Who's Who. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
12. Handford, Rt Rev. (George) Clive. Who's Who. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
13. Walker, Ven. Thomas Overington. Who's Who. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
14. Ogilvie, Ven. Gordon. Who's Who. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
15. Hill, Ven. Peter. Who's Who. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.

Sources

• Greenaway, Diana E., Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, 6, pp. 43–47
• Jones, B., Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, 6, pp. 23–25
• Horn, Joyce M. & Smith, David M., Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 4, pp. 18–20
• Horn, Joyce M. & Smith, David M., Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 9, p. 21
• University of Nottingham, Manuscripts and Special Collections, Records of the Archdeacons of Nottingham.