Archdeacon of Sudbury

The Archdeacon of Sudbury 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 its five rural deaneries; Clare, Ixworth, Lavenham, Sudbury and Thingoe.^[2]

History

Originally in the Diocese of Norwich, the Sudbury archdeaconry was transferred to the Diocese of Ely in 1837. It was then transferred a second time to the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich in 1914. The current archdeacon is David Jenkins.^[3]

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. 1145–aft. 1136: William son of Humphrey[N 1] bef. 1143–aft. 1167: Baldwin of Boulogne[N 1] bef. 1200–aft. 1185: Reiner bef. 1193–aft. 1211: Roger[N 1] bef. 1220–bef. 1222 (d.): Robert of Gloucester, Archdeacon of Stafford bef. 1224–bef. 1235: Alan de Beccles bef. 1241–1242 (res.): Roger Pincerna, Le Boteler (became Archdeacon of Suffolk) 1242–aft. 1256: William de Clare bef. 1266–1267: Thomas Ingoldsthorpe (became Archdeacon of Middlesex) 1267–aft. 1273: Constantine de Mildenhall bef. 1279–aft. 1279: Ralph de Fornham bef. 1285–bef. 1294: Ralph of York Late Medieval bef. 1307–bef. 1308: Henry de Bradenham 1 April 1308–1324 (res.): Alan de Ely (became Archdeacon of Suffolk) 16 April 1324–bef. 1329: Simon de Creake 17 January 1329–bef. 1346 (d.): Firmin de Lavenham 31 August 1346–bef. 1348 (d.): Gilbert de Marewell or de Yarewell 12 October 1348–1349 (res.): Richard Lyng (became Archdeacon of Norwich) 27 August–20 November 1349 (exch.): Walter Elvedon 20 November–bef. December 1349 (res.): Thomas de Winchester 8 December 1349–bef. 1350 (res.): Thomas de Methelwold 3 January 1350–bef. 1361 (d.): Henry de la Zouche 7 January 1362–bef. 1365 (res.): William Graa de Trusthope (became Archdeacon of Suffolk) bef. 1363–aft. 1363: John Hambleton 8 May 1384–?: John de Lincoln (royal grant) 3 September 1384–bef. 1389 (res.): Hugh Sturmy (royal grant) 1385: Thomas Grene (bishop's candidate; ineffective) 14 November 1388: Hugh Gaudeby (bishop's candidate; ineffective) 5 May 1389–5 November 1398 (exch.): Thomas Hetersete 5 November–bef. December 1398 (res.): Richard Maudeleyn 18 December 1398–bef. 1406 (res.): Thomas Hetersete (again) 12 January 1406–bef. 1414 (d.): Eudo de la Zouche 2 December 1412 (royal grant): Roger Wodehele (ineffective) 13 March 1414–18 April 1429 (exch.): Thomas Rodborne 18 April 1429–bef. 1452 (d.): Clement Denston 24 May 1452–bef. 1462: John Wiggenhall bef. 1462–bef. 1479 (d.): John Selot 9 September 1479–aft. 1483: Nicholas Goldwell bef. 1484–bef. 1493 (d.): John Jeffreys 3 December 1493–bef. 1497 (d.): Thomas Shenkwyn 14 December 1497–bef. 1514 (d.): John Finneys 3 April 1514–1517 (res.): William Stillington (became Archdeacon of Norwich) 17 February 1517–1522 (res.): Thomas Larke (became Archdeacon of Norwich)[N 2] 9 April 1522–bef. 1537 (d.): Richard Woleman[4] (also Dean of Wells from 1529) 21 September 1537–1570 (d.): Miles Spencer[5]

Early modern 2 March 1570–bef. 1576 (d.): Thomas Aldriche[6] March 1576–1593 (res.): John Still (became Bishop of Bath and Wells)[7] 15 June 1593–?: Tertullian Pyne[8] 6 October 1599–bef. 1621 (d.): Cuthbert Norris[9] 27 December 1621–bef. 1652 (d.): Theophilus Kent[10] 7 August 1660–1667 (res.): Anthony Sparrow (became Bishop of Exeter)[11] 5 December 1667–27 May 1693 (d.): John Spencer (also Dean of Ely from 1677)[12] 14 June 1693–30 January 1727 (d.): Nicholas Clagett[13] 16 March 1727–20 November 1741 (d.): Brampton Gurdon[14] 24 November 1741–14 October 1784 (d.): John Chapman[15] 20 October 1784–14 July 1823 (d.): John Gooch[16] 21 July 1823–4 May 1862 (d.): George Glover[17] Transferred to Diocese of Ely by Order in Council, 19 April 1837.[18] Late modern 1862–1869 (res.): Lord Arthur Hervey (became Bishop of Bath and Wells)[19] 1869–1900 (res.): Frank Chapman, Vicar of St James's, Bury St Edmunds (until 1873), Rector of Tow-Langtoft (1878–1881)[20][21] 1901–12 May 1902 (d.): Arthur Livingstone[22][23] 1902–30 August 1921 (d.): George Hodges,[24] Vicar of St James's, Bury St Edmunds (until 1912), then a canon residentiary of St Edmundsbury Cathedral[25] Suffolk and Sudbury archdeaconries were erected into the new Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich on 23 January 1914. 1921–1930 (ret.): William Farmiloe, Canon Missioner[26] 1930–1932 (res.): Eric Buckley, Rector of Polstead (became Archdeacon of Ipswich)[27][28] The Ipswich archdeaconry was created from the archdeaconries of Suffolk and of Sudbury by Order-in-Council on 22 December 1931; Buckley transferred to the new archdeacony.[29] 1932–1945 (ret.): Maxwell Maxwell-Gumbleton, assistant bishop (until 1934), then Bishop suffragan of Dunwich (previously Bishop of Ballarat)[30][31] 1945–1962 (res.): Hugh Norton, Rector of Horringer with Ickworth (until 1958), then a canon residentiary of the cathedral (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[32][33] 1962–16 March 1968 (d.): Harry Barton, Rector of Sudbury (until 1967)[34][35] 1968–1970 (res.): David Maddock, Bishop suffragan of Dunwich[36][37] 1970–25 October 1983 (d.): Kenneth Child, Rector of Great and Little Thurlow with Little Bradley (until 1980)[38][39] 1984–1991 (ret.): Donald Smith (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[40][41] 1991–1994 (res.): Richard Garrard (became Bishop suffragan of Penrith)[42][43] 1994–2006 (ret.): John Cox (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[44][45][46] 2006–1 August 2009 (d.): David Brierley[47][48] February 2010–present: David Jenkins[49][50]

Notes

1. William, Baldwin and Roger are not recorded with the title "Archdeacon of Sudbury"; rather they are each recorded alongside archdeacons of Norwich, of Norfolk and of Suffolk.
2. Larke's sister was the mistress of Cardinal Wolsey

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