Archdeacon of Northampton

The Archdeacon of Northampton is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Peterborough. As such she or he is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy ^[1] within its six rural deaneries: Brackley, Brixworth, Daventry, Greater Northampton, Towcester and Wellingborough.^[2] The incumbent is Richard Ormston, who took up his position in February 2014.^[3]

History

This is a list of archdeacons of Northampton, historically a post in the Diocese of Lincoln, and then in the Diocese of Peterborough from that diocese's creation on 4 September 1541.

List of archdeacons

High Medieval bef. 1092–bef. 1123: Nigel (first archdeacon) bef. 1123–aft. 1132: Robert bef. 1133–9 February 1169 (d.): William bef. 1174–1175: Herbert Poore 1175–aft. 1187: Savaric FitzGeldewin bef. 1194–aft. 1198: Wimar (Winemer) bef. 1200–aft. 1203: Richard of Kent bef. 1206–aft. 1231: Robert de Manecestre (i.e. of Manchester) bef. 1231–1246 (d.): John de Houton bef. 1247–20 November 1272 (d.): Giles le Rous (Rufus) bef. 1273–1280 (res.): Richard Gravesend bef. 1280–bef. 1291 (d.): Stephen of Sutton 9 January 1291–bef. 1316 (d.): Thomas of Sutton Late Medieval 8 June 1316–bef. 1331 (d.): Gilbert Middleton Opposed (ineffectually) by claimants: 1317 (d.): Thomas Grandison 1317: Gauscelin Cardinal de Jean (Cardinal-priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro) 6 January–1 March 1331 (disp.): Richard Bury d'Aungerville (displaced) 1 March 1331–14 April 1335 (d.): Peter Cardinal de Mortemart (Cardinal-priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio) 15 September 1335–20 November 1348 (d.): John Raymond Cardinal de Comminges (Cardinal-bishop of Porto) 1349–bef. 1351 (res.): Roger Neucroft ?–bef. 1351 (res.): John Gynwell 27 February 1351–1363 (res.): John Bokyngham 26 April–23 May 1363 (res.): William of Wykeham 14 June 1363–1371/2 (d.): William Askeby/Scoter 21 December 1371–1373 (res.): Henry Wakefield (elected Bishop of Ely, but set aside) bef. 1374–April 1379 (d.): Henry Piel bef. 1381–aft. 1381: Walter Skirlaw 23 February–March 1386 (res.): Henry Bowet 23 March 1386–bef. 1402 (d.): Thomas Butiller 14 July 1402–bef. 1403 (res.): Thomas Bekingham 4 June 1403–1413 (res.): Richard Courtenay The Bishop of Rome (then Pope Gregory XII) reserved the archdeaconry for John Bremor in 1413, but Bremor evidently did not obtain possession. 6 April 1413–?: John Stone 10 July 1419–1431 (res.): Robert FitzHugh 4 August 1431–9 April 1434 (d.): Ardicino Cardinal della Porta (seniore) (Cardinal-deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano) 16 May 1434–1454 (res.): William Grey

17 August 1454–bef. 1457 (res.): George Neville 19 August 1457–1464 (res.): John Chadworth 23 August 1464–bef. 1468 (d.): William Say 27 November 1468–1471 (res.): John Ruding 6 August 1471–bef. 1482 (d.): John Collinson 24 March 1482–bef. 1500 (d.): Peter Huse or Busy 4 January 1500–1506 (res.): William Smith 26 August 1506–bef. 1548 (res.): Gilbert Smith Early modern On 4 September 1541, Northampton archdeaconry became part of the new Diocese of Peterborough. 28 May 1548–March 1549 (d.): John Apharry (ap Harry, Parry) 30 March 1549–1554 (res.): William Geffre bef. 1558–bef. 1571 (d.): William Binsley bef. 1579–bef. 1587 (d.): Nicholas Sheppard 12 November 1587–April 1598 (d.): James Howland bef. 1598–bef. 1604 (res.): William Bayly 23 March 1604–1611 (res.): John Buckeridge 9 July 1611–bef. 1612 (d.): Richard Butler 26 September 1612–24 July 1629 (d.): Thomas Dove, yr 31 July 1629–bef. 1665 (d.): John Quarles 25 October 1665–9 December 1679 (d.): John Palmer 4 January 1680–29 November 1707 (d.): Thomas Wolsey 12 December 1707–24 December 1737 (d.): Richard Cumberland 13 January 1738–7 August 1764 (d.): John Browne 6 September 1764–17 November 1797 (d.): William Brown 1 December 1797–8 September 1842 (d.): William Strong 15 September 1842–7 February 1875 (d.): Owen Davys Late modern 1875–1911 (res.): Francis Thicknesse (also Bishop suffragan of Leicester, 1888–1902)[4] 1911–1919 (res.): Holden Hutton[5] 1919–1936 (res.): Norman Lang (also Bishop suffragan of Leicester until 1927; assistant bishop thereafter)[6] 1936–1941 (res.): Carey Knyvett[7] 1941–1959 (ret.): John Grimes (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[8] 1959–1964 (res.): Ronald Goodchild[9] 1964–1991 (ret.): Bazil Marsh (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[10] 1991–2004 (ret.): Michael Chapman[11] 2005–2013 (ret.): Christine Allsopp[12] (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[13] 2014–present: Richard Ormston[14][15]

References

1. Meakin, T. ABCD: a basic church dictionary. Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5 (Google Books, p. 50, accessed 23 May 2014)
2. Crockford's on line accessed Monday 5 December 2011 7:32 GMT
3. The Diocese of Peterborough – Archdeacon (Accessed 23 May 2014)
4. Thicknesse, Rt Rev. Francis Henry. Who Was Who. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
5. Hutton, Very Rev. William Holden. Who Was Who. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
6. Lang, Rt Rev. Norman Macleod. Who Was Who. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
7. Knyvett, Rt Rev. Carey Frederick. Who Was Who. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
8. Grimes, Ven. (Cecil) John. Who Was Who. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
9. Goodchild, Rt Rev. Ronald Cedric Osbourne. Who Was Who. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
10. Marsh, Ven. Bazil Roland. Who Was Who. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
11. Chapman, Ven. Michael Robin. Who's Who 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
12. The Diocese of Peterborough – Archdeacon of Northampton (Archived 12 July 2012; accessed 23 May 2014)
13. Allsopp, Ven. Christine. Who's Who 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
14. "New Archdeacon of Northampton appointed". Diocese of Peterborough. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
15. "Richard Jeremy Ormston". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 30 November 2015. (subscription required)

Sources

• Greenaway, Diana E., Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300 3, pp. 30–32
• King, H.P.F., Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541 1, pp. 10–12
• Horn, Joyce M. & Smith, David M., Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 9, p. 20
• Horn, Joyce M., Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 8, pp. 122–123