The Archdeacon of Colchester is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Chelmsford[1] – she or he has responsibilities within her archdeaconry (the Archdeaconry of Colchester) including oversight of church buildings and some supervision, discipline and pastoral care of the clergy.
Contents
1History
2List of archdeacons
2.1High Medieval
2.2Late Medieval
2.3Early modern
2.4Late modern
3Notes
4References
5Sources
History[edit]
The title first appears in sources before 1144, as one of four archdeacons in the (then much larger) Diocese of London, but there had been four archdeacons prior to this point, some of whom may be regarded as essentially predecessors in the line of the Colchester archdeacons. The territorial archdeaconry remained part of the London diocese for about 700 years, until, on 1 January 1846, it was transferred by Order in Council to the Diocese of Rochester.[2] The archdeaconry was afterwards in the newly created Diocese of St Albans from 4 May 1877[3] until her transfer to the Diocese of Chelmsford upon her creation on 23 January 1914.[4] On 1 February 2013, by Pastoral Order of the Bishop of Chelmsford, the new Archdeaconry of Stansted was created from the Colchester archdeaconry; initially, the Archdeacon of Colchester was also Acting Archdeacon of Stansted.[5]
List of archdeacons[edit]
High Medieval[edit]
bef. 1102–aft. 1115: Quintilian[N 1]
bef. 1115–aft. 1132: Cyprian son of Quintilian[N 1]
bef. 1138–aft. 1138: Geoffrey[N 1]
bef. 1142–aft. 1152: Ailward
?–c. 1154 (ren.): Henry of London (renounced claim)
bef. 1155–aft. 1166: William
bef. 1168–aft. 1178: Richard Foliot I
aft. 1180–aft. 1190: Ralph de Alta Ripa
bef. 1192–bef. 1217 (d.): Richard of Ely
bef. 1218–1228 (res.): Roger Niger
bef. 1231–1238 (d.): Hugh of London II
bef. 1248–aft. 1252: Robert de Insula
bef. 1249–aft. 1249: Ralph de Insula (very probably vice-archdeacon)
aft. 1253–aft. 1260: Hugh de Sancto Edmundo
aft. 1263–21 November 1285 (d.): Fulke Lovell
bef. 1287–aft. 1299: Giles Filliol
Late Medieval[edit]
bef. 1302–aft. 1302: Richard Newport
bef. 1304–aft. 1310: John de Chishull
bef. 1311–bef. 1336 (d.): William de Meleford
3 March 1337–bef. 1348: William de Stowe
bef. 1348–bef. 1362 (d.): Richard de Plessis
10 April 1363 – 26 September 1373 (exch.): Michael Northburgh (son)
26 September 1373 – 1387 (d.): Richard de Piriton
bef. 1393–bef. 1398 (res.): John de Carleton
3 November 1398 – 1406 (res.): Thomas More (afterwards Dean of St Paul's)
17 January 1406 – 24 November 1411 (exch.): Richard de Kingston
24 November 1411–bef. 1425 (d.): William Spygurnell
7 February 1425 (installed): Henry Wodechurche (evidently ineffective)
14 February 1425 (installed): Peter Hynewyk (evidently ineffective)
23 March 1425–bef. 1433 (res.): William Duffield
19 May 1433–bef. 1440 (res.): John Stopyngton
3 April 1440–bef. 1449 (d.): Robert Aiscough
15 February 1449 – 1450 (res.): Nicholas Close
bef. 1450–aft. 1450: John Thurston
bef. 1451–1465 (res.): Robert Stillington[6]
10 February 1466–bef. 1483 (d.): Benedict Burgh[7]
18 July 1483–bef. 1499 (d.): Thomas Barow
9 July 1499–bef. 1509: John Maynwaring
bef. 1509–bef. 1519 (d.): John Perott
16 February–October 1519 (res.): Richard Pace[8]
22 October 1519 – 1523 (res.): John Clerk
19 November 1523 – 1531 (res.): Edward Lee
30 December 1531 – 1537 (res.): Robert Aldrich[9]
1 October 1537–bef. 1543 (d.): Richard Coren
Early modern[edit]
23 March 1543 – 1552 (d.): Anthony Belasyse
10 January 1553 – 22 January 1554 (rem.): John Standish
22 January 1554–bef. 1557: Hugh Weston (deprived of office for immorality)
15 October 1558 – 23 October 1559 (deprived): John Standish (again; deprived)[10]
4 December 1559–bef. 1565 (d.): John Pullain
16 July 1565 – 1570: James Calfhill
11 October 1570–aft. 1593: George Withers
8 January 1596–bef. 1617 (d.): Thomas Withers
10 April 1617 – 1641 (res.): Henry King
15 April 1642 – 22 June 1643 (d.): Josias Shute
22 June 1643–bef. 1660: Vacancy (English Interregnum)
bef. 1660–1667 (d.): John Hansley
2 February 1667–bef. 1675 (d.): William Wells
25 August 1675–bef. 1678 (d.): Charles Smith
24 September 1678–September 1681 (res.): William Sill
3 November 1681 – 1704 (res.): William Beveridge
9 August 1704 – 9 August 1722 (d.): Jonas Warley
14 August 1722 – 4 August 1737 (d.): John King
24 August 1737 – 8 November 1749 (d.): Thomas Cartwright
29 November 1749 – 1766 (res.): Charles Moss
12 December 1766 – 19 January 1775 (d.): William Powell
6 February 1775 – 4 October 1812 (d.): Anthony Hamilton
16 November 1812 – 28 December 1821 (d.): Joseph Jefferson
15 January 1822 – 1824 (res.): Charles James Blomfield
4 June 1824–bef. 1841 (res.): William Lyall
7 July 1841 – 27 March 1845 (d.): Herbert Oakeley
28 August 1845 – 1 November 1864 (d.): Charles Burney
The archdeaconry was transferred to the Rochester diocese on 1 January 1846.
Late modern[edit]
1864–1882: William Ady
The archdeaconry was transferred to the new St Albans diocese on 4 May 1877.
1882–1894 (d.): Alfred Blomfield, Bishop suffragan of Colchester[11]
1894–7 December 1908 (d.): Henry Johnson, Bishop suffragan of Colchester[12][13]
1909–19 March 1922 (d.): Robert Whitcombe, Bishop suffragan of Colchester[14][15]
The archdeaconry was transferred to the new Chelmsford diocese on 23 January 1914.
1922–1933 (ret.): Thomas Chapman, Bishop suffragan of Colchester[16]
1933–1946 (ret.): Charles Ridsdale, Bishop suffragan of Colchester[17]
1946–1959 (res.): Dudley Narborough, Bishop suffragan of Colchester[18]
1969–1972 (res.): Roderic Coote, Bishop suffragan of Colchester[20]
1972–1976 (res.): Derek Bond[21]
1977–1983 (res.): James Roxburgh[22]
1983–1997 (ret.): Ernest Stroud (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[23]
1997–2003 (res.): Martin Wallace[24]
2004 – November 2018 (ret.):[25]Annette Cooper[26]
Notes[edit]
^ abcThese archdeacons never occur with the title Archdeacon of Colchester, but occur with fellow archdeacons or other colleagues such that their territorial role can be deduced.
References[edit]
^Chelmsford Cathedral Archived December 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^"No. 24453". The London Gazette. 4 May 1877. p. 2933.
^"No. 28795". The London Gazette. 23 January 1914. p. 588.
^Diocese of Chelmsford – Archdeaconries in the Diocese of Chelmsford (Accessed 30 October 2015)
^Hicks, Michael. "Stillington, Robert". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26528. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^Gray, Douglas. "Burgh, Benedict". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3990. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^Curtis, Cathy. "Pace, Richard". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21065. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^"Aldrich, Robert" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^"ARCHDEACONS DEPRIVED UNDER QUEEN ELIZABETH" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2012.
^"Ecclesiastical Appointments". The Times. 15 June 1882. p. 8.
^"Obituary". The Times. 8 December 1908. p. 13.
^Johnson, Henry Frank. ukwhoswho.com. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
^"New Bishop Suffragan Of Colchester". The Times. 21 December 1908. p. 11.
^Whitchombe, Robert Henry. ukwhoswho.com. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
^Chapman, Thomas Alfred. ukwhoswho.com. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
^Ridsdale, Charles Henry. ukwhoswho.com. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
^Narborough, (Frederick) Dudley Vaughan. ukwhoswho.com. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
^Cleall, Aubrey Victor George. ukwhoswho.com. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
^Coote, Roderic Norman. ukwhoswho.com. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
^Bond, (Charles) Derek. ukwhoswho.com. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
^Roxburgh, James William. ukwhoswho.com. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
^Stroud, Ernest Charles Frederick. ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
^Wallace, Martin William. ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
^Diocese of Chelmsford — Cooper will retire in November (Accessed 11 May 2018)
^Cooper, Annette Joy. ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who. 2015 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
Sources[edit]
Greenway, Diana E. (1968), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, 1, pp. 18–20
Horn, Joyce M. (1963), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, 5, pp. 13–14
Horn, Joyce M. (1969), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 1, pp. 12–14
Horn, Joyce M. (1974), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 3, p. 59
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Archdeacons of Colchester
High Medieval
Quintilian
Cyprian son of Quintilian
Geoffrey
Ailward
Henry of London
William
Richard Foliot I
Ralph de Alta Ripa
Richard of Ely
Roger Niger
Hugh of London
Robert de Insula
Hugh de Sancto Edmundo
Fulke Lovell
Giles Filliol
Late Medieval
Richard Newport
John de Chishull
William de Meleford
William de Stowe
Richard de Plessis
Michael Northburgh (son)
Richard de Piriton
John de Carleton
Thomas More
Richard de Kingston
William Spigurnell
Henry Wodechurche
Peter Hynewyk
William Duffield
John Stopyngton
Robert Aiscough
Nicholas Close
John Thurston
Robert Stillington
Benedict Burgh
Thomas Barow
Early modern
John Maynwaring
John Perott
Richard Pace
John Clerk
Edward Lee
Robert Aldrich
Richard Coren
Anthony Belasyse
John Standish
Hugh Weston
John Standish (again)
John Pullain
James Calfhill
George Withers
Thomas Withers
Henry King
Josias Shute
John Hansley
William Wells
Charles Smith
William Sill
William Beveridge
Jonas Warley
John King
Thomas Cartwright
Charles Moss
William Powell
Anthony Hamilton
Joseph Jefferson
Charles James Blomfield
William Lyall
Herbert Oakeley
Charles Burney
Late modern
William Ady
Alfred Blomfield, Bishop of Colchester
Henry Johnson, Bishop of Colchester
Robert Whitcombe, Bishop of Colchester
Thomas Chapman, Bishop of Colchester
Charles Ridsdale, Bishop of Colchester
Dudley Narborough, Bishop of Colchester
Aubrey Cleall
Roderic Coote, Bishop of Colchester
Derek Bond
James Roxburgh
Ernest Stroud
Martin Wallace
Annette Cooper
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Robin King, Archdeacon of Stansted
Elizabeth Snowden, Archdeacon of Chelmsford
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