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 Rudying
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 of Peterborough 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

^ 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)
^ Crockford's on line accessed Monday 5 December 2011 7:32 GMT
^ The Diocese of Peterborough – Archdeacon (Accessed 23 May 2014)
^ "Thicknesse, Francis Henry". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 27 May 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Hutton, William Holden". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 27 May 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Lang, Norman Macleod". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 27 May 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Knyvett, Carey Frederick". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 27 May 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Grimes, (Cecil) John". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 27 May 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Goodchild, Ronald Cedric Osbourne". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 27 May 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Marsh, Bazil Roland". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 27 May 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Chapman, Michael Robin". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 27 May 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ The Diocese of Peterborough – Archdeacon of Northampton (Archived 12 July 2012; accessed 23 May 2014)
^ "Allsopp, Christine". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 27 May 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "New Archdeacon of Northampton appointed". Diocese of Peterborough. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
^ "Richard Jeremy Ormston". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

Sources

Greenaway, Diana E. (1977), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, vol. 3, pp. 30–32
King, H.P.F. (1962), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, vol. 1, pp. 10–12
Horn, Joyce M.; Smith, David M. (1999), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 9, p. 20
Horn, Joyce M. (1996), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 8, pp. 122–123

Archdeacons of Northampton

High Medieval

Nigel
Robert
William
Herbert Poore
Savaric FitzGeldewin
Wimar (Winemer)
Richard of Kent
Robert de Manecestre (i.e. of Manchester)
John de Houton
Giles le Rous (Rufus)
Richard Gravesend
Stephen of Sutton
Thomas of Sutton

Late Medieval

Gilbert Middleton
Richard Bury d'Aungerville
Peter Cardinal de Mortemart
John Raymond Cardinal de Comminges
Roger Neucroft
John Gynwell
John Bokyngham
William of Wykeham
William Askeby/Scoter
Henry Wakefield
Henry Piel
Walter Skirlaw
Henry Bowet
Thomas Butiller
Thomas Bekingham
Richard Courtenay
John Stone
Robert FitzHugh
Ardicino Cardinal della Porta (seniore)
William Grey
George Neville
John Chadworth
William Say
John Rudying
John Collinson
Peter Huse or Busy
William Smith
Gilbert Smith

Early modern

John Apharry (ap Harry, Parry)
William Geffre
William Binsley
Nicholas Sheppard
James Howland
William Bayly
John Buckeridge
Richard Butler
Thomas Dove, yr
John Quarles
John Palmer
Thomas Wolsey
Richard Cumberland
John Browne
William Brown
William Strong
Owen Davys

Late modern

v t e Diocese of Peterborough
Peterborough Cathedral Bishop's Lodging, The Palace, Peterborough The Palace, Peterborough
Office holders	Debbie Sellin, Bishop of Peterborough John Holbrook, Bishop of Brixworth AEO: Bishop suffragan of Richborough (vacant) & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Chris Dalliston, Dean of Peterborough Richard Ormston, Archdeacon of Northampton Alison Booker, Archdeacon of Oakham
Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Leicester (1888–1927; Diocese of Leicester erected) Archdeacon of Leicester (1837–1926; became Diocese of Leicester) Archdeacon of Loughborough (1921–1926; became Diocese of Leicester)

Archdeacons in the Church of England

Current

northern province	Auckland Blackburn Bolton Bradford Carlisle Chester Cleveland Doncaster Durham East Riding (York) Halifax Lancaster Leeds Lindisfarne Liverpool Knowsley and Sefton Macclesfield Man Manchester Newark Nottingham Northumberland Pontefract Richmond and Craven Rochdale St Helens and Warrington Salford Sheffield and Rotherham Stoke Sunderland Walsall West Cumberland Westmorland and Furness Wigan and West Lancashire York (West Riding)
southern province	Ashford Aston Barnstaple Barking Bath Bedford Berkshire Birmingham Bodmin Boston Bournemouth Brighton & Lewes Bristol Bromley & Bexley Buckingham Cambridge Canterbury Chelmsford Charing Cross ("Two Cities") Cheltenham Chichester Colchester Cornwall Coventry ("Archdeacon Pastor") Croydon Derby City and South Derbyshire Derbyshire Peak and Dales Dorchester Dorking Dorset Dudley East Derbyshire Eastern Archdeaconry (Europe) Exeter France Germany and Northern Europe Gibraltar Gloucester Hackney Hampstead Harlow Hastings Hereford Hertford Horsham Huntingdon and Wisbech Ipswich Isle of Wight Italy and Malta Lambeth Leicester Lewisham & Greenwich Lichfield Lincoln London Loughborough Ludlow Lynn Maidstone Malmesbury The Meon Middlesex Norfolk North West Europe Northampton Northolt Norwich Oakham Oxford Plymouth Portsdown Reigate Rochester St Albans Salop/Shropshire (Lichfield diocese) Sarum Sherborne Southend Southwark Stansted Stow and Lindsey Sudbury Suffolk Surrey Switzerland Taunton Tonbridge Totnes Wandsworth Warwick ("Archdeacon Missioner") Wells West Ham Westminster Wilts Winchester Worcester
non-territorial	Military archdeacons: Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force Prison Service "Archdeacon Missioner" (see Warwick) & "Archdeacon Pastor" (see Coventry) Rural Mission (Eds & Ips diocese)