The Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Ely. The archdeacon is responsible for some clergy discipline and pastoral care in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon and Wisbech.
History The Archdeaconry of Huntingdon was a part of the Diocese of Lincoln from (at the latest) the early 12th century. As such it is the oldest continually occupied Archdeaconry in England. The archdeaconry was moved to Ely diocese by Order in Council on 30 May 1837. The archdeaconry of Wisbech was created from several deaneries not already in an archdeaconry, by Order in Council on 5 February 1915. , appointments to the Wisbech archdeaconry ceased and Huntingdon archdeaconry was renamed to the present Archdeaconry of Huntingdon and Wisbech.
List of archdeacons
High Medieval bef. 1092–1110 (d.): Nicholas (Archdeacon of Cambridge, Huntingdon and Hertford; also called archdeacon of Lincoln) bef. 1123–aft. 1156: Henry of Huntingdon bef. 1166–aft. 1160: Hugh (disputed) bef. 1166–bef. 1187: Nicholas de Sigillo bef. 1192–aft. 1204: Robert de Hardres bef. 1206–bef. 1214 (res.): William de Cornhill bef. 1214–aft. 1223 (res.): Robert de Hailes/of Hailes bef. 1223–bef. 1228: Philip de Fauconberg bef. 1230–bef. 1239: Gilbert de Tantone bef. 1240–aft. 1245: William de Arundel bef. 1246–?: T. bef. 1247–aft. 1253: Robert de Hicche bef. 1255–aft. 1254: R. (disputed) bef. 1256–aft. 1275: Roger of Raveningham bef. 1277–aft. 1282: William of Newark bef. 1287–: Roger Martival 15 March 1295–? (dep.): John de Colonna (papal provision reversed after collation) 26 December 1295–bef. 1308 (d.): Walter Wutton/of Wootton
Late Medieval 22 May 1308–bef. 1309 (d.): Arnald de le Breto 14 August 1309–bef. 1318 (deprived): Guicard de le Breto (deprived for plurality) 1318–1327 (res.): James Berkeley 1329–bef. 1337 (d.): Richard Brinchesle 4 July 1337 – 1361 (res.): William Whittlesey 1344: Pedro Cardinal Gòmez de Barroso (ineffective provision; cardinal-bishop of Sabina) 16 October–October 1361 (d.): Fortanerius Vassalli OFM, Patriarch of Grado aft. 1362–?: John Swynle/Swynlegh May 1386: John Lincoln of Grimsby (probably ineffective royal grant) 1386–24 February 1394 (exch.): William Welborne 24 February 1394–aft. 1413: Eudo Zouche/la Zouche 24 March–22 July 1414 (d.): John Tibbay 26 July 1414–bef. 1421 (res.): Richard Hethe 15 December 1421–?: William Lassells bef. 1447–bef. 1462 (d.): Richard Morsby 20 February 1462–bef. 1464 (d.): Richard Hayman 25 September 1464–March 1475 (d.): Vincent Clement 27 March 1475 – 1478 (res.): John Morton 13 June 1478 – 1493 (res.): John Blyth 17 February–28 July 1494 (res.): Thomas Hutton 28 July 1494–bef. 1496: Robert Sherborne 5 March 1496–bef. April 1496 (res.): Christopher Urswick 28 April 1496 – 1502 (res.): William Warham 10 July 1502–bef. 1512 (d.): John Foster 1 December 1512 – 1514 (res.): John Constable 3 June 1514–bef. November 1514 (res.): William Atwater
18 November 1514 – 1523 (res.): Richard Rawlins 12 September 1523 – 1541 (res.): William Knight
Early modern 5 April 1542–July 1543 (d.): Richard Gwent 27 July 1543–bef. 1560 (deprived): Anthony Draycot (deprived) 28 September 1560 – 1567 (d.): Robert Beaumont 25 December 1567–bef. 1576 (res.): John Bullingham 29 October 1576–bef. 1612 (d.): Robert Condall 23 August 1612–bef. 1615 (d.): Nathan Gifford 1 December 1615 – 1621 (res.): William Laud 26 April 1622–June 1633 (d.): Owen Gwyn 12 January 1634 – 22 August 1649 (d.): Richard Holdsworth 19 November 1649 – 18 March 1665 (res.): Peter Mews 18 March 1666 – 4 March 1667 (d.): William Johnson 27 April 1667–bef. 1669 (d.): Henry Downhall 29 March 1670–bef. 1673 (d.): Richard Perrinchief 5 September 1673 – 14 May 1701 (res.): John Hammond 15 May 1701 – 1720 (res.): White Kennett (also Bishop of Peterborough from 1718) 15 April 1721–bef. 1725 (res.): John Sturges 12 August 1725 – 17 March 1747 (d.): William Lunn 28 March 1747 – 3 February 1757 (d.): Timothy Neve 22 April 1757 – 31 January 1770 (d.): Charles Jenner 23 February 1770 – 8 September 1773 (d.): Nicholas Cholwell 1 January 1774 – 22 February 1794 (d.): Michael Tyson 16 April 1794 – 1812 (res.): Thomas Parkinson 4 April 1812 – 1814 (res.): Thomas Middleton 5 July 1814 – 5 February 1828 (d.): James Hook 25 February 1828 – 9 February 1856 (d.): John Banks Hollingworth On 30 May 1837, the archdeaconry was moved from Lincoln diocese to the Diocese of Ely. 22 March 1856 – 16 March 1870 (res.): The Hon Henry Yorke
Late modern 1870–1874 (res.): Francis McDougallOverton, John Henry. McDougall, Francis Thomas in the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Volume 35 1874–18 March 1915 (d.): Gerald Vesey 1915–28 September 1921 (d.): Thomas Hodgson 1921–1943 (ret.): Kenneth Knowles (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 1943–1947 (res.): William Uthwatt (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 1947–1955 (ret.): James Jones 1954–1965 (ret.): Arthur Royle 1965–1975 (res.): Dennis Page 1975–1977 (res.): David YoungTelegraph Obituary – David Young 1978–1996 (ret.): Richard Sledge 1997–2004 (res.): John Beer (also {acting?} Archdeacon of Wisbech from 2003)Ely Diocese – Who's Who – John Beer , the archdeaconry was renamed from Huntingdon to Huntingdon and Wisbech. 2005April 2022 (ret.): Hugh McCurdy 25 September 2022present: Richard Harlow
Archdeacons of Wisbech Wisbech was a separate archdeaconry from 1915 until 2004. 1915–6 January 1916 (d.): Colin Campbell 1916–1923 (res.): James Srawley 1924–1945 (res.): George Ward 1945–1953 (res.): Seiriol Evans 1953–1964 (res.): John Pelloe 1965–6 November 1978 (d.): George Fox 1979–1984 (res.): William Patterson 1984–1993 (res.): David Fleming 1995–December 2002 (ret.): Jim RoneDiocese of Ely – Announcement of death of the Ven Jim Rone (Accessed 17 March 2014) 2003–2004 (res.): John Beer (Acting?) , the archdeaconry lapsed or ceased.
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