The Archdeacon of Norfolk is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Norwich, who exercises supervision of clergy and responsibility for church buildings within the geographical area of their archdeaconry.
The current archdeacon is Steven Betts who was appointed in 2012.
History The ancient Archdeaconry of Norfolk has been an ecclesiastical jurisdiction within the Diocese of Norwich since its creation around 1100 – at which time the first archdeacons were being appointed across the nation.
List of archdeacons
High Medieval
bef. 1127–aft. 1166: RogerThese archdeacons are not recorded with the title Archdeacon of Norfolk, but their territory can be deduced from the churches with which records connect them and/or the contemporaries with whom they are recorded. bef. 1174–aft. 1181: Steingrim bef. 1196–aft. 1197: John bef. 1198–aft. 1218: Geoffrey de Bocland bef. 1227–1228 (res.): Martin of Pattishall (afterwards Dean of St Paul's, 1228) bef. 1230–aft. 1232: Robert de Bilneia bef. 1233–aft. 1233: R- bef. 1236–1237: Ralph de Blonvilla (de Blundeville) 1237: Thomas de Lecche 1237–bef. 1245: Ralph de Blonvilla (again) bef. 1239–1240: Simon the Norman bef. 1239–1257 (res.): Walter de Salerne/de Saleron alias of London (also Dean of St Paul's from 1254) 9 July 1257–aft. 1264: Nicholas de Plimpton bef. 1267–aft. 1292: Alan de Freston
Late Medieval bef. 1325–aft. 1325: R. de S. (possibly Richard de Stanhowe) bef. 1326–bef. 1326: Thomas de Kerdeston 25 July 1326–bef. 1327 (res.): William de Herlaston bef. 1327–bef. 1335 (res.): Adam de Ayremynne 16 April 1335–bef. 1335: John Newland 25 June 1335–bef. 1359 (d.): Robert de Usflet 4 March–22 June 1351 (rev.): John de Harewell 22 May 1359–bef. 1374 (d.): William de Blythe 20 June 1359–September 1359 (rev.): Richard de Ravenser 13 March 1374 – 1375 (dep.): Robert de Prees/Prots 28 March 1375–bef. 1385 (res.): John de Freton 18 August 1385 – 1390 (res.): Richard de Medeford/Mitford Period of dispute: 11 April 1390–bef. 1398 (deprived): John de Middleton 1392 (claim): Robert de Prees/Prots (again) bef. 1391–aft. 1394: James Dardani 20 November 1398 – 1399 (rev.): Ralph Selby 1399–1399 (res.): John de Middleton (again) 29 October 1399 – 1406 (res.): Thomas Langley 2 September 1406–bef. 1408 (res.): Richard Dereham 30 October 1408–bef. 1412 (res.): John Macworth 1 July 1412–bef. 1418 (res.): Richard Dereham (again) 18 February 1418 – 1419 (res.): Philip Morgan 21 December 1419–bef. 1448 (d.): William SponneSt Lawrence Church, Towchester – Archdeacon William Sponne (Accessed 19 March 2014) 14 February 1449 – 1459 (res.): John Hales 23 November 1459 – 3 January 1477 (exch.): Thomas Marke 3 January 1477 – 1478 (res.): John Morton
27 February 1479 – 1500 (d.): Oliver Dynham 7 November 1500–bef. 1522 (d.): Christopher Urswick, Dean of Windsor until 1505 and Rector of Hackney from 1502 (also Archdeacon of Wilts; Archdeacon of Richmond until 1500 and Archdeacon of Oxford from 1504) 6 April 1522–aft. 1527 (res.): William Stillington bef. 1529–bef. 1530 (res.): Thomas Wynter (also Dean of Wells {until June 1529}, Archdeacon of York and Archdeacon of Richmond {until 1529}) 1 March 1530 – 1531 (res.): Stephen Gardiner 2 April 1531 – 1547 (d.): William Newton
Early modern 1548–?: Alexander Carew 1552–aft. 1567: Matthew Carew (deprived) 6 April 1587–bef. 1619 (d.): Richard Stokes 18 December 1619–bef. 1621 (d.): Francis Mason 28 December 1621–bef. 1629 (d.): Thomas Muriell 18 October 1629–?: Writhlington White 23 September 1631–bef. 1657 (d.): Robert White 24 August 1660 – 15 January 1661 (d.): Philip Tenison 15 February 1661 – 28 June 1698 (d.): Edward Reynolds 20 July 1698 – 1708 (res.): Charles Trimnell 11 March 1708 – 1721 (res.): Robert Cannon (afterwards Dean of Lincoln) 7 December 1721 – 1732 (res.): Thomas Tanner 17 June 1732 – 1733 (res.): John Baron (afterwards Dean of Norwich) 22 November 1734 – 1756 (d.): Samuel Salter 16 September 1756 – 14 May 1768 (d.): Samuel Stedman 28 May 1768 – 1 November 1797 (d.): Thomas Warburton 1 December 1797 – 31 January 1847 (d.): John Oldershaw 13 August 1847 – 20 December 1849 (d.): Philip Jennings 20 December 1850–bef. 1869 (res.): William Bouverie
Late modern 1869Norfolk Archaeology: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to the County of Norfolk p. 483 (Accessed 14 April 2014)–1874 (res.): Ralph Blakelock (died 1 March 1882)Norfolk Annals by Charles Mackie p. 368 (Accessed 14 April 2014) 1874–17 October 1900 (d.): Henry Nevill 1900–1901 (d.): William Pelham-Burn 1901–1916 (ret.): Sidney Pelham 1916–1918 (res.): Charles Lisle Carr 1918–1920 (res.): George MacDermott 1920–1934 (ret.): Augustus BucklandThe First Century of The Churchman p.5 (Accessed 15 April 2014) 1934–5 October 1954 (d.): Arthur Moore 1955–1962 (ret.): Louis Baggott (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 1962–13 August 1976 (d.): Eric Cordingly (also Bishop suffragan of Thetford from 1963) 1977–1993 (ret.): Peter Dawson (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 1993–2002 (ret.): Michael Handley (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 2002–28 February 2012 (ret.): David HaydenBBC News – Canon Steven Betts appointed as Archdeacon of Norfolk (Accessed 15 April 2014) 29 April 2012–present: Steven BettsDiocese of Norwich – Archdeacon of Norfolk (Accessed 19 March 2014)
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