Archdeacon of Sudbury explained

The Archdeacon of Sudbury is a senior cleric in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.

The archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy^[1] in its five rural deaneries; Clare, Ixworth, Lavenham, Sudbury and Thingoe.^[2]

History

Originally in the Diocese of Norwich, the Sudbury archdeaconry was transferred to the Diocese of Ely in 1837. It was then transferred a second time to the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich in 1914. The current archdeacon is David Jenkins.^[3]

List of archdeacons

High Medieval

From its erection, the archdeaconry was in Norwich diocese. For archdeacons of that diocese before territorial titles began, see Archdeacon of Norwich.

• bef. 1145–aft. 1136: William son of Humphrey^[4]
• bef. 1143–aft. 1167: Baldwin of Boulogne
• bef. 1200–aft. 1185: Reiner
• bef. 1193–aft. 1211: Roger
• bef. 1220–bef. 1222 (d.): Robert of Gloucester, Archdeacon of Stafford
• bef. 1224–bef. 1235: Alan de Beccles
• bef. 1241–1242 (res.): Roger Pincerna, Le Boteler (became Archdeacon of Suffolk)
• 1242–aft. 1256: William de Clare
• bef. 1266–1267: Thomas Ingoldsthorpe (became Archdeacon of Middlesex)
• 1267–aft. 1273: Constantine de Mildenhall
• bef. 1279–aft. 1279: Ralph de Fornham
• bef. 1285–bef. 1294: Ralph of York

Late Medieval

• bef. 1307–bef. 1308: Henry de Bradenham
• 1 April 1308 – 1324 (res.): Alan de Ely (became Archdeacon of Suffolk)
• 16 April 1324–bef. 1329: Simon de Creake
• 17 January 1329–bef. 1346 (d.): Firmin de Lavenham
• 31 August 1346–bef. 1348 (d.): Gilbert de Marewell or de Yarewell
• 12 October 1348 – 1349 (res.): Richard Lyng (became Archdeacon of Norwich)
• 27 August–20 November 1349 (exch.): Walter Elvedon
• 20 November–bef. December 1349 (res.): Thomas de Winchester
• 8 December 1349–bef. 1350 (res.): Thomas de Methelwold
• 3 January 1350–bef. 1361 (d.): Henry de la Zouche
• 7 January 1362–bef. 1365 (res.): William Graa de Trusthope (became Archdeacon of Suffolk)
• bef. 1363–aft. 1363: John Hambleton
• 8 May 1384–?: John de Lincoln (royal grant)
• 3 September 1384–bef. 1389 (res.): Hugh Sturmy (royal grant)
• 1385: Thomas Grene (bishop's candidate; ineffective)
• 14 November 1388: Hugh Gaudeby (bishop's candidate; ineffective)
• 5 May 1389 – 5 November 1398 (exch.): Thomas Hetersete
• 5 November–bef. December 1398 (res.): Richard Maudeleyn
• 18 December 1398–bef. 1406 (res.): Thomas Hetersete (again)
• 12 January 1406–bef. 1414 (d.): Eudo de la Zouche
• 2 December 1412 (royal grant): Roger Wodehele (ineffective)
• 13 March 1414 – 18 April 1429 (exch.): Thomas Rodborne
• 18 April 1429–bef. 1452 (d.): Clement Denston
• 24 May 1452–bef. 1462: John Wiggenhall
• bef. 1462–bef. 1479 (d.): John Selot
• 9 September 1479–aft. 1483: Nicholas Goldwell
• bef. 1484–bef. 1493 (d.): John Jeffreys
• 3 December 1493–bef. 1497 (d.): Thomas Shenkwyn
• 14 December 1497–bef. 1514 (d.): John Finneys
• 3 April 1514 – 1517 (res.): William Stillington (became Archdeacon of Norwich)
• 17 February 1517 – 1522 (res.): Thomas Larke (became Archdeacon of Norwich)^[5]
• 9 April 1522–bef. 1537 (d.): Richard Woleman^[6] (also Dean of Wells from 1529)
• 21 September 1537 – 1570 (d.): Miles Spencer^[7]

Early modern

• 2 March 1570–bef. 1576 (d.): Thomas Aldrich^[8]
• March 1576 – 1593 (res.): John Still (became Bishop of Bath and Wells)^[9]
• 15 June 1593–?: Tertullian Pyne^[10]
• 6 October 1599–bef. 1621 (d.): Cuthbert Norris^[11]
• 27 December 1621–bef. 1652 (d.): Theophilus Kent
• 7 August 1660 – 1667 (res.): Anthony Sparrow (became Bishop of Exeter)^[12]
• 5 December 1667 – 27 May 1693 (d.): John Spencer (also Dean of Ely from 1677)^[13]
• 14 June 1693 – 30 January 1727 (d.): Nicholas Clagett^[14]
• 16 March 1727 – 20 November 1741 (d.): Brampton Gurdon^[15]
• 24 November 1741 – 14 October 1784 (d.): John Chapman^[16]
• 20 October 1784 – 14 July 1823 (d.): John Gooch^[17]
• 21 July 1823 – 4 May 1862 (d.): George Glover^[18]

Transferred to Diocese of Ely by Order in Council, 19 April 1837.

Late modern

• 1862–1869 (res.): Lord Arthur Hervey (became Bishop of Bath and Wells)^[19]
• 1869–1900 (res.): Frank Chapman, Vicar of St James's, Bury St Edmunds (until 1873), Rector of Stowlangtoft (1878–1881)^[20]
• 1901–12 May 1902 (d.): Arthur Livingstone^[21]
• 1902–30 August 1921 (d.): George Hodges,^[22] Vicar of St James's, Bury St Edmunds (until 1912), then a canon residentiary of St Edmundsbury Cathedral

Suffolk and Sudbury archdeaconries were erected into the new Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich on 23 January 1914.

• 1921–1930 (ret.): William Farmiloe, Canon Missioner
• 1930–1932 (res.): Eric Buckley, Rector of Polstead (became Archdeacon of Ipswich)^[23]

The Ipswich archdeaconry was created from the archdeaconries of Suffolk and of Sudbury by Order-in-Council on 22 December 1931; Buckley transferred to the new archdeacony.

• 1932–1945 (ret.): Maxwell Maxwell-Gumbleton, assistant bishop (until 1934), then Bishop suffragan of Dunwich (previously Bishop of Ballarat)^[24]
• 1945–1962 (res.): Hugh Norton, Rector of Horringer with Ickworth (until 1958), then a canon residentiary of the cathedral (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[25]
• 1962–16 March 1968 (d.): Harry Barton, Rector of Sudbury (until 1967)^[26]
• 1968–1970 (res.): David Maddock, Bishop suffragan of Dunwich^[27]
• 1970–25 October 1983 (d.): Kenneth Child, Rector of Great and Little Thurlow with Little Bradley (until 1980)^[28]
• 1984–1991 (ret.): Donald Smith (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[29]
• 1991–1994 (res.): Richard Garrard (became Bishop suffragan of Penrith)^[30]
• 1994–2006 (ret.): John Cox (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^{[31] [32]}
• 20061 August 2009 (d.): David Brierley^[33]
• February 2010present: David Jenkins^[34]

Notes

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2. [Crockford's Clerical Directory|Crockford's on line]
3. Web site: Network Ipswich . 2013-02-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190123223651/http://www.networkipswich.co.uk/Mobile/default.aspx?group_id=84784&article_id=172296 . 2019-01-23 . dead .
4. William, Baldwin and Roger are not recorded with the title "Archdeacon of Sudbury"; rather they are each recorded alongside archdeacons of Norwich, of Norfolk and of Suffolk.
5. [Joan Larke|Larke's sister]
6. Book: Stanford E. Lehmberg. The Reformation Parliament: 1529–1536. registration. 1970. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-07655-5 .
7. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78010 Vicars-General of Norwich
8. "A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland" Burke,J: London, Henry Colburn, 1833
9. [Brett Usher]
10. "The History and Antiquities of the County of Norfolk" Booth,M (Ed):Norwich, J.Crouse, 1781
11. http://www.geni.com/people/Cuthbert-Norris/6000000007601314157 Geni
12. http://www.dsnell.zynet.co.uk/Oliver/43.html Lives of the Bishops of Exeter
13. William Horbury, ‘Spencer, John (bap. 1630, d. 1693)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 accessed 28 Feb 2013
14. "Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature, Volume 4" Wilkes, J (comp) London, Adlard, 1810
15. "County of Suffolk: its history as disclosed by existing records and other documents (1904–11)" Author: Copinger, Walter Arthur, 1847–1910 Volume: 3 Subject: Suffolk (England) History Publisher: London H. Sotheran
16. “The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Volume 16 Cave.E (Ed) p332 ‘Popery, the bane of true letters’ A charge delivr’d at a visitation on May 12, 1746, by John Chapman, D.D., Archdeacon of Sudbury’
17. http://www.pastellists.com/Genealogies/Methuen.pdf Pastellists web-site
18. Book: George Glover (Archdeacon of Sudbury.). A Course of Sermons. 1859.
19. http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/851932.2 National Trust Collections
20. ARCHIDIACONAL VISITATION AT BURY ST. EDMUND'S . The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Tuesday, May 25, 1886; pg. 6; Issue 5410
21. http://www.mildenhallanglicanchurches.org/19.html Mildenhall Anglican Churches
22. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/archdeacon-george-hodges-10654 BBC Art
23. http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp97989/eric-rede-buckley NPG details
24. https://archive.today/20130421001310/http://martleweb.co.uk/gumbleton/people/PZ0162.html Martle Web
25. Web site: Grave Monument Photographs. 9 February 2013.
26. https://archive.today/20130423191456/http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/archives/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=NaviTree.tcl&dsqField=RefNo&dsqItem=Ramsey/4-287/1965/87/347 Lambeth Palace Library
27. Former Rector of Wareham > “The Churches of Wareham” Maddock, D.R: British Publishing Company, 1948 Gloucester
28. Book: Oxford University Press, Incorporated. Crockford's Clerical Directory: 1980-1982. 1983. 978-0-19-200010-1 .
29. Web site: ACCESSIONS 1 JANUARY 2007 – 31 DECEMBER 2007. Suffolk County Council. 2013-02-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20120830214513/http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/assets/suffolk.gov.uk/Libraries%20and%20Culture/Suffolk%20Record%20Office/NEW%20ACCESSIONS%202007.pdf. 30 August 2012. dead.
30. Book: Crockford's Clerical Directory. Church House Publishing. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1995/96. 1995. 978-0-7151-8088-4 .
31. News: Church Appointments. The Independent. 2012-02-09. London. 1994-12-31.
32. Web site: The Voice of the Prophet by John Cox. 2013-02-09.
33. Web site: 800 at funeral to pay tribute to archdeacon. https://archive.today/20130419211528/http://www.buryfreepress.co.uk/news/latest-news/800-at-funeral-to-pay-tribute-to-archdeacon-1-416156. dead. April 19, 2013. Bury Free Press. 9 February 2013.
34. http://www.stedmundsbury.anglican.org/index.cfm?page=yourchurch.content&cmid=351 Diocesan web site