Archdeacon of Nottingham explained
The Archdeacon of Nottingham is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, who exercises supervision of clergy and has responsibility for church buildings within the Archdeaconry of Nottingham.
History
The ancient Archdeaconry of Nottingham was an extensive ecclesiastical jurisdiction within the Diocese of York, England. It was created around 1100 – at which time the first archdeacons were being created across the nation – and comprised almost the whole of the county of Nottinghamshire, and was divided into the four deaneries of Nottingham, Newark, Bingham and Retford. The archdeaconry remained as a division of York diocese for more than seven centuries until it was transferred by Order in Council to the Diocese of Lincoln on 5 September 1837.
The archdeaconry was transferred once more when it became part of the new diocese of Southwell on 5 February 1884, along with the Archdeaconry of Derby. it is now one of the two archdeaconries in the renamed Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, the other being the Archdeaconry of Newark, which was formed by Order in Council on 11 June 1912 from the northern half of the Nottingham archdeaconry.
List of archdeacons
Some archdeacons without territorial titles are recorded from around the time of Thomas of Bayeux; see Archdeacon of York.
High Medieval
- bef. 1128–aft. 1121: Geoffrey[1]
- bef. 1128–aft. 1135 (res.): Thurstan
- bef. 1140–aft. 1151: Geoffrey Turcople
- bef. 1157–aft. 1158: William (I)
- aft. 1164–aft. 1179: John
- bef. 1185–1190 (res.): Robert FitzRalph
- bef. 1194–bef. 1214: William Testard
- bef. 1218–aft. 1234: William de Bodham
- bef. 1241–?: Walter de Taney
- bef. 1248–aft. 1245: W. (probably de Taney or William)
- bef. 1249–aft. 1249: William (II)
- bef. 1256–aft. 1256: Peter
- bef. 1262–aft. 1272: Thomas de Wythen
- bef. 1287–bef. 1286 (d.): Henry of Skipton
- 12 March 1291 – 1310 (res.): William Pickering
Late Medieval
- 12 October 1310 – 1327 (res.): John Grandisson
- 12 July 1328–bef. 1329 (res.): Gilbert de Alberwick
- 1330–1331 (exch.): Manuel de Fieschi
- 1331–1348 (res.): Annibale Cardinal di Ceccano (Cardinal-priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina until 1333; Cardinal-bishop of Frascati thereafter)
- 1349–November 1349 (res.): John Bokyngham
- 1349–bef. 1351 (d.): Robert de Kildesby
- 13 June 1351 – 6 April 1352 (revoked): John de Bishopstone
- 13 December 1351–bef. 1353 (deprived): John de Brynkeleye (deprived)
- 9 June 1353 – 16 June 1397 (res.): Richard de Derby
- 10 August 1397 – 1415 (res.): John de Nottingham
- 21 August 1415 – 25 September 1418 (res.): John Wodham
- 27 December 1418–bef. 1419 (res.): Simon de Gaunstede
- 26 May 1419–bef. 1430 (d.): Robert Bowet
- 2 July 1430–bef. 1461 (d.): Nicholas Wymbyssh
- 27 May 1461–bef. 1476 (d.): Thomas Birom
- 28 September 1476–bef. 1499 (d.): William Worsley (also Dean of St Paul's from 1479)
- 18 August 1499–bef. 1506 (d.): Thomas Crossley
- 30 August 1506 – 25 April 1516 (d.): John Hatton, assistant bishop (titular Bishop of Negroponte)
- 8 August 1516–bef. 1528 (d.) William Fell
- 11 January 1528–bef. 1550 (d.): Cuthbert Marshall
Early modern
The post was unfilled during the English Interregnum.
On 5 September 1837, the archdeaconry was transferred to Lincoln diocese.
Late modern
Since 5 February 1884, the archdeaconry has been in Southwell diocese.
Notes
- Geoffrey occurs in a list with the other four archdeacons in the diocese, so his territory can be deduced as Nottingham.
- https://southwell.anglican.org/new-archdeacon-of-nottingham-appointed/
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