Archdeacon of Northumberland

The Archdeacon of Northumberland is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Newcastle. As such she or he is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy^[1] within the geographical area of the archdeaconry.

History

The first archdeacons in the diocese occur after the Norman Conquest – around the same time the post of archdeacon first started to occur elsewhere in England. There is no evidence of more than one archdeacon in the diocese until the mid-12th century, when two lines of office holders start to appear in sources. The titles "Archdeacon of Durham" and "Archdeacon of Northumberland" are not recorded until later in the century, although it is possible to discern which of the two lines became which post. Here are listed the archdeacons of the junior of two unnamed lines, then all those called Archdeacon of Northumberland.

The ancient Archdeaconry of Northumberland was part of the Diocese of Durham until 23 May 1882, when the Diocese of Newcastle was formed from it and the Archdeaconry of Lindisfarne.^[2]

List of archdeacons

High Medieval

Junior archdeacons

bef. 1127–aft. 1153: Ranulph
bef. 1155–aft. 1174: John

Archdeacons of Northumberland

bef. November 1174–aft. March 1195: William du Puiset
bef. April 1197–aft. 15 February 1203: G. de Perche
bef. 1 November 1211–May 1217 (res.): Richard Marsh (also Archdeacon of Richmond from February 1213)
bef. 1 June 1218–aft. 11 November 1239: Alan de Lenna
26 July 1241: unknown archdeacon
5 April 1249–bef. 13 January 1254 (d.): Thomas de Anesty
bef. 21 October 1256–bef. July 1257 (res.): Robert de Sancta Agatha
bef. 9 October 1264–bef. 1269: Roger de Herteburn
bef. 23 September 1271–c. 1272: Richard de Middleton
bef. 8 November 1275–c. 1280: Thomas de Birland
c. April 1281 (res.): William de la Corner
bef. 24 February 1291–c. 1311: Nicholas de Welles

Late Medieval

4 March–December 1312 (d.): Robert Pickering
14 December 1312 – 1313 (res.): John de Nassington
?–1372 (res.): Thomas Charlton
February 1328 – 1340 (d.): John Charlton
5 April 1340–bef. 1349: Edmund Haward
bef. 1349–10 March 1362 (exch.): William de Salopia
10 March–bef. September 1362 (d.): John de Bamburgh
10 September 1362 – 17 August 1369 (exch.): Richard de Bernard Castle
17–18 August 1369 (res.): John de Kyngeston
19 August–26 November 1369 (exch.): Thomas Duffield
26 November 1369 – 23 January 1371 (exch.): William de Beverley
23 January 1371–?: John de Derby
c. October 1400: Louis Cardinal de Fieschi (cardinal-deacon of Sant'Adriano al Foro)
November 1400–?: John Repham
?–5 August 1405 (exch.): John de Dalton
5 August 1405–bef. December 1409: William Morwyk
5 December 1409 – 15 August 1410 (res.): John Rickingale^[3]
1 February–27 April 1411 (res.): Henry Eton
13 October–10 December 1411 (res.): John Akum
10 December 1411–bef. March 1422 (res.): John Rickingale (again)
27 March 1422 – 8 November 1427 (exch.): Marmaduke Lumley
9 November 1427–aft. 1435: Robert Burton
bef. 1456–bef. 1493 (d.): Robert Mason
February 1493–bef. 1528: Ralph Scrope
bef. March 1528–bef. 1558 (d.): Robert Davell

Early modern

3 November 1558 – 25 September 1559 (deprived): William Carter (deprived)
c. 1559–bef. 1566 (deprived): William King (later canon at Windsor)
21 August 1566–bef. 1573 (res.): Ralph Lever
20 October 1573–bef. 1578: Francis Bunney^[3]
25 September 1578 – 17 July 1581 (res.): John Bolde
29 October 1581–?: Ralph Tunstall
24 October 1599 – 1603 (res.): William Morton
13 April 1604 – 6 August 1619 (res.): John Cradock
7 August 1619 – 1620 (res.): Gabriel Clark
13 September 1620 – 1633: Francis Burgoyne
c. February 1633–bef. 1636 (res.): Joseph Naylor
24 November 1636–?: William Flathers
9 May 1638–bef. 1644 (d.): Everard Gower
c. August 1633–12 October 1676 (d.): Isaac Basire (sequestered)^[3]
30 October 1676 – 20 April 1685 (d.): William Turner^[4]
5 October 1685 – 10 November 1722 (d.): John Morton
27 February 1723 – 15 March 1758 (d.): Thomas Sharp^[5]
17 August 1758 – 6 December 1761 (d.): Thomas Robinson
21 April 1762 – 28 April 1792 (d.): John Sharp
May 1792–20 April 1812 (d.): Robert Thorp
May 1812–30 January 1826 (d.): Reynold Bouyer^[6]
February 1826–13 March 1842 (d.): Thomas Singleton^[3]
9 April 1842–bef. 1853 (res.): William Forbes Raymond

On 27 August 1842, an Order in Council divided the archdeaconry in two (effective that day), creating the new archdeaconry of Lindisfarne.

24 February 1853 – 17 February 1880 (d.): George Bland

Late modern

1880–June 1882 (res.): Henry Watkins^[7]
1882–23 September 1905 (d.): George Hamilton^[8]
1906–1917 (ret.): James Henderson^[9]
1918–16 July 1931 (d.): Charles Blackett-Ord^[10]
1931–1939 (res.): Leslie Hunter^[3]^[11]
1939–1954 (res.): Charles Ritchie^[12]
1955–1963 (res.): Ian White-Thomson^[13]
1963–1982 (ret.): Christopher Unwin^[14]
1983–1992 (ret.): William Thomas (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[15]
1993–2005 (ret.): Peter Elliott^[16]
10 April 2005 – 20 October 2018: Geoff Miller (became Dean of Newcastle; Acting Dean, 4 February – 20 October 2018)^[17]
24 March 2019 – 5 January 2021: Mark Wroe^[18] (Acting since 4 February 2018;^[19] became Bishop of Berwick)
2021 onwards:^[20] Rachel Wood (Acting since 5 January 2021)^[21]

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)
^ "No. 25110". The London Gazette. 23 May 1882. p. 2393.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ODNB
^ Hutchinson, Hist. &Ant. Durham II 225
^ DNB
^ "Bouyer, Reynold Gideon" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ "Catalogue of Small Gifts and Deposits, SGD.83/1". Durham University. Durham University Library Archives & Special Collections Catalogue. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
^ "Hamilton, George Hans". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 May 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Henderson, James". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 May 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Blackett-Ord, Charles Edward". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 May 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Hunter, Leslie Stannard". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 May 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Ritchie, Charles Henry". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 May 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "White-Thomson, Ian Hugh". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 May 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Unwin, Christopher Philip". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 May 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Thomas, William Jordison". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 May 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Elliott, Peter". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 May 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Miller, Geoffrey Vincent". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 May 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Diocese of Newcastle - News - New Archdeacon of Northumberland installed at Newcastle Cathedral". Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
^ "Acting Dean is welcomed". Diocese of Newcastle. 5 February 2018. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
^ "Newcastle Diocese | Bishop of Newcastle appoints new Archdeacon of Northumberland".
^ "Prayer Diary January 2021" (PDF). Diocese of Newcastle. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2021.

Sources

Greenaway, Diana E. (1971), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, vol. 2, pp. 39–42
Jones, B. (1963), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, vol. 6, pp. 113–115
Joyce M., Horn; David M., Smith; Mussett, Patrick (2004), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 11, pp. 83–85

Archdeacons of Northumberland

High Medieval

Junior archdeacons: Ranulph
John
Archdeacons of Northumberland: William du Puiset
G. de Perche
Richard Marsh
Alan de Lenna
Thomas de Anesty
Robert de Sancta Agatha
Roger de Herteburn
Richard de Middleton
Thomas de Birland
William de la Corner
Nicholas de Welles

Late Medieval

Robert Pickering
John de Nassington
Thomas Charlton
John Charlton
Edmund Haward
William de Salopia
John de Bamburgh
Richard de Bernard Castle
John de Kyngeston
Thomas Duffield
William de Beverley
John de Derby
Louis Cardinal de Fieschi
John Repham
John de Dalton
William Morwyk
John Rickingale
Henry Eton
John Akum
John Rickingale (again)
Marmaduke Lumley
Robert Burton
Robert Mason
Ralph Scrope
Robert Davell

Early modern

William Carter
William King
Ralph Lever
Francis Bunney
John Bolde
Ralph Tunstall
William Morton
John Cradock
Gabriel Clark
Francis Burgoyne
Joseph Naylor
William Flathers
Everard Gower
Isaac Basire
William Turner
John Morton
Thomas Sharp
Thomas Robinson
John Sharp
Robert Thorp
Reynold Bouyer
Thomas Singleton
William Forbes Raymond
George Bland

Late modern

Henry Watkins
George Hamilton
James Henderson
Charles Blackett-Ord
Leslie Hunter
Charles Ritchie
Ian White-Thomson
Christopher Unwin
William Thomas
Peter Elliott
Geoff Miller
Mark Wroe
Rachel Wood

v t e Diocese of Newcastle
Newcastle Cathedral Bishop's House, Gosforth Church House, North Shields
Office holders	Helen-Ann Hartley, Bishop of Newcastle Mark Wroe, Bishop suffragan of Berwick AEO: Stephen Race, Bishop suffragan of Beverley & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Lee Batson, Dean of Newcastle Catherine Sourbut Groves, Archdeacon of Lindisfarne Rachel Wood, Archdeacon of Northumberland
Historic offices	Provost of Newcastle (1931–2000; see Dean of Newcastle)
Historic residences	Benwell Towers

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)