Archdeacon of Cambridge

The Archdeacon of Cambridge 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 Cambridge.

The archdeaconry has existed, as the Archdeaconry of Ely, since (at the latest) the early 12th century (before the creation of Ely diocese in 1109, the archdeaconry was in Lincoln diocese), but was renamed to Cambridge in July 2006.^[1]

List of archdeacons

All called Archdeacon of Ely unless otherwise noted.

High Medieval bef. 1106–1110 (d.): Nicholas (Archdeacon of Cambridge, Huntingdon and Hertford in Lincoln diocese; also called archdeacon of Lincoln) 1110–bef. 1152 (d. or dep.): William Brito bef. 1151–c. 1158 (d.): William of Lavington (also called Archdeacon of Cambridge) c. 1158–1189 (res.): Richard FitzNeal (also Dean of Lincoln from 1184) bef. 1190–aft. 1202: Richard Barre c. 1210–aft. 1215 (res.): Stephen Ridel aft. 1215–6 November 1219 (d.): Adam de Tilneia c. 1225–aft. 1233: Giles bef. 1238–aft. 1248: Robert of Leicester bef. 1249–1266 (res.): Nicholas of Ely bef. 1267–aft. 1267: John de Balsham bef. 1272–March 1289 (res.): Ralph Walpole bef. 1291–aft. 1291 (sur.): John de Oseville bef. 1292–aft. 1292: Ralph de Foderingeye bef. 1302–aft. 1302: Adam Late Medieval bef. 1306–aft. 1306: Ralph de Fodringhey (again) bef. 1313–September 1326 (d.): William Cardinal de Testa (Cardinal-priest of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane) bef. 1329–bef. 1335 (res.): Gilbert de Bruer 18 October–bef. November 1335: Richard de Bentworth aft. November 1335 – 1344 (res.): John de Ufford 1344–20 December 1356 (d.): Gaillard Cardinal de la Motte (Pope's man; Cardinal-deacon of St Lucia in Silice) 27 October 1344 – 1348 (res.): Stephen de Ketelbergh (Bishop's man) 1351: Bernard de Caulason (Royal grant) 4 February 1357–bef. 1358 (d.): James de Beaufort (Royal grant) 18 April 1357–?: Nicholas Cardinal Roselli de Tarragona (Papal grant; Cardinal-priest of St Sixtus) 27 April 1363 – 29 October 1369 (d.): Androynus Cardinal de la Roche (Cardinal-priest of St Marcellus) 28 October 1373 – 4 March 1380 (exch.): Edward Burnell 4 March 1380–bef. 1387 (d.): John Crischirch 20–28 May 1387 (exch.): Thomas de Pattesele 28 May 1387 – 1388 (res.): Thomas Dalby 14 September 1388 – 29 August 1394 (exch.): Thomas Ferriby 29 August 1394 – 23 February 1397 (exch.): Richard Clifford 23 February–October 1397 (exch.): Adam Mottrum October 1397–aft. 1409: John Welbourne bef. 1410–1412 (d.): John Metford bef. 1418–c. 1445 (d.): Richard Wetheryngesete

15 March 1445–bef. 1467 (d.): John Stokes 5 February 1467–bef. 1477 (d.): Richard Bole 30 September 1477–bef. 1480: Richard Robinson bef. 1480–17 August 1496: Thomas Morton 18 August 1496 – 9 November 1527 (res.): Thomas Alcock 9 November 1527–bef. 1534 (d.): Nicholas Hawkins bef. May 1534 – 1540 (res.): Thomas Thirlby 24 December 1540–September 1553 (deprived): Richard Cox Early modern 25 October 1553 – 1556 (res.): Henry Cole bef. 1557–bef. 1559 (deprived): John Boxall 1560 (res.): John Warner 29 February 1560–bef. 1568 (d.): Robert Wisdom 21 October 1568 – 26 May 1592 (d.): John Parker 5 June 1592–aft. 1594: John Palmer 17 June 1600–bef. 1616 (d.): Robert Tinley 16 March 1617–bef. 1646: Daniel Wigmore 4 February 1647–bef. 1652 (d.): Edmund Mapletoft 2 July 1660 – 29 March 1663 (d.): Bernard Hale 8 April 1663–bef. 1679 (d.): Thomas Wren 8 November 1679 – 22 January 1681 (res.): Barnabas Oley 22 January 1681 – 9 June 1701 (d.): William Saywell 12 June 1701 – 14 July 1742 (d.): Richard Bentley 16 September 1742 – 18 October 1751 (d.): Robert Eyton 20 December 1751 – 14 September 1779 (d.): Charles Plumptre 18 October 1779 – 4 July 1816 (d.): Richard Watson (also Bishop of Llandaff from 1782) 23 September 1816 – 2 November 1858 (d.): Henry Browne Late modern 1859–18 August 1859 (d.): Charles Hardwick 1865–1907 (ret.): William Emery 1907–10 June 1919 (d.): William Cunningham 1919–21 November 1941 (d.): Horace Price, Assistant Bishop 1942–20 June 1947 (d.): William MacKennal 1947–1961 (ret.): Herbert Kirkpatrick 1962–1970 (res.): Michael Carey 1970–1981 (ret.): John Long (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[2] 1981–1993 (ret.): David Walser (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[3] 1993–2004 (ret.): Jeffrey Watson (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[4][5] 2004–14 March 2014 (ret.): John Beer[1][6][7] In 2005, Beer's title was changed to Archdeacon of Cambridge. 16 September 2014–present: Alex Hughes[8]