Archdeacon of Middlesex

Not to be confused with the archdeaconry of the Diocese of Jamaica.

The Archdeacon of Middlesex is a senior cleric in the Church of England, co-responsible for the Archdeaconry of "Middlesex", which mirrors the "Kensington" episcopal area of the Diocese of London — the other person responsible being the Bishop of Kensington.

History

The ancient archdeaconry has been a division of London diocese since archdeaconries were first created in England in the 12th century. Historically it covered most of London other than the City of London and the East End. It was for ten years in the Marian-period (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Westminster from 1540, then re-absorbed back into the London diocese in 1550 as the church parted, for the final time, from Rome.^[1] It was split on 23 July 1912 to create the Archdeaconry of Hampstead^[2] and since further split to create the Archdeaconries of Northolt (in 1970) and of Charing Cross (in c. 1989).

List of archdeacons

High Medieval bef. 1102–aft. 1106: Robert[N 1] bef. 1108–bef. 1127 (d.): Roger son of Robert bef. 1127–aft. 1142: Richard de Belmeis (II; Richard of Beaumais) bef. 1127–1138 (deprived): Hugh (opposed Belmeis; deprived) bef. 1153–1180: Ralph de Diceto John of Canterbury (Pope's candidate opposite Diceto) aft. 1180: Richard Foliot (I) bef. 1181–aft. 1196: Gilbert Foliot (II) aft. 1198–aft. 1203: Ralph of Ely bef. 1218–aft. 1227: William of Sainte-Mère-Église (II) bef. 1228–aft. 1228: Reginald bef. 1231–aft. 1236: Robert de Bonewell bef. 1242–aft. 1243 (d.): John de Norton April 1244–bef. 1246: Fulk Basset, also called Fulk de Sandford bef. 1248–aft. 1259: Richard Foliot (II) bef. 1262–bef. 1268 (d.): Henry de Wengham (II) bef. 1268–1276 (res.): Thomas Ingoldsthorpe bef. 1278–1294 (res.): Ralph Baldock 24 April 1295 – 1301 (deprived): Ralph de Malling (deprived by the bishop) Late Medieval bef. 1303–1317 (res.): Richard Newport bef. 1303–24 November 1326 (dep.): Robert Baldock 3 December 1326–aft. 1326: Roger de Hales 1327–November 1333 (exch.): Thomas de Astley bef. 1328–aft. 1330: Edmund Trussel (probably resigned) aft. 1331–?: Thomas Trussel (probably never gained possession) November 1333–bef. 1337 (d.): Robert de Reddeswell 16 August 1337–bef. 1342: Thomas Durant bef. 1342–bef. 1349 (d.): Henry de Idesworth 1349: Roger Holme (unsuccessful provision) 1349–bef. 1358 (d.): Andrew de Offord 1358–7 June 1361 (d.): Pierre Cardinal de la Forêt (Cardinal-priest of Santi Apostoli) 1361–1362 (d.): William de Palmorna bef. 1363–15 June 1364 (exch.): Adam Thebaud of Sudbury 15 June 1364–bef. 1393 (d.): Bartholomew Sidey 10 May 1393 – 1416 (d.): William Stortford 20 November 1416–bef. 1418 (d.): Richard Bruton 2 May 1418–bef. 1422 (d.): Richard Clifford (junior) 16 September 1422–bef. 1429 (d.): Simon Northew 2 May 1429–bef. 1441 (res.): William Booth 9 November 1441 – 15 April 1443 (exch.): Stephen Wilton 15 April 1443–aft. 1462: Robert Wyott aft. 1462–bef. 1475 (d.): John Wodde 16 November 1475 – 1476 (res.): William Dudley 30 October 1476–bef. 1497 (d.): Richard Lichfield 8 March 1497–bef. 1516 (d.): John Aleyne (or Carver) From 17 December 1540, the archdeaconry formed the Diocese of Westminster.[1] 11 August 1516–bef. 1551 (d.): Richard Eden In 1550, the whole Westminster diocese and Middlesex archdeaconry was returned to London diocese.[1]

Early modern 9 April 1551 – 1554 (res.): Henry Hervie 11 April 1554–bef. 1556 (d.): John Wymmesley 10 October 1556 – 23 October 1559 (deprived): William Chedsey (committed to The Tower, 20 May 1560) 1 January–November 1560 (res.): Alexander Nowell 31 January 1561 – 1577 (d.): Thomas Watts 12 June 1577–bef. 1588 (d.): Adam Squire 26 October 1588 – 1595 (res.): Richard Vaughan 11 February 1596–bef. 1602 (d.): Richard Webster 9 March 1602–bef. 1616 (d.): Robert Tighe 23 September 1616 – 11 June 1620 (d.): William Goodwin 16 June 1620–bef. 1660 (d.): Richard Cluet 20 July 1660 – 20 November 1669 (d.): Robert Pory 7 December 1669–bef. 1679 (d.): Thomas Cook 7 October 1679–bef. 1686 (res.): William Jane 13 June 1686 – 5 August 1690 (d.): John Goodman 8 September 1690 – 1691 (res.): Robert Grove 1691–2 March 1705 (d.): Robert Corey 29 March 1705 – 4 February 1717 (d.): William Lancaster 9 February 1717 – 27 February 1730 (d.): Roger Altham 13 August 1730 – 23 December 1740 (d.): Daniel Waterland 6 May 1741 – 26 April 1764 (d.): Fifield Allen 1 May 1764–bef. 1780 (res.): John Hotham 8 January 1780–bef. 1781 (res.): George Jubb 7 September 1781 – 14 February 1806 (d.): Stephen Eaton 12 March 1806–bef. 1840 (res.): George Cambridge 19 August 1840 – 1842 (res.): William Hale (afterwards Archdeacon of London, 1842) 20 January–November 1843 (res.): John Lonsdale 13 January 1844 – 22 May 1875 (d.): John Sinclair Late modern June 1875–24 December 1892 (d.): James Hessey 1893–1903 (res.): Robinson Thornton[3] 1903–1930 (ret.): Henry Bevan[4] 1930–1933 (ret.): Norman Thicknesse (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[5] 1933–September 1953 (ret.): Stephen Phillimore (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[6] 1953–1966 (res.): Anthony Morcom[7] 1966–1973 (res.): John Eastaugh[8] (afterwards Bishop of Hereford, 1973) 1974–1975 (res.): Derek Hayward (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[9] 1975–1982 (res.): John Perry[10] 1983–1996 (ret.): Tim Raphael[11] 1996–2005 (res.): Malcolm Colmer[12] 14 May 2006 – 30 November 2019 (ret.): Stephan Welch[13][14] 23 March 2020 – present:[15] Richard Frank[16]

Notes

1. The first Robert is not recorded as "Archdeacon of Middlesex", but his territory can be deduced from records.