Archdeacon of Norwich

The Archdeacon of Norwich is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Norwich, who exercises supervision of clergy and responsibility for church buildings within the geographical area of her or his archdeaconry.

History

The ancient Archdeaconry of Norwich has been an ecclesiastical jurisdiction within the Diocese of Norwich since its creation around 1100 – at which time the first archdeacons were being appointed across the nation.

List of archdeacons

High Medieval Diocesan archdeacons: Four archdeacons occur in records but cannot be clearly identified with a particular territory: bef. 1086–aft. 1107: Geoffrey bef. 1107–aft. 1114: Alfred bef. 1101–aft. 1115: Osbern bef. 1111–aft. 1115: Walter Archdeacons of Norwich: bef. 1127–aft. 1148: William (I) aft. 1146: Ralph bef. 1161–aft. 1164: Philip bef. 1168–aft. 1178: William (II) bef. 1182–aft. 1198: Thomas 1200–1225 (res.): Geoffrey de Burgh 1228–1229 (res.): Luke the chaplain (became Archbishop of Dublin) 1229–aft. 1238: John of Ferentino bef. 1248–aft. 1252: William de Suffield c. 1253 & c. 1255: post not vacant bef. 1273–aft. 1289 (res.): Thomas de Skerning (became Archdeacon of Suffolk) Late Medieval 4 February 1302 – 1324 (res.): William de Knapton (became Archdeacon of Suffolk) 16 April 1324–bef. 1328 (res.): Roger de Snetisham 8 December 1328 – 1340 (res.): William Bateman 1340–1347 (res.): Thomas Fastolf January 1347–bef. 1349: Hamo de Belers February 1347–bef. May 1347 (rev.): Thomas de Bradwardine (ineffective royal grant) May 1347–?: John Berenger (ineffective royal grant) 27 August 1349 – 1355 (d.): Richard Lyng 9 April 1355–bef. 1361 (d.): Richard de Norwico 17 October 1361 – 27 March 1387 (exch.): William Swynflet 27 March 1387–aft. 1801: John Derlyngton 17 November 1395: John de Middleton (ineffective royal grant) November 1406–bef. November 1407 (res.): Robert Wolveden 12 November 1407–bef. 1419 (d.): William Westacre 11 April 1419 – 1426 (d.): Henry Kays bef. 1428–aft. 1455: Richard Cawdray bef. 1465–1459 (res.): John Hales bef. 1461–bef. 1462 (res.): John Morton bef. 1463–aft. 1463: Vincent Clement bef. 1472–3 January 1477 (exch.): John Morton (again; also Archdeacon of Winchester from 1475 and of Berks from 1476) 3 January 1477–aft. 1483: Thomas Marke bef. 1484–1497 (res.): Nicholas Goldwell (became Archdeacon of Suffolk) 20 April 1497–bef. 1509 (res.): Robert Honywood 14 June 1509–bef. 1517 (d.): John Ednam 5 February 1517 – 1522 (res.): William Stillington (became Archdeacon of Norfolk)

9 April 1522–bef. 1528 (res.): Thomas Larke 26 June 1528–July 1543 (d.): George Wyndham 25 November 1543–bef. 1557 (d.): Thomas Cornwalleys Early modern 16 October 1557–bef. 1571 (d.): Richard Underwood 15 February 1572 – 1576 (d.): Thomas Roberts (bishop's grant) bef. 1572 (disp.): John Rugge (ineffective bishop's grant) 1 August 1573 (disp.): George Gardiner (disputed queen's grant; Dean of Norwich from November 1573) 9 August 1581 – 4 September 1604 (d.): John Freake 12 September 1604–bef. 1618 (d.): Thomas Jegon 13 April 1618–bef. 1652 (d.): Andrew Bing 18 October 1660 – 31 March 1668 (d.): William Gery 20 April 1668–?: John Reynolds 8 June 1676 – 12 March 1694 (d.): John Conant 19 April 1694 – 1 April 1720 (d.): John Jeffery 5 May 1720–bef. 1722 (res.): William Trimnel (became Dean of Winchester) 22 February 1722 – 19 May 1742 (d.): Christopher Clarke 13 July 1742–bef. 1744 (res.): Matthew Postlethwayte 11 October 1744 – 13 June 1782 (d.): John Berney 15 June 1782–bef. 1814 (res.): William Yonge 22 November 1814 – 10 September 1844 (d.): Henry Bathurst 23 September 1844 – 29 March 1857 (d.): John Collyer 1 July 1857 – 27 March 1868 (d.): Robert Hankinson Late modern 1868–7 January 1878 (d.): Augustus Hopper[1] 1878–1910: Thomas Perowne (died 1913)[2] 1910–24 February 1918 (d.): Frederick Westcott[3] 1918–1920 (res.): Charles Lisle Carr (became Archdeacon of Sheffield)[4] 1920–1938: George MacDermott[5] 1937–1954: Thomas Perowne (died 1954) (son of the above)[6] 1954–1961 (ret.): Robert Meiklejohn (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[7] 1961–1973 (res.): Aubrey Aitken (became Bishop–Archdeacon of Lynn)[8] 1973–1981 (res.): Timothy Dudley-Smith (became Bishop of Thetford)[9] 1981–1993 (res.): Michael Handley (became Archdeacon of Norfolk)[10] 1994–2008 (ret.): Clifford Offer[11] 2009–29 June 2016 (res.) Jan McFarlane (became Bishop of Repton)[12][13] 13 November 2016 – 1 April 2022 (res.): Karen Hutchinson[14][15] 1 October 2022 – present: Keith James[16]