The Archdeacon of Cambridge is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the
Diocese of Ely
The Diocese of Ely is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury. It is headed by the Bishop of Ely, who sits at Ely Cathedral in Ely. There is one suffragan (subordinate) bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon. The diocese now co ...
. 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.
[Diocese of Ely – Archdeacon of Cambridge - John Beer](_blank)
(Archived version accessed 17 March 2014)
List of archdeacons
:''All called ''Archdeacon of Ely'' unless otherwise noted.''
High Medieval
*bef. 1106–1110 (d.):
Nicholas
Nicholas is a male given name and a surname.
The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglicanism, Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the n ...
(Archdeacon of Cambridge,
Huntingdon and
Hertford
Hertford ( ) is the county town of Hertfordshire, England, and is also a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of the county. The parish had a population of 26,783 at the 2011 census.
The town grew around a ford on the River Lea, ne ...
in Lincoln diocese; also called
archdeacon of Lincoln
The Archdeacon of Lincoln is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Lincoln – he or she has responsibilities within his archdeaconry (the ancient Archdeaconry of Lincoln) including oversight of church buildings and some supervision, d ...
)
*1110–bef. 1152 (d. or dep.):
William Brito William Brito (or William the BretonMiller ''Abbey and Bishopric of Ely'' pp. 168–169) was a medieval clergyman in England during the 12th century.
Brito was a royal chaplainBrett ''The English Church Under Henry I'' p. 109 and was appointed Arch ...
*bef. 1151– (d.):
William of Lavington (also called Archdeacon of Cambridge)
*–1189 (res.):
Richard FitzNeal (also
Dean of Lincoln from 1184)
*bef. 1190–aft. 1202:
Richard Barre
Richard Barre (Wiktionary:circa, c. 1130 – c. 1202) was a medieval English justice, clergyman and scholar. He was educated at the law school of Bologna and entered royal service under King Henry II of England, later working for Henry's so ...
*–aft. 1215 (res.):
Stephen Ridel
*aft. 1215–6 November 1219 (d.):
Adam de Tilneia
Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as ...
*–aft. 1233:
Giles
*bef. 1238–aft. 1248:
Robert of Leicester
*bef. 1249–1266 (res.):
Nicholas of Ely
*bef. 1267–aft. 1267:
John de Balsham
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Seco ...
*bef. 1272–March 1289 (res.):
Ralph Walpole
Ralph Walpole (died 1302) was a medieval Bishop of Norwich
The Bishop of Norwich is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Norwich in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers most of the county of Norfolk and part of Suffo ...
*bef. 1291–aft. 1291 (sur.):
John de Oseville
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
*bef. 1292–aft. 1292:
Ralph de Foderingeye
Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf").
The most common forms ...
*bef. 1302–aft. 1302:
Adam
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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
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)
*bef. 1329–bef. 1335 (res.):
Gilbert de Bruer Gilbert may refer to:
People and fictional characters
*Gilbert (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
*Gilbert (surname), including a list of people
Places Australia
* Gilbert River (Queensland)
* Gilbert River (South A ...
*18 October–bef. November 1335:
Richard de Bentworth
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...
*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
Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; h ...
(Bishop's man)
*1351:
Bernard de Caulason
Bernard (''Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname.
The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brave ...
(Royal grant)
*4 February 1357–bef. 1358 (d.):
James de Beaufort
James is a common English language surname and given name:
*James (name), the typically masculine first name James
* James (surname), various people with the last name James
James or James City may also refer to:
People
* King James (disambiguati ...
(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
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Seco ...
*20–28 May 1387 (exch.):
Thomas de Pattesele
*28 May 1387 – 1388 (res.):
Thomas Dalby
Major General Thomas Gerald Dalby (13 January 188014 March 1963) was a senior British Army officer who saw service in three conflicts.
Military career
After being educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Dalby was com ...
*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– (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
Thomas Thirlby (or Thirleby; –1570), was the first and only bishop of Westminster (1540–50), and afterwards successively bishop of Norwich (1550–54) and bishop of Ely (1554–59). While he acquiesced in the Henrician schism, with its reje ...
*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
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*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
Robert Tinley was an English Anglican priest.
Tinley was born in Kent and was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford where he became a fellow. He held livings at Witham, Glemsford Duxford and Cottenham. He was archdeacon of Cambridge
The Ar ...
*16 March 1617–bef. 1646:
Daniel Wigmore
*4 February 1647–bef. 1652 (d.):
Edmund Mapletoft
*2 July 1660 – 29 March 1663 (d.):
Bernard Hale
Sir Bernard Hale (1677–1729) was an English-born barrister and judge who became Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer. Two of his sons became Generals in the British Army.Ball, F. Elrington ''The Judges in Ireland 1221–1921'' London John Murray 1 ...
*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
William Saywell (1643–1701) was an English churchman and academic, known as a controversialist, archdeacon of Ely, and Master of Jesus College, Cambridge.
Life
He was son of Gabriel Saywell (died 1688), rector of Pentridge, Dorset. After a f ...
*12 June 1701 – 14 July 1742 (d.):
Richard Bentley
Richard Bentley FRS (; 27 January 1662 – 14 July 1742) was an English classical scholar, critic, and theologian. Considered the "founder of historical philology", Bentley is widely credited with establishing the English school of Hellen ...
*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
Charles Hardwick (22 September 1821 – 18 August 1859) was an English historian and a priest of the Church of England who became the Archdeacon of Ely.
Life
Hardwick was born in Slingsby, North Yorkshire, Slingsby, North Yorkshire, the son of ...
*1865–1907 (ret.):
William Emery
*1907–10 June 1919 (d.):
William Cunningham
*1919–21 November 1941 (d.):
Horace Price,
Assistant Bishop
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Church of England
In the established Church of England, assistant bishops are usually retired (diocesan or suffragan) bishops – in which case they ...
*1942–20 June 1947 (d.):
William MacKennal
*1947–1961 (ret.):
Herbert Kirkpatrick
The Ven Herbert Francis Kirkpatrick (31 July 1888 – 21 July 1971) was an eminent Anglican priest in the first half of the 20th century.
He was born into an ecclesiastical family, the son of the Very Reverend Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick, De ...
*1962–1970 (res.):
Michael Carey
*1970–1981 (ret.):
John Long (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
*1981–1993 (ret.):
David Walser (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
*1993–2004 (ret.):
Jeffrey Watson (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
*2004–14 March 2014 (ret.):
John Beer
:''In 2005, Beer's title was changed to Archdeacon of Cambridge.''
*16 September 2014–present:
Alex HughesDiocese of Ely – Next Archdeacon of Cambridge appointed
(Accessed 29 November 2015)
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