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
(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 Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver Cromwell was born there ...

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) *1110–bef. 1152 (d. or dep.): William Brito *bef. 1151– (d.): William of Lavington (also called Archdeacon of Cambridge) *–1189 (res.):

Richard FitzNeal Richard FitzNeal ( c. 1130 – 10 September 1198) was a churchman and bureaucrat in the service of Henry II of England. Life In 1158 or 1159 Nigel, Bishop of Ely paid Henry II to appoint his natural son, Richard FitzNeal, as the king's trea ...

(also

Dean of Lincoln The Dean of Lincoln is the head of the Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral in the city of Lincoln, England in the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln. Christine Wilson was installed as Dean on 22 October 2016.

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 *–aft. 1233: Giles *bef. 1238–aft. 1248: Robert of Leicester *bef. 1249–1266 (res.):

Nicholas of Ely Nicholas of Ely was Lord Chancellor of England, Bishop of Worcester, Bishop of Winchester, and Lord High Treasurer in the 13th century. Life Nicholas was Archdeacon of Ely when he was first appointed chancellor by Henry III of England, Henry III ...

*bef. 1267–aft. 1267: John de Balsham *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 *bef. 1292–aft. 1292: Ralph de Foderingeye *bef. 1302–aft. 1302:

Adam 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 " ...

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 San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane was a church in the Baths of Diocletian in Rome. It was made a titulus by the Roman synod of 1 March 499. According to a list written by Pietro Mallio during the pontificate of pope Alexander III, it was linke ...

) *bef. 1329–bef. 1335 (res.): Gilbert de Bruer *18 October–bef. November 1335: Richard de Bentworth *aft. November 1335 – 1344 (res.):

John de Ufford John de Ufford (died 20 May 1349) was chancellor and head of the royal administration to Edward III as well as being appointed to the Archbishopric of Canterbury. Early life His family held the estate of Offord Dameys, Huntingdonshire. His bro ...

*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 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 *20–28 May 1387 (exch.): Thomas de Pattesele *28 May 1387 – 1388 (res.): Thomas Dalby *14 September 1388 – 29 August 1394 (exch.):

Thomas Ferriby Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...

*29 August 1394 – 23 February 1397 (exch.):

Richard Clifford Richard Clifford (died 1421) was a Bishop of London who had previously been Bishop of Worcester, Bishop-elect of Bath and Wells, and Lord Privy Seal. Clifford's brother was the politician Robert Clifford, who was member of parliament (MP) fir ...

*23 February–October 1397 (exch.):

Adam Mottrum 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 " ...

*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 Sir Henry Cole FRSA (15 July 1808 – 18 April 1882) was a British civil servant and inventor who facilitated many innovations in commerce and education in the 19th century in the United Kingdom. Cole is credited with devising the concept of ...

*bef. 1557–bef. 1559 (deprived):

John Boxall John Boxall (died 1571) was an English churchman and secretary of state to Mary I of England. Catholic statesman He was a native of Bramshott in Hampshire. After studying at Winchester School he was admitted a perpetual fellow of New College, ...

*1560 (res.):

John Warner John William Warner III (February 18, 1927 – May 25, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974 and as a five-term Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1979 to 200 ...

*29 February 1560–bef. 1568 (d.):

Robert Wisdom Robert Ray Wisdom (born September 14, 1953) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Howard "Bunny" Colvin in ''The Wire,'' Norman "Lechero" St. John in ''Prison Break'', and Harold Conway in the 2021 Hulu movie ''Vacation Friends''. ...

*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 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 Barnabas Oley (1602–1686) was an English churchman and academic. A royalist figure of the First English Civil War, he was also the first editor of George Herbert and Thomas Jackson, and a personal friend of Nicholas Ferrar. In old age he was ar ...

*22 January 1681 – 9 June 1701 (d.): William Saywell *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 The Bishop of Llandaff is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff. Area of authority The diocese covers most of the County of Glamorgan. The bishop's seat is in the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (the site of a ...

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 Horace MacCartie Eyre Price (3 August 186321 November 1941) was a missionary of the Anglican Church. Horace Price was born in Malvern into an ecclesiastical family on 3 August 1863: his father was W. Salter Price. He was educated at Rossall S ...

Assistant Bishop An assistant bishop in the Anglican Communion is a bishop appointed to assist a diocesan bishop. 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 *1962–1970 (res.): Michael Carey *1970–1981 (ret.): John Long (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1981–1993 (ret.):

David Walser David Walser (12 March 1923 – 1 October 1993) was a priest in the Church of England. Walser was educated at Clayesmore School. During World War II he served with the Royal Artillery after which he studied at St Edmund Hall, Oxford and St Ste ...

(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1993–2004 (ret.): Jeffrey Watson (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *2004–14 March 2014 (ret.):

John Beer John Bernard Beer, FBA (31 March 1926 – 10 December 2017) was a British literary critic. He was emeritus professor of English literature at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge. Best known as a scholar and critic ...

:''In 2005, Beer's title was changed to Archdeacon of Cambridge.'' *16 September 2014–present: Alex HughesDiocese of Ely – Next Archdeacon of Cambridge appointed
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