The
Archdeacon of Durham is a senior ecclesiastical officer of the
diocese of Durham
The Diocese of Durham is a Church of England diocese, based in Durham, and covering the historic county of Durham (and therefore including the part of Tyne and Wear south of the River Tyne, and excluding southern Teesdale). It was created in ...
(
Church of England
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). They have, within the geographical area the ''archdeaconry of Durham'', pastoral oversight of clergy and care of church buildings (among other responsibilities).
History
The first archdeacons in the diocese occur after the
Norman Conquest
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– around the same time the post of archdeacon first started to occur elsewhere in England. There is no evidence of more than one archdeacon in the diocese until the mid-12th century, when two lines of office holders start to appear in sources. The titles "Archdeacon of Durham" and "
Archdeacon of Northumberland
The Archdeacon of Northumberland is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Newcastle. As such she or he is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the geographical area of the archdeaconry.
History
The firs ...
" are not recorded until later in the century, although it is possible to discern which of the two lines became which post. Here are listed the sole archdeacons of Durham diocese, then those of the senior of two unnamed lines, then all those called Archdeacon of Durham.
The archdeaconry has been split twice: once on 23 May 1882, to create the
Auckland archdeaconry
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after the
Diocese of Newcastle
The Diocese of Newcastle is a Church of England diocese based in Newcastle upon Tyne, covering the historic county of Northumberland (and therefore including the part of Tyne and Wear north of the River Tyne), as well as the area of Alston Moo ...
was created from the diocese's other two archdeaconries and a second time in 1997, to create the
Sunderland archdeaconry.
List of archdeacons
High Medieval
Sole archdeacons
* bef. 1080–bef. 1083:
Leobwine
* aft. 1083–bef. 1093:
Thurstan
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Thurstan or Turstin of Bayeux ( – 6 February 1140) was a medi ...
* 11 August 1093– (res.):
Turgot of Durham
Thorgaut or Turgot (c. 1050–1115) (sometimes, Thurgot) was Archdeacon and Prior of Durham, and Bishop of Saint Andrews.
Turgot came from the Kingdom of Lindsey in Lincolnshire. After the Norman conquest he was held as a hostage, but escap ...
* bef. 1116–bef. 1128:
Michael
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People
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* Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael
Given name "Michael"
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Senior archdeacons
* aft. 1122–bef. 1144 (dep.):
Robert
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* bef. 1147–aft. 1155:
Wazo
* bef. 1158–bef. 1172: ''Vacant''
* bef. 1172–6 December 1196 (d.):
Burchard du Puiset
* bef. 1197–aft. 1217: Aimeric (also
Archdeacon of Carlisle
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until aft. 1208)
* aft. 1217–bef. 1225 (d.):
Simon de Ferlington
* bef. 1224–bef. 1244 (d.):
William of Laneham
Archdeacons of Durham
* bef. 1255–1255 (d.):
Robert de Cortuna
* bef. 1257–aft. 1272:
Robert de Sancta Agatha
* bef. 1275–aft. 1283 (res.):
Antony Bek
* bef. 1284–1290 (res.):
William of Louth
William of Louth, also known as William de Luda (died 1298) was a medieval Bishop of Ely.
Life
William probably was born in Louth, Lincolnshire but his parentage is unknown.Martin "Louth, William of" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' ...
* bef. 1297–aft. 1309:
William de St Botulph
Late Medieval
* bef. 1331–bef. 1331 (d.):
Thomas de Goldesburgh
* aft. 1331–bef. 1333 (d.):
Amaury de Beaumont
* 3 January 1334–bef. 1334 (res.):
Robert de Taunton
* 31 March 1334–bef. 1361 (d.):
Thomas de Neville
* 15 August 1362–bef. 1369 (d.):
William de Westle
* 18 August 1369–bef. 1369 (res.):
John de Kyngeston
* 6 November 1369–?:
John de Stokes
* bef. 1371–1373 (res.):
Alexander Neville
Alexander Neville ( 1340–1392) was a late medieval prelate who served as Archbishop of York from 1374 to 1388.
Life
Born in about 1340, Alexander Neville was a younger son of Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby and Alice de Audley. He ...
* bef. 1378–13 August 1379 (d.):
Giacomo Cardinal Orsini,
Dean of Salisbury
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List of deans
High Medieval
* Walter
* Osbert
...
(cardinal-deacon of
San Giorgio in Velabro
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The church is located next to the Arch of Janus in the rione of Ripa in the ancient Roman Velabrum. According to the founding legend of Rome, the church was built ...
)
* bef. 1380–3 October 1380 (d.):
Agapitus Cardinal de Colonna (cardinal-priest of
Santa Prisca
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Church
It is devoted to Saint Prisca, a 1st-century martyr, whose relics are contai ...
)
* 9 May 1381–bef. 1387 (deprived):
Pileus Cardinal de Prata (cardinal-priest of
Santa Prassede
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)
Period of dispute:
* Pope's claimants
** 11 August 1387 – 8 August 1394 (d.):
Marius Cardinal Bulcano (cardinal-deacon of
Santa Maria Nova
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History
An oratory (worship), oratory ...
; judged proper archdeacon in 1393)
* King's/Bishop's claimants
** bef. 1387–bef. 1388:
John Maundour
** 18 April 1388 – 1393 (d.):
Hugh Herle
** 1393–bef. 1408 (d.):
Thomas de Weston (unopposed after 1394)
* 8 October 1408 – 15 February 1409 (res.):
Alan de Newark
* 16 February 1409 – 1417 (d.):
John Hovyngham
* 13 October 1417 – 1419 (res.):
John Kemp
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Biography
Kemp was the son of Thomas Kempe, a gentleman of Ollantigh, in the parish ...
* bef. 1419: ''
Gabriel Cardinal Condulmier (cardinal-priest of
San Clemente
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; grant ineffective)''
* 24 March 1419 – 1 August 1425 (res.):
Robert Gilbert
* 14 August 1425–aft. 1440:
Robert Rolleston
* bef. 1448–aft. 1448: William Scrope
* bef. 1452–1456 (res.):
George Neville
* aft. 1456–bef. 1466:
Thomas Rotherham
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* aft. 1466–1497 (d.):
Ralph Booth
* 20 April 1497–bef. 1500 (res.):
Thomas Colston
* 20 January 1500 – 1503 (res.):
Roger Leyburn
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Life
Leyburn was born near Carlisle, and was a graduate of the University of Cambridge, proceeding ...
* bef. 1515–January 1556 (d.):
William Franklyn
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(also
Dean of Windsor
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, 1536–1553)
Early modern
* bef. 1559–bef. 1560 (res.):
Bernard Gilpin
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* 22 May 1560–bef. 1563 (res.):
John Ebden
* 5 December 1563–aft. 1602:
John Pilkington
* 19 November 1603–bef. 1620 (d.):
William Morton
* 9 September 1620 – 10 May 1662 (d.):
Gabriel Clark
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Clark was born in Hertfordshire and educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He held Living (Christianity), livings at Middleton Stoney and Elwick, ...
* 19 September 1662 – 1 February 1690 (deprived):
Denis Granville (also
Dean of Durham
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from 1684;
non-juror)
* 15 May 1691–bef. 1730 (d.): The Hon
Robert Booth
* 9 October 1730 – 25 July 1761 (d.):
George Sayer
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* 2 January 1762 – 23 August 1791 (d.):
Samuel Dickens
* 10 September 1791 – 26 March 1808 (d.):
Benjamin Pye
* 16 April 1808 – 2 December 1831 (res.):
Richard Prosser
* 6 December 1831 – 10 October 1862 (d.):
Charles Thorp
Charles Thorp, (13 October 1783 – 10 October 1862) was an English churchman, rector of the parish of Ryton and, later, Archdeacon of Durham and the first warden of the University of Durham.
Life
He was born in Gateshead, County Durham, ...
Late modern
*1863–26 October 1882 (d.):
Edward Prest
*1882–31 August 1922 (d.):
Henry Watkins
*1922–26 April 1924 (d.):
John Quirk,
Bishop suffragan of Jarrow
*1924–9 May 1932 (d.):
Samuel Knight, Bishop suffragan of Jarrow
*1932–28 August 1938 (d.):
James Gordon, Bishop suffragan of Jarrow
*1939–1953 (ret.)
Egbert Lucas
*1953–1969 (ret.):
John Cobham (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
*1970–1993 (res.):
Michael Perry
*1993–1997 (ret.):
Derek Hodgson (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
*1997–2002 (res.):
Trevor Willmott
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*2002–2006 (res.):
Stephen Conway
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*200617 April 2019 (ret.):
Ian Jagger
*"late summer" 2020 onwards:
Libby Wilkinson (announced)
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