The Archdeacon of Derby is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain ...

Diocese of Derby The Diocese of Derby is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, roughly covering the same area as the County of Derbyshire. Its diocesan bishop is the Bishop of Derby whose seat (cathedra) is at Derby Cathedral. The diocesan ...

. The archdeacon has responsibility for church buildings and clergy discipline in her/his archdeaconry – the Archdeaconry of Derby – which roughly covers the southern half of

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...

History

The first mentions of an archdeacon in the area occurred in the twelfth century – around the time when archdeacons' posts were first being created across England. From that earliest point until the Victorian reorganisations of church structures, the archdeaconry was in the

Diocese of Lichfield The Diocese of Lichfield is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, England. The bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Chad in the city of Lichfield. The diocese covers of seve ...

(which during those seven centuries was called Coventry, Coventry & Lichfield, Lichfield & Coventry and Lichfield). The archdeaconry, at that point covering the whole county of Derby, was transferred by Order in Council to the new

Diocese of Southwell The Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham is a Church of England diocese in the Province of York, headed by the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham. It covers all the English county of Nottinghamshire and a few parishes in South Yorkshire. It is b ...

on 5 February 1884 and then split on 18 October 1910 – creating the Chesterfield archdeaconry – such that it now covers roughly the southern half of Derbyshire. On 7 July 1927, the

was created from the two Southwell archdeaconries of Derby and of Chesterfield.

List of archdeacons

High Medieval

*bef. 1139–aft. 1140: G. *:

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(disputed) *–aft. 1167: FrogerFroger was a Norman in favour with Henry II, who appointed him his

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. Accordingly he occurs no earlier than 1155. In 1159, he was appointed Bishop of Séez. "While yet Archdeacon of Derby he transmitted to the Abbey of Mortimer en Lions a copy of the Old Testament in two volumes." *: N. *–aft. 1182:

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*bef. 1191–aft. 1191: Yvo *bef. 1199–aft. 1199: Vivian de Stagno *bef. 1206–aft. 1231: William de Muschamp *bef. 1238–aft. 1254: William de Luteby *bef. 1256–aft. 1261:

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*bef. 1263–aft. 1263: William de Weston *bef. 1278–aft. 1278:

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*bef. 1279–aft. 1281: Jordan de Wymburne *bef. 1281–July 1311 (d.): Elias de Napton

Late Medieval

*17 December 1311–February 1328 (d.): Geoffrey de Blaby ''or''

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*15 March 1328–bef. 1338 (d.): Anthony de Monte Peliologo *23 February 1339–bef. 1351 (d.): John de Asheby *19 August 1351 – 1353 (res.):

John de Marisco 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 ...

*26 November 1353–bef. 1361 (d.): Hugh de Marisco *17 October 1361 – 24 December 1369 (exch.):

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*24 December 1369–bef. 1381 (d.): William Lombe *15 November 1381 – 14 January 1418 (d.):

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*bef. 1428–1431 (res.):

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*2 September 1431 – 23 May 1473 (exch.): John Bride *23 May 1473–bef. 1485: William Chauntre *12 October 1485 – 8 May 1501 (d.): Edmund Hals *bef. 1506–1515 (res.):

Nicholas West Nicholas West (146128 April 1533), was an English bishop and diplomatist, born at Putney in Surrey, and educated at Eton and at King's College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow in 1486. He also had periods of study at Oxford and Bologna.

*9 March 1516–bef. 1533 (res.): John Taylor (also

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::from 1527 and

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from 1528) *April 1533–7 January 1543 (d.): Richard Strete

Early modern

*8 January 1543 – 1557 (res.): David Pole (also

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) *November 1558 – 1559 (deprived): John Ramridge (also

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) *November 1559–September 1567 (d.):

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(also

Archdeacon of Stafford The Archdeacon of Lichfield (called Archdeacon of Stafford until 1980) is a senior cleric in the Diocese of Lichfield who is responsible for pastoral care and discipline of clergy in the Lichfield archdeaconry. The archdeaconry was erected – as ...

) *17 September 1567 – 1576 (d.):

Laurence Nowell Laurence (or Lawrence) Nowell (1530 – c.1570) was an English antiquarian, cartographer and pioneering scholar of Anglo-Saxon language and literature. Life Laurence Nowell was born around 1530 in Whalley, Lancashire, the second son of Alexand ...

(also Dean of Lichfield) *29 July 1577 – 1587 (d.): Luke Gilpin *March 1588–23 November 1590 (rem.): Walter Marsh *23 November 1590 – 1 June 1603 (d.): John Walton *9 June 1603–bef. 1609: Valentine Overton *1609–bef. 1617:

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*4 December 1617–bef. 1641 (d.): Samuel Clerk *1641–bef. 1666 (d.): William Higgins *bef. 1666–1689 (res.): Thomas Brown (or

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) *7 August 1689–bef. 1704 (d.): Francis Ashenhurst *14 December 1704–bef. 1719 (d.):

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*24 September 1719 – 19 April 1755 (d.):

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*5 May 1755–bef. 1769 (d.):

Sneyd Davies Sneyd Davies (30 October 1709–20 January 1769) was an English poet, academic and churchman, archdeacon of Derby from 1755. Life He was born on 30 October 1709 at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, where, at St Mary's Church, he was baptised the next day. ...

*3 February 1769 – 28 February 1795 (d.):

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*10 March 1795 – 25 April 1809 (d.):

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*12 May 1809 – 7 February 1821 (d.): Edmund Outram *24 February 1821 – 1836 (res.): Samuel Butler *9 September 1836 – 5 May 1840 (res.): Francis Hodgson *30 December 1840 – 1847 (res.): Walter Shirley *11 January 1847 – 18 April 1873 (res.): Thomas Hill

Late modern

:''The archdeaconry became part of the Southwell diocese on 5 February 1884.'' *1873–29 November 1891 (d.):

Edward Balston Edward Balston (26 November 1817 – 29 November 1891) was an English schoolmaster, Church of England cleric, head master of Eton College from 1862 to 1868 and later Rector of Hitcham, Buckinghamshire, Vicar of Bakewell, Derbyshire, and Arc ...

*1891–1900 (res.): Henry Freer *1900–1909 (res.):

Edward Were Edward Ash Were (14 November 1846–8 April 1915) was an Anglican suffragan bishop in the latter part of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th. He was educated at Rugby School and New College, Oxford. After graduation, he was a ...

:''Since 7 July 1927, the archdeaconry has been in the

.'' *1909–1943 (ret.): Edward Noakes (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1943–1952 (ret.): Henry FitzHerbert (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1952–1973 (ret.): John Richardson (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1973–1992 (ret.):

Robert Dell The Ven. Robert Sydney Dell, MA (20 May 1922 – 19 January 2008) was Archdeacon of Derby from 1973 to 1992. He was educated at Harrow County School for Boys, Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1948.' ...

(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1993–2005 (ret.): Ian Gatford *29 April 200631 December 2020 (ret.): Christopher Cunliffe *1 January 2021present (acting): Peter Walley

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References

Sources

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