The Archdeacon of Norfolk 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 their archdeaconry. The current archdeacon is

Steven Betts Steven James Betts (born 22 November 1964) is a British Church of England priest. Since 2012, he has been the Archdeacon of Norfolk. Early life and education Betts was born on 22 November 1964 to Ronald and Mary Betts. He grew up in Nottingham ...

who was appointed in 2012.

History

The ancient Archdeaconry of Norfolk 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

*bef. 1127–aft. 1166: RogerThese archdeacons are not recorded with the title Archdeacon of Norfolk, but their territory can be deduced from the churches with which records connect them and/or the contemporaries with whom they are recorded. *bef. 1174–aft. 1181: Steingrim *bef. 1196–aft. 1197: John *bef. 1198–aft. 1218: Geoffrey de Bocland *bef. 1227–1228 (res.): Martin of Pattishall (afterwards Dean of St Paul's, 1228) *bef. 1230–aft. 1232: Robert de Bilneia *bef. 1233–aft. 1233: R- *bef. 1236–1237:

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( de Blundeville) *1237:

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*1237–bef. 1245: Ralph de Blonvilla ''(again)'' *bef. 1239–1240:

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*bef. 1239–1257 (res.): Walter de Salerne/ de Saleron alias of London (also Dean of St Paul's from 1254) *9 July 1257–aft. 1264: Nicholas de Plimpton *bef. 1267–aft. 1292: Alan de Freston

Late Medieval

*bef. 1325–aft. 1325: R. de S. (possibly

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) *bef. 1326–bef. 1326:

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*25 July 1326–bef. 1327 (res.):

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*bef. 1327–bef. 1335 (res.):

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*16 April 1335–bef. 1335:

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*25 June 1335–bef. 1359 (d.): Robert de Usflet *4 March–22 June 1351 (rev.):

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*22 May 1359–bef. 1374 (d.):

William de Blythe William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

*20 June 1359–September 1359 (rev.): Richard de Ravenser *13 March 1374 – 1375 (dep.): Robert de Prees/ Prots *28 March 1375–bef. 1385 (res.): John de Freton *18 August 1385 – 1390 (res.):

Richard de Medeford 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 'str ...

/ Mitford *Period of dispute: **11 April 1390–bef. 1398 (deprived): John de Middleton **1392 (claim): Robert de Prees/Prots ''(again)'' **bef. 1391–aft. 1394: James Dardani **20 November 1398 – 1399 (rev.): Ralph Selby **1399–1399 (res.): John de Middleton ''(again)'' *29 October 1399 – 1406 (res.):

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*2 September 1406–bef. 1408 (res.): Richard Dereham *30 October 1408–bef. 1412 (res.): John Macworth *1 July 1412–bef. 1418 (res.): Richard Dereham ''(again)'' *18 February 1418 – 1419 (res.): Philip Morgan *21 December 1419–bef. 1448 (d.):

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*14 February 1449 – 1459 (res.):

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*23 November 1459 – 3 January 1477 (exch.):

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*3 January 1477 – 1478 (res.): John Morton *27 February 1479 – 1500 (d.): Oliver Dynham *7 November 1500–bef. 1522 (d.): Christopher Urswick, Dean of Windsor until 1505 and Rector of Hackney from 1502 (also

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;

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until 1500 and

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from 1504) *6 April 1522–aft. 1527 (res.):

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*bef. 1529–bef. 1530 (res.):

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(also Dean of Wells ,

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and

) *1 March 1530 – 1531 (res.): Stephen Gardiner *2 April 1531 – 1547 (d.): William Newton

Early modern

*1548–?:

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*1552–aft. 1567:

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''(deprived)'' *6 April 1587–bef. 1619 (d.): Richard Stokes *18 December 1619–bef. 1621 (d.): Francis Mason *28 December 1621–bef. 1629 (d.): Thomas Muriell *18 October 1629–?: Writhlington White *23 September 1631–bef. 1657 (d.): Robert White *24 August 1660 – 15 January 1661 (d.):

Philip Tenison Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who populariz ...

*15 February 1661 – 28 June 1698 (d.): Edward Reynolds *20 July 1698 – 1708 (res.): Charles Trimnell *11 March 1708 – 1721 (res.): Robert Cannon (afterwards Dean of Lincoln) *7 December 1721 – 1732 (res.): Thomas Tanner *17 June 1732 – 1733 (res.): John Baron (afterwards

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) *22 November 1734 – 1756 (d.):

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*16 September 1756 – 14 May 1768 (d.): Samuel Stedman *28 May 1768 – 1 November 1797 (d.): Thomas Warburton *1 December 1797 – 31 January 1847 (d.): John Oldershaw *13 August 1847 – 20 December 1849 (d.): Philip Jennings *20 December 1850–bef. 1869 (res.): William Bouverie

Late modern

*1869–1874 (res.): Ralph Blakelock (died 1 March 1882) *1874–17 October 1900 (d.): Henry Nevill *1900–1901 (d.): William Pelham-Burn *1901–1916 (ret.): Sidney Pelham *1916–1918 (res.):

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*1918–1920 (res.):

George MacDermott George Martius MacDermott (28 April 1863 – 30 March 1939) was an Anglican priest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. MacDermott was educated at Durham University, where he matriculated as a member of Hatfield Hall and was ordained in 188 ...

*1920–1934 (ret.): Augustus Buckland *1934–5 October 1954 (d.): Arthur Moore *1955–1962 (ret.): Louis Baggott (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1962–13 August 1976 (d.): Eric Cordingly (also Bishop suffragan of Thetford from 1963) *1977–1993 (ret.): Peter Dawson (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1993–2002 (ret.):

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(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *2002–28 February 2012 (ret.): David HaydenBBC News – Canon Steven Betts appointed as Archdeacon of Norfolk
(Accessed 15 April 2014) *29 April 2012–present:

Notes

References

Sources

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