The Archdeacon of Suffolk is a senior cleric in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. The archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy in the territory of the archdeaconry.

History

Originally in the Dioceses of

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, and Rochester, the Suffolk archdeaconry was transferred to the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich in 1914. The current archdeacon is

Jeanette Gosney Jeanette Margaret Gosney (born 1958) is a British retired Anglican priest. She served as Archdeacon of Suffolk in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich from 2020 until her 2023 retirement. She was previously a chaplain, theological college tu ...

List of archdeacons

High Medieval

:''From its erection, the archdeaconry was in Norwich diocese. For archdeacons of that diocese before territorial titles began, see '' Archdeacon of Norwich''.'' *bef. 1119–aft. 1135: Roger de Beaufeu *bef. 1143–aft. 1186: Walkelin *bef. 1193–aft. 1210: Geoffrey (also called Archdeacon of Ipswich) *bef. 1214–aft. 1235: Robert de Tywa (also called Archdeacon of Ipswich) *bef. 1240–aft. 1241: Alexander de Walpole *1242–aft. 1246: Roger Pincerna alias Le Boteler *bef. 1249–aft. 1251: William de Horham *bef. 1257–aft. 1258: William de Dunton *bef. 1262–aft. 1267: John of Alvechurch *?–1282 (d.): Thomas Lenebaud *bef. 1291–1296 (res.): Thomas de Skerning (became

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) *bef. 1298–bef. 1311: Sayerus (''or'' Sacrus ''or'' Saer)

Late Medieval

*10 January 1311–bef. 1324 (res.):

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*28 March–April 1324 (res.):

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*16 April 1224–bef. 1231 (res.):

William de Knapton William is a masculine given name of Norman French 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 conques ...

*31 March 1331–bef. 1347 (d.):

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*3–27 May 1347 (deprived): Richard Lyng ''(deprived)'' *27 May 1347–June 1353 (exch.):

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(later

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) *June 1353–bef. 1357 (d.):

William de Fieschi William is a masculine given name of Norman French 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 conques ...

''or'' de Flisco *1357 (d.):

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*1357–bef. 1359 (res.): Hélie Cardinal de Talleyrand-Périgord (Cardinal

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) *5 June 1359–bef. 1363:

John de Carleton 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 ...

(displaced) *bef. 1363–21 July 1365 (exch.):

William Graa de Trusthope 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 ...

*21 July 1365–bef. 1367 (d.): Carleton (again) *16 January 1367 – 20 January 1368 (deprived): John de Ufford (deprived) *20 January 1368–bef. 1373 (d.):

John Aleyn John Aleyn ( fl. 1360s; died 1373) was a Canon of Windsor from 1362 to 1368''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle and Archdeacon of Suffolk from 1368 to 1373. Car ...

*10 December 1373 – 1381 (deprived): John Clervaus *bef. 1374–?: Guillaume Cardinal Noellet (Cardinal-deacon of

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) *?–25 August 1380 (d.): Eleazario Cardinal de Sabrano (Cardinal-priest of Santa Balbina) *4 August 1380 – 1381: Philippe Cardinal Valois d'Alençon (Cardinal Bishop of Sabina) *bef. 1382–bef. 1383 (d.): John Clervaus (regained possession) *2 September–October/November 1383 (deprived): William de Malebys *1 April 1384–bef. 1387: Thomas de Shirford *28 May–8 July 1387 (exch.):

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*8 July 1387 – 1 July 1390 (exch.): Robert Foulmere *1 July 1390–bef. 1421 (d.):

John Thorpe John Thorpe or Thorp (c.1565–1655?; fl.1570–1618) was an English architect. Life Little is known of his life, and his work is dubiously inferred, rather than accurately known, from a folio of drawings in the Sir John Soane's Museum, to whic ...

*10 November 1421–bef. 1441 (d.): John Franks *?–1448 (res.): Richard Beauchamp (became

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) *14 March 1449–bef. 1472 (d.): Henry Trevilian *2 March 1472–April 1497 (d.): William Pykenham *20 April 1487 – 1505 (d.): Nicholas Goldwell *?–bef. 1526 (res.):

John Dolman John Dolman, Dowman or Dowlman (died 1526) was an English clergyman and benefactor. John Dolman was the son of William Dowman of Pocklington in the East Riding of Yorkshire. He was educated at Cambridge University, graduating B.Civ.L. in 1488 an ...

*12 November 1526 – 1528:

Thomas Wynter Thomas Wynter or Winter (c. 1510 – c. 1546) was the Archdeacon of York, Richmond, Cornwall, Provost of Beverley, Dean of Wells Cathedral and the illegitimate son of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. Biography Thomas Wynter's exact date of birth is ...

(also Dean of Wells,

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and

Archdeacon of Richmond The Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven is an archdiaconal post in the Church of England. It was created in about 1088 within the See of York and was moved in 1541 to the See of Chester, in 1836 to the See of Ripon and after 2014 to the See of ...

; became

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) *1524-1526, 1528-1529 (res.):

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*11 January 1529 – 1536 (res.):

Richard Sampson Richard Sampson (died 25 September 1554) was an English clergyman and composer of sacred music, who was Anglican bishop of Chichester and subsequently of Coventry and Lichfield. Biography He was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, the Paris So ...

(became Bishop of Chichester) *1 November 1536 – 1539 (res.):

John Skypp John Skypp (c. 14951552) was the Bishop of Hereford from 1539 until 1552, and the almoner of Queen Anne Boleyn. Born in Irstead, Norfolk of humble parents, Edmund and Alice Skyppe who both died in 1507, he graduated from Gonville Hall, Camb ...

(became

) *27 August 1540–bef. 1542: William Ryvell

Early modern

*8 February 1542–bef. 1548 (d.): Elizeus Ferreys *20 August 1548–bef. 1559 (d.):

Robert Rugge Robert Rugge (by 1503 – 18 February 1558/9), of Norwich, Norfolk, was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich in 1545 and mayor of the city in 1545-46 and 1550-51. Early life Robert Rugge was the son of Will ...

*17 April 1559 – 1576 (deprived): Nicholas Wendon (fled overseas and deprived) *10 November 1576 – 1613 (d.): John Maplesden *6 October 1613–bef. 1640 (d.): Robert Pearson *1 February–November 1640 (d.):

Robert Bostock Robert Bostock (22 April 1784, in Bootle – 1847 in Hobart) was an English merchant sailor. Who along with John McQueen, were accused of co-owning a Slave Factory (trading post) on the Saint Paul River, nowadays in Liberia. Robert started h ...

*27 November 1640–bef. 1660 (deprived): Richard Mileson (deprived) *18 September 1660 – 1683 (res.):

Laurence Womack Laurence Womock (also Lawrence Womach or Womack) (1612–1686) was an English bishop. He is best known for his controversial writings, some of which were signed Tilenus, after Daniel Tilenus, expressing his hostility to Calvinism in general, and th ...

(became Bishop of St David's) *3 January 1684–bef. 1687 (d.): Godfrey King *1 October 1687–bef. 1688 (res.):

John Battely John Battely (also spelt 'Batteley') (1646–1708) was an English antiquary and clergyman, Archdeacon of Canterbury 1688–1708. He was the author of two antiquarian works published after his death: ''Antiquitates Rutupinae'' ('Antiquities of Ric ...

(became

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) *20 December 1688 – 1 November 1724 (d.):

Humphrey Prideaux Humphrey Prideaux (3 May 1648 – 1 November 1724) was a Cornish churchman and orientalist, Dean of Norwich from 1702. His sympathies inclined to Low Churchism in religion and to Whiggism in politics. Life The third son of Edmond Prideaux, he was ...

(also

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from 1702) *19 December 1724 – 6 September 1745 (d.):

David Wilkins David Wilkins may refer to: * David H. Wilkins (born 1946), American politician and ambassador * David Wilkins (sailor) (born 1950), Irish sailor * David Wilkins (orientalist) (1685–1745), Prussian orientalist * David B. Wilkins, American law prof ...

*19 September 1745 – 5 January 1748 (d.):

Richard Warren Richard Warren (c. 1585c.1628) was one of the passengers on the Pilgrim ship ''Mayflower'' and a signer of the Mayflower Compact. Early life Richard Warren married Elizabeth Walker, at Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, on 14 April 1610. Elizabeth ...

*19 February 1748 – 23 February 1781 (d.): Henry Goodall *5 March 1781 – 17 December 1818 (d.): John Strachey *27 February 1819–bef. 1846 (res.):

Henry Berners Henry Denny Berners (18 September 1769, London - 21 September 1852, Woolverstone) was Archdeacon of Suffolk from 1819 to 1846. Berners was educated at St Mary Hall, Oxford. He was Rector of Erwarton Erwarton or Arwarton is a small village ...

*12 January 1846–bef. 1868 (res.): Thomas Ormerod

Late modern

*May 1868–March 1869 (res.): (contains error in prose of third column: for "The archdeaconry of Norwich..." read "The archdeaconry of Suffolk...") Vincent Ryan, assistant bishop (later

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) *March 1869–1887 (res.):

Robert Groome Robert Hindes Groome (1810–1889) was an English Anglican churchman, who became Archdeacon of Suffolk. He wrote several short stories that were set in Suffolk. Life Groome was born at Framlingham on 18 January 1810, the second son of the Rev. J ...

, Rector of

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*1887–22 April 1892 (d.):

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, Rector of East Bergholt *May 1892–1901 (res.): Richard Gibson, Rector of Lound *1901–1917 (ret.): Charles Lawrence *February 1917–14 September 1919 (d.):

William Everingham William Everingham (1856 - 14 September 1919) was Archdeacon of Suffolk from 1917 until his death He studied for the priesthood at Lincoln Theological College and was ordained Deacon in 1879; and Priest in 1880. After a curacy in Diss he served ...

*1919–24 July 1938 (d.): James Darling, Rector of

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&c. *1938–1947 (ret.):

Thomas Wonnacott Thomas Oswald Wonnacott (22 July 1869 – 7 December 1957) was Archdeacon of Suffolk from 1938 to 1947. Wonnacott was born in Liskeard, educated at King's College, Cambridge and ordained in 1893. He served curacies at Winchcombe, Ivybridge and Tav ...

, Rector of

Stonham Aspal Stonham Aspal is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England, some five miles (8 km) east of the town of Stowmarket. Nearby villages include Mickfield, Little Stonham and Pettaugh. Its population in ...

(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1947–September 1961 (ret.): Christopher George, Rector of

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(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1962–1970 (ret.): Claud Scott, Vicar of Hoxne &c. (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1970–1975 (res.): Peter Hartley, Rector of

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&c. (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1975–1984 (res.): Donald Smith, Rector of Redgrave cum Botesdale &c. (until 1979; became Archdeacon of Sudbury) *1984–1987 (res.):

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(became

Archdeacon of Ipswich The Archdeacon of Ipswich is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. As such, she or he is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within its territory. A few very early Archdeacons of ...

) *1987–30 March 1994 (ret.): Neil Robinson *1994–2009 (ret.):

Geoffrey Arrand Geoffrey William Arrand (born 24 July 1944) was archdeacon of Suffolk from 1994 to 2009. Arrand was educated at King's College London and ordained in 1968. After curacies in Washington and South Ormsby he was Vicar of Great Grimsby from 1973 to ...

(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *2009–2012 (res.):

Judy Hunt Judy Hunt, MRVCS (born Darwen, 16 April 1957) is an English priest, who served as Archdeacon of Suffolk from 2009 to 2012. Hunt was educated at the University of Bristol, the Royal Veterinary College, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and Ridley ...

*6 September 20123 October 2019 (d.):

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*18 January 2020present:

(previously Acting since May 2019)

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