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The Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Ely. The archdeacon is responsible for some clergy discipline and pastoral care in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon and Wisbech.


History

The Archdeaconry of Huntingdon was a part of the Diocese of Lincoln from (at the latest) the early 12th century. As such it is the oldest continually occupied Archdeaconry in England. The archdeaconry was moved to Ely diocese by Order in Council on 30 May 1837. The archdeaconry of Wisbech was created from several deaneries not already in an archdeaconry, by Order in Council on 5 February 1915. , appointments to the Wisbech archdeaconry ceased and Huntingdon archdeaconry was renamed to the present Archdeaconry of Huntingdon and Wisbech.


List of archdeacons


High Medieval

*bef. 1092–1110 (d.): Nicholas ( Archdeacon of Cambridge, Huntingdon and Hertford; also called archdeacon of Lincoln) *bef. 1123–aft. 1156:
Henry of Huntingdon Henry of Huntingdon ( la, Henricus Huntindoniensis; 1088 – AD 1157), the son of a canon in the diocese of Lincoln, was a 12th-century English historian and the author of ''Historia Anglorum'' (Medieval Latin for "History of the English"), ...
*bef. 1166–aft. 1160: Hugh ''(disputed)'' *bef. 1166–bef. 1187: Nicholas de Sigillo *bef. 1192–aft. 1204: Robert de Hardres *bef. 1206–bef. 1214 (res.): William de Cornhill *bef. 1214–aft. 1223 (res.): Robert de Hailes/ of Hailes *bef. 1223–bef. 1228: Philip de Fauconberg *bef. 1230–bef. 1239: Gilbert de Tantone *bef. 1240–aft. 1245: William de Arundel *bef. 1246–?: T. *bef. 1247–aft. 1253: Robert de Hicche *bef. 1255–aft. 1254: R. ''(disputed)'' *bef. 1256–aft. 1275:
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*bef. 1277–aft. 1282: William of Newark *bef. 1287–:
Roger Martival Roger Martival (died 14 March 1330) was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury in England. Martival was Archdeacon of Huntingdon (1286–1295), Archdeacon of Leicester (1295–1310) and Dean of Lincoln (1310–1315). From 1293 to 1294, he was Chancello ...
*15 March 1295–? (dep.): John de Colonna ''(papal provision reversed after collation)'' *26 December 1295–bef. 1308 (d.): Walter Wutton/ of Wootton


Late Medieval

*22 May 1308–bef. 1309 (d.): Arnald de le Breto *14 August 1309–bef. 1318 (deprived): Guicard de le Breto ''(deprived for plurality)'' *1318–1327 (res.): James Berkeley *1329–bef. 1337 (d.): Richard Brinchesle *4 July 1337 – 1361 (res.):
William Whittlesey William Whittlesey (or Whittlesea) (died 5 June 1374) was a Bishop of Rochester, then Bishop of Worcester, then finally Archbishop of Canterbury. He also served as Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge. Life Whittlesey was probably born in the Cambr ...
*1344: Pedro Cardinal Gòmez de Barroso (''ineffective provision''; cardinal-bishop of Sabina) *16 October–October 1361 (d.): Fortanerius Vassalli OFM,
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John Swynle/ Swynlegh *May 1386: John Lincoln of Grimsby ''(probably ineffective royal grant)'' *1386–24 February 1394 (exch.): William Welborne *24 February 1394–aft. 1413: Eudo Zouche/ la Zouche *24 March–22 July 1414 (d.): John Tibbay *26 July 1414–bef. 1421 (res.): Richard Hethe *15 December 1421–?: William Lassells *bef. 1447–bef. 1462 (d.): Richard Morsby *20 February 1462–bef. 1464 (d.):
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*25 September 1464–March 1475 (d.): Vincent Clement *27 March 1475 – 1478 (res.): John Morton *13 June 1478 – 1493 (res.): John Blyth *17 February–28 July 1494 (res.): Thomas Hutton *28 July 1494–bef. 1496: Robert Sherborne *5 March 1496–bef. April 1496 (res.):
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*28 April 1496 – 1502 (res.):
William Warham William Warham ( – 22 August 1532) was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1503 to his death. Early life and education Warham was the son of Robert Warham of Malshanger in Hampshire. He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford ...
*10 July 1502–bef. 1512 (d.): John Foster *1 December 1512 – 1514 (res.): John Constable *3 June 1514–bef. November 1514 (res.): William Atwater *18 November 1514 – 1523 (res.): Richard Rawlins *12 September 1523 – 1541 (res.): William Knight


Early modern

*5 April 1542–July 1543 (d.):
Richard Gwent Dr Richard Gwent (died 1543) was a senior ecclesiastical jurist, pluralist cleric and administrator through the period of the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII. Of south Welsh origins, as a Doctor of both laws in the University of ...
*27 July 1543–bef. 1560 (deprived):
Anthony Draycot Anthony Draycot (died 1571 in Draycott in the Moors) was an English Roman Catholic churchman and lawyer. During the reign of Queen Mary he held a diocesan position as chancellor; his role in condemning numerous Protestants to death is detailed i ...
''(deprived)'' *28 September 1560 – 1567 (d.): Robert Beaumont *25 December 1567–bef. 1576 (res.):
John Bullingham John Bullingham (died 1598) was the Bishop of Gloucester in the Church of England from 1581. Life Bullingham was a native of Gloucestershire. He was elected a probationer fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, in July 1550, being then B.A. In the lat ...
*29 October 1576–bef. 1612 (d.): Robert Condall *23 August 1612–bef. 1615 (d.): Nathan Gifford *1 December 1615 – 1621 (res.):
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*26 April 1622–June 1633 (d.): Owen Gwyn *12 January 1634 – 22 August 1649 (d.): Richard Holdsworth *19 November 1649 – 18 March 1665 (res.):
Peter Mews Peter Mews (25 March 1619 – 9 November 1706) was an English Royalist theologian and bishop. He was a captain captured at Naseby and he later had discussions in Scotland for the Royalist cause. Later made a Bishop he would report on non-confor ...
*18 March 1666 – 4 March 1667 (d.): William Johnson *27 April 1667–bef. 1669 (d.): Henry Downhall *29 March 1670–bef. 1673 (d.):
Richard Perrinchief Richard Perrinchief or Perrincheif (c. 16201673) was an English royalist churchman, a biographer of Charles I, writer against religious tolerance, and archdeacon of Huntingdon. Life The son of a carpenter of Aldersgate, London, he was educated a ...
*5 September 1673 – 14 May 1701 (res.): John Hammond *15 May 1701 – 1720 (res.):
White Kennett White Kennett (10 August 166019 December 1728) was an English bishop and antiquarian. He was educated at Westminster School and at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where, while an undergraduate, he published several translations of Latin works, including ...
(also Bishop of Peterborough from 1718) *15 April 1721–bef. 1725 (res.):
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*12 August 1725 – 17 March 1747 (d.):
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*28 March 1747 – 3 February 1757 (d.):
Timothy Neve Timothy Neve (1724–1798) was an English churchman and academic. Life He was born at Spalding, Lincolnshire, on 12 October 1724, the only surviving son, by his first wife, of Timothy Neve the antiquary. He was admitted at Corpus Christi Colleg ...
*22 April 1757 – 31 January 1770 (d.): Charles Jenner *23 February 1770 – 8 September 1773 (d.): Nicholas Cholwell *1 January 1774 – 22 February 1794 (d.):
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*16 April 1794 – 1812 (res.): Thomas Parkinson *4 April 1812 – 1814 (res.):
Thomas Middleton Thomas Middleton (baptised 18 April 1580 – July 1627; also spelt ''Midleton'') was an English Jacobean playwright and poet. He, with John Fletcher and Ben Jonson, was among the most successful and prolific of playwrights at work in the Jac ...
*5 July 1814 – 5 February 1828 (d.):
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*25 February 1828 – 9 February 1856 (d.): John Banks Hollingworth :''On 30 May 1837, the archdeaconry was moved from Lincoln diocese to the Diocese of Ely.'' *22 March 1856 – 16 March 1870 (res.): The Hon Henry Yorke


Late modern

*1870–1874 (res.): Francis McDougall *1874–18 March 1915 (d.):
Gerald Vesey Francis Gerald Vesey or Veasey (15 July 1832 – 18 March 1915) was a priest of the Church of England. He was the Archdeacon of Huntingdon from 1874 to 1915. He was educated at Windlesham House School, Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, ...
*1915–28 September 1921 (d.): Thomas Hodgson *1921–1943 (ret.): Kenneth Knowles (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1943–1947 (res.): William Uthwatt (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1947–1955 (ret.): James Jones *1954–1965 (ret.): Arthur Royle *1965–1975 (res.): Dennis Page *1975–1977 (res.): David Young *1978–1996 (ret.):
Richard Sledge Richard Kitson Sledge (born 13 April 1930) is a retired Anglican priest. Sledge educated at Epsom College and Peterhouse, Cambridge. After curacies at Emmanuel Church, Plymouth and St Stephen's Exeter''A History of St. Stephen's Church (Exeter), ...
*1997–2004 (res.):
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 criti ...
(also Archdeacon of Wisbech from 2003) :'', the archdeaconry was renamed from Huntingdon to Huntingdon and Wisbech.'' *2005April 2022 (ret.): Hugh McCurdy *25 September 2022present: Richard Harlow


Archdeacons of Wisbech

:''Wisbech was a separate archdeaconry from 1915 until 2004.'' *1915–6 January 1916 (d.):
Colin Campbell Colin may refer to: * Colin (given name) * Colin (surname) * ''Colin'' (film), a 2008 Cannes film festival zombie movie * Colin (horse) (1905–1932), thoroughbred racehorse * Colin (humpback whale), a humpback whale calf abandoned north of Sydney, ...
*1916–1923 (res.): James Srawley *1924–1945 (res.): George Ward *1945–1953 (res.): Seiriol Evans *1953–1964 (res.): John Pelloe *1965–6 November 1978 (d.): George Fox *1979–1984 (res.): William Patterson *1984–1993 (res.): David Fleming *1995–December 2002 (ret.): Jim RoneDiocese of Ely – Announcement of death of the Ven Jim Rone
(Accessed 17 March 2014) *2003–2004 (res.): John Beer ''(Acting?)'' :'', the archdeaconry lapsed or ceased.''


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