Archdeacon of Colchester


The Archdeacon of Colchester is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Chelmsford – she or he has responsibilities within her archdeaconry including oversight of church buildings and some supervision, discipline and pastoral care of the clergy.

History

The title first appears in sources before 1144, as one of four archdeacons in the Diocese of London, but there had been four archdeacons prior to this point, some of whom may be regarded as essentially predecessors in the line of the Colchester archdeacons. The territorial archdeaconry remained part of the London diocese for about 700 years, until, on 1 January 1846, it was transferred by Order in Council to the Diocese of Rochester. The archdeaconry was afterwards in the newly created Diocese of St Albans from 4 May 1877 until her transfer to the Diocese of Chelmsford upon her creation on 23 January 1914. On 1 February 2013, by Pastoral Order of the Bishop of Chelmsford, the new Archdeaconry of Stansted was created from the Colchester archdeaconry; initially, the Archdeacon of Colchester was also Acting Archdeacon of Stansted.

List of archdeacons

High Medieval

  • bef. 1102–aft. 1115: Quintilian
  • bef. 1115–aft. 1132: Cyprian son of Quintilian
  • bef. 1138–aft. 1138: Geoffrey
  • bef. 1142–aft. 1152: Ailward
  • ?– : Henry of London
  • bef. 1155–aft. 1166: William
  • bef. 1168–aft. 1178: Richard Foliot I
  • aft. 1180–aft. 1190: Ralph de Alta Ripa
  • bef. 1192–bef. 1217 : Richard of Ely
  • bef. 1218–1228 : Roger Niger
  • bef. 1231–1238 : Hugh of London II
  • bef. 1248–aft. 1252: Robert de Insula
  • bef. 1249–aft. 1249: Ralph de Insula
  • aft. 1253–aft. 1260: Hugh de Sancto Edmundo
  • aft. 1263–21 November 1285 : Fulke Lovell
  • bef. 1287–aft. 1299: Giles Filliol

Late Medieval

  • bef. 1302–aft. 1302: Richard Newport
  • bef. 1304–aft. 1310: John de Chishull
  • bef. 1311–bef. 1336 : William de Meleford
  • 3 March 1337–bef. 1348: William de Stowe
  • bef. 1348–bef. 1362 : Richard de Plessis
  • 10 April 1363 – 26 September 1373 : Michael Northburgh (son)
  • 26 September 1373 – 1387 : Richard de Piriton
  • bef. 1393–bef. 1398 : John de Carleton
  • 3 November 1398 – 1406 : Thomas More
  • 17 January 1406 – 24 November 1411 : Richard de Kingston
  • 24 November 1411–bef. 1425 : William Spygurnell
  • 7 February 1425 : Henry Wodechurche
  • 14 February 1425 : Peter Hynewyk
  • 23 March 1425–bef. 1433 : William Duffield
  • 19 May 1433–bef. 1440 : John Stopyngton
  • 3 April 1440–bef. 1449 : Robert Aiscough
  • 15 February 1449 – 1450 : Nicholas Close
  • bef. 1450–aft. 1450: John Thurston
  • bef. 1451–1465 : Robert Stillington
  • 10 February 1466–bef. 1483 : Benedict Burgh
  • 18 July 1483–bef. 1499 : Thomas Barow
  • 9 July 1499–bef. 1509: John Maynwaring
  • bef. 1509–bef. 1519 : John Perott
  • 16 February–October 1519 : Richard Pace
  • 22 October 1519 – 1523 : John Clerk
  • 19 November 1523 – 1531 : Edward Lee
  • 30 December 1531 – 1537 : Robert Aldrich
  • 1 October 1537–bef. 1543 : Richard Curwen

Early modern

Late modern