Archdeacon of Stow and Lindsey

The Archdeacon of Stow and Lindsey is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln.

History

The Archdeaconry of Stow is an ancient division of Lincoln diocese; the first archdeacons are recorded from around 1092 and were among eight archdeacons in the exceptionally large diocese. The Archdeaconry of Lindsey was created on 22 December 1933 from the Stow archdeaconry and merged back into the Archdeaconry of Stow in 1994. The merged archdeaconry was named "the Archdeaconry of Stow and Lindsey".

List of archdeacons

High Medieval

bef. 1092 – ?: Hugh
bef. 1133 – bef. 1134: Osbert
bef. 1134 – aft. 1152: William son of Osbert
bef. 1158 – bef. 1161: Roger de Almaria
bef. 1161 – bef. 1187: Richard de Almaria
bef. 1187 – aft. 1200: Alexander
bef. 1200 – aft. 1208: William de Firsby
bef. 1214 – aft. 1219 : William de Thornaco
bef. 1219 – bef. September 1219 : John of York
bef. September 1219 – aft. 1222: Hugh de Sancto Edwardo
bef. 1223 – 10 November 1223 : William son of Fulk II
bef. 1224 – aft. 1236: William of Canterbury
bef. 1239 – bef. 1240: W.
bef. 1240 – aft. 1241: Gilbert
bef. 1242 – aft. 1262: Michael de Benington
bef. 1264 – aft. 1279: Simon de Barton
bef. 1280 – aft. 1285: Antony de Sauzthorp
bef. 1289 – aft. 1291: Durand of Lincoln
30 December 1291 – bef. 1301 : Joceline Kirmington

Late Medieval

13 January 1301 – 1301 : William Ockham
13 July 1301 – bef. 1303 : William Langwath
30 December 1303 – bef. September 1320: William Ockham
26 January – bef. June 1320 : Adam de Brome
16 June 1320 : Richard Northwode
? – bef. 1332 : Walter Stauren
9 January – 8 February 1332 : John Islip
8 February – 25 December 1332 & 1–5 January 1333 : Simon Islip
5 January 1333 – bef. 1334 : John Nassington
6 November 1334 – bef. 1335 : John Ragenhill or John Longespey de Regenhill
19 March – 9 April 1335 : Thomas Ripplingham
9 April 1335 – bef. 1339 : John Bekingham
17 February 1339 – 31 December 1346 : Henry Chaddesden
31 December 1346 – ?: Henry Motoun
? – 1 March 1386 : Thomas Chandos
1 March 1386 – 7 June 1401 : Thomas Aston
bef. 1402 – bef. 1419 : Hugh Hanworth
18 March 1419 – bef. 1427 : Thomas Brouns
8 July 1427 – bef. 1433 : Stephen Wilton
29 May 1434 – 1442 : William Lyndwood
bef. 1443 – 1448 : William Scrope
? – 1452 : Peter Irford or Beverlay
10 April – bef. September 1452 : Lawrence Booth
20 September 1452 – 12 November 1454 : Edmund Booth
13 November 1454 – ?: William Witham
15 December 1460 – 1468 : John Collinson
7 December 1468 – 26 June 1471 : Thomas Downe
26 June 1471 – 1475: Edmund Sheriffe
23 August 1477 – 1478 : John Blithe
14 November 1477 – 8 December 1496 : William Sheffield
20 May 1497 – ?: Robert Frost
24 November 1506 – bef. 1507 : William Smith
14 December 1507 – 9 January 1543 : Edward Derby

Early modern

15 January – July 1543 : Anthony Draycot
24 August 1543 – 8 March 1553 : Christopher Massingberd
June 1553 – bef. 1554 : John Aylmer '
29 March 1554 – bef. 1559 : John Harrison '
1559 – 1562 : John Aylmer
1563 – bef. 1576 : Roger Kelke
26 January 1576 – 6 March 1582 : Thomas Sparke
7 March 1582 – 4 August 1610 : John Fermery
16 August 1610 – 6 September 1629 : Alexander Chapman
14 September 1610 – bef. 1610: John Hills
14 September 1629 – bef. 1641 : Nicholas Walker
14 August – 21 November 1641 : James Duport
15 November 1641 – bef. 1677 : Stephen Luddington
3 March 1677 – 1683 : Byrom Eaton
5 September 1683 – 1684 : John Gery
4 November 1684 – 29 April 1712 : John Hutton
22 July 1712 – 3 September 1730 : Lawrence Echard
13 November 1730 – bef. 1751 : Squire Payne
26 April 1751 – bef. 1765 : William Bassett
5 September 1765 – 15 March 1791 : John Towne
19 March 1791 – 19 January 1808 : Robert Wharton
11 March 1808 – 28 August 1823 : Cayley Illingworth
29 September 1823 – 12 August 1844 : Henry Bayley
14 September 1844 – 18 December 1862 : William Stonehouse

Late modern

1863 – 5 February 1867 : John Giles, Rector of Willoughby
1867 – 10 December 1893 : Edward Trollope, Rector of Leasingham
1894–1897 : George Perry, Rector of Waddington
1897 – 14 May 1912 : John Bond, Vicar of St Peter-in-Eastgate then Precentor at Lincoln Cathedral
1912–1913 : George Jeudwine, Rector of Harlaxton
1913–1921 : John Wakeford, Precentor at the Cathedral
1921–1937 : Ernest Blackie, Precentor at the Cathedral
1937–1951 : Arthur Greaves, Bishop suffragan of Grimsby and Precentor at the Cathedral
1951–1954 : Mervyn Armstrong, Rector of Epworth and of Wroot
1954–1962 : Lawrence Ashcroft, Vicar of Burton-on-Stather
1963–1967 : Michael Roy Sinker
1967–1975 : Sidney Harvie-Clark, Vicar of Hackthorn and Rector of Cold Hanworth
1975–1989 : David Scott, Vicar of Hackthorn with Cold Hanworth
1989–1994: Roderick Wells

Archdeacons of Lindsey

1934 – 27 October 1940 : Herbert Parry, Rector of Bigby
1941 – 8 September 1948 : Nathaniel Railton, Rector of Bigby then of Potter Hanworth
1948 – 21 June 1960 : Lisle Marsden, Vicar of Great Grimsby then a canon residentiary
1960–1971 : Clifford Jarvis, a canon residentiary
1971 – 29 September 1984 : Bill Dudman, a canon residentiary
1985–1994 : Christopher Laurence

Archdeacons of Stow and Lindsey

1994–2001 : Roderick Wells
2001–2006 : Tim Ellis
April 2007 – 7 September 2014 : Jane Sinclair
10 October 2015 – 2022 : Mark Steadman
18 July 2022 – present: Alyson Buxton