Archdeacon of Norfolk


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 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: Roger
  • bef. 1174–aft. 1181: Steingrim
  • bef. 1196–aft. 1197: John
  • bef. 1198–aft. 1218: Geoffrey de Bocland
  • bef. 1227–1228 : Martin of Pattishall
  • bef. 1230–aft. 1232: Robert de Bilneia
  • bef. 1233–aft. 1233: R-
  • bef. 1236–1237: Ralph de Blonvilla
  • 1237: Thomas de Lecche
  • 1237–bef. 1245: Ralph de Blonvilla
  • bef. 1239–1240: Simon the Norman
  • bef. 1239–1257 : Walter de Salerne/de Saleron alias of London
  • 9 July 1257–aft. 1264: Nicholas de Plimpton
  • bef. 1267–aft. 1292: Alan de Freston

Late Medieval

  • bef. 1325–aft. 1325: R. de S.
  • bef. 1326–bef. 1326: Thomas de Kerdeston
  • 25 July 1326–bef. 1327 : William de Herlaston
  • bef. 1327–bef. 1335 : Adam de Ayremynne
  • 16 April 1335–bef. 1335: John Newland
  • 25 June 1335–bef. 1359 : Robert de Usflet
  • 4 March–22 June 1351 : John de Harewell
  • 22 May 1359–bef. 1374 : William de Blythe
  • 20 June 1359–September 1359 : Richard de Ravenser
  • 13 March 1374 – 1375 : Robert de Prees/Prots
  • 28 March 1375–bef. 1385 : John de Freton
  • 18 August 1385 – 1390 : Richard de Medeford/Mitford
  • Period of dispute:
  • *11 April 1390–bef. 1398 : John de Middleton
  • *1392 : Robert de Prees/Prots '
  • *bef. 1391–aft. 1394: James Dardani
  • *20 November 1398 – 1399 : Ralph Selby
  • *1399–1399 : John de Middleton '
  • 29 October 1399 – 1406 : Thomas Langley
  • 2 September 1406–bef. 1408 : Richard Dereham
  • 30 October 1408–bef. 1412 : John Macworth
  • 1 July 1412–bef. 1418 : Richard Dereham
  • 18 February 1418 – 1419 : Philip Morgan
  • 21 December 1419–bef. 1448 : William Sponne
  • 14 February 1449 – 1459 : John Hales
  • 23 November 1459 – 3 January 1477 : Thomas Marke
  • 3 January 1477 – 1478 : John Morton
  • 27 February 1479 – 1500 : Oliver Dynham
  • 7 November 1500–bef. 1522 : Christopher Urswick, Dean of Windsor until 1505 and Rector of Hackney from 1502
  • 6 April 1522–aft. 1527 : William Stillington
  • bef. 1529–bef. 1530 : Thomas Wynter
  • 1 March 1530 – 1531 : Stephen Gardiner
  • 2 April 1531 – 1547 : William Newton

Early modern

Late modern