Archdeacon of Northampton

The Archdeacon of Northampton is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Peterborough. As such she or he is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within its six rural deaneries: Brackley, Brixworth, Daventry, Greater Northampton, Towcester and Wellingborough. The incumbent is Richard Ormston, who took up his position in February 2014.

History

This is a list of archdeacons of Northampton, historically a post in the Diocese of Lincoln, and then in the Diocese of Peterborough from that diocese's creation on 4 September 1541.

8 June 1316–bef. 1331 : Gilbert Middleton
Opposed by claimants:
*1317 : Thomas Grandison
*1317: Gauscelin Cardinal de Jean
6 January–1 March 1331 : Richard Bury d'Aungerville
1 March 1331 – 14 April 1335 : Peter Cardinal de Mortemart
15 September 1335 – 20 November 1348 : John Raymond Cardinal de Comminges
1349–bef. 1351 : Roger Neucroft
?–bef. 1351 : John Gynwell
27 February 1351 – 1363 : John Bokyngham
26 April–23 May 1363 : William of Wykeham
14 June 1363 – 1371/2 : William Askeby/Scoter
21 December 1371 – 1373 : Henry Wakefield
bef. 1374–April 1379 : Henry Piel
bef. 1381–aft. 1381: Walter Skirlaw
23 February–March 1386 : Henry Bowet
23 March 1386–bef. 1402 : Thomas Butiller
14 July 1402–bef. 1403 : Thomas Bekingham
4 June 1403 – 1413 : Richard Courtenay
The Bishop of Rome reserved the archdeaconry for John Bremor in 1413, but Bremor evidently did not obtain possession.
6 April 1413–?: John Stone
10 July 1419 – 1431 : Robert FitzHugh
4 August 1431 – 9 April 1434 : Ardicino Cardinal della Porta (seniore)
16 May 1434 – 1454 : William Grey
17 August 1454–bef. 1457 : George Neville
19 August 1457 – 1464 : John Chadworth
23 August 1464–bef. 1468 : William Say
27 November 1468 – 1471 : John Rudying
6 August 1471–bef. 1482 : John Collinson
24 March 1482–bef. 1500 : Peter Huse or Busy
4 January 1500 – 1506 : William Smith
26 August 1506–bef. 1548 : Gilbert Smith