Archdeacon of Suffolk

Originally in the Dioceses of Norwich, and Rochester, the Suffolk archdeaconry was transferred to the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich in 1914.

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:From its erection, the archdeaconry was in Norwich diocese. For archdeacons of that diocese before territorial titles began, see Archdeacon of Norwich.

• bef. 1119–aft. 1135: Roger de Beaufeu
• bef. 1143–aft. 1186: Walkelin
• bef. 1193–aft. 1210: Geoffrey (also called Archdeacon of Ipswich)
• bef. 1214–aft. 1235: Robert de Tywa (also called Archdeacon of Ipswich)
• bef. 1240–aft. 1241: Alexander de Walpole
• 1242–aft. 1246: Roger Pincerna alias Le Boteler
• bef. 1249–aft. 1251: William de Horham
• bef. 1257–aft. 1258: William de Dunton
• bef. 1262–aft. 1267: John of Alvechurch
• ?–1282 (d.): Thomas Lenebaud
• bef. 1291–1296 (res.): Thomas de Skerning (became Archdeacon of Surrey)
• bef. 1298–bef. 1311: Sayerus (or Sacrus or Saer)

• 10 January 1311–bef. 1324 (res.): Simon de Ely
• 28 March–April 1324 (res.): Alan de Ely
• 16 April 1224–bef. 1231 (res.): William de Knapton
• 31 March 1331–bef. 1347 (d.): John de Fenton
• 3–27 May 1347 (deprived): Richard Lyng (deprived)
• 27 May 1347–June 1353 (exch.): Michael Northburgh (later Bishop of London)
• June 1353–bef. 1357 (d.): William de Fieschi or de Flisco
• 1357 (d.): Francis de St Maximo
• 1357–bef. 1359 (res.): Hélie Cardinal de Talleyrand-Périgord (Cardinal Bishop of Albano)
• 5 June 1359–bef. 1363: John de Carleton (displaced)
• bef. 1363–21 July 1365 (exch.): William Graa de Trusthope
• 21 July 1365–bef. 1367 (d.): Carleton (again)
• 16 January 1367 – 20 January 1368 (deprived): John de Ufford (deprived)
• 20 January 1368–bef. 1373 (d.): John Aleyn
• 10 December 1373 – 1381 (deprived): John Clervaus
• bef. 1374–?: Guillaume Cardinal Noellet (Cardinal-deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria)
• ?–25 August 1380 (d.): Eleazario Cardinal de Sabrano (Cardinal-priest of Santa Balbina)
• 4 August 1380 – 1381: Philippe Cardinal Valois d'Alençon (Cardinal Bishop of Sabina)
• bef. 1382–bef. 1383 (d.): John Clervaus (regained possession)
• 2 September–October/November 1383 (deprived): William de Malebys
• 1 April 1384–bef. 1387: Thomas de Shirford
• 28 May–8 July 1387 (exch.): Henry Sturdy
• 8 July 1387 – 1 July 1390 (exch.): Robert Foulmere
• 1 July 1390–bef. 1421 (d.): John Thorpe
• 10 November 1421–bef. 1441 (d.): John Franks
• ?–1448 (res.): Richard Beauchamp (became Bishop of Hereford)
• 14 March 1449–bef. 1472 (d.): Henry Trevilian
• 2 March 1472–April 1497 (d.): William Pykenham{{Cite ODNB|id=98412|title=Pykenham, William}}
• 20 April 1487 – 1505 (d.): Nicholas Goldwell
• ?–bef. 1526 (res.): John Dolman

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• 12 November 1526 – 1528: Thomas Wynter{{Cite ODNB|id=20205|title=Nix [Nykke], Richard}} (also Dean of Wells, Archdeacon of York and Archdeacon of Richmond; became Archdeacon of Norfolk)
• 1524-1526, 1528-1529 (res.): Edmund Steward
• 11 January 1529 – 1536 (res.): Richard Sampson{{Cite ODNB|id=24594|title=Sampson, Richard}} (became Bishop of Chichester)
• 1 November 1536 – 1539 (res.): John Skypp (became Bishop of Hereford)
• 27 August 1540–bef. 1542: William Ryvell

• 8 February 1542–bef. 1548 (d.): Elizeus Ferreys
• 20 August 1548–bef. 1559 (d.): Robert Rugge
• 17 April 1559 – 1576 (deprived): Nicholas Wendon (fled overseas and deprived){{cite web | url = http://www.monlib.org.uk/papers/aj/aj1911archdeacons.pdf|title= ARCHDEACONS DEPRIVED UNDER QUEEN ELIZABETH|access-date = 10 June 2012}}
• 10 November 1576 – 1613 (d.): John Maplesden
• 6 October 1613–bef. 1640 (d.): Robert Pearson
• 1 February–November 1640 (d.): Robert Bostock
• 27 November 1640–bef. 1660 (deprived): Richard Mileson (deprived)
• 18 September 1660 – 1683 (res.): Laurence Womack (became Bishop of St David's)
• 3 January 1684–bef. 1687 (d.): Godfrey King
• 1 October 1687–bef. 1688 (res.): John Battely (became Archdeacon of Canterbury)
• 20 December 1688 – 1 November 1724 (d.): Humphrey Prideaux (also Dean of Norwich from 1702)
• 19 December 1724 – 6 September 1745 (d.): David Wilkins
• 19 September 1745 – 5 January 1748 (d.): Richard Warren
• 19 February 1748 – 23 February 1781 (d.): Henry Goodall
• 5 March 1781 – 17 December 1818 (d.): John Strachey
• 27 February 1819–bef. 1846 (res.): Henry Berners
• 12 January 1846–bef. 1868 (res.): Thomas Ormerod

• May 1868{{Church Times | title = Church news: preferments and appointments | archive = 1868_05_16_193 | issue = 276 | date = 16 May 1868 | pages = 193 | accessed = 16 January 2015 }}–March 1869 (res.):{{Church Times | title = Church news | archive = 1869_03_19_117 | issue = 320 | date = 19 March 1869 | pages = 117 | accessed = 16 January 2015 }} (contains error in prose of third column: for "The archdeaconry of Norwich..." read "The archdeaconry of Suffolk...") Vincent Ryan, assistant bishop (later Archdeacon of Craven)
• March 1869–1887 (res.): Robert Groome, Rector of Monk Soham
• 1887–22 April 1892 (d.): Joseph Woolley, Rector of East Bergholt[http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Alumni_Cantabrigienses_v2_1000352659/579 Alumni Cantabrigienses pp. 576–7] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118235618/http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Alumni_Cantabrigienses_v2_1000352659/579 |date=January 18, 2015 }} (Accessed 16 January 2015)
• May 1892{{Church Times | title = Church news: preferments and appointments | archive = 1892_05_13_482 | issue = 1529 | date = 13 May 1892 | pages = 482 | accessed = 16 January 2015 }}–1901 (res.):{{Who's Who

| title=Gibson, Rev. Richard Hudson

| id = U186319

| type = was

| volume = 1920–2015

| edition = April 2014 online

| access-date = 18 January 2015

}} Richard Gibson, Rector of Lound

• 1901{{Church Times | title = Church news: preferments and appointments | archive = 1901_01_11_037 | issue = 1981 | date = 11 January 1901 | pages = 37 | accessed = 18 January 2015 }}–1917 (ret.):{{Who's Who

| title=Lawrence, Ven. Charles D’Aguilar

| id = U212648

| type = was

| volume = 1920–2015

| edition = April 2014 online

| access-date = 18 January 2015

}} Charles Lawrence

• February 1917{{Church Times | title = Church news: personal | archive = 1917_02_02_098 | issue = 2819 | date = 2 February 1917 | pages = 98 | accessed = 18 January 2015 }}–14 September 1919 (d.):{{Who's Who

| title=Everingham, Ven. William

| id = U196165

| type = was

| volume = 1920–2015

| edition = April 2014 online

| access-date = 18 January 2015

}} William Everingham

• 1919–24 July 1938 (d.):{{Who's Who

| title=Darling, Ven. James George Reginald

| id = U208308

| type = was

| volume = 1920–2015

| edition = April 2014 online

| access-date = 18 January 2015

}} James Darling, Rector of Eyke &c.

• 1938–1947 (ret.):{{Who's Who

| title=Wonnacott, Ven. Thomas Oswald

| id = U244632

| type = was

| volume = 1920–2015

| edition = April 2014 online

| access-date = 18 January 2015

}} Thomas Wonnacott, Rector of Stonham Aspal (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)

• 1947{{Who's Who

| title=George, Ven. Christopher Owen

| id = U154767

| type = was

| volume = 1920–2015

| edition = April 2014 online

| access-date = 18 January 2015

}}–September 1961 (ret.):{{Church Times | title = Archdeacon of Suffolk retiring | archive = 1961_03_30_020 | issue = 5120 | date = 30 March 1961 | pages = 20 | accessed = 18 January 2015 }} Christopher George, Rector of Sproughton (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)

• 1962–1970 (ret.): Claud Scott, Vicar of Hoxne &c. (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who

| title=Scott, Ven. Claud Syms

| id = U168914

| type = was

| volume = 1920–2015

| edition = April 2014 online

| access-date = 18 January 2015

}}

• 1970–1975 (res.): Peter Hartley, Rector of Badingham &c. (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who

| title=Hartley, Ven. Peter Harold Trahair

| id = U172990

| type = was

| volume = 1920–2015

| edition = April 2014 online

| access-date = 18 January 2015

}}

• 1975–1984 (res.): Donald Smith, Rector of Redgrave cum Botesdale &c. (until 1979; became Archdeacon of Sudbury){{Who's Who

| title=Smith, Ven. Donald John

| id = U35319

| volume = 2014

| edition = December 2014 online

| access-date = 18 January 2015

}}

• 1984–1987 (res.): Terry Gibson (became Archdeacon of Ipswich){{Who's Who

| title=Gibson, Ven. Terence Allen

| id = U17067

| volume = 2015

| edition = October 2014 online

| access-date = 18 January 2015

}}

• 1987–30 March 1994 (ret.):{{Church Times | title = Briefly | archive = 1993_09_24_002 | issue = 6815 | date = 24 September 1993 | pages = 2 | accessed = 18 January 2015 }} Neil Robinson
• 1994–2009 (ret.): Geoffrey Arrand[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/7815680.stm BBC News – Archdeacon retires after 15 years] (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who

| title=Arrand, Ven. Geoffrey William

| id = U5768

| volume = 2015

| edition = October 2014 online

| access-date = 18 January 2015

}}

• 2009–2012 (res.): Judy Hunt{{Who's Who

| title=Hunt, Rev. Canon Dr Judith Mary

| id = U250219

| volume = 2015

| edition = October 2014 online

| access-date = 18 January 2015

}}

• 6 September 2012[http://www.stedmundsbury.anglican.org/index.cfm?page=news.story&newsid=167&view=current St Edmundsbury & Ipswich – New Archdeacon of Suffolk chosen]{{snd}}3 October 2019 (d.): Ian Morgan{{Who's Who

| title=Morgan, Ven. Ian David John

| id = U256573

| volume = 2015

| edition = October 2014 online

| access-date = 18 January 2015

}}

• 18 January 2020{{snd}}25 April 2023 (ret.): Jeanette Gosney (previously Acting since May 2019){{cite web |url=https://www.cofesuffolk.org/news/article/new-archdeacon-of-suffolk-collated |title=New Archdeacon of Suffolk collated {{!}} CofE Suffolk |website=www.cofesuffolk.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203210826/https://www.cofesuffolk.org/news/article/new-archdeacon-of-suffolk-collated |archive-date=2020-02-03}}{{Church Times |title=Resignations and retirements |date=2 December 2022 |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2022/2-december/gazette/resignations/resignations-and-retirements }}
• 14 May 2023{{snd}}present: Rich Henderson{{cite web |website=Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich |title=Rich Henderson installed as the new Archdeacon of Suffolk |date=15 May 2023 |url=https://www.cofesuffolk.org/news/the-revd-canon-rich-henderson-installed-as-the-new-archdeacon-of-suffolk.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521220422/https://www.cofesuffolk.org/news/the-revd-canon-rich-henderson-installed-as-the-new-archdeacon-of-suffolk.php |archive-date=21 May 2023 |access-date=21 May 2023 }}

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{{Reflist}}

• {{Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae |last=Greenway |first=Diana E. |period=1066–1300 |volume=2 |pages=67–69}}
• {{Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae |last=Jones |first=B. |period=1300–1541 |volume=4 |pages=32–34}}
• {{Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae |last=Horn |first=Joyce M. |period=1541–1857 |volume=7 |pages=48–49}}

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