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 (the time around which archdeacons were first appointed across the English church) and were among eight archdeacons in the exceptionally large diocese. The Archdeaconry of Lindsey was created on 22 December 1933 from the Stow archdeaconry[1][2] and merged back into the Archdeaconry of Stow in 1994.[3] The merged archdeaconry was named "the Archdeaconry of Stow and Lindsey".

List of archdeacons

High Medieval^[citation needed] Some of the earliest archdeacons are occasionally referred to by several variations of the title, including Archdeacon of the West Riding (of Lindsey), and of Lindsey. bef. 1092 – ?: Hugh[i] bef. 1133 – bef. 1134: Osbert (son of Hugh) 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 (res.): William de Thornaco (became Archdeacon of Lincoln) bef. 1219 – bef. September 1219 (res.): John of York bef. September 1219 – aft. 1222: Hugh de Sancto Edwardo bef. 1223 – 10 November 1223 (d.): 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 (res.): Joceline Kirmington Late Medieval^[citation needed] 13 January 1301 – 1301 (res.): William Ockham 13 July 1301 – bef. 1303 (d.): William Langwath 30 December 1303 – bef. September 1320: William Ockham (again) 26 January – bef. June 1320 (res.): Adam de Brome (ineffective royal grant) 16 June 1320 (grant): Richard Northwode (ineffective royal grant) ? – bef. 1332 (res.): Walter Stauren 9 January – 8 February 1332 (exch.): John Islip 8 February – 25 December 1332 (res.) & 1–5 January 1333 (exch.): Simon Islip 5 January 1333 – bef. 1334 (d.): John Nassington 6 November 1334 – bef. 1335 (res.): John Ragenhill or John Longespey de Regenhill 19 March – 9 April 1335 (exch.): Thomas Ripplingham 9 April 1335 – bef. 1339 (d.): John Bekingham 17 February 1339 – 31 December 1346 (exch.): Henry Chaddesden 31 December 1346 – ?: Henry Motoun ? – 1 March 1386 (exch.): Thomas Chandos 1 March 1386 – 7 June 1401 (d.): Thomas Aston bef. 1402 – bef. 1419 (d.): Hugh Hanworth 18 March 1419 – bef. 1427 (res.): Thomas Brouns (became Archdeacon of Berkshire) 8 July 1427 – bef. 1433 (res.): Stephen Wilton 29 May 1434 – 1442 (res.): William Lyndwood (became Bishop of St David's) bef. 1443 – 1448 (res.): William Scrope ? – 1452 (d.): Peter Irford or Beverlay 10 April – bef. September 1452 (res.): Lawrence Booth 20 September 1452 – 12 November 1454 (exch.): Edmund Booth 13 November 1454 – ?: William Witham 15 December 1460 – 1468 (res.): John Collinson (became Archdeacon of Bedford) 7 December 1468 – 26 June 1471 (exch.): Thomas Downe 26 June 1471 – 1475: Edmund Sheriffe 23 August 1477 – 1478 (res.): John Blithe (became Archdeacon of Huntingdon) 14 November 1477 – 8 December 1496 (d.): William Sheffield 20 May 1497 – ?: Robert Frost 24 November 1506 – bef. 1507 (d.): William Smith 14 December 1507 – 9 January 1543 (d.): Edward Derby

Early modern^[citation needed] 15 January – July 1543 (res.): Anthony Draycot (became Archdeacon of Huntingdon) 24 August 1543 – 8 March 1553 (d.): Christopher Massingberd June 1553 – bef. 1554 (deprived): John Aylmer (deprived) 29 March 1554 – bef. 1559 (deprived): John Harrison (deprived) 1559 – 1562 (res.): John Aylmer (restored; became Archdeacon of Lincoln) 1563 – bef. 1576 (d.): Roger Kelke 26 January 1576 – 6 March 1582 (res.): Thomas Sparke 7 March 1582 – 4 August 1610 (d.): John Fermery 16 August 1610 – 6 September 1629 (d.): Alexander Chapman 14 September 1610 – bef. 1610: John Hills (failed installation) 14 September 1629 – bef. 1641 (d.): Nicholas Walker 14 August – 21 November 1641 (res.): James Duport 15 November 1641 – bef. 1677 (d.): Stephen Luddington 3 March 1677 – 1683 (res.): Byrom Eaton (became Archdeacon of Leicester) 5 September 1683 – 1684 (res.): John Gery (became Archdeacon of Buckingham) 4 November 1684 – 29 April 1712 (d.): John Hutton 22 July 1712 – 3 September 1730 (d.): Lawrence Echard 13 November 1730 – bef. 1751 (d.): Squire Payne 26 April 1751 – bef. 1765 (d.): William Bassett 5 September 1765 – 15 March 1791 (d.): John Towne 19 March 1791 – 19 January 1808 (d.): Robert Wharton 11 March 1808 – 28 August 1823 (d.): Cayley Illingworth 29 September 1823 – 12 August 1844 (d.): Henry Bayley 14 September 1844 – 18 December 1862 (d.): William Stonehouse[4] Late modern 1863 – 5 February 1867 (d.): John Giles, Rector of Willoughby[5] 1867 – 10 December 1893 (d.): Edward Trollope, Rector of Leasingham (also Bishop suffragan of Nottingham from 21 December 1877)[6][7] 1894–1897 (d.): George Perry, Rector of Waddington[8][9] 1897 – 14 May 1912 (d.): John Bond, Vicar of St Peter-in-Eastgate (with St Margaret, Lincoln (until 1902) then Precentor at Lincoln Cathedral (from 1902)[10][11][12] 1912–1913 (res.): George Jeudwine, Rector of Harlaxton (became Archdeacon of Lincoln)[13] 1913–1921 (deprived): John Wakeford, Precentor at the Cathedral (deprived)[14][15] 1921–1937 (res.): Ernest Blackie, Precentor at the Cathedral (also Bishop suffragan of Grantham {1930–1935} then Bishop suffragan of Grimsby {1935–1937}; became Dean of Rochester)[16][17] In 1933, the Archdeaconry of Lindsey was split from Stow archdeaconry 1937–1951 (res.): Arthur Greaves, Bishop suffragan of Grimsby and Precentor at the Cathedral[18] 1951–1954 (res.): Mervyn Armstrong, Rector of Epworth and of Wroot (became Provost of Leicester)[19] 1954–1962 (ret.): Lawrence Ashcroft, Vicar of Burton-on-Stather[20] 1963–1967 (res.): Michael Roy Sinker[21] 1967–1975 (ret.): Sidney Harvie-Clark, Vicar of Hackthorn and Rector of Cold Hanworth (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[22] 1975–1989 (ret.): David Scott, Vicar of Hackthorn with Cold Hanworth (also Priest-in-Charge of North and South Carlton {from 1978})[23] 1989–1994: Roderick Wells (became Archdeacon of Stow and Lindsey)[24] Archdeacons of Lindsey 1934 – 27 October 1940 (d.): Herbert Parry, Rector of Bigby[25][26][27] 1941 – 8 September 1948 (d.): Nathaniel Railton, Rector of Bigby (until 1943) then of Potter Hanworth[28][29] 1948 – 21 June 1960 (d.): Lisle Marsden, Vicar of Great Grimsby (until 1951) then a canon residentiary[30][31][32] 1960–1971 (ret.): Clifford Jarvis, a canon residentiary (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[33][34] 1971 – 29 September 1984 (d.): Bill Dudman, a canon residentiary[35][36] 1985–1994 (ret.): Christopher Laurence (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[3][37][38] Archdeacons of Stow and Lindsey 1994–2001 (ret.): Roderick Wells (or Archdeacon of Stow and Archdeacon of Lindsey; previously Archdeacon of Stow; afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[24] 2001–2006 (res.): Tim Ellis (became Bishop suffragan of Grantham)[39] April 2007 – 7 September 2014 (res.):[40] Jane Sinclair[41] 10 October 2015 – 2022 (ret.): Mark Steadman[42][43] 18 July 2022 – present: Alyson Buxton[44]

Notes

1. Hugh and Osbert are not listed with a territorial title; rather Hugh was Osbert's direct predecessor and Osbert is listed alongside the other seven archdeacons, so his territory can be deduced.

References

1. "No. 34007". The London Gazette. 22 December 1933. pp. 8302–8303.
2. "About the Diocese of Lincoln". The Diocese of Lincoln. Archived from the original on 4 January 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
3. "How Christians really love one another". Retrieved 19 January 2012. Christopher Laurence retired in 1994; he was not replaced, and the archdeaconry of Lindsey, which had carried a canonry with it was absorbed into the Archdeaconry of Stow.
4. Appletons' annual cyclopaedia and register of important events of the year: 1862. New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1863. p. 695.
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26. "Notices in respect of claims against deceased persons" (PDF). The London Gazette, 4 March 1941. 4 March 1941. p. 1323. Retrieved 24 January 2012. Herbert Thomas Parry, late of Bigby Rectory, Bigby in the county of Lincoln, Clerk in Holy Orders and Archdeacon of Lindsey, deceased (who died on the 27th day of October 1940).
27. "Parry, Ven. Herbert Thomas". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 18 October 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
28. "Notices in respect of claims against deceased persons" (PDF). The London Gazette, 19 November 1948. 19 November 1948. p. 6120. Retrieved 19 January 2012. RAILTON, The Venerable Nathaniel Gerard. The Rectory, Pottershanworth, Lincoln, Clerk in Holy Orders, Archdeacon of Lindsey.
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30. "Personal Ledgers". Retrieved 19 January 2012. Ven Edwyn Lisle Marsden, Rural Dean of Grimsby and Cleethorpes, and Surrogate Bishop (1936–1948), and Archdeacon of Lindsey (1948–1960)
31. "On this day". The Grimsby Telegraph. 21 June 1960. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012. The Bishop Of Lincoln, the Rt. Rev. Kenneth Riches, consecrated the magnificent new St Mark's Church in Laceby Road, Grimsby, built at a cost of Pounds 30,000. The Bishop also paid tribute to the Ven. E. Lisle Marsden, Archdeacon of Lindsey, who died on this day.
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33. "Family Notices". Louth Leader. Louth. 9 December 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2012. MARY DOROTHEA JARVIS Widow of the late Archdeacon of Lindsey
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37. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1995/96 (Ninety-fourth ed.). London, England: Church House Publishing. December 1995. ISBN 0-7151-8087-8.
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