Archdeacons in the Diocese of Derby

The Archdeacon of Derby is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Derby. The archdeacon has responsibility for church buildings and clergy discipline in her/his archdeaconry – the Archdeaconry of Derby – which roughly covers the southern half of Derbyshire.

History

The first mentions of an archdeacon in the area occurred in the twelfth century – around the time when archdeacons' posts were first being created across England. From that earliest point until the Victorian reorganisations of church structures, the archdeaconry was in the Diocese of Lichfield (which during those seven centuries was called Coventry, Coventry & Lichfield, Lichfield & Coventry and Lichfield). The archdeaconry, at that point covering the whole county of Derby, was transferred by Order in Council to the new Diocese of Southwell on 5 February 1884^[1] and then split on 18 October 1910 – creating the Chesterfield archdeaconry – such that it now covers roughly the southern half of Derbyshire.^[2] On 7 July 1927, the Diocese of Derby was created from the two Southwell archdeaconries of Derby and of Chesterfield.^[3]

List of archdeacons

High Medieval

bef. 1139–aft. 1140: G.
c. 1146: Richard (disputed)
c. 1155–aft. 1167: Froger^{[N 1]}
c. 1175: N.
c. 1171–aft. 1182: Godfrey de Luci
bef. 1191–aft. 1191: Yvo
bef. 1199–aft. 1199: Vivian de Stagno
bef. 1206–aft. 1231: William de Muschamp
bef. 1238–aft. 1254: William de Luteby
bef. 1256–aft. 1261: David de Sancta Frideswida
bef. 1263–aft. 1263: William de Weston
bef. 1278–aft. 1278: Simon
bef. 1279–aft. 1281: Jordan de Wymburne
bef. 1281–July 1311 (d.): Elias de Napton

Late Medieval

17 December 1311–February 1328 (d.): Geoffrey de Blaby or Glaston
15 March 1328–bef. 1338 (d.): Anthony de Monte Peliologo
23 February 1339–bef. 1351 (d.): John de Asheby
19 August 1351 – 1353 (res.): John de Marisco
26 November 1353–bef. 1361 (d.): Hugh de Marisco
17 October 1361 – 24 December 1369 (exch.): Robert de Stretton
24 December 1369–bef. 1381 (d.): William Lombe
15 November 1381 – 14 January 1418 (d.): John de Outheby
bef. 1428–1431 (res.): Walter Bullock
2 September 1431 – 23 May 1473 (exch.): John Bride
23 May 1473–bef. 1485: William Chauntre
12 October 1485 – 8 May 1501 (d.): Edmund Hals
bef. 1506–1515 (res.): Nicholas West
9 March 1516–bef. 1533 (res.): John Taylor (also Master of the Rolls

from 1527 and Archdeacon of Halifax from 1528)

April 1533–7 January 1543 (d.): Richard Strete

Early modern

8 January 1543 – 1557 (res.): David Pole (also Archdeacon of Salop)
November 1558 – 1559 (deprived): John Ramridge (also Dean of Lichfield)
November 1559–September 1567 (d.): Richard Walker (also Archdeacon of Stafford)
17 September 1567 – 1576 (d.): Laurence Nowell (also Dean of Lichfield)
29 July 1577 – 1587 (d.): Luke Gilpin
March 1588–23 November 1590 (rem.): Walter Marsh
23 November 1590 – 1 June 1603 (d.): John Walton
9 June 1603–bef. 1609: Valentine Overton
1609–bef. 1617: Christopher Helme
4 December 1617–bef. 1641 (d.): Samuel Clerk
1641–bef. 1666 (d.): William Higgins
bef. 1666–1689 (res.): Thomas Brown (or Browne)
7 August 1689–bef. 1704 (d.): Francis Ashenhurst
14 December 1704–bef. 1719 (d.): Thomas Goodwin
24 September 1719 – 19 April 1755 (d.): Henry Ryder
5 May 1755–bef. 1769 (d.): Sneyd Davies
3 February 1769 – 28 February 1795 (d.): Henry Egerton
10 March 1795 – 25 April 1809 (d.): James Falconer
12 May 1809 – 7 February 1821 (d.): Edmund Outram
24 February 1821 – 1836 (res.): Samuel Butler
9 September 1836 – 5 May 1840 (res.): Francis Hodgson
30 December 1840 – 1847 (res.): Walter Shirley
11 January 1847 – 18 April 1873 (res.): Thomas Hill

Late modern

The archdeaconry became part of the Southwell diocese on 5 February 1884.

1873–29 November 1891 (d.): Edward Balston
1891–1900 (res.): Henry Freer^[4]
1900–1909 (res.): Edward Were^[5]

Since 7 July 1927, the archdeaconry has been in the Diocese of Derby.

1909–1943 (ret.): Edward Noakes (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[6]
1943–1952 (ret.): Henry FitzHerbert (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[7]
1952–1973 (ret.): John Richardson (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[8]
1973–1992 (ret.): Robert Dell (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[9]
1993–2005 (ret.): Ian Gatford^[10]^[11]
29 April 2006 – 31 December 2020 (ret.):^[12] Christopher Cunliffe^[13]^[14]
1 January 2021 – present (acting): Peter Walley^[15]

Notes

^ Froger was a Norman in favour with Henry II, who appointed him his Almoner. Accordingly he occurs no earlier than 1155. In 1159, he was appointed Bishop of Séez. "While yet Archdeacon of Derby he transmitted to the Abbey of Mortimer en Lions a copy of the Old Testament in two volumes."

References

^ "No. 25315". The London Gazette. 5 February 1884. p. 527.
^ "No. 28425". The London Gazette. 18 October 1910. pp. 7321–7334.
^ "No. 33290". The London Gazette. 1 July 1927. p. 4207.
^ Freer. "Freer, T. Henry". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Were. "Were, Edward Ash". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Noakes. "Noakes, Edward Spencer". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ FitzHerbert. "FitzHerbert, Henry Edward". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Richardson. "Richardson, John Farquhar". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Dell. "Dell, Robert Sydney". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2008 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "The Ven Ian Gatford's Biography". Debretts. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
^ Gatford. "Gatford, Ian". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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^ Derby Diocese — The Archdeacon of Derby^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Cunliffe. "Cunliffe, Christopher John". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2021/22-january/gazette/appointments/appointments

Sources

Le Neve, John; Hardy, Sir Thomas Duffus (1854). Archdeacons of Derby . Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae. Vol. 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 575–576 – via Wikisource.
Jones, B. (1964), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, vol. 10, pp. 16–17
Horn, Joyce M. (2003), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 10, pp. 10–12

[4] Froger was a Norman in favour with Henry II, who appointed him his Almoner. Accordingly he occurs no earlier than 1155. In 1159, he was appointed Bishop of Séez. "While yet Archdeacon of Derby he transmitted to the Abbey of Mortimer en Lions a copy of the Old Testament in two volumes."

[1] "No. 25315". The London Gazette. 5 February 1884. p. 527.

[2] "No. 28425". The London Gazette. 18 October 1910. pp. 7321–7334.

[3] "No. 33290". The London Gazette. 1 July 1927. p. 4207.

[5] Freer. "Freer, T. Henry". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[6] Were. "Were, Edward Ash". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[7] Noakes. "Noakes, Edward Spencer". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[8] FitzHerbert. "FitzHerbert, Henry Edward". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[9] Richardson. "Richardson, John Farquhar". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[10] Dell. "Dell, Robert Sydney". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2008 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[11] "The Ven Ian Gatford's Biography". Debretts. Retrieved 20 January 2010.

[12] Gatford. "Gatford, Ian". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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[14] Derby Diocese — The Archdeacon of Derby^{[permanent dead link]}

[15] Cunliffe. "Cunliffe, Christopher John". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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v t e Archdeacons in the Diocese of Derby
Derby (High Medieval)	G. Richard Froger N. Godfrey de Luci Yvo Vivian de Stagno William de Muschamp William de Luteby David de Sancta Frideswida William de Weston Simon Jordan de Wymburne Elias de Napton
Derby (Late Medieval)	Geoffrey de Blaby/Glaston Anthony de Monte Peliologo John de Asheby John de Marisco Hugh de Marisco Robert de Stretton William Lombe John de Outheby Walter Bullock John Bride William Chauntre Edmund Hals
Derby (Early modern)	Nicholas West John Taylor Richard Strete David Pole John Ramridge Richard Walker Laurence Nowell Luke Gilpin Walter Marsh John Walton Valentine Overton Christopher Helme Samuel Clerk William Higgins Thomas Brown/Browne Francis Ashenhurst Thomas Goodwin Henry Ryder Sneyd Davies Henry Egerton
Derby (Late modern)	James Falconer Edmund Outram Samuel Butler Francis Hodgson Walter Shirley Thomas Hill Southwell diocese: Edward Balston Henry Freer Edward Were Derby diocese: Edward Noakes Henry FitzHerbert John Richardson Robert Dell Ian Gatford Christopher Cunliffe Peter Walley (acting) Archdeaconry dissolved, 2022
Chesterfield	Edmond Crosse Geoffrey Clayton Talbot Dilworth-Harrison Ingram Cleasby Gerald Phizackerley David Garnett Christine Wilson Tony Kaunhoven (acting) Carol Coslett (became Archdeacon of Derbyshire Peak and Dales) Archdeaconry dissolved, 2022
2022 archdeaconries	Carol Coslett, Archdeacon of Derbyshire Peak and Dales (previously Archdeacon of Chesterfield) Matthew Trick, Archdeacon of Derby City and South Derbyshire Karen Hamblin, Archdeacon of East Derbyshire Nicky Fenton, Archdeacon of Derbyshire Peak and Dales

v t e Diocese of Derby
Derby Cathedral Bishop's House, Duffield Derby Church House, Derby
Office holders	Libby Lane, Bishop of Derby Malcolm Macnaughton, Bishop suffragan of Repton AEO: Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Peter Robinson, Dean of Derby Matthew Trick, Archdeacon of Derby City and South Derbyshire Karen Hamblin, Archdeacon of East Derbyshire Nicky Fenton, Archdeacon of Derbyshire Peak and Dales
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Derby (1927–2002; previously in the Dioceses of Lichfield and of Southwell) Archdeacon of Chesterfield (1927–2002; previously in Southwell diocese) Provost of Derby (1931–2000; see Dean of Derby)

v t e Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Southwell Minster Bishop's Manor, Southwell Dunham House, Southwell Bishop's Palace, Southwell
Office holders	Paul Williams, Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham Andy Emerton, Bishop suffragan of Sherwood AEO: Stephen Race, Bishop suffragan of Beverley & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Nicola Sullivan, Dean of Southwell Phil Williams, Archdeacon of Nottingham Tors Ramsey, Archdeacon of Newark
Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Derby (1889–1927; Diocese of Derby erected) Bishop suffragan of Nottingham (1884–1893) Provost of Southwell (1931–2000; see Dean of Southwell) Archdeacon of Derby (1884–1927; formed Diocese of Derby) Archdeacon of Chesterfield (1910–1927; formed Diocese of Derby)

v t e Diocese of Lichfield
Lichfield Cathedral Bishop's House, Lichfield St Mary's House, Lichfield Area scheme (1992–present)
Office holders	Michael Ipgrave, Bishop of Lichfield Tim Wambunya, area Bishop of Wolverhampton Sarah Bullock, area Bishop of Shrewsbury Matthew Parker, area Bishop of Stafford Jan McFarlane, Dean of Lichfield and honorary assistant bishop Anne Hollinghurst, Principal of The Queen's Foundation and honorary assistant bishop AEO: the Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Sue Weller, Archdeacon of Lichfield Megan Smith, Archdeacon of Stoke Archdeacon of Salop (vacant) Archdeacon of Walsall (vacant)
Provincial episcopal visitors	Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Chester (12th century – 1541; erected into Chester diocese) Archdeacon of Stafford (12 C. – 1980; renamed to Lichfield archdeaconry) Archdeacon of Coventry (12 C. – 1837; moved to Worcester then erected into Coventry diocese) Archdeacon of Derby (12th C. – 1884; moved to Southwell then erected into Derby diocese)