Archdeacon of the East Riding

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The Archdeacon of the East Riding is a senior ecclesiastical officer of an archdeaconry, or subdivision, of the Church of England Diocese of York in the Province of York. It is named for the East Riding of Yorkshire and consists of the eight rural deaneries of Beverley, Bridlington, Harthill, Howden, Hull, North Holderness, Scarborough and South Holderness.

History

Archdeacons occurred in the Diocese of York before 1093; before 1128, there were five serving simultaneously – probably each in their own area, but none occurs with a territorial title before 1133.^[1] The title Archdeacon of the East Riding is first recorded before 1133 with William FitzHerbert, Archdeacon of the East Riding (later Archbishop of York).^[2] Of the five archdeaconries, East Riding is one of three which has never split from York diocese.

The archdeaconry is vacant since the resignation of David Butterfield; the acting archdeacon is retired archdeacon Peter Harrison;^[3] the suffragan Bishop of Hull exercises episcopal oversight over the archdeaconry. On 28 July 2014, it was announced that Andy Broom is to become the next archdeacon proper.^[4]

List of archdeacons

Some archdeacons without territorial titles are recorded from around the time of Thomas of Bayeux; see Archdeacon of York.

High Medieval

bef. 1093–bef. 1114 (d.): Ranulph
bef. 1114–1143 (res.): William of York (William FitzHerbert)
bef. 1147–1153 (res.): Hugh de Puiset
bef. 1154–bef. 1162 (res.): John of Canterbury (Bellesmains)
bef. 1167–1181 (res.): Ralph de Warneville
1182–aft. 1189 (res.): Geoffrey (Plantagenet)
15 September 1189–aft. 1194: Burchard de Puiset/du Puiset
1196–1198 (res.): Eustace
bef. 1199–bef. 1218 (res.): Hamo (unclear)
bef. 1218–1227 (d.): Walter de Wisbech
bef. 1228–aft. 1230: Walter de Taney (later Archdeacon of Nottingham)
bef. 1235–aft. 1237: Walter de Woburn (later Archdeacon of Richmond)
bef. 1247–aft. 1261 (res.): Simon of Evesham (afterwards Archdeacon of Richmond)
bef. 1262–1279 (res.): Robert of Scarborough (afterwards Dean of York)
23 January 1280–before 1308 (d.): John de Crowcombe/de Craucombe

Late Medieval

c. 1308–bef. 1322 (res.): Bertrand de Fargis
1316 (deprived): William de Ayremynne (royal grant)
4 May 1322–bef. 1343 (d.): Denis Haverel
bef. 1343–?: Aymer Cardinal Robert (Adhémar Robert, Cardinal-priest of Sant'Anastasia al Palatino; papal grant)
24 August 1343–c. 1352: John de Cestre (royal grant)
29 December 1352–bef. 1359 (res.): William de Walcote
c. 1360–1385 (res.): Walter Skirlaw
1364–1370 (res.): John de Hermesthorp (royal grant; ineffective)
8 February 1386 – 1389 (deprived): William de Waltham
1389–1390 (d.): Francis Cardinal Renzio de Alifia (Francesco Renzio, Cardinal-deacon of Sant'Eustachio)
1390–16 April 1396 (d.): Bartholomew Cardinal Oleari OSB (Bartolomeo degli Uliari, Cardinal-priest of Santa Pudenziana; papal grant)
1393–23 July 1409 (exch.): William Feryby (royal grant)
1396–bef. 1400 (res.): Christopher Cardinal de Maronibus (Cristoforo Maroni, Cardinal-priest of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane; papal grant)
23 July 1409 – 1416 (d.): William de Waltham (again)
20 October 1416 – 1418 (res.): Henry Bowet
25 September 1418 – 1435 (d.): John Wodham
26 March 1435–bef. 1464 (d.): Richard Tone
13 March 1464–bef. 1467 (d.): Robert Clifton
17 June 1467–bef. 1475 (d.): John Walter
14 December 1475 – 1480 (res.): Edmund Audley
1480–1485 (res.): Edward Pole (afterwards Archdeacon of Richmond)

13 January 1485–bef. 1493 (res.): William Poteman
27 March 1493 – 1497: Henry Carnebull (afterwards Archdeacon of York)
1497–bef. 1501 (d.): John Hole
1 May 1501 – 1504 (res.): Richard Mayew
12 June 1504 – 28 August 1550 (d.): Thomas Magnus

Early modern

13 April 1551 – 9 November 1558 (d.): John Dakyn
24 November 1558–bef. 1568 (d.): William Rokeby
bef. 1569–bef. 1569 (d.): Martin Parkinson
9 August 1569–bef. 1577 (res.): John May (also Bishop of Carlisle from 1577)
31 July 1578: John Gibson
10 March 1589–bef. 1615 (d.): Richard Remington
24 November 1615–bef. 1625 (res.): Marmaduke Blakiston
9 September 1625 – 1660 (res.): John Cosin
bef. 1661–June 1662 (exch.): Clement Breton (afterwards Archdeacon of Leicester)
June 1662–bef. 1675 (res.): Robert Hitch (Dean of York from 1664)
5 October 1675 – 6 March 1702 (d.): William Brearey
7 March 1702 – 8 April 1750 (d.): Heneage Dering
20 April 1750 – 30 May 1755 (res.): Jaques Sterne
30 May 1755 – 15 November 1784 (d.): Robert Oliver
11 December 1784 – 16 February 1786 (d.): Thomas Constable
3 March 1786 – 18 August 1828 (d.): Darley Waddilove
2 October 1828 – 10 January 1841 (res.): Francis Wrangham
14 January 1841 – 12 September 1854 (res.): Robert Wilberforce
4 October 1854 – 14 June 1873 (res.): Charles Long

Late modern

1873–1892 (res.): Richard Blunt (also Bishop suffragan of Hull from 1891)^[5]
1892?–3 June 1898 (d.): James Palmes ^[6]
1898–1916 (ret.): Charles Mackarness ^[7]
1916–1917: Unknown/vacant
1917–17 April 1931 (d.): Malet Lambert ^[8]
1931–1934 (res.): Bernard Heywood, Bishop suffragan of Hull^[9]
1934–1957 (ret.): Henry Vodden, Bishop suffragan of Hull^[10]
1957–1970 (ret.): Frank Ford (archdeacon emeritus 1974–1976)^[11]
1970–1981 (res.): Donald Snelgrove ^[12]
1981–1988 (res.): Michael Vickers ^[13]
1988–1998 (ret.): Hugh Buckingham (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[14]
1999–2006 (ret.): Peter Harrison ^[15]
February 2007–26 May 2014 (res.): David Butterfield ^[16]
24 June 2014 – 6 October 2014 (Acting): Peter Harrison (again)
6 October 2014–present : Andy Broom ^[4]

Notes

↑ Greenway, Diana E. (1999), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, vol. 6, pp. 30–31
↑ Greenway, Diana E. (1999), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, vol. 6, pp. 40–43
↑ "Acting Archdeacons of Cleveland and the East Riding". Diocese of York. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
1 2 "New Archdeacon of the East Riding". Diocese of York. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
↑ "Blunt, Rt Rev. Richard Lefevre" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 May 2013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
↑ "Church Notes and News". The Morning Post. No. 39313. Column E. 6 June 1898. p. 5.
↑ "Mackarness, Ven. Charles Coleridge" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 May 2013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
↑ "Lambert, Ven. Joseph Malet" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 May 2013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
↑ "Heywood, Rt Rev. Bernard O. F." . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 May 2013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
↑ "Vodden, Rt Rev. Henry Townsend" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 May 2013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
↑ "Ford, Ven. Frank Edward" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 May 2013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
↑ "Snelgrove, Rt Rev. Donald George" . Who's Who . Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 May 2013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
↑ "Vickers, Rt Rev. Michael Edwin" . Who's Who . Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 May 2013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
↑ "Buckingham, Ven. Hugh Fletcher" . Who's Who . Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 May 2013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
↑ "Harrison, Ven. Peter Reginald Wallace" . Who's Who . Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 May 2013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
↑ "Butterfield, Ven. David John" . Who's Who . Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 May 2013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Sources

Greenway, Diana E. (1999), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, vol. 6, pp. 40–43
Jones, B. (1963), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, vol. 6, pp. 22–23
Joyce M., Horn; Smith, David M. (1975), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 4, pp. 16–18

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[1] Greenway, Diana E. (1999), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, vol. 6, pp. 30–31

[2] Greenway, Diana E. (1999), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, vol. 6, pp. 40–43

[aadns-3] "Acting Archdeacons of Cleveland and the East Riding". Diocese of York. Retrieved 3 July 2014.

[broom-4] 1 2 "New Archdeacon of the East Riding". Diocese of York. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

[5] "Blunt, Rt Rev. Richard Lefevre" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 May 2013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[6] "Church Notes and News". The Morning Post. No. 39313. Column E. 6 June 1898. p. 5.

[7] "Mackarness, Ven. Charles Coleridge" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 May 2013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[8] "Lambert, Ven. Joseph Malet" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 May 2013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[9] "Heywood, Rt Rev. Bernard O. F." . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 May 2013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[10] "Vodden, Rt Rev. Henry Townsend" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 May 2013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[11] "Ford, Ven. Frank Edward" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 May 2013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[12] "Snelgrove, Rt Rev. Donald George" . Who's Who . Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 May 2013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[13] "Vickers, Rt Rev. Michael Edwin" . Who's Who . Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 May 2013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[14] "Buckingham, Ven. Hugh Fletcher" . Who's Who . Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 May 2013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[15] "Harrison, Ven. Peter Reginald Wallace" . Who's Who . Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 May 2013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[16] "Butterfield, Ven. David John" . Who's Who . Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 May 2013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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v t e Archdeacons of the East Riding
High Medieval	Ranulph William of York Hugh de Puiset John of Canterbury Ralph de Warneville Geoffrey Burchard de Puiset/du Puiset Eustace Hamo Walter de Wisbech Walter de Taney Walter de Woburn Simon of Evesham Robert of Scarborough John de Crowcombe/de Craucombe
Late Medieval	Bertrand de Fargis William de Ayremynne Denis Haverel Aymer Cardinal Robert John de Cestre William de Walcote Walter Skirlaw John de Hermesthorp William de Waltham Francis Cardinal Renzio de Alifia Bartholomew Cardinal Oleari OSB William Feryby Christopher Cardinal de Maronibus William de Waltham (again) Henry Bowet John Wodham Richard Tone Robert Clifton John Walter Edmund Audley Edward Pole William Poteman Henry Carnebull John Hole Richard Mayew Thomas Magnus
Early modern	John Dakyn William Rokeby Martin Parkinson John May Richard Remington Marmaduke Blakiston John Cosin Clement Breton Robert Hitch William Brearey Heneage Dering Jaques Sterne Robert Oliver Thomas Constable Darley Waddilove Francis Wrangham Robert Wilberforce Charles Long
Late modern	Richard Blunt James Palmes Charles Mackarness Unknown/vacant Malet Lambert Bernard Heywood, Bishop of Hull Henry Vodden, Bishop of Hull Frank Ford Donald Snelgrove Michael Vickers Hugh Buckingham Peter Harrison David Butterfield Peter Harrison (Acting) Andy Broom

v t e Diocese of York
York Minster Bishopthorpe Palace Diocesan House, York
Office holders	Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York and Primate of England Paul Ferguson, Bishop suffragan of Whitby John Thomson, Bishop suffragan of Selby Eleanor Sanderson, Bishop suffragan of Hull AEO: the Bishop suffragan of Beverley & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Dominic Barrington, Dean of York Andy Broom, Archdeacon of the East Riding Sam Rushton, Archdeacon of York Amanda Bloor, Archdeacon of Cleveland
Provincial episcopal visitors	Stephen Race, Bishop suffragan of Beverley
Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Sheffield (1901–1914; Diocese of Sheffield erected) Archdeacon of Richmond (12th century–1541; became Diocese of Chester) Archdeacon of Nottingham (12th century–1837; transferred to Lincoln) Archdeacon of Sheffield (1884–1914; became Diocese of Sheffield) Archdeacon of Doncaster (1913–1914; transferred to Sheffield)
Historic palaces	Archbishop's Palace, York (12th–16th centuries) Cawood Castle (12th–17th centuries) York Place (13th–16th centuries) Hampton Court Palace (1514–1528) York House, Strand (16th–17th centuries)