Archdeacon of Durham

The Archdeacon of Durham is a senior ecclesiastical officer of the diocese of Durham (Church of England). They have, within the geographical area the archdeaconry of Durham, pastoral oversight of clergy and care of church buildings (among other responsibilities).

History

The first archdeacons in the diocese occur after the Norman Conquest – around the same time the post of archdeacon first started to occur elsewhere in England. There is no evidence of more than one archdeacon in the diocese until the mid-12th century, when two lines of office holders start to appear in sources. The titles "Archdeacon of Durham" and "Archdeacon of Northumberland" are not recorded until later in the century, although it is possible to discern which of the two lines became which post. Here are listed the sole archdeacons of Durham diocese, then those of the senior of two unnamed lines, then all those called Archdeacon of Durham.

The archdeaconry has been split twice: once on 23 May 1882, to create the Auckland archdeaconry^[1] after the Diocese of Newcastle was created from the diocese's other two archdeaconries and a second time in 1997, to create the Sunderland archdeaconry.

List of archdeacons

High Medieval

Sole archdeacons

bef. 1080–bef. 1083: Leobwine
aft. 1083–bef. 1093: Thurstan
11 August 1093–c. 1108 (res.): Turgot of Durham
bef. 1116–bef. 1128: Michael

Senior archdeacons

aft. 1122–bef. 1144 (dep.): Robert
bef. 1147–aft. 1155: Wazo
bef. 1158–bef. 1172: Vacant
bef. 1172–6 December 1196 (d.): Burchard du Puiset
bef. 1197–aft. 1217: Aimeric (also Archdeacon of Carlisle until aft. 1208)
aft. 1217–bef. 1225 (d.): Simon de Ferlington
bef. 1224–bef. 1244 (d.): William of Laneham

Archdeacons of Durham

bef. 1255–1255 (d.): Robert de Cortuna
bef. 1257–aft. 1272: Robert de Sancta Agatha
bef. 1275–aft. 1283 (res.): Antony Bek
bef. 1284–1290 (res.): William of Louth
bef. 1297–aft. 1309: William de St Botulph

Late Medieval

bef. 1331–bef. 1331 (d.): Thomas de Goldesburgh
aft. 1331–bef. 1333 (d.): Amaury de Beaumont
3 January 1334–bef. 1334 (res.): Robert de Taunton
31 March 1334–bef. 1361 (d.): Thomas de Neville
15 August 1362–bef. 1369 (d.): William de Westle
18 August 1369–bef. 1369 (res.): John de Kyngeston
6 November 1369–?: John de Stokes
bef. 1371–1373 (res.): Alexander Neville
bef. 1378–13 August 1379 (d.): Giacomo Cardinal Orsini, Dean of Salisbury (cardinal-deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro)
bef. 1380–3 October 1380 (d.): Agapitus Cardinal de Colonna (cardinal-priest of Santa Prisca)
9 May 1381–bef. 1387 (deprived): Pileus Cardinal de Prata (cardinal-priest of Santa Prassede)

Period of dispute:

Pope's claimants
- 11 August 1387 – 8 August 1394 (d.): Marius Cardinal Bulcano (cardinal-deacon of Santa Maria Nova; judged proper archdeacon in 1393)
King's/Bishop's claimants
- bef. 1387–bef. 1388: John Maundour
- 18 April 1388 – 1393 (d.): Hugh Herle
- 1393–bef. 1408 (d.): Thomas de Weston (unopposed after 1394)

8 October 1408 – 15 February 1409 (res.): Alan de Newark
16 February 1409 – 1417 (d.): John Hovyngham
13 October 1417 – 1419 (res.): John Kemp
bef. 1419: Gabriel Cardinal Condulmier (cardinal-priest of San Clemente; grant ineffective)
24 March 1419 – 1 August 1425 (res.): Robert Gilbert
14 August 1425–aft. 1440: Robert Rolleston
bef. 1448–aft. 1448: William Scrope
bef. 1452–1456 (res.): George Neville
aft. 1456–bef. 1466: Thomas Rotherham
aft. 1466–1497 (d.): Ralph Booth
20 April 1497–bef. 1500 (res.): Thomas Colston
20 January 1500 – 1503 (res.): Roger Leyburn
bef. 1515–January 1556 (d.): William Franklyn (also Dean of Windsor, 1536–1553)

Early modern

bef. 1559–bef. 1560 (res.): Bernard Gilpin
22 May 1560–bef. 1563 (res.): John Ebden
5 December 1563–aft. 1602: John Pilkington
19 November 1603–bef. 1620 (d.): William Morton
9 September 1620 – 10 May 1662 (d.): Gabriel Clark
19 September 1662 – 1 February 1690 (deprived): Denis Granville (also Dean of Durham from 1684; non-juror)
15 May 1691–bef. 1730 (d.): The Hon Robert Booth
9 October 1730 – 25 July 1761 (d.): George Sayer
2 January 1762 – 23 August 1791 (d.): Samuel Dickens
10 September 1791 – 26 March 1808 (d.): Benjamin Pye
16 April 1808 – 2 December 1831 (res.): Richard Prosser
6 December 1831 – 10 October 1862 (d.): Charles Thorp

Late modern

1863–26 October 1882 (d.): Edward Prest
1882–31 August 1922 (d.): Henry Watkins^[2]
1922–26 April 1924 (d.): John Quirk, Bishop suffragan of Jarrow^[3]
1924–9 May 1932 (d.): Samuel Knight, Bishop suffragan of Jarrow^[4]
1932–28 August 1938 (d.): James Gordon, Bishop suffragan of Jarrow^[5]
1939–1953 (ret.) Egbert Lucas^[6]
1953–1969 (ret.): John Cobham^[7] (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[8]
1970–1993 (res.): Michael Perry^[9]
1993–1997 (ret.): Derek Hodgson (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[10]
1997–2002 (res.): Trevor Willmott^[11]
2002–2006 (res.): Stephen Conway^[12]
2006 – 17 April 2019 (ret.): Ian Jagger^[13]
"late summer" 2020 onwards: Libby Wilkinson (announced)^[14]

References

^ "No. 25110". The London Gazette. 23 May 1882. pp. 2393–2394.
^ "Watkins, Henry William". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 April 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Quirk, John Nathaniel". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 April 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Knight, Samuel Kirshbaum". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 April 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Gordon, James Geoffrey". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 April 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Lucas, Egbert de Grey". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 April 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "St Cuthbert, Peterlee – About the church". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
^ "Cobham, John Oldcastle". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 April 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Perry, Michael Charles". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 April 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Hodgson, John Derek". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2008 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 April 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Willmott, Trevor". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 April 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Conway, Stephen". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 April 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Jagger, Ian". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 April 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Sunderland Vicar Becomes Archdeacon of Durham and Director of Mission, Discipleship & Ministry | Durham Diocese". Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

Sources

Greenway, Diana E. (1971), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, vol. 2, pp. 37–39
Jones, B. (1963), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, vol. 6, pp. 111–113
Horn, Joyce M.; Mussett, Patrick; Smith, David M. (2004), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 11, pp. 82–83

[1] "No. 25110". The London Gazette. 23 May 1882. pp. 2393–2394.

[2] "Watkins, Henry William". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 April 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[3] "Quirk, John Nathaniel". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 April 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[4] "Knight, Samuel Kirshbaum". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 April 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[5] "Gordon, James Geoffrey". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 April 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[6] "Lucas, Egbert de Grey". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 April 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[7] "St Cuthbert, Peterlee – About the church". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2012.

[8] "Cobham, John Oldcastle". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 April 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[9] "Perry, Michael Charles". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 April 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[10] "Hodgson, John Derek". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2008 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 April 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[11] "Willmott, Trevor". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 April 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[12] "Conway, Stephen". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 April 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[13] "Jagger, Ian". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 April 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[14] "Sunderland Vicar Becomes Archdeacon of Durham and Director of Mission, Discipleship & Ministry | Durham Diocese". Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

v t e Archdeacons of Durham
High Medieval	Sole archdeacons: Leobwine Thurstan Turgot of Durham Michael Senior archdeacons: Robert Wazo Vacant Burchard du Puiset Aimeric Simon de Ferlington William of Laneham Archdeacons of Durham: Robert de Cortuna Robert de Sancta Agatha Antony Bek William of Louth William de St Botulph
Late Medieval	Thomas de Goldesburgh Amaury de Beaumont Robert de Taunton Thomas de Neville William de Westle John de Kyngeston John de Stokes Alexander Neville Giacomo Cardinal Orsini Agapitus Cardinal de Colonna Pileus Cardinal de Prata Marius Cardinal Bulcano John Maundour Hugh Herle Thomas de Weston Alan de Newark John Hovyngham John Kemp Gabriel Cardinal Condulmier Robert Gilbert Robert Rolleston William Scrope George Neville Thomas Rotherham Ralph Booth Thomas Colston Roger Leyburn William Franklyn
Early modern	Bernard Gilpin John Ebden John Pilkington William Morton Gabriel Clark Denis Granville Robert Booth George Sayer Samuel Dickens Benjamin Pye Richard Prosser Charles Thorp
Late modern	Edward Prest Henry Watkins John Quirk, Bishop of Jarrow Samuel Knight, Bishop of Jarrow James Gordon, Bishop of Jarrow Egbert Lucas John Cobham Michael Perry Derek Hodgson Trevor Willmott Stephen Conway Ian Jagger Libby Wilkinson

v t e Diocese of Durham
Durham Cathedral Auckland Castle Prince-Bishops Durham Castle
Office holders	Bishop of Durham (vacant) Sarah Clark, Bishop suffragan of Jarrow and acting Bishop of Durham AEO: Stephen Race, Bishop suffragan of Beverley & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Philip Plyming, Dean of Durham Rick Simpson, Archdeacon of Auckland Bob Cooper, Archdeacon of Sunderland and Dean-designate of Guildford Libby Wilkinson, Archdeacon of Durham
Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Berwick (16th century) Archdeacon of Northumberland (until 1882; now in Newcastle) Archdeacon of Lindisfarne (1842–1882; now in Newcastle)