Archdeacon of Colchester

The Archdeacon of Colchester is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Chelmsford^[1] – she or he has responsibilities within her archdeaconry (the Archdeaconry of Colchester) including oversight of church buildings and some supervision, discipline and pastoral care of the clergy.

History[]

The title first appears in sources before 1144, as one of four archdeacons in the (then much larger) Diocese of London, but there had been four archdeacons prior to this point, some of whom may be regarded as essentially predecessors in the line of the Colchester archdeacons. The territorial archdeaconry remained part of the London diocese for about 700 years, until, on 1 January 1846, it was transferred by Order in Council to the Diocese of Rochester.^[2] The archdeaconry was afterwards in the newly created Diocese of St Albans from 4 May 1877^[3] until her transfer to the Diocese of Chelmsford upon her creation on 23 January 1914.^[4] On 1 February 2013, by Pastoral Order of the Bishop of Chelmsford, the new Archdeaconry of Stansted was created from the Colchester archdeaconry; initially, the Archdeacon of Colchester was also Acting Archdeacon of Stansted.^[5]

List of archdeacons[]

High Medieval[]

bef. 1102–aft. 1115: ^{[N 1]}
bef. 1115–aft. 1132: ^{[N 1]}
bef. 1138–aft. 1138: ^{[N 1]}
bef. 1142–aft. 1152:
?–c. 1154 (ren.): (renounced claim)
bef. 1155–aft. 1166:
bef. 1168–aft. 1178:
aft. 1180–aft. 1190:
bef. 1192–bef. 1217 (d.):
bef. 1218–1228 (res.): Roger Niger
bef. 1231–1238 (d.): II
bef. 1248–aft. 1252:
bef. 1249–aft. 1249: (very probably vice-archdeacon)
aft. 1253–aft. 1260:
aft. 1263–21 November 1285 (d.): Fulke Lovell
bef. 1287–aft. 1299:

Late Medieval[]

bef. 1302–aft. 1302: Richard Newport
bef. 1304–aft. 1310:
bef. 1311–bef. 1336 (d.):
3 March 1337–bef. 1348:
bef. 1348–bef. 1362 (d.):
10 April 1363 – 26 September 1373 (exch.):
26 September 1373 – 1387 (d.):
bef. 1393–bef. 1398 (res.):
3 November 1398 – 1406 (res.): (afterwards Dean of St Paul's)
17 January 1406 – 24 November 1411 (exch.): Richard de Kingston
24 November 1411–bef. 1425 (d.): William Spygurnell
7 February 1425 (installed): (evidently ineffective)
14 February 1425 (installed): (evidently ineffective)
23 March 1425–bef. 1433 (res.):
19 May 1433–bef. 1440 (res.):
3 April 1440–bef. 1449 (d.):
15 February 1449 – 1450 (res.): Nicholas Close
bef. 1450–aft. 1450:
bef. 1451–1465 (res.): Robert Stillington^[6]
10 February 1466–bef. 1483 (d.): ^[7]
18 July 1483–bef. 1499 (d.):
9 July 1499–bef. 1509:
bef. 1509–bef. 1519 (d.):
16 February–October 1519 (res.): Richard Pace^[8]
22 October 1519 – 1523 (res.): John Clerk
19 November 1523 – 1531 (res.): Edward Lee
30 December 1531 – 1537 (res.): Robert Aldrich^[9]
1 October 1537–bef. 1543 (d.): Richard Curwen

Early modern[]

23 March 1543 – 1552 (d.): Anthony Belasyse
10 January 1553 – 22 January 1554 (rem.): John Standish
22 January 1554–bef. 1557: Hugh Weston (deprived of office for immorality)
15 October 1558 – 23 October 1559 (deprived): John Standish (again; deprived)^[10]
4 December 1559–bef. 1565 (d.): John Pullain
16 July 1565 – 1570: James Calfhill
11 October 1570–aft. 1593: George Withers
8 January 1596–bef. 1617 (d.): Thomas Withers
10 April 1617 – 1641 (res.): Henry King
15 April 1642 – 22 June 1643 (d.): Josias Shute
22 June 1643–bef. 1660: Vacancy (English Interregnum)
bef. 1660–1667 (d.):
2 February 1667–bef. 1675 (d.): William Wells
25 August 1675–bef. 1678 (d.): Charles Smith
24 September 1678–September 1681 (res.):
3 November 1681 – 1704 (res.): William Beveridge
9 August 1704 – 9 August 1722 (d.):
14 August 1722 – 4 August 1737 (d.): John King
24 August 1737 – 8 November 1749 (d.):
29 November 1749 – 1766 (res.): Charles Moss
12 December 1766 – 19 January 1775 (d.): William Powell
6 February 1775 – 4 October 1812 (d.): Anthony Hamilton
16 November 1812 – 28 December 1821 (d.): Joseph Jefferson
15 January 1822 – 1824 (res.): Charles James Blomfield
4 June 1824–bef. 1841 (res.): William Lyall
7 July 1841 – 27 March 1845 (d.): Herbert Oakeley
28 August 1845 – 1 November 1864 (d.): Charles Burney

The archdeaconry was transferred to the Rochester diocese on 1 January 1846.

Late modern[]

1864–1882: William Ady

The archdeaconry was transferred to the new St Albans diocese on 4 May 1877.

1882–1894 (d.): Alfred Blomfield, Bishop suffragan of Colchester^[11]
1894–7 December 1908 (d.): Henry Johnson, Bishop suffragan of Colchester^[12]^[13]
1909–19 March 1922 (d.): Robert Whitcombe, Bishop suffragan of Colchester^[14]^[15]

The archdeaconry was transferred to the new Chelmsford diocese on 23 January 1914.

1922–1933 (ret.): Thomas Chapman, Bishop suffragan of Colchester^[16]
1933–1946 (ret.): Charles Ridsdale, Bishop suffragan of Colchester^[17]
1946–1959 (res.): Dudley Narborough, Bishop suffragan of Colchester^[18]
1959–1969 (ret.): Aubrey Cleall (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[19]
1969–1972 (res.): Roderic Coote, Bishop suffragan of Colchester^[20]
1972–1976 (res.): Derek Bond^[21]
1977–1983 (res.): James Roxburgh^[22]
1983–1997 (ret.): Ernest Stroud (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[23]
1997–2003 (res.): Martin Wallace^[24]
2004 – November 2018 (ret.):^[25] Annette Cooper^[26]
12 May 2019 – present: Ruth Patten^[27]

Notes[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c These archdeacons never occur with the title Archdeacon of Colchester, but occur with fellow archdeacons or other colleagues such that their territorial role can be deduced.

References[]

^ Chelmsford Cathedral Archived 1 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ "No. 20499". The London Gazette. 20 August 1845. pp. 2541–2546.
^ "No. 24453". The London Gazette. 4 May 1877. p. 2933.
^ "No. 28795". The London Gazette. 23 January 1914. p. 588.
^ Diocese of Chelmsford – Archdeaconries in the Diocese of Chelmsford (Accessed 30 October 2015)
^ Hicks, Michael. "Stillington, Robert". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26528. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Gray, Douglas. "Burgh, Benedict". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3990. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Curtis, Cathy. "Pace, Richard". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21065. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Aldrich, Robert" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ "ARCHDEACONS DEPRIVED UNDER QUEEN ELIZABETH" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2012.
^ "Ecclesiastical Appointments". The Times. 15 June 1882. p. 8.
^ "Obituary". The Times. 8 December 1908. p. 13.
^ "Johnson, Henry Frank". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "New Bishop Suffragan Of Colchester". The Times. 21 December 1908. p. 11.
^ "Whitchombe, Robert Henry". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Chapman, Thomas Alfred". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Ridsdale, Charles Henry". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Narborough, (Frederick) Dudley Vaughan". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Cleall, Aubrey Victor George". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Coote, Roderic Norman". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Bond, (Charles) Derek". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Roxburgh, James William". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Stroud, Ernest Charles Frederick". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Wallace, Martin William". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ Diocese of Chelmsford — Cooper will retire in November (Accessed 11 May 2018)
^ "Cooper, Annette Joy". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2015 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 30 October 2015. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "New Archdeacon of Colchester appointed". The Church of England in Essex and East London - Diocese of Chelmsford. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

Sources[]

Greenway, Diana E. (1968), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, 1, pp. 18–20
Horn, Joyce M. (1963), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, 5, pp. 13–14
Horn, Joyce M. (1969), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 1, pp. 12–14
Horn, Joyce M. (1974), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 3, p. 59

[no-tit-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c These archdeacons never occur with the title Archdeacon of Colchester, but occur with fellow archdeacons or other colleagues such that their territorial role can be deduced.

[1] Chelmsford Cathedral Archived 1 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "No. 20499". The London Gazette. 20 August 1845. pp. 2541–2546.

[3] "No. 24453". The London Gazette. 4 May 1877. p. 2933.

[4] "No. 28795". The London Gazette. 23 January 1914. p. 588.

[5] Diocese of Chelmsford – Archdeaconries in the Diocese of Chelmsford (Accessed 30 October 2015)

[7] Hicks, Michael. "Stillington, Robert". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26528. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[8] Gray, Douglas. "Burgh, Benedict". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3990. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[9] Curtis, Cathy. "Pace, Richard". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21065. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[10] "Aldrich, Robert" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

[11] "ARCHDEACONS DEPRIVED UNDER QUEEN ELIZABETH" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2012.

[12] "Ecclesiastical Appointments". The Times. 15 June 1882. p. 8.

[13] "Obituary". The Times. 8 December 1908. p. 13.

[14] "Johnson, Henry Frank". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[15] "New Bishop Suffragan Of Colchester". The Times. 21 December 1908. p. 11.

[16] "Whitchombe, Robert Henry". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[17] "Chapman, Thomas Alfred". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[18] "Ridsdale, Charles Henry". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[19] "Narborough, (Frederick) Dudley Vaughan". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[20] "Cleall, Aubrey Victor George". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[21] "Coote, Roderic Norman". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[22] "Bond, (Charles) Derek". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[23] "Roxburgh, James William". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[24] "Stroud, Ernest Charles Frederick". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[25] "Wallace, Martin William". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 January 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[26] Diocese of Chelmsford — Cooper will retire in November (Accessed 11 May 2018)

[27] "Cooper, Annette Joy". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2015 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 30 October 2015. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[rp-col-28] "New Archdeacon of Colchester appointed". The Church of England in Essex and East London - Diocese of Chelmsford. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

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show v t Archdeacons of Colchester
High Medieval	Roger Niger Fulke Lovell
Late Medieval	Richard Newport Richard de Kingston William Spigurnell Nicholas Close Robert Stillington
Early modern	Richard Pace John Clerk Edward Lee Robert Aldrich Richard Curwen Anthony Belasyse John Standish Hugh Weston John Standish (again) John Pullain James Calfhill George Withers Thomas Withers Henry King Josias Shute William Wells Charles Smith William Beveridge John King Charles Moss William Powell Anthony Hamilton Joseph Jefferson Charles James Blomfield William Lyall Herbert Oakeley Charles Burney
Late modern	William Ady Alfred Blomfield, Bishop of Colchester Henry Johnson, Bishop of Colchester Robert Whitcombe, Bishop of Colchester Thomas Chapman, Bishop of Colchester Charles Ridsdale, Bishop of Colchester Dudley Narborough, Bishop of Colchester Aubrey Cleall Roderic Coote, Bishop of Colchester Derek Bond James Roxburgh Ernest Stroud Martin Wallace Annette Cooper Ruth Patten

show v t Diocese of Chelmsford
Chelmsford Cathedral The Waltham Abbey St Peter-on-the-Wall, Bradwell Area scheme (since 1983)
Office holders	Guli Francis-Dehqani, Bishop of Chelmsford Roger Morris, area Bishop of Colchester John Perumbalath, area Bishop of Bradwell area Bishop of Barking (vacant) AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough Nicholas Henshall, Dean of Chelmsford Elwin Cockett, Archdeacon of West Ham Robin King, Archdeacon of Stansted Elizabeth Snowden, Archdeacon of Chelmsford Mike Lodge, Archdeacon of Southend Vanessa Herrick, Archdeacon of Harlow Chris Burke, Archdeacon of Barking Ruth Patten, Archdeacon of Colchester
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Essex (1914–1922; renamed West Ham) Provost of Chelmsford (1929–2000; see Dean of Chelmsford)

show v t Diocese of St Albans
St Albans Cathedral
Office holders	Alan Smith, Bishop of St Albans Richard Atkinson, Bishop suffragan of Bedford Michael Beasley, Bishop suffragan of Hertford AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough Jo Kelly-Moore, Dean-designate of St Albans and Archdeacon of Canterbury Janet Mackenzie, Archdeacon of Hertford Dave Middlebrook, Archdeacon of Bedford Jane Mainwaring, Archdeacon of St Albans
Historic offices	Bishops suffragan of Colchester and of Barking, Archdeacons of Colchester and of Essex (all moved to Diocese of Chelmsford, 1914)

show v t Diocese of Rochester
Rochester Cathedral
Office holders	James Langstaff, Bishop of Rochester Simon Burton-Jones, Bishop suffragan of Tonbridge AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough Philip Hesketh, Dean of Rochester Paul Wright, Archdeacon of Bromley & Bexley Andy Wooding Jones, Archdeacon of Rochester Archdeacon of Tonbridge (vacant)
Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Southwark (1891–1905; diocesan see created) Archdeacon of Colchester; Archdeacon of Essex (1846–1877; moved to St Albans then Chelmsford) Archdeacon of St Albans (1846–1877; moved to St Albans) Archdeacon of Southwark; Archdeacon of Kingston (1878/9–1905; became Diocese of Southwark)