List of Archdeacons of Colchester
Encyclopedia
This is a list of archdeacon
s of Colchester, historically a post in the diocese of London
, then in the diocese of Rochester
, England. The archdeaconry is now in the diocese of Chelmsford
.
Archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, Chaldean Catholic, and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church...
s of Colchester, historically a post in the diocese of London
Diocese of London
The Anglican Diocese of London forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.Historically the diocese covered a large area north of the Thames and bordered the dioceses of Norwich and Lincoln to the north and west. The present diocese covers and 17 London boroughs, covering most of Greater...
, then in the diocese of Rochester
Diocese of Rochester
The Diocese of Rochester is a Church of England diocese in South-East England and forms part of the Province of Canterbury. It is an ancient diocese, having been established in 604; only the neighbouring Diocese of Canterbury is older in the Church of England....
, England. The archdeaconry is now in the diocese of Chelmsford
Diocese of Chelmsford
The Diocese of Chelmsford is a Church of England diocese, part of the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers Essex and the five East London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, and Waltham Forest, and is co-terminous with the boundaries of the Catholic Diocese of...
.
- 1218–c1229 Roger Niger
- c1265–1285 Fulke LovellFulke LovellFulke Lovell was a medieval Bishop of London-elect.Lovell held the prebends of Islington and Caddington Major in the diocese of London before he became Archdeacon of Colchester between 1263 and 1267. He was elected bishop on 18 February 1280 but resigned the election before 8 April 1280...
- ?–1450 Nicholas CloseNicholas CloseNicholas Close was an English priest, Bishop of Carlisle from 1450 to 1452. He was provided to the see of Carlisle in January of 1450, and consecrated on 15 March 1450. He was selected Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield on 30 August 1452 and served for a short time before his death in late October...
- 1461 Robert StillingtonRobert StillingtonRobert Stillington was Bishop of Bath and Wells and a courtier under Edward IV of England. He twice served as Edward#s Lord Chancellor and in 1483, he was instrumental in the accession of Richard III, leading to reprisals under Henry VII.-Life:Stillington was Archdeacon of Wells when he was made...
- 1466 Benedict Burgh
- 1519 Richard PaceRichard PaceRichard Pace was an English diplomat of the Tudor period. He was educated at Winchester College under Thomas Langton, and later at Padua, at Bologna, and probably at the University of Oxford...
- 1531 Robert AldrichRobert Aldrich (bishop)Robert Aldrich or Aldridge was Bishop of Carlisle in the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary.Richard Aldrich was born at Burnham, Buckinghamshire, and educated at Eton and Cambridge. After receiving various preferments, he was consecrated bishop of Carlisle, 18 July 1537. He became in 1534...
- 1537–1543 Richard Coren
- 1543–1552 Anthony Belassis
- 1553–1554 John Standish
- 1554–1558 Hugh WestonHugh WestonHugh Weston was an English churchman and academic, dean of Westminster and Dean of Windsor, and Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford.-Life:...
- 1558–1559 John Standish (again)
- 1559–1565 John Pulleyne
- 1565–1570 James Calfhill
- 1570–? George Withers
- 1596–1617 Thomas Withers
- 1617–1641 Henry KingHenry King (poet)-Life:The eldest son of John King, Bishop of London, and his wife Joan Freeman, he was baptised at Worminghall, Buckinghamshire, 16 January 1592. He was educated at Lord Williams's School, Westminster School and in 1608 became a student of Christ Church, Oxford...
- ?1625 John King (DNB)
- 1642–1643 Josias ShuteJosias ShuteJosias Shute was an English churchman, for many years rector of St Mary Woolnoth in London, archdeacon of Colchester, and elected a member of the Westminster Assembly.-Life:...
- ?–1667 John Hansley
- 1667–1675 William Wells
- 1675–1678 Charles Smith
- 1678–1681 William Sill
- 1681–1704 William BeveridgeWilliam Beveridge (bishop)-Life:He was born at Barrow, near Leicester, and baptized there February 21, 1637. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, and was rector of Ealing, 1661–72, and of St. Peter's, Cornhill, London, 1672–1704, when he became bishop...
- 1704–1722 Jonas Warley
- 1722–1737 John King
- 1737–1749 Thomas Cartwright
- 1749–1766 Charles Moss
- 1766–1775 William Samuel Powell
- 1775–1812 Anthony Hamilton
- 1812–1821 Joseph Jefferson
- 1822–1824 Charles James BlomfieldCharles James BlomfieldCharles James Blomfield was a British divine, and a Church of England bishop for 32 years.-Early life:Blomfield was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk and educated at the local grammar school and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he won the Browne medals for Latin and Greek odes, and the Craven...
- 1824–1841 William Rowe LyallWilliam Rowe LyallWilliam Rowe Lyall was an English churchman, Dean of Canterbury from 1845 to 1857.-Life:He was born in Stepney, Middlesex, the fifth son of John Lyall and Jane Comyns. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge . In 1817 he married Catherine Brandreth , daughter of Dr. Brandreth of Liverpool...
- 1841–1845 Sir Herbert Oakeley
- 1845–1864 Charles Parr Burney
- 1959-1969 Aubrey Victor George Cleall MA
- ?–1976 Derek Bond
- ?–1983 James William RoxburghJames William RoxburghJames William Roxburgh was an Anglican bishop. He was the sixth Bishop of Barking in the Church of England from 1983 to 1980....
- ?–2003 Martin Wallace
- 2004–present Annette Cooper