List of Archdeacons of Derby
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This is a list of archdeacon
s of Derby, a post historically in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield, England, now in the diocese of Derby
. From 1884 to 1927 it was in the diocese of Southwell. The incumbent is The Ven Dr Christopher Cunliffe
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 Derby, a post historically in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield, England, now in the diocese of Derby
Diocese of Derby
The Diocese of Derby is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, roughly covering the same area as the County of Derbyshire. Its diocesan bishop is the Bishop of Derby who has his seat at Derby Cathedral. He is assisted by the Suffragan Bishop of Repton.The Diocese of Derby...
. From 1884 to 1927 it was in the diocese of Southwell. The incumbent is The Ven Dr Christopher Cunliffe
List of Archdeacons
- 1155: FrogerFroger, Archdeacon of Derby was a Norman and in favour with Henry IIHenry II of EnglandHenry II ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France. Henry, the great-grandson of William the Conqueror, was the...
, who appointed him his Almoner. Accordingly he occurs no earlier than 1155. In 1159 he was appointed Bishop of Seez. "While yet Archdeacon of Derby he transmitted to the Abbey of Mortimer en Lions a copy of the Old Testament in two volumes." - 1171–?: Godfrey de Luci
- 1485–?: Edmund Hals
- ?–1515: Nicholas WestNicholas WestNicholas West , English bishop and diplomatist, was born at Putney, and educated at Eton and at King's College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow in 1486....
- 1516–1533: John Taylor
- 1533–1543: Richard Strete
- 1543–1557: David PoleDavid Pole (bishop)David Pole was an English Roman Catholic churchman and jurist, bishop of Peterborough from 1557 and deprived by Elizabeth I of England.-Life:...
- 1558–1559: John Ramridge
- 1559–1567: Richard Walker
- 1567–1576: Laurence NowellLaurence NowellTwo sixteenth-century English cousins, one an antiquarian and the other a churchman, were named Laurence Nowell. Their biographies have been confused since the seventeenth century.-Antiquarian:Laurence Nowell Two sixteenth-century English cousins, one an antiquarian and the other a churchman, were...
- 1577–1587: Luke Gilpin
- 1588–1590: Walter Marsh
- 1590–1603: John Walton
- 1603–?: Valentine Overton
- 1609–?: Christopher Helme
- 1617–1641: Samuel Clerk
- 1641–1666: William Higgins
- 1666–1689: Thomas Brown
- 1689–1704: Francis Ashenhurst
- 1704–1719: Thomas Goodwin
- 1719–1755: Henry Ryder
- 1755–1769: Sneyd Davies
- 1769–1795: Henry Egerton
- 1795–1809: James Falconer
- 1809–1821: Edmund Outram
- 1821–1836: Samuel ButlerSamuel Butler (schoolmaster)Samuel Butler FRS was an English classical scholar and schoolmaster of Shrewsbury, and Bishop of Lichfield. His grandson was Samuel Butler , noted author of the novel "Erewhon"....
- 1836–1840: Francis HodgsonFrancis HodgsonFrancis Hodgson , was a reforming Provost of Eton, educator, cleric, writer of verse, and friend of Byron....
- 1840–1847: Walter Shirley
- 1847–1873: Thomas Hill
- 29 April 2006–present: Dr Christopher Cunliffe