Archdeacons: Norwich

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 4, Monastic Cathedrals (Southern Province). Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1963.

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'Archdeacons: Norwich', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 4, Monastic Cathedrals (Southern Province), (London, 1963) pp. 26-28. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol4/pp26-28 [accessed 11 April 2024]

ARCHDEACONS OF NORWICH

Thomas de Skerning 1274-?

Occ. Aug. 1274 (Reg. iv f. 311). ? Same person as Thomas de Skerning, archdcn. of Surrey, d. before March 1301 (Reg. Pontissara 1 105).

M. William de Knapton D.C.L. 1302-1324.

Coll. 4 Feb. 1302 (Reg. Salmon f. 7b). 1324 (fn. 1) Archdcn. of Suffolk.

Roger de Snetisham 1324-1328.

Coll. 16 Apr. 1324 (Reg. Salmon f. 106b). Res. before 8 Sept. 1328 (Reg. Ayremynne f. 24b).

M. William Bateman or de Norwyco D.Cn. & C.L. 1328-1340.

Coll. 8 Sept. 1328 (Reg. Ayremynne f. 24b). Dn. of Lincoln 1340.

M. Thomas Fastolf D.C.L. 1340-1347.

Prov. 21 Aug. 1340 (CPL. 11 547). Archdcn. of Wells 1347.

M. Hamo de Belers D.C.L. 1347-1349.

M. Thomas de Bradwardine D.Th. 1347-?

John Berenger 1347.

Belers prov. 17 Jan. 1347 (CPP. 1 105). Royal gr. to Bradwardine 8 Feb. (CPR. 1345-1348 p. 251), ? revoked because 8 May royal gr. to Berenger (ibid. p. 280). Belers appears to have retained possession, occ. 12 Aug. 1348 (Reg. Bateman f. 70). D. or res. before 27 Aug. 1349 (ibid. f. 106b).

M. Richard Lyng D.Th. 1349-1355.

Coll. 27 Aug. 1349 (Reg. Bateman f. 106b). Conf. by pope 10 Dec. (CPP. 1 189). D. 10 March/7 Apr. 1355 (Lamb., Reg. Islip ff. 377-377b).

Richard de Norwico 1355-1361.

Royal gr. 9 Apr. 1355 (CPR. 1354-1358 p. 199). Adm. 18 Apr. (Reg. Percy f. 9). D. before 17 Oct. 1361 (ibid. f. 53b; Emden, Reg. Ox. 11 1375).

William Swynflet 1361-1387.

Coll. 17 Oct. 1361 (Reg. Percy f. 53b). Exch. archdcnry with John Derlyngton for preb. of Esh, Lanchester colleg. ch., co. Dur., 27 March 1387 (Reg. Despenser f. 121).

M. John Derlyngton D.Cn.L. 1387-?

John de Middleton 1395.

Derlyngton adm. to archdcnry by exch. March 1387. Royal gr. to Middleton 17 Nov. 1395 (CPR. 1396-1399 p. 465), but Derlyngton occ. as archdcn. 9 March 1401 (P.R.O., C 84/38/21).

Robert Wolveden 1406-1407.

Royal gr. 9 Nov. 1406 (CPR. 1405-1408 p. 265), and 30 Nov. (ibid. p. 276). Res. before 12 Nov. 1407 (Reg. Totyngton f. 2).

William Westacre 1407-1419.

Coll. 12 Nov. 1407 (Reg. Totyngton f. 2). D. 30 Oct. 1418/11 Apr. 1419 (Reg. Wakering ff. 242, 43).

Henry Kays 1419-1426.

Coll. 11 Apr. 1419 (Reg. Wakering f. 43). D. 29 July/26 Aug. 1426 (PCC 6 Luffenam).

Richard Cawdray 1428, 1455.

Occ. 4 July 1428 (Reg. Alnwyk f. 99). Occ. 5 Feb. 1455 (Reg. Lyhart f. 274b).

M. John Hals B.Th. ?-1459.

Occ. Feb. 1456 (CPL. xi 30). Bp. of Coventry and Lichfield 1495.

M. John Morton D.C.L. ?-1462.

Occ. March 1461 (CPR. 1461-1467 p. 436). Res. before July 1462 (Reg. Lyhart f. 285).

M. Vincent Clement D.Th. 1463.

Occ. May 1463 (Reg. Lyhart f. 286).

M. John Morton D.C.L. (again) ?-1477.

Occ. 1472 (CCR. 1468-1476 p. 237). Exch. archdcnry with Thomas Marke for archdcnry of Norfolk, 3 Jan. 1477 (Reg. Goldwell f. 16).

M. Thomas Marke B.Th. 1477-?

By exch. 3 Jan. 1477. Adm. 20 Jan. (Reg. Goldwell f. 16b). Occ. Feb. 1483 (ibid. f. 241).

M. Nicholas Goldwell B.C.L. ?-1497.

Occ. 20 Jan. 1484 (Reg. Goldwell f. 244). Archdcn. of Suffolk 1497.

M. Robert Honywood D.C.L. 1497-1509.

Coll. 20 Apr. 1497 (Reg. Goldwell f. 197). Res. before 14 June 1509 (Reg. Nix xiv f. 87b).

M. John Ednam D.Th. 1509-1517.

Coll. 14 June 1509 (Reg. Nix xiv f. 87b). D. before 5 Feb. 1517 (ibid. f. 134).

M. William Stillington D.Th. 1517-1522.

Coll. 5 Feb. 1517 (Reg. Nix xiv f. 134). Archdcn. of Norfolk 1522.

M. Thomas Larke D.C.L. 1522-1528.

Coll. 9 Apr. 1522 (Reg. Nix xiv f. 173b). Res. before 26 June 1528 (ibid. f. 221b).

George Wyndham 1528-1543.

Coll. 26 June 1528 (Reg. Nix xiv f. 221b). D. 3/16 July 1543 (PCC 23 Spert).

Thomas Cornewallis 1543-1557.

Coll. 25 Nov. 1543 (Reg. Repps xvii f. 101b). D. before 16 Oct. 1557 (F. Blomefield, History of Norfolk (1805-10) 111 640).

Footnotes

  • 1. There is no indication that Gilbert de Middleton held the archdcnry in 1318 as stated by Le Neve -Hardy.