ARCHDEACONS OF DURHAM
William Franklin B.D. 1515, 1554.
Occ. 29 March 1515 (DCM, Reg. V f. 158) and 9 March 1554 (BI, Reg. 5A f.
685v).
Bernard Gilpin B.D. ?–1560.
Coll. to this archdcnry by Bp. Cuthbert Tunstall, his uncle (G. Carleton,
Life of Bernard Gilpin (London, 1629) p. 9) i.e. before 28 Sept. 1559. Res.
by 29 Apr. 1560 (C.P.R. 1558–60 p. 252; Reg. Tunstall & Pilkingtonno.
380).
John Ebden B.D. 1560–1563.
Pres. by queen seek vacante 29 Apr. 1560 (C.P.R. 1558–60 p. 252). Instit. by
vicars-general 22 May (Reg. Tunstall & Pilkington no. 380). Res. by 5 Dec. 1563
(ibid. no. 423).
John Pilkington B.D. 1563–?
Coll. 5 Dec. 1563 (Reg. Tunstall & Pilkington no. 423). Active to year ending
28 Sept. 1602 (DCM/L/BA 1601–2)
William Morton B.D. 1603–1620.
Coll. 19 Nov. 1603 (P.R.O., E 331 DURHAM/8). D. by 18 July 1620 (burial,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, St. Nicholas) (Northumberland R.O., PR Newcastle-uponTyne, St. Nicholas; DDR/EA/ACT/1/4 p. 31).
Gabriel Clark M.A. 1620–1662.
Coll. 9 Sept. 1620 (DDR/EA/ACT/1/4 p. 31). D. 10 May 1662 (m.i., Durham
cath.) (Survey of Cath. I 263; DDR/EA/ACT/1/4 f. 107v).
Denis Granville M.A. 1662–1690.
Coll. 19 Sept. 1662 (DDR/EA/ACT/1/4 f. 107v). Request from king to dean
and chapter 15 May and 27 June 1666 that he be dispensed from resid. (Cal. S.P.
Dom. 1665–6 pp. 396–7, 465). Further dispensations 29 Oct. 1670 for 6 months,
29 Aug. 1676 for 2 years and 29 Aug. 1678 for one year (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1670 pp.
503–4; Cal. S.P. Dom. 1676–7 p. 302; Cal. S.P. Dom. 1678 p. 381). Dean of
Durham 1684, but continued to hold archdcnry. Left Durham for France 11 Dec.
1688 (Miscellanea (Surtees Soc., xxxvii, 1861) pp. xxxix, xl). Dispensation for
non-resid. and royal lic. 25 March 1689 'to travel abroad for the benefit of his
health' (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1689–90 pp. 41, 44). Depriv. 1 Feb. 1690 as non-Juror (fn. 1)
(Cal. S.P. Dom. 1690–1 p. 343).
Hon. Robert Booth M.A. 1691–1730.
Coll. 15 May 1691 (P.R.O., E 331 DURHAM/23). D. by 11 Aug. 1730 (burial,
Bristol cath.) (Bristol Cath. Reg. 1669–1837, ed. C.R. Hudleston (Bristol, 1933)
p. 28).
George Sayer M.A. 1730–1761.
Coll. 9 Oct. 1730 (P.R.O., E 331 DURHAM/31). Conf. by king of Sayer's title
pubd. 3 Nov. 1730 (Lond. Gaz. no. 6932). D. 25 July 1761 (Six North Country
Diaries p. 209; DCM/C/A/3 ff. 19v–20).
Samuel Dickens D.D. 1762–1791.
Coll. 2 Jan. 1762; instal. 8 Jan. (DCM/C/A/3 ff. 19v–21). D. 23 Aug. 1791 (Gent.
Mag. 1791, lxi (2) 874).
Benjamin Pye D.C.L. 1791–1808.
Coll. 10 Sept. 1791; instal. s.d. (DCM, C/A/4 pp. 7–10). D. 26 March 1808
(Gent. Mag. 1808, lxxviii (1) 369).
Richard Prosser D.D. 1808–1831.
Instit. by bp's commissary 16 Apr. 1808; instal. s.d. (DCM, C/A/4 pp. 83–5).
Instal. s.d. (DCM/C/A/4 pp. 83–4). Res. 2 Dec. 1831 (DDR/EA/ACT/1/5 f. 22v).
Charles Thorp B.D. 1831–1862.
Coll. 6 Dec. 1831; instal. 10 Dec. (DDR/EA/ACT/1/5 f. 22v; DCM, C/A/4 ff.
158–9). D. 10 Oct. 1862 (Gent. Mag. 1862, 3rd ser. xiii 648; DCM/C/A/5 p. 49).