The Archdeacon of Sudbury is a senior cleric in the

Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich The Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich is a Church of England diocese based in Ipswich, covering Suffolk (excluding Lowestoft). The cathedral is St Edmundsbury Cathedral, and the bishop is the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. It is part ...

. The archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy in its five rural deaneries; Clare,

Ixworth Ixworth is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, north-east of Bury St Edmunds on the A143 road to Diss and south-east of Thetford. The parish had a population of 2,365 at the 2011 Census. History I ...

Lavenham Lavenham is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is noted for its Guildhall, Little Hall, 15th-century church, half-timbered medieval cottages and circular walks. In the med ...

, Sudbury and Thingoe.

History

Originally in the

Diocese of Norwich The Diocese of Norwich is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Church of England that forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. History It traces its roots in an unbroken line to the diocese of the Bishop of the East ...

, the Sudbury archdeaconry was transferred to the

Diocese of Ely The Diocese of Ely is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury. It is headed by the Bishop of Ely, who sits at Ely Cathedral in Ely. There is one suffragan (subordinate) bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon. The diocese now c ...

in 1837. It was then transferred a second time to the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich in 1914. The current archdeacon is David Jenkins.

List of archdeacons

High Medieval

:''From its erection, the archdeaconry was in Norwich diocese. For archdeacons of that diocese before territorial titles began, see ''

Archdeacon of Norwich The Archdeacon of Norwich is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Norwich, who exercises supervision of clergy and responsibility for church buildings within the geographical area of her or his archdeaconry. History ...

''.'' *bef. 1145–aft. 1136: William son of HumphreyWilliam, Baldwin and Roger are not recorded with the title "Archdeacon of Sudbury"; rather they are each recorded alongside archdeacons of Norwich, of Norfolk and of Suffolk. *bef. 1143–aft. 1167: Baldwin of Boulogne *bef. 1200–aft. 1185: Reiner *bef. 1193–aft. 1211:

Roger Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ...

*bef. 1220–bef. 1222 (d.): Robert of Gloucester, Archdeacon of Stafford *bef. 1224–bef. 1235: Alan de Beccles *bef. 1241–1242 (res.): Roger Pincerna, Le Boteler (became Archdeacon of Suffolk) *1242–aft. 1256: William de Clare *bef. 1266–1267:

Thomas Ingoldsthorpe Thomas Ingoldsthorpe (or Thomas of Ingoldisthorpe) was a medieval Bishop of Rochester. Ingoldsthorpe was from Ingoldisthorpe in Norfolk.Archdeacon of Middlesex) *1267–aft. 1273: Constantine de Mildenhall *bef. 1279–aft. 1279: Ralph de Fornham *bef. 1285–bef. 1294: Ralph of York

Late Medieval

*bef. 1307–bef. 1308: Henry de Bradenham *1 April 1308 – 1324 (res.): Alan de Ely (became Archdeacon of Suffolk) *16 April 1324–bef. 1329: Simon de Creake *17 January 1329–bef. 1346 (d.): Firmin de Lavenham *31 August 1346–bef. 1348 (d.): Gilbert de Marewell ''or'' de Yarewell *12 October 1348 – 1349 (res.): Richard Lyng (became

) *27 August–20 November 1349 (exch.): Walter Elvedon *20 November–bef. December 1349 (res.): Thomas de Winchester *8 December 1349–bef. 1350 (res.): Thomas de Methelwold *3 January 1350–bef. 1361 (d.): Henry de la Zouche *7 January 1362–bef. 1365 (res.): William Graa de Trusthope (became Archdeacon of Suffolk) *bef. 1363–aft. 1363: John Hambleton *8 May 1384–?: John de Lincoln (royal grant) *3 September 1384–bef. 1389 (res.): Hugh Sturmy (royal grant) *1385: '' Thomas Grene (bishop's candidate; ineffective)'' *14 November 1388: '' Hugh Gaudeby (bishop's candidate; ineffective)'' *5 May 1389 – 5 November 1398 (exch.): Thomas Hetersete *5 November–bef. December 1398 (res.): Richard Maudeleyn *18 December 1398–bef. 1406 (res.): Thomas Hetersete ''(again)'' *12 January 1406–bef. 1414 (d.):

Eudo de la Zouche Eudo is a masculine given name borne by: * Odo the Great (died 735–740), Duke of Aquitaine, also called Eudo * Odo, Count of Penthièvre (c. 999–1079), also Count of Brittany * Eudo Dapifer (died 1120), Norman aristocrat, steward under Willia ...

*2 December 1412 (royal grant): '' Roger Wodehele (ineffective)'' *13 March 1414 – 18 April 1429 (exch.): Thomas Rodborne *18 April 1429–bef. 1452 (d.): Clement Denston *24 May 1452–bef. 1462: John Wiggenhall *bef. 1462–bef. 1479 (d.): John Selot *9 September 1479–aft. 1483: Nicholas Goldwell *bef. 1484–bef. 1493 (d.): John Jeffreys *3 December 1493–bef. 1497 (d.): Thomas Shenkwyn *14 December 1497–bef. 1514 (d.): John Finneys *3 April 1514 – 1517 (res.): William Stillington (became Archdeacon of Norwich) *17 February 1517 – 1522 (res.): Thomas Larke (became Archdeacon of Norwich) Larke's sister was the mistress of

Cardinal Wolsey Thomas Wolsey ( – 29 November 1530) was an English statesman and Catholic bishop. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, Wolsey became the king's almoner. Wolsey's affairs prospered and by 1514 he had become the controlling figure ...

*9 April 1522–bef. 1537 (d.):

Richard Woleman Richard Woleman or Wolman (died 1537) was an English churchman, Archdeacon of Sudbury from 1522; and the Dean of Wells between 1529 and 1537. Life In 1478 Wolman was a member of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He also studied abroad, being n ...

(also

Dean of Wells The Dean of Wells is the head of the Chapter of Wells Cathedral in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The dean's residence is The Dean's Lodging, 25 The Liberty, Wells. List of deans High Medieval *1140–1164: Ivo *1164–1189: ...

from 1529) *21 September 1537 – 1570 (d.): Miles Spencer

Early modern

*2 March 1570–bef. 1576 (d.): Thomas Aldrich *March 1576 – 1593 (res.):

John Still John Still (c. 1543 – 26 February 1607/1608) was Master of two Cambridge colleges and then, from 1593, Bishop of Bath and Wells. He enjoyed considerable fame as an English preacher and disputant. He was formerly reputed to be the author of an ...

(became Bishop of Bath and Wells) *15 June 1593–?: Tertullian Pyne *6 October 1599–bef. 1621 (d.): Cuthbert Norris *27 December 1621–bef. 1652 (d.): Theophilus Kent *7 August 1660 – 1667 (res.): Anthony Sparrow (became Bishop of Exeter) *5 December 1667 – 27 May 1693 (d.): John Spencer (also

Dean of Ely The position of Dean of Ely Cathedral, in East Anglia, England, in the Diocese of Ely was created in 1541 after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The first Dean of Ely had been the last Benedictine prior of Ely. List of deans Early modern ...

from 1677) *14 June 1693 – 30 January 1727 (d.): Nicholas Clagett *16 March 1727 – 20 November 1741 (d.): Brampton Gurdon *24 November 1741 – 14 October 1784 (d.): John Chapman *20 October 1784 – 14 July 1823 (d.): John Gooch *21 July 1823 – 4 May 1862 (d.): George Glover :''Transferred to

Order in Council An Order-in-Council is a type of legislation in many countries, especially the Commonwealth realms. In the United Kingdom this legislation is formally made in the name of the monarch by and with the advice and consent of the Privy Council ('' K ...

, 19 April 1837.''

Late modern

*1862–1869 (res.): Lord Arthur Hervey (became Bishop of Bath and Wells) *1869–1900 (res.): Frank Chapman, Vicar of St James's, Bury St Edmunds (until 1873), Rector of

Stowlangtoft Stowlangtoft is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England two miles south-east from Ixworth. Located around five miles north-east of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 270. Name The village, o ...

(1878–1881) *1901–12 May 1902 (d.): Arthur Livingstone *1902–30 August 1921 (d.): George Hodges, Vicar of St James's, Bury St Edmunds (until 1912), then a canon residentiary of St Edmundsbury Cathedral :''Suffolk and Sudbury archdeaconries were erected into the new

on 23 January 1914.'' *1921–1930 (ret.): William Farmiloe, Canon Missioner *1930–1932 (res.): Eric Buckley, Rector of

Polstead Polstead is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. The village lies northeast of Nayland, southwest of Hadleigh and north of Colchester. It is situated on a small tributary stream of the River Stour. Histo ...

(became Archdeacon of Ipswich) :''The Ipswich archdeaconry was created from the archdeaconries of Suffolk and of Sudbury by Order-in-Council on 22 December 1931; Buckley transferred to the new archdeacony.'' *1932–1945 (ret.): Maxwell Maxwell-Gumbleton, assistant bishop (until 1934), then Bishop suffragan of Dunwich (previously Bishop of Ballarat) *1945–1962 (res.): Hugh Norton, Rector of

Horringer Horringer is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It lies on the A143 about two miles south-west of Bury St Edmunds. The population in 2011 was 1055. Heritage Horringer was earlier known as H ...

with

Ickworth Ickworth is a small civil parish, almost coextensive with the estate of the National Trust's Ickworth House, in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, eastern England, south-west of Bury St Edmunds. The population of the parish was only minimal ...

(until 1958), then a canon residentiary of the cathedral (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1962–16 March 1968 (d.): Harry Barton, Rector of Sudbury (until 1967) *1968–1970 (res.): David Maddock, Bishop suffragan of Dunwich *1970–25 October 1983 (d.): Kenneth Child, Rector of

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and Little Thurlow with Little Bradley (until 1980) *1984–1991 (ret.): Donald Smith (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1991–1994 (res.): Richard Garrard (became Bishop suffragan of Penrith) *1994–2006 (ret.): John Cox (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *20061 August 2009 (d.): David Brierley *February 2010present: David Jenkins

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