Archdeacon of Northampton
The Archdeacon of Northampton is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Peterborough. As such she or he is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within its six rural deaneries: Brackley, Brixworth, Daventry, Greater Northampton, Towcester and Wellingborough. The incumbent is Richard Ormston, who took up his position in February 2014.
History
This is a list of archdeacons of Northampton, historically a post in the Diocese of Lincoln, and then in the Diocese of Peterborough from that diocese's creation on 4 September 1541.List of archdeacons
High Medieval
- bef. 1092–bef. 1123: Nigel
- bef. 1123–aft. 1132: Robert
- bef. 1133–9 February 1169 : William
- bef. 1174–1175: Herbert Poore
- 1175–aft. 1187: Savaric FitzGeldewin
- bef. 1194–aft. 1198: Wimar
- bef. 1200–aft. 1203: Richard of Kent
- bef. 1206–aft. 1231: Robert de Manecestre
- bef. 1231–1246 : John de Houton
- bef. 1247–20 November 1272 : Giles le Rous
- bef. 1273–1280 : Richard Gravesend
- bef. 1280–bef. 1291 : Stephen of Sutton
- 9 January 1291–bef. 1316 : Thomas of Sutton
Late Medieval
- 8 June 1316–bef. 1331 : Gilbert Middleton
- Opposed by claimants:
- *1317 : Thomas Grandison
- *1317: Gauscelin Cardinal de Jean
- 6 January–1 March 1331 : Richard Bury d'Aungerville
- 1 March 1331 – 14 April 1335 : Peter Cardinal de Mortemart
- 15 September 1335 – 20 November 1348 : John Raymond Cardinal de Comminges
- 1349–bef. 1351 : Roger Neucroft
- ?–bef. 1351 : John Gynwell
- 27 February 1351 – 1363 : John Bokyngham
- 26 April–23 May 1363 : William of Wykeham
- 14 June 1363 – 1371/2 : William Askeby/Scoter
- 21 December 1371 – 1373 : Henry Wakefield
- bef. 1374–April 1379 : Henry Piel
- bef. 1381–aft. 1381: Walter Skirlaw
- 23 February–March 1386 : Henry Bowet
- 23 March 1386–bef. 1402 : Thomas Butiller
- 14 July 1402–bef. 1403 : Thomas Bekingham
- 4 June 1403 – 1413 : Richard Courtenay
- The Bishop of Rome reserved the archdeaconry for John Bremor in 1413, but Bremor evidently did not obtain possession.
- 6 April 1413–?: John Stone
- 10 July 1419 – 1431 : Robert FitzHugh
- 4 August 1431 – 9 April 1434 : Ardicino Cardinal della Porta
- 16 May 1434 – 1454 : William Grey
- 17 August 1454–bef. 1457 : George Neville
- 19 August 1457 – 1464 : John Chadworth
- 23 August 1464–bef. 1468 : William Say
- 27 November 1468 – 1471 : John Rudying
- 6 August 1471–bef. 1482 : John Collinson
- 24 March 1482–bef. 1500 : Peter Huse or Busy
- 4 January 1500 – 1506 : William Smith
- 26 August 1506–bef. 1548 : Gilbert Smith
Early modern
- 28 May 1548–March 1549 : John Apharry
- 30 March 1549 – 1554 : William Geffre
- bef. 1558–bef. 1571 : William Binsley
- bef. 1579–bef. 1587 : Nicholas Sheppard
- 12 November 1587–April 1598 : James Howland
- bef. 1598–bef. 1604 : William Bayly
- 23 March 1604 – 1611 : John Buckeridge
- 9 July 1611–bef. 1612 : Richard Butler
- 26 September 1612 – 24 July 1629 : Thomas Dove, yr
- 31 July 1629–bef. 1665 : John Quarles
- 25 October 1665 – 9 December 1679 : John Palmer
- 4 January 1680 – 29 November 1707 : Thomas Wolsey
- 12 December 1707 – 24 December 1737 : Richard Cumberland
- 13 January 1738 – 7 August 1764 : John Browne
- 6 September 1764 – 17 November 1797 : William Brown
- 1 December 1797 – 8 September 1842 : William Strong
- 15 September 1842 – 7 February 1875 : Owen Davys
Late modern
- 1875–1911 : Francis Thicknesse
- 1911–1919 : Holden Hutton
- 1919–1936 : Norman Lang
- 1936–1941 : Carey Knyvett
- 1941–1959 : John Grimes
- 1959–1964 : Ronald Goodchild
- 1964–1991 : Bazil Marsh
- 1991–2004 : Michael Chapman
- 2005–2013 : Christine Allsopp
- 2014–present: Richard Ormston