List of Archdeacons of Derby
This is a list of archdeacons 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
List of Archdeacons
- 1155: Froger[N 1]
- 1171–?: Godfrey de Luci
- 1485–?: Edmund Hals
- ?–1515: Nicholas West
- 1516–1533: John Taylor
- 1533–1543: Richard Strete
- 1543–1557: David Pole
- 1558–1559: John Ramridge
- 1559–1567: Richard Walker
- 1567–1576: Laurence Nowell
- 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 Butler
- 1836–1840: Francis Hodgson
- 1840–1847: Walter Shirley
- 1847–1873: Thomas Hill
- 29 April 2006–present: Dr Christopher Cunliffe[1]
Notes
- ^ Froger, Archdeacon of Derby was a Norman and in favour with Henry II, 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."
References
- ^ Derby Diocese — The Archdeacon of Derby