Archdeacon of Sudbury
The Archdeacon of Sudbury is a senior cleric in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.
The archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy in its five rural deaneries; Clare, Ixworth, Lavenham, Sudbury and Thingoe.History
Originally in the Diocese of Norwich, the Sudbury archdeaconry was transferred to the Diocese of Ely 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.High Medieval
- bef. 1145–aft. 1136: William son of Humphrey
- bef. 1143–aft. 1167: Baldwin of Boulogne
- bef. 1200–aft. 1185: Reiner
- bef. 1193–aft. 1211: Roger
- bef. 1220–bef. 1222 : Robert of Gloucester, Archdeacon of Stafford
- bef. 1224–bef. 1235: Alan de Beccles
- bef. 1241–1242 : Roger Pincerna, Le Boteler
- 1242–aft. 1256: William de Clare
- bef. 1266–1267: Thomas Ingoldsthorpe
- 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 : Alan de Ely
- 16 April 1324–bef. 1329: Simon de Creake
- 17 January 1329–bef. 1346 : Firmin de Lavenham
- 31 August 1346–bef. 1348 : Gilbert de Marewell or de Yarewell
- 12 October 1348 – 1349 : Richard Lyng
- 27 August–20 November 1349 : Walter Elvedon
- 20 November–bef. December 1349 : Thomas de Winchester
- 8 December 1349–bef. 1350 : Thomas de Methelwold
- 3 January 1350–bef. 1361 : Henry de la Zouche
- 7 January 1362–bef. 1365 : William Graa de Trusthope
- bef. 1363–aft. 1363: John Hambleton
- 8 May 1384–?: John de Lincoln
- 3 September 1384–bef. 1389 : Hugh Sturmy
- 1385: Thomas Grene
- 14 November 1388: Hugh Gaudeby
- 5 May 1389 – 5 November 1398 : Thomas Hetersete
- 5 November–bef. December 1398 : Richard Maudeleyn
- 18 December 1398–bef. 1406 : Thomas Hetersete
- 12 January 1406–bef. 1414 : Eudo de la Zouche
- 2 December 1412 : Roger Wodehele
- 13 March 1414 – 18 April 1429 : Thomas Rodborne
- 18 April 1429–bef. 1452 : Clement Denston
- 24 May 1452–bef. 1462: John Wiggenhall
- bef. 1462–bef. 1479 : John Selot
- 9 September 1479–aft. 1483: Nicholas Goldwell
- bef. 1484–bef. 1493 : John Jeffreys
- 3 December 1493–bef. 1497 : Thomas Shenkwyn
- 14 December 1497–bef. 1514 : John Finneys
- 3 April 1514 – 1517 : William Stillington
- 17 February 1517 – 1522 : Thomas Larke
- 9 April 1522–bef. 1537 : Richard Woleman
- 21 September 1537 – 1570 : Miles Spencer
Early modern
- 2 March 1570–bef. 1576 : Thomas Aldrich
- March 1576 – 1593 : John Still
- 15 June 1593–?: Tertullian Pyne
- 6 October 1599–bef. 1621 : Cuthbert Norris
- 27 December 1621–bef. 1652 : Theophilus Kent
- 7 August 1660 – 1667 : Anthony Sparrow
- 5 December 1667 – 27 May 1693 : John Spencer
- 14 June 1693 – 30 January 1727 : Nicholas Clagett
- 16 March 1727 – 20 November 1741 : Brampton Gurdon
- 24 November 1741 – 14 October 1784 : John Chapman
- 20 October 1784 – 14 July 1823 : John Gooch
- 21 July 1823 – 4 May 1862 : George Glover
Late modern
- 1862–1869 : Lord Arthur Hervey
- 1869–1900 : Frank Chapman, Vicar of St James's, Bury St Edmunds, Rector of Tow-Langtoft
- 1901–12 May 1902 : Arthur Livingstone
- 1902–30 August 1921 : George Hodges, Vicar of St James's, Bury St Edmunds, then a canon residentiary of St Edmundsbury Cathedral
- 1921–1930 : William Farmiloe, Canon Missioner
- 1930–1932 : Eric Buckley, Rector of Polstead
- 1932–1945 : Maxwell Maxwell-Gumbleton, assistant bishop, then Bishop suffragan of Dunwich
- 1945–1962 : Hugh Norton, Rector of Horringer with Ickworth, then a canon residentiary of the cathedral
- 1962–16 March 1968 : Harry Barton, Rector of Sudbury
- 1968–1970 : David Maddock, Bishop suffragan of Dunwich
- 1970–25 October 1983 : Kenneth Child, Rector of Great and Little Thurlow with Little Bradley
- 1984–1991 : Donald Smith
- 1991–1994 : Richard Garrard
- 1994–2006 : John Cox
- 20061 August 2009 : David Brierley
- February 2010present: David Jenkins
