Archdeacon of York

The Archdeacon of York (or of the West Riding) is a senior clergy position in an archdeaconry subdivision of the Church of England Diocese of York in the Province of York. The archdeaconry is named for the City of York and consists of the seven rural deaneries of Derwent, Easingwold, New Ainsty, Selby, Southern Ryedale, South Wold and York.

History

There were archdeacons in the Diocese of York before 1093. Before 1128, there were five serving simultaneously, probably each in their own area, but none occurs with a territorial title before 1133. The title Archdeacon of York is first recorded before 1153 with Robert Butevilain, Archdeacon of York. Of the five archdeaconries, York is one of three which has never split from York diocese.

The current Archdeacon is the Revd Canon Liz Hassall, who was first appointed on an acting basis, before being appointed permanently.^[1]^[2] The suffragan Bishop of Selby exercises episcopal oversight over the archdeaconry.

List of archdeacons

High Medieval

Territories not recorded

bef. 1093–aft. 1070/bef. 1114: Durand
bef. 1108–aft. 1112: Hugh
?–bef. 1114 (d.): Gerard
bef. 1115–bef. 1114 (d.): William
bef. 1135–bef. 1128: William of Beverley
bef. 1133–aft. 1125: William son of Tole

Archdeacons of York

bef. 1128–1148 (d.): Walter of London
bef. 1153–aft. 1157: Robert Butevilain (became Dean of York)
bef. 1162–aft. 1154: Geoffrey
bef. 1171–1194 (d.): Ralph d'Aunay
bef. 1195–1199 (res.): Peter of Dinan (became Bishop of Rennes)
1196–aft. 1201: Adam of Thorner
bef. 1220–aft. 1228: Sampson
bef. 1231–aft. 1231: Walter
bef. 1241–1245 (d.): Laurence of Lincoln
bef. 1248–aft. 1248: Sewal de Bovil (became Dean of York)
aft. 1249–aft. 1252: William Langton (alias William of Rotherfield; became Dean of York)
1262: John de Langeton the elder
bef. 1262–aft. 1267: Reiner of Skipton (Reginald)
28 April 1267–May 1268 (res.): Godfrey Giffard (became Bishop of Worcester)
bef. 1270–1275 (res.): Robert Burnell (became Bishop of Bath and Wells)
bef. 1277–bef. 1283: Thomas de Wythen
13 February 1283–aft. 1287: Walter of Gloucester
5 December 1288 – 1300 (res.): William de Hambleton (became Dean of York)

Late Medieval

1300–bef. 1321 (res.): Aymo of Savoy
1321–30 September 1361 (d.): Peter Cardinal de Prés (cardinal-priest of Santa Pudenziana)
1361–29 September 1369 (d.): Stephen Cardinal Albert (cardinal-deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro)
1370–27 August 1372 (d.): Philippe Cardinal de Cabassoles (Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina; also Archdeacon of Leicester from 1371)
1373–1374 (d.): Peter Cardinal Gomez de Albornoz (cardinal-priest of Santa Prassede)
1374–22 July 1376 (d.): Simon Cardinal Langham (former archbishop of Canterbury; Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina and Archdeacon of Wells)
1376–bef. 1380 (deprived): Gui Cardinal de Maillesec (cardinal-priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme)
1380–bef. 1383 (res.): John de Thoern
1383–bef. 1387 (res.): Peter Cardinal Corsini (Cardinal-Bishop of Porto)
aft. 1387–18 June 1405 (d.): Francis Cardinal Carboni (cardinal-priest of Santa Susanna)
1388–1405 (res.): Richard Conyngston
1405–1412: Francis Cardinal Uguccioni (cardinal-priest of Santi Quattro Coronati; probably never gained possession)
1405–1412: Roger Coryngham
2 April 1412–bef. 1435 (d.): William Pilton
1412–1414: Raynald Cardinal de Brancatiis (cardinal-deacon of Santi Vito e Modesto)
1412–27 July 1414 (res.): Francis Cardinal Zarabella (cardinal-deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano)
21 June 1435 – 1436 (res.): William Felter (became Dean of York)
1436–1442 (res.): Thomas Kempe (became Archdeacon of Richmond)
4 December 1442–bef. 1470 (d.): Andrew Holes
1470–bef. 1478 (d.): Thomas Chippenham
14 February 1478–bef. 1497 (d.): Ralph Booth
1497–bef. 1504 (res.): Henry Carnebull
12 June 1504–bef. 1515 (res.): John Aleyne (or Carver), Archdeacon of Middlesex
15 May 1515 – 1516 (res.): Brian Higden (became Dean of York)
18 August 1516 – 1522 (d.): Hugh Ashton
1523–bef. 1540 (d.): Thomas Wynter (also Dean of Wells 1525–1529, Archdeacon of Richmond 1526–1529, Archdeacon of Suffolk 1526–1529, Archdeacon of Norfolk 1529–1530 and Archdeacon of Cornwall from 1537)
1540–bef. 1544 (d.): Thomas Westbie

Early modern

15 January 1544 – 1560 (deprived): George Palmes (deprived)
1560–29 April 1568 (d.): John Stokes
1568–6 December 1575 (res.): William Chaderton
7 December 1575–bef. 1598 (d.): Robert Ramsden
15 October 1598 – 5 October 1600 (d.): Christopher Gregorie
8 October 1600–May 1617 (d.): Roger Acroide
2 June 1617 – 1624 (res.): Henry Hooke
19 March 1624 – 1641 (d.): Henry Wickham
1641–13 October 1663 (d.): Richard Marshe (also Dean of York from 1660)
16 October 1663 – 1 August 1688 (d.): Edmund Diggle
1688–4 April 1720 (d.): Knightly Chetwood
23 May 1720 – 22 May 1730 (d.): Charles Blake
26 November 1730 – 4 September 1751 (res.): Thomas Hayter (also Bishop of Norwich from 1749; later Bishop of London)
5 September 1751 – 14 December 1776 (d.): Edmund Pyle
1777–10 July 1786 (d.): William Cooper
2 August 1786 – 28 June 1794 (res.): Charles Cooper
9 July 1794 – 17 August 1837 (d.): Robert Markham
27 September 1837 – 25 August 1845 (d.): Stuart Corbett
11 October 1845 – 31 December 1866 (res.): Stephen Creyke

Late modern

1867–1874 (res.): Basil Jones, Vicar of Bishopthorpe (became Bishop of St David's)^[3]
1874–6 February 1888 (d.): Frederick Watkins, Rector of Long Marston^[4]
1888–1923 (ret.): Robert Crosthwaite, Vicar of St Lawrence with St Nicholas, York until 1885, then Rector of Bolton Percy; also Bishop suffragan of Beverley from 1889^[5]
1923–1933 (res.): Cecil Cooper, Vicar of St Michael le Belfrey, York until 26 (became Dean of Carlisle)^[6]
1933–1946 (ret.): Arthur England^[7]
1946–1947 (res.): Thomas Layng, Rector of Burnby and Nunburnholme^[8]
1947–1957 (res.): George Townley (became Bishop suffragan of Hull)^[9]
1957–1972 (ret.): Charles Forder, Rector of Sutton-on-Derwent until 1963, then Rector of Holy Trinity Micklegate until 1966 (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[10]
1972–1988 (ret.): Leslie Stanbridge (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[11]
1988–1999 (ret.): George Austin (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[12]
1999–2012 (ret.): Richard Seed, Rector of Holy Trinity Micklegate from 2000 and priest-in-charge, St Mary Bishophill Junior, 2000–2004 (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[13]
2013–2019: Sarah Bullock^[14]^[15] (became Bishop of Shrewsbury)
1 July – 19 October 2019 (Acting): John Weetman^[16]
19 October 2019 – 31 March 2025 (res.):^[17] Sam Rushton (previously Archdeacon of Cleveland, became CEO of Diocese of Lichfield)^[18]^[19]
1 April 2025 – present: Liz Hassall

References

↑ "Acting Archdeacon of York". 12 March 2025.
↑ https://www.archbishopofyork.org/news/latest-news/revd-canon-liz-hassall-appointed-archdeacon-york
↑ "William Basil Jones, Bishop of St Davids". Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
↑ "Frederick Watkins (WTKS825F)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ "Crosthwaite, Robert Jarratt". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 May 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
↑ "Cooper, Cecil Henry Hamilton". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 May 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
↑ "England, Arthur Creyke". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 May 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
↑ "Layng, Thomas Malcolm". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 May 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
↑ "Townley, George Frederick". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 May 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
↑ "Forder, Charles Robert". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 May 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
↑ "Stanbridge, Leslie Cyril". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (April 2015 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 May 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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↑ "Seed, Richard Murray Crosland". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (April 2015 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 May 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
↑ "New Archdeacon of York". Diocese of York. 19 February 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
↑ "Bullock, Sarah Ruth". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (April 2015 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 May 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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↑ "Going in the footsteps of St Chad". Diocese of York. 11 February 2025. Archived from the original on 18 March 2025. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
↑ "Welcoming the Archdeacon of York". Archived from the original on 1 November 2019.
↑ "Diocese's new CEO is 'inspired appointment', bringing banking and church wisdom - Diocese of Lichfield".

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[2] ttps://www.archbishopofyork.org/news/latest-news/revd-canon-liz-hassall-appointed-archdeacon-york

[3] "William Basil Jones, Bishop of St Davids". Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 21 April 2011.

[4] "Frederick Watkins (WTKS825F)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[5] "Crosthwaite, Robert Jarratt". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 May 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[6] "Cooper, Cecil Henry Hamilton". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 May 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[7] "England, Arthur Creyke". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 May 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[8] "Layng, Thomas Malcolm". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 May 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[9] "Townley, George Frederick". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 May 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[10] "Forder, Charles Robert". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 May 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[11] "Stanbridge, Leslie Cyril". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (April 2015 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 May 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[12] "Austin, George Bernard". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (April 2015 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 May 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[13] "Seed, Richard Murray Crosland". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (April 2015 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 May 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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v t e Archdeacons of York
*Diocesan archdeacons:** Durand Hugh Gerard William William of Beverley William son of Tole
High Medieval	Walter of London Robert Butevilain Geoffrey Ralph d'Aunay Peter of Dinan Adam of Thorner Sampson Walter Laurence of Lincoln Sewal de Bovil William Langton John de Langeton the elder Reiner of Skipton Godfrey Giffard Robert Burnell Thomas de Wythen Walter of Gloucester William de Hambleton
Late Medieval	Aymo of Savoy Peter Cardinal de Prés Stephen Cardinal Albert Philippe Cardinal de Cabassoles Peter Cardinal Gomez de Albornoz Simon Cardinal Langham Gui Cardinal de Maillesec John de Thoern Peter Cardinal Corsini Francis Cardinal Carboni Richard Conyngston Francis Cardinal Uguccioni Roger Coryngham William Pilton Raynald Cardinal de Brancatiis Francis Cardinal Zarabella William Felter Thomas Kempe Andrew Holes Thomas Chippenham Ralph Booth Henry Carnebull John Aleyne/Carver Brian Higden Hugh Ashton Thomas Wynter Thomas Westbie
Early modern	George Palmes John Stokes William Chaderton Robert Ramsden Christopher Gregorie Roger Acrode Henry Hooke Henry Wickham Richard Marshe Edmund Diggle Knightly Chetwood Charles Blake Thomas Hayter Edmund Pyle William Cooper Charles Cooper Robert Markham Stuart Corbett Stephen Creyke
Late modern	Basil Jones Frederick Watkins Robert Crosthwaite Cecil Cooper Arthur England Thomas Layng George Townley Charles Forder Leslie Stanbridge George Austin Richard Seed Sarah Bullock John Weetman (Acting) Sam Rushton
* territories not recorded

v t e Diocese of York
York Minster Bishopthorpe Palace Diocesan House, York
Office holders	Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York and Primate of England Eleanor Sanderson, Bishop suffragan of Hull Flora Winfield, Bishop suffragan of Selby Barry Hill, Bishop suffragan of Whitby AEO: the Bishop suffragan of Beverley & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Dominic Barrington, Dean of York Andy Broom, Archdeacon of the East Riding Amanda Bloor, Archdeacon of Cleveland Archdeacon of York (vacant)
Provincial episcopal visitors	Stephen Race, Bishop suffragan of Beverley
Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Sheffield (1901–1914; Diocese of Sheffield erected) Archdeacon of Richmond (12th century–1541; became Diocese of Chester) Archdeacon of Nottingham (12th century–1837; transferred to Lincoln) Archdeacon of Sheffield (1884–1914; became Diocese of Sheffield) Archdeacon of Doncaster (1913–1914; transferred to Sheffield)
Historic palaces	Archbishop's Palace, York (12th–16th centuries) Cawood Castle (12th–17th centuries) York Place (13th–16th centuries) Hampton Court Palace (1514–1528) York House, Strand (16th–17th centuries)