Archdeacon of Cleveland

Ecclesiastical officer in the Anglican Diocese of York

The Archdeacon of Cleveland is a senior ecclesiastical officer of an archdeaconry, or subdivision, of the Church of England diocese and province of York.[1] The Archdeaconry of Cleveland stretches west from Thirsk, north to Middlesbrough, east to Whitby and south to Pickering. It has a varied geography, including the southern parts of the conurbation of Teesside and the open moors of the North York Moors National Park.

## History

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Archdeacons occurred 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.[2] The title Archdeacon of Cleveland is first recorded before 1174 with Ralph, Archdeacon of Cleveland.[3] Of the five archdeaconries, Cleveland is one of three which has never split from York diocese.

## People

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The archdeaconry is led by the area Bishop of Whitby, Barry Hill[4] and by the Archdeacon of Cleveland, Amanda Bloor since 15 June 2020.[5]

## Organisation

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In common with other archdeaconries, Cleveland is further subdivided into deaneries:

* Guisborough
* Middlesbrough
* Mowbray
* Northern Ryedale
* Stokesley
* Whitby

## List of archdeacons

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Some archdeacons without territorial titles are recorded from around the time of Thomas of Bayeux; see Archdeacon of York.

### High Medieval

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* bef. 1128–aft. 1137: Hugh the Chanter[N 1]
* bef. 1139–aft. 1154: Ralph de Baro
* bef. 1159–bef. 1171 (res.): John son of Letold (afterwards Archdeacon of Nottingham)
* bef. 1173–aft. 1174: Ralph (disputed; possibly vice-archdeacon)
* bef. 1171–1189 (d.): Jeremy
* July 1189–c. 1198 (res.): Geoffrey de Muschamp
* bef. 1200–bef. 1200 (res.): John de Gray (Archdeacon of Gloucester at same or similar time)
* March 1201–aft. 1209: Ralph de Kyme (archbishop's appointment)
* March–September 1201: Hugh Murdac (unsuccessful canons' appointment)
* aft. 1213–bef. 1223: William of Ely
* bef. 1225–aft. 1229: Matthew Scot
* bef. 1230–aft. 1238: Serlo (possibly the same-named Dean of Exeter)
* bef. 1233–aft. 1233: Walter de Taney, Archdeacon of the East Riding (acting)
* bef. 1246–bef. 1262: John de Langeton the elder
* Roger (disputed)
* bef. 1264–aft. 1278: Rufinus of Tonengo
* 2 May 1281–aft. 1286: Thomas de Grimston
* 17 July 1289 – 12 August 1317 (d.): Stephen de Mauley

### Late Medieval

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* 4 February 1318–bef. 1334 (res.): Adrian de Fieschi
* 28 October 1334 – 20 September 1348 (exch.): Innocent de Fieschi
* August 1343 & August 1344: William de Weston (ineffective royal grants)
* 20 September 1348–bef. 1351 (d.): John Ellerker
* 26 September 1351 – 5 March 1355 (exch.): Thomas de Holwell
* 5 March 1355 – 21 September 1379 (d.): William de Ferriby
* 23 September 1379–bef. 1379: William de Catton
* 7–9 November 1379 (exch.): William Kexby
* 9 November 1379–bef. 1380: Roger de Ripon
* 1380–14 January 1381 (exch.): Robert de Manfeld
* 14 January 1381 – 2 April 1385 (exch.): Adam Spencer
* 2 April 1385–bef. 1387 (d.): John Marshall
* 6 March–bef. 11 June 1387 (d.): John Fitzthomas
* 11 June 1387–bef. 1391: Alexander Herle
* bef. 1391–August 1410 (d.): Thomas Walkington
* 31 August 1410 – 28 May 1411 (res.): Clement Stanton
* 9 March 1411–bef. 1414 (res.): Richard Pittes (royal grant)
* 10 June 1414 – 1434 (d.): William Pelleson
* September 1434 – 1453 (d.): William Duffield
* 18 August 1453–bef. 1457 (d.): Stephen Wilton
* 12 August 1457 – 1470 (res.): William Brande
* September 1470 – 1485 (res.): William Poteman
* 13 January 1485 – 1485 (d.): William Constable
* 11 October 1485 – 1493 (res.): Henry Carnebull
* 30 April 1493 – 1497 (res.): Geoffrey Blythe
* March–May 1497 (res.): John Hole
* May 1497 – 1499 (res.): Thomas Crossley

* 18 August 1499–bef. 1506 (d.): John Reynald
* 13 June 1507 – 1523 (res.): Richard Rawlins
* December 1523–bef. 1533 (d.): James Denton
* June 1533 – 1533 (exch.): Thomas Bedyll
* August 1533 – 1534 (res.): William Clyff
* 7 October 1534–bef. 1547 (d.): Richard Langridge

### Early modern

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* 9 July 1547–bef. 1564 (res.): John Warner (also Dean of Winchester from 1559)
* 31 March 1564 – 24 March 1570 (d.): Christopher Malton
* 11 April 1570 – 8 May 1582 (d.): Ralph Coulton
* 8 June 1582 – 1589 (res.): Richard Remington (afterwards Archdeacon of the East Riding)
* 10 March 1589 – 19 April 1601 (res.): Richard Byrde
* 20 April 1601 – 1619 (res.): John Phillips (also Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1605)
* August 1619–30 September 1635 (res.): Henry Thurscross
* 1 October 1635 – 15 October 1638 (res.): Timothy Thurscross
* 24 October 1638 – 1675 (d.): John Neale
* 27 April 1675 – 9 September 1680 (d.): Robert Feild
* 9 October 1680 – 1682 (res.): John Lake
* 5 January 1683 – 1685 (d.): Barnabas Long
* 23 July 1685 – 24 November 1700 (d.): John Burton
* 7 December 1700 – 12 June 1711 (d.): James Fall
* 3 August 1711 – 28 October 1735 (d.): John Richardson
* 17 November 1735 – 1750 (res.): Jaques Sterne (afterwards Archdeacon of the East Riding)
* 18 July 1750 – 7 August 1787 (d.): Francis Blackburne
* 22 August 1787 – 4 November 1805 (d.): Robert Peirson
* 15 January 1806 – 19 June 1820 (d.): Charles Baillie-Hamilton
* 28 June 1820 – 1828 (res.): Francis Wrangham
* 3 December 1828 – 27 October 1832 (res.): Leveson Venables-Vernon-Harcourt
* 2 November 1832 – 24 December 1845 (d.): Henry Todd
* 17 January 1846 – 17 January 1874 (res.): Edward Churton

### Late modern

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* bef. 1875–1882 (d.): William Hey
* 1883 - 30 March 1897 (d.): Henry Yeoman[6]
* 1897–1906 (res.): William Hutchings[7]
* 1907–1938 (ret.): Thomas Lindsay (afterward archdeacon emeritus)[8]
* 1938–1942 (d.): Basil Carter[9]
* 1942–1946: Edmund Hope
* 1947–1947 (res.): George Townley[10]
* 1947–1965 (ret.): William Palin (afterward archdeacon emeritus)[11]
* 1965–1974 (ret.): Stanley Linsley (afterward archdeacon emeritus)[12]
* 1974–1984 (res.): John Southgate[13]
* 1985–1991 (ret.): Ron Woodley (afterward archdeacon emeritus)[14]
* 1991–2001 (ret.): Chris Hawthorn (afterward archdeacon emeritus)[15]
* 2001 - 3 July 2014: Paul Ferguson[16]
* 12 June 2014 - 2015 (Acting): Richard Rowling[17]
* 6 May 2015 - 9 October 2019: Sam Rushton[18] (became Archdeacon of York)
* 9 October 2019 - 15 June 2020: Clay Roundtree, Acting Archdeacon[19]
* 15 June 2020 - present: Amanda Bloor[5]

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## Notes

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1. ^ Hugh does not occur with the title Archdeacon of Cleveland; rather his territory can be deduced.

## References

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1. ^ Diocese of York Directory (published annually by York Diocesan Board of Finance Ltd, Diocesan House, Aviator Court, York YO30 4WJ)
2. ^ Greenaway, Diana E. (1999), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, vol. 6, pp. 30–31
3. ^ Greenaway, Diana E. (1999), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, vol. 6, pp. 36–40
4. ^ Dover, Lou (31 July 2024). "New Bishops of Selby and Whitby: the Reverend Canon Doctor Flora Winfield and the Reverend Barry Hill". Diocese of York. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
5. ^ a b "A warm though distanced welcome for the new Archdeacon of Cleveland".
6. ^ "Yeoman, Henry Walker". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 3 January 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
7. ^ "Hutchings, William Henry". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 3 January 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
8. ^ "Lindsay, Thomas Enraght". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 3 January 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
9. ^ "Carter, Anthony Basil". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 3 January 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
10. ^ "Townley, George Frederick". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 3 January 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
11. ^ "Palin, William". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 3 January 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
12. ^ "Linsley, Stanley Frederick". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 3 January 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
13. ^ "Southgate, John Eliot". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 3 January 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
14. ^ "Woodley, Ronald John". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 3 January 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
15. ^ "Hawthorn, Christopher John". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 3 January 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
16. ^ "Ferguson, Paul John". Who's Who. Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 3 January 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
17. ^ Diocese of York – Acting Archdeacons of Cleveland and the East Riding (Accessed 3 July 2014)
18. ^ "New Archdeacon of Cleveland". Diocese of York. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
19. ^ "Archbishop appoints Acting Archdeacon of Cleveland". Diocese of York. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

## Sources

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* Greenaway, Diana E. (1999), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, vol. 6, pp. 36–40
* Horn, Joyce M.; Smith, David M. (1979), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 5, pp. 14–16
* Jones, B. (1963), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, vol. 6, pp. 19–21

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Archdeacons of Cleveland

High medieval|

* Hugh the Chanter
* Ralph de Baro
* John son of Letold
* Ralph
* Jeremy
* Geoffrey de Muschamp
* John de Gray
* Ralph de Kyme
* Hugh Murdac
* William of Ely
* Matthew Scot
* Serlo/Serlo
* John de Langeton the elder
* Roger
* Rufinus of Tonengo
* Thomas de Grimston

Late medieval|

* Stephen de Mauley
* Adrian de Fieschi
* Innocent de Fieschi
* William de Weston
* John Ellerker
* Thomas de Holwell
* William de Ferriby
* William de Catton
* William Kexby
* Roger de Ripon
* Robert de Manfeld
* Adam Spencer
* John Marshall
* John Fitzthomas
* Alexander Herle
* Thomas Walkington
* Clement Stanton
* Richard Pittes
* William Pelleson
* William Duffield
* Stephen Wilton
* William Brande
* William Poteman
* William Constable
* Henry Carnebull
* Geoffrey Blythe
* John Hole
* Thomas Crossley

Early modern|

* John Reynald
* Richard Rawlins
* James Denton
* Thomas Bedyll/Bedell
* William Cliffe
* Richard Langridge
* John Warner
* Christopher Malton
* Ralph Coulton
* Richard Remington
* Richard Byrde
* John Phillips
* Henry Thurscross
* Timothy Thurscros
* John Neale
* Robert Feild
* John Lake
* Barnabas Long
* John Burton
* James Fall
* John Richardson
* Jaques Sterne
* Francis Blackburne
* Robert Peirson

Late modern|

* Charles Baillie-Hamilton
* Francis Wrangham
* Leveson Venables-Vernon-Harcourt
* Henry Todd
* Edward Churton
* William Hey
* Henry Yeoman
* William Hutchings
* Thomas Lindsay
* Basil Carter
* Edmund Hope
* George Townley
* William Palin
* Stanley Linsley
* John Southgate
* Ron Woodley
* Chris Hawthorn
* Paul Ferguson
* Richard Rowling (Acting)
* Sam Rushton
* Clay Roundtree (Acting)
* Amanda Bloor

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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)

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Archdeacons in the Church of England

Current|

| northern
province|

* Auckland
* Blackburn
* Bolton
* Bradford
* Carlisle
* Chester
* Cleveland
* Doncaster
* Durham
* East Riding (York)
* Halifax
* Lancaster
* Leeds
* Lindisfarne
* Liverpool
* Knowsley and Sefton
* Macclesfield
* Man
* Manchester
* Newark
* Nottingham
* Northumberland
* Pontefract
* Richmond and Craven
* Rochdale
* St Helens and Warrington
* Salford
* Sheffield and Rotherham
* Stoke
* Sunderland
* Walsall
* West Cumberland
* Westmorland and Furness
* York (West Riding)

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southern
province|

* Ashford
* Aston
* Barnstaple
* Barking
* Bath
* Bedford
* Berkshire
* Birmingham
* Bodmin
* Boston
* Bournemouth
* Brighton & Lewes
* Bristol
* Bromley & Bexley
* Buckingham
* Cambridge
* Canterbury
* Chelmsford
* Charing Cross ("Two Cities")
* Cheltenham
* Chichester
* Colchester
* Cornwall
* Coventry ("Archdeacon Pastor")
* Croydon
* Derby City and South Derbyshire
* Derbyshire Peak and Dales
* Dorchester
* Dorking
* Dorset
* Dudley
* East Derbyshire
* Eastern Archdeaconry (Europe)
* Exeter
* France
* Germany and Northern Europe
* Gibraltar
* Gloucester
* Hackney
* Hampstead
* Hastings
* Hereford
* Hertford
* Horsham
* Huntingdon and Wisbech
* Ipswich
* Isle of Wight
* Italy and Malta
* Lambeth
* Leicester
* Lewisham & Greenwich
* Lichfield
* Lincoln
* London
* Loughborough
* Ludlow
* Lynn
* Maidstone
* Malmesbury
* The Meon
* Middlesex
* Norfolk
* North West Europe
* Northampton
* Northolt
* Norwich
* Oakham
* Oxford
* Plymouth
* Portsdown
* Reigate
* Rochester
* St Albans
* Salop/Shropshire (Lichfield diocese)
* Sarum
* Sherborne
* Southend
* Southwark
* Stansted
* Stow and Lindsey
* Sudbury
* Suffolk
* Surrey
* Switzerland
* Taunton
* Tonbridge
* Totnes
* Wandsworth
* Warwick ("Archdeacon Missioner")
* Wells
* West Ham
* Westminster
* Wilts
* Winchester
* Worcester

non-territorial|

* Military archdeacons: Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force
* Prison Service
* "Archdeacon Missioner" (see Warwick) & "Archdeacon Pastor" (see Coventry)
* Rural Mission (Eds & Ips diocese)

Former|

| England|

* Basingstoke
* Bromley
* Chesterfield
* Cirencester
* Craven
* Derby
* Ely
* Essex
* Furness
* Generous Giving and Stewardship (York diocese)
* Halifax (old)
* Harlow
* Huddersfield
* Huntingdon
* Kingston-on-Thames
* Lewes
* Lewes & Hastings
* Lewisham
* Lindsey
* Mission Resources (Leeds diocese)
* North Wilts
* Portsmouth
* Richmond
* Ripon
* Salisbury
* Shropshire/Salop (Hereford diocese)
* Stafford
* Stow
* Swindon
* Warrington
* Westmorland
* Wigan and West Lancashire
* Winchester (ancient)
* Wisbech

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* Scandinavia
* Scandinavia and Germany
* South-Eastern Europe
* Spain (or the Peninsula) and North Africa

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