Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech

The Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Ely. The archdeacon is responsible for some clergy discipline and pastoral care in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon and Wisbech. History The Archdeaconry of Huntingdon was a part of the Diocese of Lincoln from (at the latest) the early 12th century. As such it is the oldest continually occupied Archdeaconry in England. The archdeaconry was moved to Ely diocese by Order in Council on 30 May 1837. The archdeaconry of Wisbech was created from several deaneries not already in an archdeaconry, by Order in Council on 5 February 1915. , appointments to the Wisbech archdeaconry ceased and Huntingdon archdeaconry was renamed to the present Archdeaconry of Huntingdon and Wisbech. List of archdeacons High Medieval bef. 1092–1110 (d.): Nicholas (Archdeacon of Cambridge, Huntingdon and Hertford; also called archdeacon of Lincoln) bef. 1123–aft. 1156: Henry of Huntingdon bef. 1166–aft. 1160: Hugh (disputed) bef. 1166–bef. 1187: Nicholas de Sigillo bef. 1192–aft. 1204: Robert de Hardres bef. 1206–bef. 1214 (res.): William de Cornhill bef. 1214–aft. 1223 (res.): Robert de Hailes/of Hailes bef. 1223–bef. 1228: Philip de Fauconberg bef. 1230–bef. 1239: Gilbert de Tantone bef. 1240–aft. 1245: William de Arundel bef. 1246–?: T. bef. 1247–aft. 1253: Robert de Hicche bef. 1255–aft. 1254: R. (disputed) bef. 1256–aft. 1275: Roger of Raveningham bef. 1277–aft. 1282: William of Newark bef. 1287–: Roger Martival 15 March 1295–? (dep.): John de Colonna (papal provision reversed after collation) 26 December 1295–bef. 1308 (d.): Walter Wutton/of Wootton