The Archdeacon of Stow and Lindsey is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln.
History
The Archdeaconry of Stow is an ancient division of Lincoln diocese; the first archdeacons are recorded from around 1092 (the time around which archdeacons were first appointed across the English church) and were among eight archdeacons in the exceptionally large diocese. The Archdeaconry of Lindsey was created on 22 December 1933 from the Stow archdeaconry and merged back into the Archdeaconry of Stow in 1994. The merged archdeaconry was named "the Archdeaconry of Stow and Lindsey".
List of archdeacons
High Medieval
Some of the earliest archdeacons are occasionally referred to by several variations of the title, including Archdeacon of the West Riding (of Lindsey), and of Lindsey. bef. 1092 – ?: Hugh bef. 1133 – bef. 1134: Osbert (son of Hugh) bef. 1134 – aft. 1152: William son of Osbert bef. 1158 – bef. 1161: Roger de Almaria bef. 1161 – bef. 1187: Richard de Almaria bef. 1187 – aft. 1200: Alexander bef. 1200 – aft. 1208: William de Firsby bef. 1214 – aft. 1219 (res.): William de Thornaco (became Archdeacon of Lincoln) bef. 1219 – bef. September 1219 (res.): John of York bef. September 1219 – aft. 1222: Hugh de Sancto Edwardo bef. 1223 – 10 November 1223 (d.): William son of Fulk II bef. 1224 – aft. 1236: William of Canterbury bef. 1239 – bef. 1240: W. bef. 1240 – aft. 1241: Gilbert bef. 1242 – aft. 1262: Michael de Benington bef. 1264 – aft. 1279: Simon de Barton bef. 1280 – aft. 1285: Antony de Sauzthorp bef. 1289 – aft. 1291: Durand of Lincoln 30 December 1291 – bef. 1301 (res.): Joceline Kirmington
Late Medieval
13 January 1301 – 1301 (res.): William Ockham
13 July 1301 – bef. 1303 (d.): William Langwath
30 December 1303 – bef. September 1320: William Ockham (again) 26 January – bef. June 1320 (res.): Adam de Brome (ineffective royal grant) 16 June 1320 (grant): Richard Northwode (ineffective royal grant) ? – bef. 1332 (res.): Walter Stauren 9 January – 8 February 1332 (exch.): John Islip 8 February – 25 December 1332 (res.) & 1–5 January 1333 (exch.): Simon Islip 5 January 1333 – bef. 1334 (d.): John Nassington 6 November 1334 – bef. 1335 (res.): John Ragenhill or John Longespey de Regenhill 19 March – 9 April 1335 (exch.): Thomas Ripplingham 9 April 1335 – bef. 1339 (d.): John Bekingham 17 February 1339 – 31 December 1346 (exch.): Henry Chaddesden 31 December 1346 – ?: Henry Motoun ? – 1 March 1386 (exch.): Thomas Chandos 1 March 1386 – 7 June 1401 (d.): Thomas Aston bef. 1402 – bef. 1419 (d.): Hugh Hanworth 18 March 1419 – bef. 1427 (res.): Thomas Brouns (became Archdeacon of Berkshire) 8 July 1427 – bef. 1433 (res.): Stephen Wilton 29 May 1434 – 1442 (res.): William Lyndwood (became Bishop of St David's) bef. 1443 – 1448 (res.): William Scrope ? – 1452 (d.): Peter Irford or Beverlay 10 April – bef. September 1452 (res.): Lawrence Booth 20 September 1452 – 12 November 1454 (exch.): Edmund Booth 13 November 1454 – ?: William Witham 15 December 1460 – 1468 (res.): John Collinson (became Archdeacon of Bedford) 7 December 1468 – 26 June 1471 (exch.): Thomas Downe 26 June 1471 – 1475: Edmund Sheriffe 23 August 1477 – 1478 (res.): John Blithe (became Archdeacon of Huntingdon) 14 November 1477 – 8 December 1496 (d.): William Sheffield 20 May 1497 – ?: Robert Frost 24 November 1506 – bef. 1507 (d.): William Smith 14 December 1507 – 9 January 1543 (d.): Edward Derby
