ARCHDEACONS OF HUNTINGDON
Archdeaconry valued 3 Sept. 1535 at £67 14s 22d (Valor IV 27).
William Knight D.C.L. 1523-1541.
Coll. 12 Sept. 1523 (Reg. XXVII f. 3). Instal. 17 Sept. (CA 1520-36 p. 42). Bp.
of Bath and Wells 1541.
Richard Gwent D.C.L. 1542-1543.
Pres. by king; compounded for first-fruits 6 Jan. 1542 (P.R.O., E 334/2 f. 84).
Instit. 1 Feb. (Reg. XXVII f. 15). Instal. by proxy 5 Apr. (CA 1536-47 p. 60). D.
21 x 23 July 1543 (P.R.O., PROB 11/30, PCC 3 Pynnyng; London Guildhall
Libr., MS. 9531/12 f. 144v; Reg. XXVII f. 16v).
Anthony Draycot D.Cn.L. 1543-1560.
Coll. 27 July 1543 (Reg. XXVII f. 16v). Instal. by proxy 14 Aug. (CA 1536-47
p. 80). Depriv. by 11 Oct. 1560 (A/3/7 f. 9v; Reg. XIX f. 108).
Robert Beaumont D.D. 1560-1567.
Pres. by earl of Rutland, patron hac vice by virtue of gr. by Bp. Watson of next
pres.; instit. 11 Oct. 1560 (Reg. XIX f. 108); instal. by proxy 28 Sept. (A/3/7 f.
9v). D. 1 May x 10 June 1567 (Cambridge Univ. Libr., UA Prob. II ff. 45-6;
ibid., Ely Diocesan Records, G/1/8 f. 152v; A/3/7 f. 60v).
John Bullingham D.D. 1567-1576.
Instal. in person 25 Dec. 1567 (A/3/7 f. 60v). Res. by 26 Oct. 1576 (P.D.
1576/30).
Robert Condall M.A. 1576-1612.
Pres. 26 Oct. 1576 by John Belley D.C.L., patron hac vice by virtue of a gr. of
next pres. (P.D. 1576/30). Instit. 27 Oct. (Reg. XXIX f. 3v). Instal. in person 29
Oct. (A/3/7 f. 81). D. by 18 July 1612 (burial, Edworth, Beds.) (Beds. R.O., PR
Edworth; P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 4).
Nathan Gifford M.A. 1612-1615.
Instit. 20 July 1612 (P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 4). Instal. in person 23 Aug. (A/3/9
f. 87). D. by 24 Nov. 1615 (burial, St. Bride Fleet Street, London) (London
Guildhall Libr., PR St. Bride Fleet Street).
William Laud D.D. 1615-1621.
Coll. 1 Dec. 1615 (P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 4). Instal. by proxy 19 Jan. 1616
(A/3/9 f. 114). Bp. of St. Davids 1621.
Owen Gwynne D.D. 1621-1633.
Pres. by king 2 Dec. 1621 (P.R.O., C 66/2247). Instal. by proxy 26 Apr. 1622
(A/3/9 f. 149v). Instit. 8 July (P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 6); instal. again by proxy 1
Aug. (A/3/9 f. 149v). D. June 1633 (burial, St. John's College chap., Cambridge)
(E. Carter, Hist. of the University of Cambridge (London, 1753) p. 268; A/3/9 f.
182).
Richard Holdsworth B.D. 1634-1649.
Instal. 12 Jan. 1634 (A/3/9 f. 182). D. 22 Aug. 1649 (m.i., St. Peter le Poer,
London) (The Monumental Inscriptions of St. Peter-le-Poer ... London, ed.
A.W.H. Clarke (London, 1909) p. 9).
Peter Mews M.A. 1649, 1660-1666.
Coll. 19 Nov. 1649 (Reg. XXXI p. 76), ineffective. Mand. instal. of official of
Canterbury 25 Aug. 1660 (Dij/62/2/5). Instal. by proxy 12 Sept. (A/3/9 f. 208v).
Res. by 18 March 1666 (Reg. XXXIII f. 56).
William Johnson D.D. 1666-1667.
Coll. 18 March 1666 (Reg. XXXIII f. 56). Instal. by proxy 20 Apr. (Dj/25/4 ff.
11v-12). D. 4 March 1667 (m.i., Westminster Abbey) (Survey of Cath. II 108;
Dj/26/1/34).
Henry Downhall D.D. 1667-1669.
Coll. 27 Apr. 1667 (Reg. XXXIII p. 82). Instal. by proxy 26 Apr. (Dj/25/4 f.
13r-v; A/3/9 f. 269). D. by 12 Nov. 1669 (S. Patrick, Auto-Biography (Oxford,
1839) pp. 61-2); buried 16 Nov. (Northants. R.O., PR Cottingham; Reg. XXXIII
ff. 124v, 128v).
Richard Perrincheif D.D. 1670-1673.
Coll. 29 March 1670 (fn. 1) (Reg. XXXIII f. 128v). Instal. by proxy 26 Apr. 1670
(A/3/9 f. 269). D. by 2 Sept. 1673 (burial, Westminster Abbey) (Reg. of St. Peter,
Westminster p. 181; A/3/11 f. 25).
John Hammond M.A. 1673-1701.
Coll. 5 Sept. 1673 (Reg. XXXIII f. 25). Instal. in person 23 Sept. (A/3/11 f. 25).
Res. 14 May 1701 (Res. 1701/5; Reg. XXXV f. 75).
White Kennett D.D. 1701-1720.
Coll. 15 May 1701 (Reg. XXXV f. 75v). Instal. in person 23 May (A/3/11 f.
239). Bp. of Peterborough 1718, but held this archdcnry in commendam to 1720.
John Sturges M.A. 1720-1725.
Pres. by king 3 Dec. 1720 (P.D. 1720/42). Instit. 8 Dec. (Reg. XXXVII p. 109;
Dj/27/1/35). Instal. in person 15 Apr. 1721 (Bij/3/1). Res. by 12 Aug. 1725 (Reg.
XXXVIII p. 96).
William Lunn D.D. 1725-1747.
Coll. 12 Aug. 1725 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 96). Instal. in person 23 Sept. (Bij/3/1).
D. 17 March 1747 (m.i., Elsworth, Cambs., ex inf. Alan Richardson) (Cambs.
R.O., PR Elsworth; Reg. XXXVIII p. 473).
Timothy Neve D.D. 1747-1757.
Coll. 28 March 1747 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 473). D. 3 Feb. 1757 (m.i., Alwalton,
Hunts., ex inf. Alan Richardson; Reg. XXXVIII p. 549).
Charles Jenner D.D. 1757-1770.
Coll. 22 Apr. 1757 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 549). Instal. 28 Apr. (A/3/14 f. 115) or 29
Apr. (Dj/27/3/51, endorsed). D. 31 Jan. 1770 (Gent. Mag. 1770, xl 95; Reg.
XXXIX p. 132).
Nicholas Cholwell LL.B. 1770-1773.
Coll. 23 Feb. 1770 (Reg. XXXIX p. 132). Instal. in person 30 March (A/3/15 p.
88). D. 8 Sept. 1773 (Gent. Mag. 1773, xliii 470; Reg. XXXIX p. 219).
Michael Tyson M.A. 1774-1794.
Coll. 1 Jan. 1774 (Reg. XXXIX p. 219). Instal. in person 26 Feb. (A/3/15 p.
133). D. 22 Feb. 1794 (Gent. Mag. 1794, lxiv (1) 280; Reg. XXXIX p. 590).
Thomas Parkinson B.D. 1794-1812.
Coll. 16 Apr. 1794 (Reg. XXXIX p. 590) or 17 Apr. (Dj/28/1/103). Instal. in
person 14 June (A/3/16 p. 63). Archdcn. of Leicester 1812.
Thomas Fanshaw Middleton D.D. 1812-1814.
Coll. 4 Apr. 1812 (Reg. XL p. 168). Instal. in person 9 May (A/3/17 p. 3). Bp.
of Calcutta 1814.
James Hook D.C.L. 1814-1828.
Coll. 5 July 1814 (Reg. XL p. 200). Instal. 9 July (A/3/17 p. 32). D. 5 Feb. 1828
(Gent. Mag. 1828, xcviii (1) 369; Reg. XL p. 357).
John Banks Hollingworth D.D. 1828-1856.
Coll. 25 Feb. 1828 (Reg. XL p. 357). Instal. 12 Apr. (A/3/17 p. 206). Archdcnry
transferred from Lincoln to Ely dioc. by Order in Council 19 Apr. 1837 in
accordance with Stat. 6 & 7 Will. IV c. 77 (Lond. Gaz. no. 19499). D. 9 Feb.
1856 (Gent. Mag. 1856, new ser. xlv 430-1).