Originally in the Diocese of Norwich, the Sudbury archdeaconry was transferred to the Diocese of Ely in 1837. It was then transferred a second time to the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich in 1914. The current archdeacon is David Jenkins.[3]
List of archdeacons
High Medieval
From its erection, the archdeaconry was in Norwich diocese. For archdeacons of that diocese before territorial titles began, see Archdeacon of Norwich.
1902–30 August 1921 (d.): George Hodges,[24] Vicar of St James's, Bury St Edmunds (until 1912), then a canon residentiary of St Edmundsbury Cathedral[25]
The Ipswich archdeaconry was created from the archdeaconries of Suffolk and of Sudbury by Order-in-Council on 22 December 1931; Buckley transferred to the new archdeacony.[29]
1945–1962 (res.): Hugh Norton, Rector of Horringer with Ickworth (until 1958), then a canon residentiary of the cathedral (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[32][33]
^ abcWilliam, Baldwin and Roger are not recorded with the title "Archdeacon of Sudbury"; rather they are each recorded alongside archdeacons of Norwich, of Norfolk and of Suffolk.
^"A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland" Burke,J: London, Henry Colburn, 1833
^Brett Usher, ‘Vaughan, Richard (c.1553–1607)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 9 March 2013
^"The History and Antiquities of the County of Norfolk" Booth,M (Ed):Norwich, J.Crouse, 1781
^William Horbury, ‘Spencer, John (bap. 1630, d. 1693)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 accessed 28 Feb 2013
^"Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature, Volume 4" Wilkes, J (comp) London, Adlard, 1810
^"County of Suffolk: its history as disclosed by existing records and other documents (1904–11)" Author: Copinger, Walter Arthur, 1847–1910 Volume: 3 Subject: Suffolk (England) History Publisher: London H. Sotheran
^ARCHIDIACONAL VISITATION AT BURY ST. EDMUND'S .
The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Tuesday, May 25, 1886; pg. 6; Issue 5410
^Crockford's Clerical Directory; Church House Publishing (1995). Crockford's Clerical Directory 1995/96. ISBN978-0-7151-8088-4. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)