Archdeacon of Colchester

High Medieval

• bef. 1102–aft. 1115: Quintilian^{[N 1]}
• bef. 1115–aft. 1132: Cyprian son of Quintilian^{[N 1]}
• bef. 1138–aft. 1138: Geoffrey^{[N 1]}
• bef. 1142–aft. 1152: Ailward
• ?–c. 1154 (ren.): Henry of London (renounced claim)
• bef. 1155–aft. 1166: William
• bef. 1168–aft. 1178: Richard Foliot I
• aft. 1180–aft. 1190: Ralph de Alta Ripa
• bef. 1192–bef. 1217 (d.): Richard of Ely
• bef. 1218–1228 (res.): Roger Niger
• bef. 1231–1238 (d.): Hugh of London II
• bef. 1248–aft. 1252: Robert de Insula
• bef. 1249–aft. 1249: Ralph de Insula (very probably vice-archdeacon)
• aft. 1253–aft. 1260: Hugh de Sancto Edmundo
• aft. 1263–21 November 1285 (d.): Fulke Lovell
• bef. 1287–aft. 1299: Giles Filliol

Late Medieval

• bef. 1302–aft. 1302: Richard Newport
• bef. 1304–aft. 1310: John de Chishull
• bef. 1311–bef. 1336 (d.): William de Meleford
• 3 March 1337–bef. 1348: William de Stowe
• bef. 1348–bef. 1362 (d.): Richard de Plessis
• 10 April 1363 – 26 September 1373 (exch.): Michael Northburgh (son)
• 26 September 1373 – 1387 (d.): Richard de Piriton
• bef. 1393–bef. 1398 (res.): John de Carleton
• 3 November 1398 – 1406 (res.): Thomas More (afterwards Dean of St Paul's)
• 17 January 1406 – 24 November 1411 (exch.): Richard de Kingston
• 24 November 1411–bef. 1425 (d.): William Spygurnell
• 7 February 1425 (installed): Henry Wodechurche (evidently ineffective)
• 14 February 1425 (installed): Peter Hynewyk (evidently ineffective)
• 23 March 1425–bef. 1433 (res.): William Duffield
• 19 May 1433–bef. 1440 (res.): John Stopyngton
• 3 April 1440–bef. 1449 (d.): Robert Aiscough
• 15 February 1449 – 1450 (res.): Nicholas Close
• bef. 1450–aft. 1450: John Thurston
• bef. 1451–1465 (res.): Robert Stillington^[6]
• 10 February 1466–bef. 1483 (d.): Benedict Burgh^[7]
• 18 July 1483–bef. 1499 (d.): Thomas Barow
• 9 July 1499–bef. 1509: John Maynwaring
• bef. 1509–bef. 1519 (d.): John Perott
• 16 February–October 1519 (res.): Richard Pace^[8]
• 22 October 1519 – 1523 (res.): John Clerk
• 19 November 1523 – 1531 (res.): Edward Lee
• 30 December 1531 – 1537 (res.): Robert Aldrich^[9]
• 1 October 1537–bef. 1543 (d.): Richard Curwen

Early modern

• 23 March 1543 – 1552 (d.): Anthony Belasyse
• 10 January 1553 – 22 January 1554 (rem.): John Standish
• 22 January 1554–bef. 1557: Hugh Weston (deprived of office for immorality)
• 15 October 1558 – 23 October 1559 (deprived): John Standish (again; deprived)^[10]
• 4 December 1559–bef. 1565 (d.): John Pullain
• 16 July 1565 – 1570: James Calfhill
• 11 October 1570–aft. 1593: George Withers
• 8 January 1596–bef. 1617 (d.): Thomas Withers
• 10 April 1617 – 1641 (res.): Henry King
• 15 April 1642 – 22 June 1643 (d.): Josias Shute
• 22 June 1643–bef. 1660: Vacancy (English Interregnum)
• bef. 1660–1667 (d.): John Hansley
• 2 February 1667–bef. 1675 (d.): William Wells
• 25 August 1675–bef. 1678 (d.): Charles Smith
• 24 September 1678–September 1681 (res.): William Sill
• 3 November 1681 – 1704 (res.): William Beveridge
• 9 August 1704 – 9 August 1722 (d.): Jonas Warley
• 14 August 1722 – 4 August 1737 (d.): John King
• 24 August 1737 – 8 November 1749 (d.): Thomas Cartwright
• 29 November 1749 – 1766 (res.): Charles Moss
• 12 December 1766 – 19 January 1775 (d.): William Powell
• 6 February 1775 – 4 October 1812 (d.): Anthony Hamilton
• 16 November 1812 – 28 December 1821 (d.): Joseph Jefferson
• 15 January 1822 – 1824 (res.): Charles James Blomfield
• 4 June 1824–bef. 1841 (res.): William Lyall
• 7 July 1841 – 27 March 1845 (d.): Herbert Oakeley
• 28 August 1845 – 1 November 1864 (d.): Charles Burney

The archdeaconry was transferred to the Rochester diocese on 1 January 1846.

Late modern

• 1864–1882: William Ady

The archdeaconry was transferred to the new St Albans diocese on 4 May 1877.

• 1882–1894 (d.): Alfred Blomfield, Bishop suffragan of Colchester^[11]
• 1894–7 December 1908 (d.): Henry Johnson, Bishop suffragan of Colchester^[12][13]
• 1909–19 March 1922 (d.): Robert Whitcombe, Bishop suffragan of Colchester^[14][15]

The archdeaconry was transferred to the new Chelmsford diocese on 23 January 1914.

• 1922–1933 (ret.): Thomas Chapman, Bishop suffragan of Colchester^[16]
• 1933–1946 (ret.): Charles Ridsdale, Bishop suffragan of Colchester^[17]
• 1946–1959 (res.): Dudley Narborough, Bishop suffragan of Colchester^[18]
• 1959–1969 (ret.): Aubrey Cleall (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[19]
• 1969–1972 (res.): Roderic Coote, Bishop suffragan of Colchester^[20]
• 1972–1976 (res.): Derek Bond^[21]
• 1977–1983 (res.): James Roxburgh^[22]
• 1983–1997 (ret.): Ernest Stroud (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[23]
• 1997–2003 (res.): Martin Wallace^[24]
• 2004 – November 2018 (ret.):^[25] Annette Cooper^[26]
• 12 May 2019 – present: Ruth Patten^[27]