Archdeacon Of Northampton

Northampton. 7 recorded holders. ← all offices

The succession the rolls themselves record for this office, earliest first — a finding aid drawn from the roll text, not an authoritative fasti. Spelling variants of one holder now fold together where the volumes' own printed indexes attest them (“Burghers” and “Burghersh” are one man when the editors say so); the opposite case — one name hiding two men — is proposed from the same indexes and from matched identities, and separates only after human confirmation. Until then a shared name lists as one holder, and the list can be checked against printed succession lists (Fasti / VCH).

1. Stephen de Sutton 1290 ×3
   • 1290-09-12 — Grant to Stephen de Sutton, archdeacon of Northampton, for a fine of 401., to be paid at Michaelmas by the hands of Thomas de Normanvill ) escheator this side T…
   • 1290-09-20 — Grant to Stephen de Sutton, archdeacon of Northampton, for a fine of 40/. which he will pay at Michaelmas next by the hands of Thomas de Normanvill, escheator o…
2. Thomas de Sutton 1294–1304 ×5
   • 1294-10-02 — To the sheriff of Oxford. Order not to intermeddle further with the prebend of Thame or with its appurtenances, and to restore the issues thereof to Master Thom…
   • undated — Mandate to the bishop of Lincoln to grant a dispensation to Mary MCE e: Master Thomas de Sutton, archdeacon of Northampton and eet) prebendary of Lincoln, to ho…
3. Gilbert de Middelton 1316–1331 ×37
   • 1318-07-10 — Simple protection with clause nolumus, until All Saints Day, for Master Gilbert de Middelton, archdeacon of Northampton.
   • 1322-06-22 — Protection for Master Gilbert de Middelton, archdeacon of Northampton, in his peaceable possession of his prebend of Horton, in the diocese of Worcester, in the…
   • 1323-07-18 — The like to the following in the following counties : Stephen, bishop of London ) Essex, Hertford, John de Bousser Middlesex. Roger, bishop of Salisbury . John …
   • 1324-01-28 — To Robert de Stok. Order to deliver to the heir of William de Keynes of Faldho all the said William's lands, together with the issues thereof from 14 May, in th…
   • 1324-01-28 — To Robert de Stok. Order to deliver to the heir of William de Keynes Faldho all the said William's lands, together with the issues thereof from 14 May, in the 1…
   • 1324-09-24 — To John de Britannia, earl of Richmond. Summons to be at Westminster on the aforesaid day at the said colloquium. By K. Federa; Parl, Writs, To the abbot of St.…
   • 1325-01-01 — Master Gilbert de Middelton, archdeacon of Northampton.
   • 1325-01-01 — To Master Gilbert de Middelton, archdeacon of Northampton. Order to at Westminster on the morrow of the octaves of the Epiphany next before W. bishop of Exeter,…
4. John de Bukyngham 1354–1359 ×4
   • 1359-08-01 — John Berners, knight, acknowledges that he owes to John de Bukyngham, archdeacon of Northampton, 200 marks; to be levied etc. in Essex.
   • undated — To the abbot of the Scots monastery, Vienna. Man- Perugia, date in a cause, in the diocese of Olmutz, which was com- (6.178) mitted by Urban VI. to his predeces…
   • undated — Mandate to inform themselves touching John de Bukingham, archdeacon of Northampton, elected by the chapter to the see of Lincoln, void by the death of John, a d…
5. Walter de Skirlawe 1381
   • 1381-05-06 — Power to Master Walter Skirlawe, archdeacon of Northampton, commissary John, bishop of Lincoln, to arrange for the exchange of benefices Thomas de Badby, dean o…
6. Gilbert de Milton undated ×2
   • undated — Mandate to appropriate the church of Wissenden, value 50 marks, to the prior and convent of Sempringham, which comprises forty canons and regvlars, and a separa…
   • undated — To the archbishop of Canterbury. Mandate to appropriate the church of Wissenden, value 50 marks, to the prior and convent of Sempringham, which comprises forty …
7. James de Barthele undated
   • undated — To the bishop of Lincoln, to Rigaud, bishop elect of Winchester, and to the archdeavon of Lincoln. Mandate to cite before the pope Master James de Barthele, arc…

Ordered by the first date each holder appears with the office — where a holder is undated they sort last. Dates are the roll entries' own, not tenure dates.
Cite: “archdeacon of Northampton”, Reading the Rolls, https://readingtherolls.com/office/archdeacon-of-northampton, accessed 2026-07-25. Derived from the printed calendars of the medieval English royal records.