Archdeacon Of Rochester

Rochester. 4 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. William de Sancto Martino 1260–1274 ×5
   • 1274-02-28 — To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to deliver William de Sancto Martino, archdeacon of Rochester, with his household and things, without delay from Winchester…
   • undated — Confirmation and suppletion, with exemplification, addressed to Master John de Camezan, papal chaplain and auditor of contested papal letters, rector of Wingrav…
2. John de Sancto Dionisio 1278–1288 ×2
   • 1278-01-24 — Thomas le Brevetur came before the king and sought to replevy the land of Gilbert Blondel in Messinden, which was taken into the king's hands for Gilbert's defa…
3. John de Sancto 1288
   • 1288-10-16 — Writ de intendendo directed to the converts of the Domus Conversorum, in favour of Robert de Scardeburgh, king's clerk, appointed, pleasure, to the custody ther…
4. William Dean 1332
   • 1332-07-23 — William le Dene, archdeacon of Rochester, and Walter le Dene of Surrey acknowledge that they owe to Thomas Godchep, citizen and of London, 400/. ; to be levied,…

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 Rochester”, Reading the Rolls, https://readingtherolls.com/office/archdeacon-of-rochester, accessed 2026-07-25. Derived from the printed calendars of the medieval English royal records.