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ARCHDEACONS OF CLEVELAND.
JEREMIAH held this dignity about 1170.
GEOFFREY DE MUSCHAMP held it tempore Hen. II.[1] He became bishop of Coventry and Lichfield in 1198. JOHN DE GREY held it in 1199[2].
RALPH DE KYME laid claim to this dignity in 1196, and seems to have obtained it about 1200: in 1201 he became precentor of this cathedral.
HUGH MURDAC possessed it in 1201.
WILLIAM DE ELY held it 15th Dec. 1204[3] and in 1218[4].
MATTHEW, subscribed by this title as a witness to a deed dated in Octabis S. Joh. Bapt. 1225[5].
JOHN held it in 1230.
SERLO in 1231[6].
GEOFFREY DE MUSCHAMP held it about 1250.
RUFFINUS TONENS witnessed a deed as archdeacon of Cleveland dated in crastino S. Botolphi (18th June) 1266[7].
THOMAS GRIMSTON occurs as archdeacon of Cleveland in 1280. He died in 1289, and was succeeded by
THOMAS DE EADBURY, who was one of the messengers sent by the chapter of York to announce to his Majesty the death of archbishop William Wickwane in 1285.
STEPHEN DE MALOLACU or MAULEY held this dignity in 1289. He had a grant of letters of protection dated 28th Sept. 1294[8]. He also possessed it in 1306.
ADRIAN DE FLISCO was presented to this dignity by the King 15th Aug. 1317[9].