High Medieval

Some of the earliest archdeacons are occasionally referred to by several variations of the title, including Archdeacon of the West Riding (of Lindsey), and of Lindsey.

• bef. 1092 – ?: Hugh^{[lower-roman 1]}
• bef. 1133 – bef. 1134: Osbert (son of Hugh)
• bef. 1134 – aft. 1152: William son of Osbert
• bef. 1158 – bef. 1161: Roger de Almaria
• bef. 1161 – bef. 1187: Richard de Almaria
• bef. 1187 – aft. 1200: Alexander
• bef. 1200 – aft. 1208: William de Firsby
• bef. 1214 – aft. 1219 (res.): William de Thornaco (became Archdeacon of Lincoln)
• bef. 1219 – bef. September 1219 (res.): John of York
• bef. September 1219 – aft. 1222: Hugh de Sancto Edwardo
• bef. 1223 – 10 November 1223 (d.): William son of Fulk II
• bef. 1224 – aft. 1236: William of Canterbury
• bef. 1239 – bef. 1240: W.
• bef. 1240 – aft. 1241: Gilbert
• bef. 1242 – aft. 1262: Michael de Benington
• bef. 1264 – aft. 1279: Simon de Barton
• bef. 1280 – aft. 1285: Antony de Sauzthorp
• bef. 1289 – aft. 1291: Durand of Lincoln
• 30 December 1291 – bef. 1301 (res.): Joceline Kirmington

Late Medieval

• 13 January 1301 – 1301 (res.): William Ockham
• 13 July 1301 – bef. 1303 (d.): William Langwath
• 30 December 1303 – bef. September 1320: William Ockham (again)
• 26 January – bef. June 1320 (res.): Adam de Brome (ineffective royal grant)
• 16 June 1320 (grant): Richard Northwode (ineffective royal grant)
• ? – bef. 1332 (res.): Walter Stauren
• 9 January – 8 February 1332 (exch.): John Islip
• 8 February – 25 December 1332 (res.) & 1–5 January 1333 (exch.): Simon Islip
• 5 January 1333 – bef. 1334 (d.): John Nassington
• 6 November 1334 – bef. 1335 (res.): John Ragenhill or John Longespey de Regenhill
• 19 March – 9 April 1335 (exch.): Thomas Ripplingham
• 9 April 1335 – bef. 1339 (d.): John Bekingham
• 17 February 1339 – 31 December 1346 (exch.): Henry Chaddesden
• 31 December 1346 – ?: Henry Motoun
• ? – 1 March 1386 (exch.): Thomas Chandos
• 1 March 1386 – 7 June 1401 (d.): Thomas Aston
• bef. 1402 – bef. 1419 (d.): Hugh Hanworth
• 18 March 1419 – bef. 1427 (res.): Thomas Brouns (became Archdeacon of Berkshire)
• 8 July 1427 – bef. 1433 (res.): Stephen Wilton
• 29 May 1434 – 1442 (res.): William Lyndwood (became Bishop of St David's)
• bef. 1443 – 1448 (res.): William Scrope
• ? – 1452 (d.): Peter Irford or Beverlay
• 10 April – bef. September 1452 (res.): Lawrence Booth
• 20 September 1452 – 12 November 1454 (exch.): Edmund Booth
• 13 November 1454 – ?: William Witham
• 15 December 1460 – 1468 (res.): John Collinson (became Archdeacon of Bedford)
• 7 December 1468 – 26 June 1471 (exch.): Thomas Downe
• 26 June 1471 – 1475: Edmund Sheriffe
• 23 August 1477 – 1478 (res.): John Blithe (became Archdeacon of Huntingdon)
• 14 November 1477 – 8 December 1496 (d.): William Sheffield
• 20 May 1497 – ?: Robert Frost
• 24 November 1506 – bef. 1507 (d.): William Smith
• 14 December 1507 – 9 January 1543 (d.): Edward Derby

Early modern

• 15 January – July 1543 (res.): Anthony Draycot (became Archdeacon of Huntingdon)
• 24 August 1543 – 8 March 1553 (d.): Christopher Massingberd
• June 1553 – bef. 1554 (deprived): John Aylmer (deprived)
• 29 March 1554 – bef. 1559 (deprived): John Harrison (deprived)
• 1559 – 1562 (res.): John Aylmer (restored; became Archdeacon of Lincoln)
• 1563 – bef. 1576 (d.): Roger Kelke
• 26 January 1576 – 6 March 1582 (res.): Thomas Sparke
• 7 March 1582 – 4 August 1610 (d.): John Fermery
• 16 August 1610 – 6 September 1629 (d.): Alexander Chapman
• 14 September 1610 – bef. 1610: John Hills (failed installation)
• 14 September 1629 – bef. 1641 (d.): Nicholas Walker
• 14 August – 21 November 1641 (res.): James Duport
• 15 November 1641 – bef. 1677 (d.): Stephen Luddington
• 3 March 1677 – 1683 (res.): Byrom Eaton (became Archdeacon of Leicester)
• 5 September 1683 – 1684 (res.): John Gery (became Archdeacon of Buckingham)
• 4 November 1684 – 29 April 1712 (d.): John Hutton
• 22 July 1712 – 3 September 1730 (d.): Lawrence Echard
• 13 November 1730 – bef. 1751 (d.): Squire Payne
• 26 April 1751 – bef. 1765 (d.): William Bassett
• 5 September 1765 – 15 March 1791 (d.): John Towne
• 19 March 1791 – 19 January 1808 (d.): Robert Wharton
• 11 March 1808 – 28 August 1823 (d.): Cayley Illingworth
• 29 September 1823 – 12 August 1844 (d.): Henry Bayley
• 14 September 1844 – 18 December 1862 (d.): William Stonehouse^[4]

Late modern

• 1863 – 5 February 1867 (d.): John Giles, Rector of Willoughby^[5]
• 1867 – 10 December 1893 (d.): Edward Trollope, Rector of Leasingham (also Bishop suffragan of Nottingham from 21 December 1877)^[6][7]
• 1894–1897 (d.): George Perry, Rector of Waddington^[8][9]
• 1897 – 14 May 1912 (d.): John Bond, Vicar of St Peter-in-Eastgate (with St Margaret, Lincoln (until 1902) then Precentor at Lincoln Cathedral (from 1902)^[10][11][12]
• 1912–1913 (res.): George Jeudwine, Rector of Harlaxton (became Archdeacon of Lincoln)^[13]
• 1913–1921 (deprived): John Wakeford, Precentor at the Cathedral (deprived)^[14][15]
• 1921–1937 (res.): Ernest Blackie, Precentor at the Cathedral (also Bishop suffragan of Grantham {1930–1935} then Bishop suffragan of Grimsby {1935–1937}; became Dean of Rochester)^[16][17]

In 1933, the Archdeaconry of Lindsey was split from Stow archdeaconry

• 1937–1951 (res.): Arthur Greaves, Bishop suffragan of Grimsby and Precentor at the Cathedral^[18]
• 1951–1954 (res.): Mervyn Armstrong, Rector of Epworth and of Wroot (became Provost of Leicester)^[19]
• 1954–1962 (ret.): Lawrence Ashcroft, Vicar of Burton-on-Stather^[20]
• 1963–1967 (res.): Michael Roy Sinker^[21]
• 1967–1975 (ret.): Sidney Harvie-Clark, Vicar of Hackthorn and Rector of Cold Hanworth (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[22]
• 1975–1989 (ret.): David Scott, Vicar of Hackthorn with Cold Hanworth (also Priest-in-Charge of North and South Carlton {from 1978})^[23]
• 1989–1994: Roderick Wells (became Archdeacon of Stow and Lindsey)^[24]