Dean of Wells

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Wells Cathedral

The Dean of Wells is the head of the Chapter^[1] of Wells Cathedral^[2] in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The current Dean is the Very Revd John Clarke,^[3] who lives in The Dean's Lodging, 25 The Liberty, Wells.^[4]

Contents

1 List of deans
2 References
3 Further reading

List of deans [edit]

High Medieval [edit]

1140–1164 Ivo
1164–1189 Richard of Spaxton
1190–1213 Alexander
1213–1216 Leonius
1216–1219 Ralph of Lechlade
1219–1236 Peter of Chichester
1236–1241 William of Merton
1241–1253 John Saracenus
1254–1256 Giles of Bridport
1256–1284 Edward of Cnoll
1284–1292 Thomas Bytton
1292–1295 William Burnell
1295–1302 Walter Haselshaw

Late Medieval [edit]

1302–1305 Henry Husee
1305–1333 John Godelee
1333–1333 Richard of Bury
1334–1335 Wibert of Littleton
1335–1349 Walter of London
1349–1350 Thomas Fastolf
1350–1361 John of Carleton
1361–1379 Stephen Penpel
1379–1381 John Fordham
1381–1396 Thomas Thebaud (of Sudbury)
1397–1398 Henry Beaufort

1398–1401 Nicholas Slake
1401–1410 Thomas Tuttebury
1410–1413 Richard Courtenay
1413–1413 Thomas Karneka
1413–1423 Walter Medeford
1423–1424 John Stafford
1425–1446 John Forest
1446–1467 Nicholas Carent
1467–1472 William Witham
1472–1498 John Gunthorpe

Early modern [edit]

1498–1525 William Cosyn
1525–1529 Thomas Wynter
1529–1537 Richard Woleman
1537–1540 Thomas Cromwell
1540–1547 William Fitzjames or Fitzwilliam
1548–1550 John Goodman (deprived)
1551–1554 William Turner (deprived)
1554–1561 John Goodman (reinstated)
1561–1568 William Turner (restored)
1570–1573 Robert Weston
1574–1589 Valentine Dale
1590–1602 John Herbert
1602–1607 Benjamin Heydon
1607–1621 Richard Meredith
1621–1631 Ralph Barlow

1631–1641 George Warburton
1642–1644 Walter Ralegh
1660–1670 Robert Creighton
1670–1704 Ralph Bathurst
1704–1713 William Grahme (or Graham)
1713–1733 Matthew Brailsford
1733–1736 Isaac Maddox
1736–1738 John Harris
1739–1766 Samuel Creswick
1766–1799 Lord Francis Seymour

Late modern [edit]

1799–1812 George Lukin
1812–1831 Hon Henry Ryder
1831–1845 Edmund Goodenough
1845–1854 Richard Jenkyns
1854–1881 George Johnson
1881–1891 Edward Plumptre
1891–1911 Thomas Jex-Blake
1911–1933 Armitage Robinson
1933–1950 Richard Malden
1951–1958 Frederic Harton
1958–1962 Christopher Woodforde
1962–1973 Irven Edwards
1973–1989 Patrick Mitchell
1990–2003 Richard Lewis
2004–present John Clarke

References [edit]

^ List of Deans
^ Photo of Cathedral
^ Official announcement of appointment
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0

Further reading [edit]

Robinson, J. A., The First Deans of Wells (1921)

v t e Diocese of Bath and Wells

Wells Cathedral Bishop's Palace, Wells Bath Abbey Glastonbury Abbey (ruins)

Office holders	The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Peter Price The Bishop suffragan of Taunton, Peter Maurice The Dean of Wells, John Clarke The Archdeacon of Taunton, John Reed The Archdeacon of Bath, Andy Piggott The Archdeacon of Wells, Nicola Sullivan

Historic offices	For the Bishops of Wells (10th century–1090), Bishops of Bath (1090–1197 & 1219–1245) and Bishops of Bath and Glastonbury (1197–1219), see Bishop of Bath and Wells

v t e Deans in the Church of England

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Province of York	Blackburn Bradford Carlisle Chester Durham Liverpool Manchester Newcastle Peel Ripon Sheffield Southwell Wakefield York

v t e Deans of Wells

High Medieval	Ivo Richard de Spakeston Alexander Leonius Ralph of Lechlade Peter of Chichester William of Merton John Saracenus Giles of Bridport Edward of Cnoll Thomas Bytton William Burnell Walter Haselshaw

Late Medieval	Henry Husee John Godelee Richard of Bury Wibert of Littleton Walter of London Thomas Fastolf John of Carleton Stephen Penpel John Fordham Thomas Thebaud Henry Beaufort Nicholas Slake Thomas Tuttebury Richard Courtenay Walter Medeford John Stafford John Forest Nicholas Carent William Witham John Gunthorpe

Early modern	William Cosyn Thomas Wynter Richard Woleman Thomas Cromwell William Fitzjames John Goodman William Turner Robert Weston Valentine Dale John Herbert Benjamin Heydon Richard Meredith Ralph Barlow George Warburton Walter Ralegh Robert Creighton Ralph Bathurst William Grahme Matthew Brailsford Isaac Maddox John Harris Samuel Creswicke Lord Francis Seymour

Late modern	George Lukin Hon Henry Ryder Edmund Goodenough Richard Jenkyns George Johnson Edward Plumptre Thomas Jex-Blake Armitage Robinson Richard Malden Frederic Harton Christopher Woodforde Irven Edwards Patrick Mitchell Richard Lewis John Clarke

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