Dean and Chapter of St Paul's

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Model of the Old St. Paul's Cathedral in the Museum of London showing the chapter house

The Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral was the titular corporate body of St Paul's Cathedral in London up to the end of the twentieth century. It consisted of the dean and the canons, priests attached to the cathedral who were known as "prebendaries" because of the source of their income. The Dean and Chapter (or "Greater Chapter") was made up of a large number of priests who would meet "in chapter", but such meetings were infrequent and the actual governance was done by the Administrative Chapter headed by the dean, made up of several senior "residentiary canons", who were also known as the "Dean and Canons of St Paul’s" or simply "The Chapter".

The Cathedrals Measure 1999, a reform applying to nearly all cathedrals, termed the main governing body of the cathedrals "the Chapter"; reformed the Greater Chapter to include archdeacons and suffragan and assistant bishops (but not the diocesan bishop) as well as lay canons, giving it the title "The College of Canons" with the dean as its president; and also introduced a "Cathedral Council" responsible for changing the Constitution and Statutes and for approving the budget and accounts. The Measure also required lay people to be appointed to the Chapter. The titular corporate body has been known since 2000 as "The Corporation of the Cathedral Church of St Paul in London", and its membership consists of the members for the time being of the Chapter, the College of Canons, and the Council: the term "Dean and Chapter" is no longer valid in law. The Chapter is headed by the Dean of St Paul's, currently the Very Revd David Ison who was installed on 25 May 2012, and includes four ordained residentiary canons and up to four lay people.

Up to the early twentieth century canons were attached to prebendal stalls, and by the early thirteenth century, there were 30 of these.[1] Many of the prebendal manors were some distance from the cathedral. For many years, the rents of these manors provided sufficiently valuable income to render the great majority of the prebendaries indifferent to reside at the cathedral and benefit from the increase in income that this would provide. Many of the prebends were awarded to senior clergy, including archdeacons and bishops, to top-up insufficient income from their archbishoprics, bishoprics and archdeaconries.

Fourteen of the prebendaries later became archbishops.

The prebendaries survived the reforms during the middle of the sixteenth century, perhaps because the cathedral had not been a monastic institution.[2] The prebendal estates were taken over by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in the later nineteenth century in exchange for a cash payment, the value of which was almost entirely lost to inflation during the twentieth century. The role of prebendary has become unpaid and largely honorary.

Deans of St Pauls

See Deans of St Paul's.

Prebendaries of Broomesbury

3

Prebendaries of Brownswood

3

Prebendaries of Caddington Major

3

Prebendaries of Caddington Minor

3

Prebendaries of Cantlers

The Prebend of Cantlers consisted of a manor in the area now known as Kentish Town.

3

Prebendaries of Chamberlainwood

3

Prebendaries of Chiswick

3

Prebendaries of Consumpta-Per-Mare

3

Prebendaries of Ealdland

3

Prebendaries of Ealdstreet

3

Prebendaries of Finsbury

3

Prebendaries of Harleston

  • Harlesden, Middlesex
3

Prebendaries of Holbourn

3

Prebendaries of Hoxton

3

Prebendaries of Islington

3

Prebendaries of Mapesbury

3

Prebendaries of Mora

3

Prebendaries Of Nesden

3

Prebendaries of Newington

3

Prebendaries of Oxgate

3

Prebendaries of Pancratius

St Pancras

3

Prebendaries of Portpool

See Portpool

3

Prebendaries of Reculversland

3

Prebendaries of Rugmere

3

Prebendaries of Sneating

3

Prebendaries of Totenhall

3

Prebendaries of Twiford

3

Prebendaries of Weldland

3

Prebendaries of Wenlocksbarn

3

Prebendaries of Wilsden

3

References

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  2. ^ Annals of St Paul’s Cathedral, Henry Hart Milman, Murray, 1868.
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  4. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine. 1839, cix p.209
  5. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine 1749, xix p.524
  6. ^ Gentlemen’s Magazine 1783, liii p.366
  7. ^ Gentlemen’s Magazine 1807, lxxvii p. 987
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  9. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine 1731, i p.449
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  11. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine 1783, liii p.629
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  13. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine 1855, cxxxvii p.98
  14. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine 1859, cxlv p.88
  15. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine. 1764, xxxiv p.198
  16. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine.1841 cxi p.104
  17. ^ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 21 February 1873. p.4 Ecclesiastical Intelligence
  18. ^ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 30 January 1896. p.7 Ecclesiastical News
  19. ^ Hampshire Advertiser - Saturday 03 April 1897. p.2 Ecclesiastical Intelligence
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  21. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine.1742, xii p.331
  22. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine.1771, xli p.192
  23. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine. 1812, lxxxii p.404
  24. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine. 1748, xviii p.187
  25. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine. 1861, cxlix p.332
  26. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine.1756, xxvi p.595
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  35. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine. 1842, cxii p.558
  36. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine. 1852, cxxx p.99
  37. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine 1733, iii p.550
  38. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine. 1792, lxii p.391
  39. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine. 1816, lxxxvi p382, pp.467-8
  40. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine 1770, xl p.442
  41. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine 1781, li p.541
  42. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine 1800, lxx p.287
  43. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine 1840, cx p.654
  44. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine 1762, xxxii p.448)
  45. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine 1826, xcvi p.89
  46. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine 1851, cxxviii p.437
  47. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine xxxvi p. 551
  48. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine 1811, lxxxi p.660
  49. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine 1849, cxxv p.643-7
  50. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine. 1798, lxviii p.811
  51. ^ Gentleman’s Magazine.1829, xcix p.370
  52. ^ The Gentleman’s Magazine 1733, iii p.269
  53. ^ The Gentleman’s Magazine 1816, lxxxvi p.285
  54. ^ The Gentleman’s Magazine 1851, cxxviii p.563
  55. ^ The Gentleman’s Magazine 1868, clxii p.120
  56. ^ The Gentleman’s Magazine 1795, lxv p.972
  57. ^ The Gentleman’s Magazine 1797, lxvii p.621
  58. ^ The Gentleman’s Magazine 1803, lxxiii p.487
  59. ^ The Gentleman’s Magazine 1804, lxxiv p.384
  60. ^ The Gentleman’s Magazine 1819, lxxxix p.280
  61. ^ The Gentleman’s Magazine 1822, xcii p.375
  62. ^ The Gentleman’s Magazine 1847, cxxi p.210
  63. ^ The Gentleman’s Magazine 1736, vi p.487
  64. ^ The Gentleman’s Magazine 1759, xxix p.392
  65. ^ The Gentleman’s Magazine 1789, lix p.179
  66. ^ The Gentleman’s Magazine 1845, cxvi p.437
  67. ^ Cambridge Independent Press - Saturday 14 July 1883. p.5. The University Herald
  68. ^ Western Daily Press - Friday 04 November 1904. p.3. Preferments and Appointments
  69. ^ Western Daily Press - Friday 09 February 1906. p.6. Preferments and Appointments
  70. ^ Cambridge Independent Press - Saturday 22 October 1881. p.5. Preferments and Appointments
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