Dean of Wells

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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]

List of the Deans of Wells

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 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 1498–1525 William Cosyn (formerly Archdeacon of Bath) 1525–1529 Thomas Wynter 1529–1537 Richard Woleman 1537–1540 Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex 1540–1547 William Fitzjames/Fitzwilliam 1548–1550 John Goodman 1551–1554 William Turner 1554–1560 John Goodman 1560–1568 William Turner 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 Creyghton 1670–1704 Ralph Bathurst 1704–1713 William Grahme (Graham) 1713–1733 Matthew Brailsford 1733–1736 Isaac Maddox 1736–1738 John Harris, Bishop of Llandaff 1739–1766 Samuel Creswicke 1766–1799 Lord Francis Seymour 1799–1812 George William Lukin 1812–1831 Hon Henry Ryder (also Bishop of Gloucester 1815–1824; Bishop of Lichfield & Coventry 1824–1836) 1831–1845 Edmund Goodenough 1845–1854 Richard Jenkyns 1854–1881 George Johnson 1881–1891 Edward Hayes Plumptre 1891–1911 Thomas Jex-Blake 1911–1933 Joseph Armitage Robinson 1933–1950 Richard Malden 1951–1958 Frederick Percy Harton 1958–1962 Christopher Woodforde 1962–1973 Irven David Edwards 1973–1989 Patrick Reynolds Mitchell 1990–2003 Richard Lewis 2004–present John Clarke

Notes

1. ^ List of Deans
2. ^ Photo of Cathedral
3. ^ Official announcement of appointment
4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 9780715110300

Further reading

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