Dean of York

Plaque in York Minster listing the Deans of York

The Dean of York is the member of the clergy who is responsible for the running of the York Minster cathedral.

List of deans

The following is a list of the deans from 11th century to the present day.^[1][2][3][4]

11th–12th centuries

• 1093–c.1135: Hugh
• c.1138–1143: William of Sainte-Barbe (afterwards Bishop of Durham)
• c.1147–1157: Robert de Gant (also Lord Chancellor 1140–1154)
• 1158–1186: Robert Butevilain
• 1186–1189: Hubert Walter (afterwards Bishop of Salisbury, then Archbishop of Canterbury)
• 1189–1194: Henry Marshal (afterwards Bishop of Exeter)^[5]
• 1194–1214: Simon de Apulia (afterwards Bishop of Exeter)

13th century

• 1214–unknown: William Testard
• c.1217–c.1220: Hamo
• 1220–1233: Roger de Insula
• 1233–1238: Geoffrey de Norwich
• 1239–1243: Fulk Basset (afterwards Bishop of London)
• 1244–1249: Walter de Kirkham (afterwards Bishop of Durham)
• c.1252–1256: Sewal de Bovil (afterwards Archbishop of York)
• 1257–1258: Geoffrey de Ludham (afterwards Archbishop of York)
• 1258–1260: Roger de Holderness (alias Roger of Skeffling).
• c.1262–1279: William de Langton (alias William of Rotherfield; elected Archbishop of York and Bishop of Carlisle, but did not take possession of either office)
• 1279–1290: Robert de Scarborough
• 1290–1297: Henry de Newark (afterwards Archbishop of York)
• 1296–1307: William Hambleton (also Lord Chancellor 1305–1307)^[6]

14th century

• 1307–1310: Raymond de Goth
• 1310–1312: William Pickering
• 1312–1333: Robert Pickering
• 1333–1336: William de Colby
• 1336–1340: William de La Zouche (afterwards Archbishop of York)
• 1342–1343: Elias Talleyrand de Perigord
• 1366–1380: Angelicus Grimaud (also was created a cardinal in 1366)^[7]
• 1382–1385: Adam Easton (also was created a cardinal in 1381)^[8]
• 1385–1395: Edmund Stafford
• 1395–1397: Roger Walden
• 1398–1400: Richard Clifford (also was Lord Privy Seal 1397–1401; afterwards Bishop-elect of Bath and Wells, then Bishop of Worcester and finally Bishop of London)

15th century

• 1401–1406: Thomas Langley (afterwards Bishop of Durham)
• 1406–1416: John Prophete
• 1416–1420: Thomas Polton (afterwards Bishop of Hereford, then Bishop of Chichester and finally Bishop of Worcester)
• 1420–1425: William Grey (afterwards Bishop of London, then Bishop of Lincoln)
• 1426–1436: Robert Gilbert (afterwards Bishop of London)
• 1436–1451: William Felter
• 1452–1477: Richard Andrew
• 1477–1488: Robert Booth
• 1488–1494: Christopher Urswick (afterwards Dean of Windsor)
• 1494–1496: William Sheffield
• 1497–1503: Geoffrey Blythe (afterwards Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield)

16th century

• 1503–1507: Christopher Bainbridge (also Dean of Windsor; afterwards Bishop of Durham, then Archbishop of York)
• 1508–1512: James Harrington
• 1513–1514: Thomas Wolsey (afterwards Bishop of Lincoln and Archbishop of York)
• 1514–1516: John Young
• 1516–1539: Brian Higden
• 1539–1544: Richard Layton
• 1544–1567: Nicholas Wotton
• 1567–1589: Matthew Hutton (afterwards Bishop of Durham and Archbishop of York)
• 1589–1617: John Thornborough (previously Bishop of Limerick; afterwards Bishop of Bristol, then Bishop of Worcester)

17th century

• 1617–1624: George Meriton
• 1625–1644: John Scott
• 1644–1660: The deanery was abolished during the Commonwealth and the Protectorate.
• 1660–1663: Richard Marsh
• Jan–Nov 1664: William Sancroft (afterwards Dean of St Paul's, London, then Archbishop of Canterbury)
• 1664–1677: Robert Hitch.^[9]
• 1677–1697: Tobias Wickham
• 1697–1702: Thomas Gale

18th century

• 1702–1728: Henry Finch
• 1728–1747: Richard Osbaldeston (afterwards Bishop of Carlisle, then Bishop of London)
• 1747–1802: John Fountayne

19th century

• 1802–1822: George Markham
• 1823–1858: William Cockburn (brother of George Cockburn, uncle of Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet who defended him on a charge of simony)
• 1858–1880: Augustus Duncombe
• 1880–1916: Arthur Purey-Cust

20th century

• 1917–1925: William Foxley Norris (afterwards Dean of Westminster)
• 1926–1932: Lionel Ford
• 1932–1941: Herbert Bate
• 1941–1963: Eric Milner-White
• 1964–1975: Alan Richardson
• 1975–1984: Ronald Jasper.^[10]
• 1984–1994: John Southgate
• 1994–2003: Raymond Furnell (previously Provost of St Edmundsbury)

21st century

• 2004–present: Keith Jones (previously Dean of Exeter)

Notes

1. ^ Tilsley, John; Howat, Jeremy N. T.. "Deans of York from 1093" (PDF). York Minster: the four major dignities. http://www.yorkminster.org/documents/274/the-deans.pdf. Retrieved 23 January 2011. 
2. ^ Greenway 1999, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 6, pp. 7–13.
3. ^ Jones 1963, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 6, pp. 6–9.
4. ^ Horn & Smith 1975, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 4, pp. 5–7.
5. ^ Barlow, Frank (2004). "Marshal, Henry (d. 1206)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (May 2007 ed.). Oxford University Press. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/94379. Retrieved 2008-04-11. 
6. ^ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 85.
7. ^ Miranda, Salvador. "Angelicus Grimaud". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1366.htm#Grimoard. Retrieved 23 January 2011. 
8. ^ Miranda, Salvador. "Adam Easton". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1381.htm#Easton. Retrieved 23 January 2011. 
9. ^ The Right Rev. Robert Hitch, Rector of Normanton, West Yorkshire and Dean of York, was married to Sarah Levett, born 1610, daughter of Capt. Christopher Levett, the English explorer born at York.[1]
10. ^ Donald Gray (2004). "Jasper, Ronald Claud Dudley (1917–1990)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/39999. Retrieved 2008-10-27. 

Bibliography

• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S. et al., eds (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 
• Greenway, D. E. (1999). "Deans of York". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 6 - York Diocese. British History Online. http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=10458. 
• Horn, J. M.; Smith, D. M. (1975). "Deans of York". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 4 - York Diocese. British History Online. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34536. 
• Jones, B. (1963). "Deans of York". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 6 - Northern Province (York, Carlise and Durham). British History Online. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=32507.