Dean of Exeter

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The Dean of Exeter is the head of the Chapter of Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, England.^[1] The chapter was established by Bishop William Briwere (1224-44) who set up the offices of Dean and chancellor of Exeter Cathedral, allowing the chapter to elect those officers.^[2]

The current Dean lives at the new Deanery at 10 The Close.

Before 1500 1225–1231 Serlo 1231–1252 Roger de Wynkleigh 1252–1268 William de Stanwey 1268–1274 Roger de Toriz 1274–1280 John Noble 1280–1283 John Pycot 1283–1302 Andrew de Kilkenny 1302–1307 Henry de Somerset 1307–1309 Thomas de Lechlade 1311–1326 Bartholomew de Sancto Laurentio 1328–1335 Richard de Coleton 1335–1353 Richard de Braylegh 1353–1363 Reginald de Bugwell 1363–1378 Robert Sumpter 1378–1385 Thomas Walkyngton 1385–1415 Ralph Tregrision 1415–1419 Stephen Payn 1419–1457 John Cobethorn 1457–1459 John Hals 1459–1477 Henry Webber 1477–1478 Peter Courtenay 1478–1482 Lionel Woodville 1482–1504 John Arundel

1500–1748 1496-1509 Edward Willoughby 1509 Thomas Hobbes 1509–1519 John Vesey 1519–1527 Richard Pace 1527–1537 Reginald Pole 1537–1552 Simon Haynes 1553 James Haddon 1554–1558 Thomas Reynolds 1560–1570 Gregory Dodds 1571–1583 George Carew 1583–1588 Stephen Townesend 1589–1629 Matthew Sutcliffe 1629–1661 William Peterson 1661–1662 Seth Ward 1662–1663 Edward Young 1663–1681 George Cary 1681–1701 Richard Annesley 1703–1705 William Wake 1705–1717 Lancelot Blackburne 1717–1726 Edward Trelawney 1726–1740 John Gilbert 1741–1742 Alured Clarke 1742–1748 William Holmes

1748–present 1748–1762 Charles Lyttleton 1762–1784 Jeremiah Milles 1784–1790 William Buller 1790–1802 Charles Harward 1803–1809 Charles Talbot 1809–1810 George Gordon 1810–1813 John Garnett 1813–1838 Whittington Landon 1839–1861 Thomas Hill Lowe 1861–1863 Charles John Ellicott 1863–1867 William John Broderick 1867–1883 Archibald Boyd 1883–1900 Benjamin Morgan Cowie 1900–1918 Alfred Earle 1918–1931 Henry Reginald Gamble 1931–1934 Walter Robert Matthews 1935–1950 Spencer Cecil Carpenter 1950–1960 Alexander Ross Wallace 1960–1972 Marcus Knight 1973–1980 Clifford Thomas Chapman 1981–1995 Richard Eyre 1996–2004 Keith Jones 2005–2011 Jonathan Meyrick[3] 2011–  ?

References

1. ^ Details up to 1950 are from: Ursula Radford (1955). "An Introduction to the Deans of Exeter". Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association 87: 1–24. 
2. ^ Barlow, Frank (2004). "Brewer, William (d. 1244)" (Subscription or UK public library membership required). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/50339. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/50339. Retrieved 12 April 2008. 
3. ^ Diocese of Norwich – New Bishop of Lynn

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