Dean of Salisbury

The Dean of Salisbury is the head of the chapter of Salisbury Cathedral in the Church of England. The Dean assists the archdeacon of Sarum and bishop of Ramsbury in the diocese of Salisbury.

The cloisters at Salisbury Cathedral

List of deans

High Medieval c. 1102 Walter c. 1105 Osbert ?–1111 Robert bef. 1115–aft. 1122 Serlo c. 1131 Roger c. 1139–aft. 1145 Azo 1148–1155 Robert of Chichester[1] 1155–1164 Henry de Beaumont 1166–1175 John of Oxford[2] 1176–1193 Jordan 1194–1197 Eustace[3] 1197–1215 Richard Poore[4] 1215–1220 Adam 1220–1236 William de Wanda 1238–1257 Robert de Hertford 1258–1271 Robert Wickhampton 1271–1284 Walter Scammel 1285–1287 Henry Brandeston 1287–1295 Simon de Micham

Late Medieval 1297–1309 Peter of Savoy 1308–1311 William Rufati 1311–1346 Reymund de Fargis 1346–1347 Bertrand de Fargis 1347–1374 Reynold Orsini 1374–13 August 1379 (d.): Giacomo Cardinal Orsini (cardinal-deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro; also Archdeacon of Leicester and Archdeacon of Durham) 1380–1381 Robert Braybrooke 1382–1404 Thomas Montagu 1404–1417 John Chandler 1418–1431 Simon Sydenham 1431–1435 Thomas Brunce 1435–1441 Nicholas Bildeston 1441–1446 Adam Moleyns 1446–1449 Richard Leyot 1449–1463 Gilbert Kymer 1463–1472 James Goldwell 1473–1485 John Davison 1486–1502 Edward Cheyne

Early modern 1502–1509 Thomas Ruthall 1509–1514 William Atwater 1514–1521 John Longland 1521–1522 Cuthbert Tunstall 1523–1536 Richard Pace 1536–1563 Peter Vannes 1563–1571 William Bradbridge 1571 Thomas Cole (nominated) 1571–1572 Edmund Freke 1572–1577 John Piers 1577–1604 John Bridges 1604–1619 John Gordon 1619–1620 John Williams 1620–1630 John Bowle 1630–1635 Edmund Mason 1635–1667 Richard Baylie 1667–1675 Ralph Brideoake 1675–1691 Thomas Pierce 1691–1702 Robert Woodward 1702–1705 Edward Young 1705–1728 John Younger 1728–1757 John Clarke 1757–1780 Thomas Greene 1780–1786 Rowney Noel 1786–1808 John Ekins

Late modern 1809–1823 Charles Talbot 1823–1846 Hugh Pearson 1846–1850 Francis Lear 1850–1880 Henry Hamilton 1880–1880 J. C. Ryle 1880–1901 George Boyle 1901–1907 Allan Webb[5] 1907–1919 William Page Roberts 1920–1927 Andrew Burn 1928–1935 John Randolph 1936–1943 Edward Henderson 1943–1952 Henry Charles Robins 1952–1960 Robert Moberly 1960–1971 Kenneth Haworth 1971–1977 Fenton Morley 1977–1986 Sydney Evans 1986–1996 The Hon Hugh Dickinson 1996–2004 Derek Watson 2004–2017 June Osborne 2017–2018 Ed Probert (Acting) 9 September 2018 – present Nick Papadopulos[6]

References

1. Barlow, Frank (2004). "Chichester, Robert of (d. 1160?)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
2. British History Online Bishops of Norwich Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine accessed on 14 December 2007
3. British History Online Bishops of Ely Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine accessed on 25 October 2007
4. British History Online Bishops of Durham Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine accessed on 25 October 2007
5. "No. 27323". The London Gazette. 14 June 1901. p. 4001.
6. "Installation of Canon Nicholas Papadopulos as Dean". Salisbury Cathedral. Retrieved 24 December 2018.

• Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 3: Salisbury diocese

Sources

• British History Online Deans of Salisbury accessed on 40 October 2007