Dean of York

Person responsible York Minster cathedral's running

The Dean of York is the member of the clergy who is responsible for the running of the York Minster cathedral. As well as being the head of the cathedral church of the diocese and the metropolitical church of the province, the Dean of York holds preeminence as the Province of York vicar.

Since 1939, the deans have resided at York Deanery.

List of deans

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

High Medieval

  • 1093–c. 1135 Hugh
  • c. 1138–1143 William of St. Barbara
  • c. 1147–1157 Robert of Ghent
  • 1158–1186 Robert Butevilain
  • 1186–1189 Hubert Walter
  • 1189–1194 Henry Marshal[5]
  • 1194–1214 Simon of Apulia
  • 1214–? William Testard
  • c. 1217–c. 1220 Hamo
  • 1220–1233 Roger de Insula
  • 1233–1238 Geoffrey de Norwich
  • 1239–1243 Fulk Basset
  • 1244–1249 Walter of Kirkham
  • c. 1252–1256 Sewal de Bovil
  • 1257–1258 Godfrey Ludham
  • 1258–1260 Roger de Holderness (alias Skeffling)
  • c. 1262–1279 William Langton
  • 1279–1290 Robert de Scarborough
  • 1290–1297 Henry of Newark

Late Medieval

  • 1296–1307 William Hambleton[6]
  • 1307–1310 Raymond de Goth
  • 1310–1312 William Pickering
  • 1312–1333 Robert Pickering
  • 1333–1336 William de Colby
  • 1336–1340 William Zouche
  • 1342–1343 Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord
  • 1366–1380 Cardinal Angelicus Grimaud[7]
  • 1382–1385 Cardinal Adam Easton[8]
  • 1385–1395 Edmund Stafford
  • 1395–1397 Roger Walden
  • 1398–1400 Richard Clifford
  • 1401–1406 Thomas Langley
  • 1406–1416 John Prophet
  • 1416–1420 Thomas Polton
  • 1420–1425 William Grey
  • 1426–1436 Robert Gilbert
  • 1436–1451 William Felter
  • 1452–1477 Richard Andrew

Early modern

Late modern

Plaque in York Minster listing the Deans of York
York Minster

References

  1. ^ Tilsley, John; Howat, Jeremy N. T. "Deans of York from 1093" (PDF). York Minster; the four major dignitaries. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. 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. "Marshal, Henry (d. 1206)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/94379. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ^ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 85
  7. ^ Miranda, Salvador. "Angelicus Grimaud". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  8. ^ Miranda, Salvador. "Adam Easton". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  9. ^ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. The Society. 1913. The Rt Revd 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.
  10. ^ Gray, Donald. "Jasper, Ronald Claud Dudley (1917–1990)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39999. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  11. ^ "Faull appointed Dean of York". BBC News. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  12. ^ York Minster — Acting Dean of York (Accessed 29 June 2018)
  13. ^ Dodd, George (26 November 2018). "New Dean of York revealed as the Rt Revd Dr Jonathan Frost". York Press. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  14. ^ a b "Acting Dean of York announced". York Minster. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  15. ^ "The Installation of Dominic Barrington as the 77th Dean of York". Archbishop of York. 25 October 2022. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

Sources

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., 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.
  • Horn, J. M.; Smith, D. M. (1975). "Deans of York". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 4 - York Diocese. British History Online.
  • Jones, B. (1963). "Deans of York". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 6 - Northern Province (York, Carlise and Durham). British History Online.
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