The
Dean
Dean may refer to:
People
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* Dean (surname), a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin
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Titles
* ...
of Peterborough is the head of the
chapter at
Peterborough Cathedral
Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew – also known as Saint Peter's Cathedral in the United Kingdom – is the seat of the Church of England, Anglican Bishop of Peterborough, dedicated to Sain ...
. On the Dissolution of
Peterborough Abbey
Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew – also known as Saint Peter's Cathedral in the United Kingdom – is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Peterborough, dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Pau ...
in 1539 and the abbey-church's refoundation as a cathedral for the new
bishop
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
and
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
of
Peterborough
Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...
, care for the abbey/cathedral church passed from an abbot to a dean. The current Dean of Peterborough is
Chris Dalliston
List of deans
Early modern
*1541–1542
Francis Leycester
Francis Lockier, BD was the first dean of Peterborough.
Leycester graduated from the University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal c ...
:(last prior of
St Andrew's Priory,
Northampton
Northampton () is a market town and civil parish in the East Midlands of England, on the River Nene, north-west of London and south-east of Birmingham. The county town of Northamptonshire, Northampton is one of the largest towns in England; ...
)
*1543–1549
Gerard Carleton
*1549–1557
James Curthoppe
*1557–1559
John Boxall
John Boxall (died 1571) was an English churchman and secretary of state to Mary I of England.
Catholic statesman
He was a native of Bramshott in Hampshire. After studying at Winchester School he was admitted a perpetual fellow of New College, ...
(deprived)
*1560–1583
William Latymer
William Latymer or Latimer (1499–1583) was an English evangelical clergyman, Dean of Peterborough from 1560. He was chaplain to Anne Boleyn, and is best known for his biography of her, the ''Chronickille of Anne Bulleyne''.
Life
He was the thir ...
*1583–1589
Richard Fletcher
*1590–1597
Thomas Nevile
Thomas Nevile (died 1615) was an English clergyman and academic who was Dean of Peterborough (1591–1597) and Dean of Canterbury (1597–1615), Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge (1582–1593), and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge ...
*1597–1607
John Palmer John Palmer may refer to:
People
Politicians
* John Palmer (fl. 1377–1394), English politician
* Sir John Palmer, 5th Baronet (1735–1817), British politician
* John Palmer (1785–1840), U.S. congressman from New York
* John Palmer (1842–19 ...
*1607–1612
Richard Clayton
*1612–1617
George Meriton
*1617–1622
Henry Beaumont (later
dean of Windsor
The Dean of Windsor is the spiritual head of the canons of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, England. The dean chairs meetings of the Chapter of Canons as ''primus inter pares''. The post of Dean of Wolverhampton was assimilated to the dea ...
)
*1622–1630
William Piers William Piers may refer to:
* William Piers (bishop)
William Piers (Pierse, Pierce; –1670) was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1621 to 1624, Bishop of Peterborough from 1630 to 1632 and Bishop of Bath and Wells from 1632 until t ...
*1630–1639
John Towers
*1639–1640
Thomas Jackson
*1640–1660
John Cosin
John Cosin (30 November 1594 – 15 January 1672) was an English churchman.
Life
He was born at Norwich, and was educated at Norwich School and at Caius College, Cambridge, where he was scholar and afterwards fellow. On taking orders he was a ...
*1661–1664
Edward Rainbowe
Edward Rainbowe or Rainbow (1608–1684) was an English academic, Church of England clergyman and a noted preacher. He was Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and Bishop of Carlisle.
Li ...
*1664–1679
James Duport
James Duport (; 1606, Cambridge17 July 1679, Peterborough) was an English classical scholar.
Life
His father, John Duport, who was descended from an old Norman family (the Du Ports of Caen, who settled in Leicestershire during the reign of Henr ...
*1679–1689
Simon Patrick
Simon Patrick (8 September 1626 – 31 May 1707) was an English theologian and bishop.
Life
He was born at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, eldest son of
Henry Patrick, a wealthy merchant, on 8 September 1626, and attended Boston Gramma ...
*1689–1691
Richard Kidder
Richard Kidder (1633–1703) was an English Anglican churchman, Bishop of Bath and Wells, from 1691 to his death. He was a noted theologian.
Biography
He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was a sizar, from 1649, graduatin ...
*1691–1707
Samuel Freeman
*1707–1718
White Kennett
White Kennett (10 August 166019 December 1728) was an English bishop and antiquarian. He was educated at Westminster School and at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where, while an undergraduate, he published several translations of Latin works, including ...
*1718–1721
Richard Reynolds
*1721–1722
Edward Gee
*1722–1725
John Mandeville
Sir John Mandeville is the supposed author of ''The Travels of Sir John Mandeville'', a travel memoir which first circulated between 1357 and 1371. The earliest-surviving text is in French.
By aid of translations into many other languages, the ...
*1725–1740
Francis Lockier
*1740–1744
John Thomas
*1744–1764
Robert Lamb
*1764–1791
Charles Tarrant
Charles Tarrant (1723–1791) was an Anglican priest.
Tarrant was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. He held incumbencies at North Tidworth, the City of Westminster, Staines, Bloomsbury, Lamberhurst and Wrotham. He was Dean of Carlisl ...
*1791–1792
Charles Manners-Sutton
Charles Manners-Sutton (17 February 1755 – 21 July 1828; called Charles Manners before 1762) was a bishop in the Church of England who served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1805 to 1828.
Life
Manners-Sutton was the fourth son of Lord G ...
*1792–1797
Peter Peckard
Peter Peckard (c. 1718 – 8 December 1797) was an English Whig, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, Church of England minister and abolitionist.
Late modern
*1797–1822
Thomas Kipling
Thomas Kipling (1745 or 1746 – 28 January 1822) was a British churchman and academic.
He entered St John's College, Cambridge University in 1764 at age 18 and was senior wrangler in 1768. He received an M.A. in 1771, a B.D. in 1779, and ...
*1822–1830
James Henry Monk
James Henry Monk (12 December 1784 – 6 June 1856) was an English divine and classical scholar.
Life
He was born at Buntingford, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Norwich School, Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge, and in 1 ...
*1830–1842
Thomas Turton
*1842–1853
George Butler
*1853–1878
Augustus Saunders (previously Headmaster of
Charterhouse School)
*1878–1890
John Perowne
John James Stewart Perowne (3 March 1823 – 6 November 1904) was an English Anglican bishop. Born in Burdwan, Bengal, Perowne was a member of a notable clerical family, whose origins were Huguenot.
Life
He was educated at Norwich School, ...
*1891–1892
Marsham Argles
Marsham Argles (1814–1892) was the Dean of Peterborough in the Church of England from 1891 until his death a year later.
Born in County Limerick in Ireland (1801–1921), Ireland in 1814, he was educated at Merton College, Oxford, and ordained ...
*1893–1901
William Ingram
*1901–1908
William Barlow
*1908–1928
Arnold Page
*1928–1942
James Simpson
*1943–1965
Noel Christopherson
Noel Charles Christopherson, MC (1890 – 29 May 1968) was the dean of Peterborough in the Church of England from 1943 until 1965.
Biography
Christopherson was educated at Uppingham School and St John's College, Oxford, he was ordained in ...
*1966–1980
Dick Wingfield-Digby
*1981–1992
Randolph Wise
*1992–31 March 2006
Michael Bunker
*2006–2 October 2016 (ret.)
Charles Taylor
*2 October 20169 October 2017 Jonathan Baker (Acting)
[Peterborough Cathedral — Clergy, Chapter & Staff](_blank)
(Accessed 10 December 2017)
*2017: Tim Sledge (dean-designate only: announced 27 August 2017, but withdrew his nomination due to personal health reasons)
*9 October 201720 January 2018 Tim Alban Jones (Acting)
*20 January 2018present
Peterborough Cathedral — The new Dean of Peterborough announced today
(Accessed 29 November 2017) Chris Dalliston
Notes
References
Sources
British History Online – Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 – Deans of Peterborough
Peterborough City Council – Peterborough abbey (Peterborough Cathedral)
British History Online – Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of Peterborough – A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 2 (1906)
pp. 83–95. Accessed 29 May 2007.
{{Deans in the Church of England
Dean of Peterborough
The Dean of Peterborough is the head of the chapter at Peterborough Cathedral. On the Dissolution of Peterborough Abbey in 1539 and the abbey-church's refoundation as a cathedral for the new bishop and diocese of Peterborough, care for the abbey ...
Anglican Diocese of Peterborough
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