The Dean of Lincoln is the head of the Chapter of

Lincoln Cathedral Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln Minster, or the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln and sometimes St Mary's Cathedral, in Lincoln, England, is a Grade I listed cathedral and is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Lincoln. Constructio ...

in the city of

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in the

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Diocese of Lincoln The Diocese of Lincoln forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. The present diocese covers the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire. History The diocese traces its roots in an unbroken line to the Pre-Reformation Diocese of Leices ...

. Christine Wilson was installed as Dean on 22 October 2016.Diocese of Lincoln — New Dean of Lincoln
(Accessed 27 May 2016)

List of deans

High Medieval

* Ranulph ''or''

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*aft. 1093–bef. 1133

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*–1141 Philip of Harcourt *1141–1179 Adelelm *–1182 Geoffrey *1183–1189

Richard FitzNeal Richard FitzNeal ( c. 1130 – 10 September 1198) was a churchman and bureaucrat in the service of Henry II of England. Life In 1158 or 1159 Nigel, Bishop of Ely paid Henry II to appoint his natural son, Richard FitzNeal, as the king's trea ...

*1190–1195 Hamo *–bef. 1223

Roger de Rolleston Roger de Rolleston was a Priest in the Roman Catholic Church. Career Between 1174 and 1184 it is believed that Roger was a clerk to Archbishop of Canterbury Richard of Dover. In or after 1186 he was given by Archbishop of Canterbury Baldwin of Fo ...

*1223–1239

William de Thornaco William de Thornaco was a Priest in the Roman Catholic Church. Career He was Archdeacon of Stow, first in or around 27 February 1214 followed by Archdeacon of Lincoln in which office he appears by 22 May 1219. He was a Dean of Lincoln and a Pr ...

*1240–1245

Roger Weseham Roger Weseham (also Roger de Weseham; died 1257) was an English medieval Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. Weseham was probably a native of Weasenham, Norfolk,Either Weasenham All Saints or Weasenham St Peter and was educated at Oxford Universi ...

*1246–1254

Henry of Lexington Henry of Lexington (or Henry Lexington; died 1258) was a medieval Bishop of Lincoln. Life Henry held the prebend of Calne in the diocese of Salisbury before becoming treasurer of Salisbury by 13 January 1239.Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae ...

*1254–1258

Richard of Gravesend Richard of Gravesend (or Richard de Gravesend; died 18 December 1279) was a medieval Bishop of Lincoln. Life Richard was a native of Gravesend in Kent.Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 3: Lincoln: Bishops of Lincoln' He was ...

*1260–1262

Robert de Mariscis Robert de Mariscis ''(Robert Marsh)'' was a Priest in the Roman Catholic Church. Career Robert de Mariscis first appears in April 1242 as an "official" (most likely a canon) of the Archdeacon of Wells Robert is recorded as a "Bishop Robert Grosse ...

*1262–1272

William of Lexington William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conques ...

*1272–1274

Richard de Mepham Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...

*1274–1275

John de Maidenstan John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

*1275–1280 Oliver Sutton *1280–1288

Nicholas de Hegham Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its d ...

*1288–1305

Philip Willoughby Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...

Late Medieval

*1305

Joceline Kirmington The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for ...

*1305–1310

Raymond de Got Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ ( ...

*1310–1315

Roger Martival Roger Martival (died 14 March 1330) was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury in England. Martival was Archdeacon of Huntingdon (1286–1295), Archdeacon of Leicester (1295–1310) and Dean of Lincoln (1310–1315). From 1293 to 1294, he was Chancellor ...

*1315–1328 Henry Mansfield *1329–1337 Antony Bek *1340–1344 William Bateman *1344–1348

John de Ufford John de Ufford (died 20 May 1349) was chancellor and head of the royal administration to Edward III as well as being appointed to the Archbishopric of Canterbury. Early life His family held the estate of Offord Dameys, Huntingdonshire. His bro ...

*1348–1349

Thomas Bradwardine Thomas Bradwardine (c. 1300 – 26 August 1349) was an English cleric, scholar, mathematician, physicist, courtier and, very briefly, Archbishop of Canterbury. As a celebrated scholastic philosopher and doctor of theology, he is often call ...

*1349–1360 Simon Briselee *1361–? John Stretley *1376 ''a foreign

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'' *?–1378 Richard Ravenser *?–1412

John Sheppey John Sheppey ( – 19 October 1360) was an English administrator and bishop. He served as treasurer from 1356 to 1360.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 105 Little is known of his family and background. A Benedictine, he was ...

*1412–1452

John Mackworth John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

*1452–1483

Robert Flemming Robert Flemming (died 1456), was dean of Lincoln. Background Robert Flemming, born in the diocese of York, was likely an illegitimate son of Robert Flemming, esquire, of Wath, near Ripon (d.1459). His aunt, Cecily Fleming, married, in 1407, Rob ...

*1483–1505

George Fitzhugh George Fitzhugh (November 4, 1806 – July 30, 1881) was an American social theorist who published racial and slavery-based sociological theories in the antebellum era. He argued that the negro was "but a grown up child" needing the economic and ...

*1506–1508

Geoffrey Symeon Geoffrey Symeon (also Simeon and Symson) S.T.P. (d. 21 August 1508) was a Canon of Windsor from 1501 to 1508''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle and Dean of Chichest ...

*1509–1514

Thomas Wolsey Thomas Wolsey ( – 29 November 1530) was an English statesman and Catholic bishop. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, Wolsey became the king's almoner. Wolsey's affairs prospered and by 1514 he had become the controlling figur ...

*1514–1528

John Constable John Constable (; 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romanticism, Romantic tradition. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for revolutionising the genre of landscape painting with his pictures of Dedha ...

*1528–1538

George Heneage George Fieschi Heneage (22 November 1800 – 11 May 1864) was a British Whig and later Conservative Party politician. Background Heneage was the son of George Robert Heneage of Hainton Hall, Lincolnshire and Frances Anne, daughter of Lieutena ...

*1539–1552 John Taylor

Early modern

*1552–1554

Matthew Parker Matthew Parker (6 August 1504 – 17 May 1575) was an English bishop. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England from 1559 until his death in 1575. He was also an influential theologian and arguably the co-founder (with a p ...

*1555–1570 Francis Mallet *1571–1577

John Whitgift John Whitgift (c. 1530 – 29 February 1604) was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1583 to his death. Noted for his hospitality, he was somewhat ostentatious in his habits, sometimes visiting Canterbury and other towns attended by a retinue of 8 ...

*1577–1584 William Wickham *1585–1593 Ralph Griffin *1593–1598

John Rainolds John Rainolds (or Reynolds) (1549 – 21 May 1607) was an English academic and churchman, of Puritan views. He is remembered for his role in the Authorized Version of the Bible, a project of which he was initiator. Life He was born about Mi ...

*1598–1601 William Cole *1601–1613 Laurence Stanton *1613–1629

Roger Parker Roger Parker (born London United Kingdom, 2 August 1951) is an English musicologist and, since January 2007, has been Thurston Dart Professor of Music at King's College London. His work has centred on opera. Between 2006 and 2010, while Profess ...

*1629–1649

Anthony Topham Anthony "Top" Topham (born 3 July 1947, Southall, Middlesex) is an English musician and artist. He is best known as a blues guitarist and also for being the first lead guitarist of The Yardbirds. Topham left the band before they achieved mains ...

*1660–1681

Michael Honywood Michael Honywood D.D. (1597 – 7 December 1681) was an English churchman, Dean of Lincoln from 1660. Honywood was a bibliophile and he founded and funded the Lincoln Cathedral Library. Life He was sixth son and ninth child of Robert Honywood of ...

*1681–1695

Daniel Brevint Daniel Brevint or Brevin (baptised 11 May 1616 – 5 May 1695) was Dean of Lincoln from 1682 to 1695. Life Brevint was from the parish of Saint John, Jersey, Channel Islands and was the son and grandson of clergymen. He studied, like his fa ...

*1695–1699

Samuel Fuller Samuel Michael Fuller (August 12, 1912 – October 30, 1997) was an American film director, screenwriter, novelist, journalist, and World War II veteran known for directing low-budget B movie, genre movies with controversial themes, often ...

*1700–1701 Abraham Campion *1701–1721 Richard Willis *1721–1722 Robert Cannon *1722–1730 Edward Gee *1730–1743 Edward Willes *1744–1748

Thomas Cheney Sir Thomas Cheney (or Cheyne) Order of the Garter, KG (c. 1485 – 16 December 1558) of the Blackfriars, City of London and Shurland, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, was an English administrator and diplomat, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in South ...

*1748–1756 William George *1756–1761

John Green John Michael Green (born August 24, 1977) is an American author, YouTube Content creation, content creator, podcaster, and philanthropist. His books have more than 50 million copies in print worldwide, including ''The Fault in Our Stars'' ( ...

*1762–1781 James Yorke *'' Robert Richardson – poss. nominated; d. 1781'' *1782–1783 Richard Cust *1783–1809

Sir Richard Kaye, 6th Baronet Sir Richard Kaye, 6th Baronet, , LL.D (1736–25 December 1809) was an English peer, churchman and scientist. He was Dean of Lincoln from 1783, and inherited the baronetcy from his elder brother Sir John Lister Kaye, 5th Baronet in 1789. Life H ...

(styled Richard Kaye until 1789)

Late modern

*1809–1845 George Gordon *1845–1860 John Ward *1860–1863

Thomas Garnier Thomas Garnier (1776–1873) was an English churchman and botanist, Dean of Winchester from 1840 to 1872. Life He was the son of George Garnier of Wickham, Hampshire, educated at Hyde Abbey School. He matriculated at Worcester College, Oxford i ...

*1864

Francis Jeune Francis Jeune (22 May 1806 – 21 August 1868), also known as François Jeune, was a Jersey-born clergyman, schoolmaster, and academic who served as Dean of Jersey (1838–1844) Master of Pembroke College, Oxford (1844–1864), and Bishop of ...

*1864–1872

James Jeremie James Amiraux Jérémie (12 April 1802, Saint Peter Port, Guernsey – 11 June 1872, Lincoln, England) was Professor of Classical Literature at The East India Company College 1830–50, Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge ...

*1872–1885

Joseph Blakesley Joseph Williams Blakesley (6 March 1808 – 18 April 1885) was an English clergyman. Life Blakesley was born in London and was educated at St Paul's School, London, and at Corpus Christi and Trinity College, Cambridge. At university he became ...

*1885–1894 William Butler *1894–1910

Edward Wickham Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Thomas Ruscombe Wickham (4 May 1890 – 25 August 1957) was a Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Taunton from 1935 until 1945. He had previously served in India from 1910 un ...

*1910–1930 Thomas Fry *1930–1949 Robert Mitchell *1949–1964 Colin Dunlop (

Assistant Bishop of Lincoln The Bishop of Lincoln is the ordinary (diocesan bishop) of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury. The present diocese covers the county of Lincolnshire and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and ...

from 1950) *1965–1968 Michael Peck *1969–1989

Oliver Fiennes Oliver William Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (17 May 1926 – 8 June 2011) was Dean of Lincoln in the latter part of the 20th century. Early life and education He was born on 17 May 1926 into a noble family, the youngest of three sons of the 20th ...

*1989–1997 Brandon Jackson *1998–2006

Alec Knight Alexander Francis "Alec" Knight OBE was Dean of Lincoln in the last years of the 20th century and the start of the 21st. He was born into an ecclesiastical family on 24 July 1939 and educated at Taunton School and St Catharine's College, Cambrid ...

*2007–2016

Philip Buckler Philip John Warr Buckler (born 26 April 1949) was a dean of Lincoln, a post he has held from 2007 until 2016. Education Buckler was educated at Highgate School and St Peter's College, Oxford, before training for the priesthood at Cuddesdon College ...

*31 January22 October 2016 (acting) John Patrick, SubdeanLincoln Cathedral — Chapter Letter, 10 – 23 January 2016
(Accessed 4 April 2016) *2016–present Christine Wilson

References

Sources

British History Online – Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300 – Deans of LincolnBritish History Online – Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541 – Deans of LincolnBritish History Online – Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 – Deans of LincolnBritish History Online – A History of the County of Lincoln – Lincoln Cathedral
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