The Dean of Exeter is the head of the Chapter of Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in

Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ...

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. The chapter was established by

William Briwere William Briwere (died 1244) was a medieval Bishop of Exeter. Early life Briwere was the nephew of William Brewer, a baron and political leader during King Henry III of England's minority.Vincent ''Peter des Roches'' p. 213 Nothing else is k ...

, Bishop of Exeter (1224–44) who set up the offices of dean and chancellor of Exeter Cathedral, allowing the chapter to elect those officers. The deanery is at 10 The Close, Exeter. The current dean is

Jonathan Greener Jonathan Desmond Francis Greener (born 9 March 1961) is a British Anglican priest. He was Dean of Wakefield and presiding dean of the Diocese of Leeds. He became Dean of Exeter on 26 November 2017. Early life and education Greener was educated ...

List of deans

High Medieval

*1225–1231 Serlo *1231–1252 Roger de Wynkleigh *1252–1268 William de Stanwey *1268–1274 Roger de Toriz *1274–1280

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*1280–1283

John Pycot John Pycot was Dean of Exeter between 1280 and 1283. Implicated in the murder of one of the Bishop of Exeter's men, Walter Lechlade, in the close of Exeter Cathedral on 5 November 1283 following a local feud, he was banished in December 1285 to ...

*1283–1302

Andrew de Kilkenny Andrew de Kilkenny was Dean of Exeter The Dean of Exeter is the head of the Chapter of Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, England. The chapter was established by William Briwere, Bishop of Exeter (1224–44) who set up the offices ...

Late Medieval

*1302–1307 Henry de Somerset *1307–1309 Thomas de Lechlade *1311–1326 Bartholomew de Sancto Laurentio *1328–1335

Richard de Coleton Richard de Coleton was Dean of Exeter The Dean of Exeter is the head of the Chapter of Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, England. The chapter was established by William Briwere, Bishop of Exeter (1224–44) who set up the offices ...

*1335–1353 Richard de Braylegh *1353–1363 Reginald de Bugwell *1363–1378

Robert Sumpter Robert Sumpter was the Dean of Exeter The Dean of Exeter is the head of the Chapter of Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, England. The chapter was established by William Briwere, Bishop of Exeter (1224–44) who set up the offices ...

*1378–1385

Thomas Walkyngton Thomas Walkyngton was Dean of Exeter The Dean of Exeter is the head of the Chapter of Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, England. The chapter was established by William Briwere, Bishop of Exeter (1224–44) who set up the offices o ...

*1385–1415

Ralph Tregrision Ralph Tregrision was Dean of Exeter The Dean of Exeter is the head of the Chapter of Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, England. The chapter was established by William Briwere, Bishop of Exeter (1224–44) who set up the offices of ...

*1415–1419

Stephen Payn Stephen Payn was Dean of Exeter between 1415 and 1419.Ursula Radford (1955). "An Introduction to the Deans of Exeter". Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association 87: 1–24. He was preceded by Ralph Tregrision and followed by John Cobetho ...

*1419–1457

John Cobethorn John Cobethorn was Dean of Exeter The Dean of Exeter is the head of the Chapter of Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, England. The chapter was established by William Briwere, Bishop of Exeter (1224–44) who set up the offices of d ...

*1457–1459

John Hals John Hales (c. 1400-1490) (''alias'' Hals, Halse, etc.) was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (1459-1490). He was one of the '' Worthies of Devon'' of the biographer John Prince (d.1723). Origins Hales was the second son of John Hals (fl.1423) o ...

*1459–1477

Henry Webber Henry Webber (1754–1826) was an English sculptor and modeller. Life He was born in July 1754, the son of Abraham Webber, a Swiss sculptor who had settled in England, and his English wife, Maria Quandt. He was apprenticed under John Bac ...

*1477–1478

Peter Courtenay Peter Courtenay ( – 23 September 1492) was Bishop of Exeter (1478–87) and Bishop of Winchester (1487-92), and also had a successful political career during the tumultuous years of the Wars of the Roses. Origins Courtenay was the third so ...

*1478–1482

Lionel Woodville Lionel Woodville (1447 – 23 June 1484) was a Bishop of Salisbury in England. Life Woodville was a fourth son of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg; his siblings included Elizabeth Woodville, Queen Consort fro ...

*1482–1496 John Arundel

Early modern

*1496–1509

Edward Willoughby Edward Willoughby (died 23 November 1508) was Dean of Exeter between 1496 and 1508. Career He was appointed: *Prebendary of Liddington under Shaftesbury *Prebendary of North Grantham at Salisbury 1488 *Dean of Exeter 1496 - 1508 *Archdeacon of ...

*1509

Thomas Hobbes Thomas Hobbes ( ; 5/15 April 1588 – 4/14 December 1679) was an English philosopher, considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. Hobbes is best known for his 1651 book ''Leviathan'', in which he expounds an influent ...

*1509–1519

John Vesey John Vesey or Veysey ( – 23 October 1554) was Bishop of Exeter from 1519 until his death in 1554, having been briefly deposed 1551–3 by King Edward VI for his opposition to the Reformation. Origins He was born (as "John Harman"), probabl ...

*1519–1527

Richard Pace Richard Pace (c. 148228 June 1536) was an English clergyman and diplomat of the Tudor period. Life He was born in Hampshire and educated at Winchester College under Thomas Langton. He attended the universities of Padua and Oxford. In 1509, ...

*1527–1537

Reginald Pole Reginald Pole (12 March 1500 – 17 November 1558) was an English cardinal of the Catholic Church and the last Catholic archbishop of Canterbury, holding the office from 1556 to 1558, during the Counter-Reformation. Early life Pole was bor ...

*1537–1552

Simon Haynes Simon Haynes is an Australian writer of speculative fiction novels and short stories, particularly the Hal Spacejock series. Haynes also uses his experience with computers to write software which he designs for himself and then shares for free ...

*1553

James Haddon James Haddon (fl. 1556) was an English reforming divine. Life Haddon, brother of Walter Haddon and half-brother of Francis Saunders, proceeded B.A. in 1541 and M.A. in 1544 at Cambridge, and was one of the original fellows of Trinity College, ...

*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 Edward Young (c. 3 July 1683 – 5 April 1765) was an English poet, best remembered for ''Night-Thoughts'', a series of philosophical writings in blank verse, reflecting his state of mind following several bereavements. It was one of the mos ...

*1663–1680 George Cary (1611-1680), of

Clovelly Clovelly () is a privately-owned harbour village in the Torridge district of Devon, England. The settlement and surrounding land belongs to John Rous who inherited it from his mother in 1983. He belongs to the Hamlyn family who have managed t ...

*1680–1701 The Hon Richard Annesley, later 3rd Baron Altham :(The Lord Altham from 1700) *1703–1705

William Wake William Wake (26 January 165724 January 1737) was a priest in the Church of England and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1716 until his death in 1737. Life Wake was born in Blandford Forum, Dorset, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He took ...

*1705–1717

Lancelot Blackburne Lancelot Blackburne (sometimes Blackburn, Blackborne or Blackbourn 10 December 165823 March 1743) was an English clergyman, who became Archbishop of York, and – in popular belief – a pirate. He was described by Horace Walpole, in his ''Mem ...

*1717–1726

Edward Trelawney Edward Trelawney (c. 1653 – October 1726), of Coldrenick, near Liskeard, Cornwall, was an English clergyman who served as dean and archdeacon of Exeter between 1717 and 1726.Ursula Radford (1955). "An Introduction to the Deans of Exeter". Repor ...

*1726–1740 John Gilbert *1741–1742

Alured Clarke Sir Alured Clarke (24 November 1744 – 16 September 1832) was a British Army officer. He took charge of all British troops in Georgia in May 1780 and was then deployed to Philadelphia to supervise the evacuation of British prisoners of ...

*1742–1748

William Holmes William is a male given name of Germanic 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 conquest of Engl ...

*1748–1762 Charles Lyttleton *1762–1784

Jeremiah Milles Rev. Jeremiah Milles (1714–1784)
Bodleian Library, Oxford. Accessed 26 November 2016.

*1784–1790 William Buller *1790–1802

Charles Harward Charles Harward ( 1 August 1723 - 15 July 1802) was an Anglican priest, born in Hayne House Plymtree, Devon. Family Charles Harward married Ann Ball (1738–1785) on 24 March 1763 at Saint Martins in the Fields, Westminster, London. Ann was the ...

Late modern

*1803–1809 Charles Talbot *1809–1810 George Gordon *1810–1813 John Garnett *1813–1838

Whittington Landon Whittington Landon (c. 1758 – 29 December 1838) was an academic at the University of Oxford and an Anglican clergyman who became Dean of Exeter. Life Whittington Landon, the son of John Landon from Tedstone, Herefordshire, matriculated at th ...

*1839–1861

Thomas Lowe Thomas or Tom Lowe may refer to: *Thomas Lowe (tenor) (1719–1783), English opera singer and actor *Thomas Lowe (priest) (1781–1861), Anglican Dean of Exeter *Thomas Lowe (politician) (1812–1875), mayor of Atlanta, 1861 *Thomas Hunter Lowe (19 ...

*1861–1863 Charles Ellicott *1863–1867 The Viscount Midleton *1867–1883

Archibald Boyd Archibald Boyd (1803 – 11 July 1883) was Dean of Exeter in the Church of England. Life Born in 1803 in Derry, Ireland, Boyd was the son of Archibald Boyd, treasurer of Derry. After being educated at the diocesan college in that city, proce ...

*1883–1900 Benjamin Cowie *1900–1918

Alfred Earle Air Chief Marshal Sir Alfred Earle, (11 December 1907 – 27 March 1990) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War who later served as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (1964–66), and Director General of British ...

*1918–1931

Henry Gamble Henry Reginald Gamble (6 November 1859 – 9 August 1931) was an Anglican priest and author. He was the Dean of Exeter in the Church of England from 1918 to 1931. Gamble was educated at Oriel College, Oxford and ordained in 1885. He held Curate ...

*1931–1934 Walter Matthews *1935–1950

Spencer Carpenter Spencer Cecil Carpenter (3 November 1877 – 19 August 1959) was an Anglican priest and author. He was the Dean of Exeter in the Church of England from 1935 to 1950. Carpenter was educated at University College School and Gonville and Caius ...

*1950–1960 Alexander Wallace *1960–1972

Marcus Knight Marcus Larae Knight (born June 19, 1978) is an American football coach and former wide receiver who is currently the wide receivers coach at Ball State University. He played college football at Michigan and professionally as a wide receiver a ...

*1973–1980 Clifford Chapman *1981–1995

Richard Eyre Sir Richard Charles Hastings Eyre (born 28 March 1943) is an English film, theatre, television and opera director. Biography Eyre was born in Barnstaple, Devon, England, the son of Richard Galfridus Hastings Giles Eyre and his wife, Minna Ma ...

*1996–2004 Keith Jones *2005–2011

Jonathan Meyrick Cyril Jonathan Meyrick (born 23 April 1952) is a British Anglican retired bishop. He is a former Bishop of Lynn and Dean of Exeter. Early life and education Meyrick was born on 23 April 1952. He was educated at Lancing College and St John's C ...

*2012–2017

Jonathan Draper Jonathan Lee Draper (born 27 February 1952) is an American Anglican priest, theologian, and academic. Since 2017, he has been the general secretary of Modern Church. From 2012 to 2017, he was the dean of Exeter, at Exeter Cathedral in the Church ...

*26 November 2017present

Wakefield Cathedral — Dean of Wakefield on the Move
(Accessed 24 September 2017)

References

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Dean of Exeter The Dean of Exeter is the head of the Chapter of Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, England. The chapter was established by William Briwere, Bishop of Exeter (1224–44) who set up the offices of dean and chancellor of Exeter Cathedral ...