Henry Deane ( – 1503) was

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from 1501 until his death.

Early life and education

In 1457, Deane is recorded as a Canon of Llanthony by Gloucester, his first appearance in the records. In 1473 and again in 1488 he is recorded as having rented rooms from

Exeter College, Oxford (Let Exeter Flourish) , old_names = ''Stapeldon Hall'' , named_for = Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter , established = , sister_college = Emmanuel College, Cambridge , rector = Sir Richard Trainor ...

, from which it has been assumed that he was a student at the University.

Career

Legal career

Deane was admitted to the society of

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in 1489, suggesting knowledge of common law. On 13 September 1494, as part of a campaign to staff the Irish judiciary with Englishmen of proven loyalty to the

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, he was appointed

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under Sir

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, in which capacity he made the opening address at the Drogheda Parliament of December 1494. When Poynings was recalled in January 1496, Deane was appointed his successor as Deputy Governor, but sour relations with the local clergy led to his removal in August of the same year.

Bishopric

On 13 April 1494, he was appointed

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(confirmed by the Pope in July 1495), where he engaged in rebuilding the fortunes of the diocese after the rebellion led by

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. On 7 December 1499, Henry VII appointed him to the much more significant bishopric of Salisbury, confirmed by the Pope on 8 January 1500.

Archbishropic

On 13 October 1500, after the death of the Chancellor, Archbishop John Morton, Deane was appointed

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, which held until 27 July 1502.

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, was elected to succeed Morton at

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, but following his death on 27 January 1501, Deane was, in turn, elected on 26 April 1501. He was the first monastic to be elevated to Canterbury for 135 years and the last. As archbishop, his main contribution was the negotiation of the Treaty of Perpetual Peace (signed January 1502) between England and Scotland, which also arranged the marriage of

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, daughter of Henry VII, and

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. He also officiated at the wedding of

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and

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, assisted by 19 bishops, on 14 November 1501.

Death

Deane died on 15 February 1503, and was buried at Canterbury on 24 February. Sir Reginald Bray was one of his executors. Elrington Ball described him as one of the greatest ecclesiastical statesmen of his age.Ball, F. Elrington ''The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921'' John Murray London 1926

References

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