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Deans Of Exeter
The Dean of Exeter is the head of the Chapter (religion), Chapter of Exeter Cathedral, 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, allowing the chapter to elect those officers. The deanery is at 10 The Close, Exeter. The current dean is Jonathan Greener. List of deans High Medieval *1225–1231 Serlo (priest), Serlo *1231–1252 Roger de Wynkleigh *1252–1268 William de Stanwey *1268–1274 Roger de Toriz *1274–1280 John Noble (Dean of Exeter), John Noble *1280–1283 John Pycot *1283–1302 Andrew de Kilkenny Late Medieval *1302–1307 Henry de Somerset *1307–1309 Thomas de Lechlade *1311–1326 Bartholomew de Sancto Laurentio *1328–1335 Richard de Coleton *1335–1353 Richard de Braylegh *1353–1363 Reginald de Bugwell *1363–1378 Robert Sumpter *1378–1385 Thomas Walkyngton *1385–1415 Ralph Tregrision *1415–1 ...
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Walter Matthews
Walter Matthews may refer to: * Walter Matthews (politician) (1900–1986), member of the Canadian House of Commons * Walter Matthews (priest) (1881–1973), British Anglican priest, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral * Walt Matthews (1934–2014), baseball player for Houston Astros * Wal Matthews (1894–1973), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne See also

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Bartholomew De Sancto Laurentio
Bartholomew de Sancto Laurentio was the Dean of Exeter between 1311 and 1326.Ursula Radford (1955). "An Introduction to the Deans of Exeter". Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association 87: 1–24. Notes Deans of Exeter {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub ...
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John Arundel (bishop Of Exeter)
John Arundel (died 1504) was a medieval Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield and Bishop of Exeter. Biography Arundel was the son of Renfry Arundell, High Sheriff of Cornwall and was educated at the college of Canons Augustine in St. Columb and at Exeter College, Oxford. Arundel was appointed a Canon of Windsor in 1479,''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. a position he held until 1496. After graduating with a Masters in Arts, Arundel was ordained and presented as rector to St. Columb Major. From 1482 to 1496 he served as Dean of Exeter and on 3 August 1496 was nominated as Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield and consecrated on 30 November 1496.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 254 He was translated to Exeter Exeter ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and the county town of Devon in South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately no ...
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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 from 1464 to 1483. In the late 1470s, Woodville became the first person in recorded history to receive an honorary degree ( DCL), from the University of Oxford. He was Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1479 to 1483. After a number of more minor clerical positions, Woodville was elected Dean of Exeter in November 1478, and held the position until 1482, when he became Bishop of Salisbury The Bishop of Salisbury is the Ordinary (officer), ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers much of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset. The Episcopal see, see is in the Salisbur ....
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Peter Courtenay (bishop)
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 son of Philip Courtenay (died 1463), Sir Philip Courtenay (d. 1463) of Manor of Powderham, Powderham by Elizabeth Hungerford, daughter of Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford (d. 1449), by his first wife Catherine Peverell, daughter of Sir Thomas Peverell, MP, of Parke and Hamatethy, Cornwall. He was a grandson of Philip Courtenay (died 1406), Sir Philip Courtenay (d. 1406) of Powderham, a younger son of Hugh de Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon, Hugh Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon (d. 1377). Courtenay was also a grand-nephew of Richard Courtenay (d. 1415), Bishop of Norwich, and a great-grand-nephew of William Courtenay (bishop), William Courtenay (d. 1396), Archbishop of Canterbury. He came from a family of six brothers and four sisters. Caree ...
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Henry Webber (Dean Of Exeter)
Henry Webber was Dean of Exeter between 1459 and 1477.Ursula Radford (1955). "An Introduction to the Deans of Exeter". Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association 87: 1–24. Notes Deans of Exeter {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub ...
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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) of Kenedon in the parish of Sherford, Devon (a Justice of the Common Pleas and in 1423 a Justice of the King's Bench) by his first wife, a daughter of the Mewye (''alias'' Mewy) family of Whitchurch near Tavistock, Devon. His great-uncle was Richard Hals (d.1418), a Canon of Exeter Cathedral in Devon, and Treasurer of Exeter Cathedral in 1400, who in 1414 was sent as Ambassador to Brittany. Bishop Hals appointed his kinsman Edmund Hals as Archdeacon of Salop from an unknown date until 1485 and as Archdeacon of Derby from 1485, probably until his death. The mansion house of the Hals' at Kenedon, originally quadrangular in form, is today represented by a small 16th c. farmhouse known as ''Keynedon'', about 1 mile south of the village o ...
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John Cobethorn
John Cobethorn was Dean of Exeter between 1419 and 1457.Ursula Radford (1955). "An Introduction to the Deans of Exeter". Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association 87: 1–24. Notes Deans of Exeter 15th-century English people {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub ...
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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 Cobethorn John Cobethorn was Dean of Exeter between 1419 and 1457.Ursula Radford (1955). "An Introduction to the Deans of Exeter". Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association 87: 1–24. Notes Deans of Exeter 15th-century English p .... Notes Deans of Exeter {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub ...
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Ralph Tregrision
Ralph Tregrision was Dean of Exeter between 1385 and 1415.Ursula Radford (1955). "An Introduction to the Deans of Exeter". Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association 87: 1–24. Notes Deans of Exeter {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub ...
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Thomas Walkyngton
Thomas Walkyngton was Dean of Exeter between 1378 and 1385.Ursula Radford (1955). "An Introduction to the Deans of Exeter". Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association 87: 1–24. Notes Deans of Exeter {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub ...
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Robert Sumpter
Robert Sumpter was the Dean of Exeter between 1363 and 1378.Ursula Radford (1955). "An Introduction to the Deans of Exeter". Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association 87: 1–24. Notes Deans of Exeter 14th-century English clergy {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub ...
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