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List of deans

High Medieval

*1090–1107 Wulman *1107–1111 Ranulf Flambard ''(disputed)'' *1111–1138 William de Mareni *1138–1157 Ralph de Langford *1158–1180 Hugh de Mareni *1180–1199 Ralph de Diceto *1200–1216 Alard de Burnham *1216–1218 Gervase de Howbridge *1218–1227 Robert de Watford *1228–1231 Martin de Pattishall *1231–1241 Geoffrey de Lucy *1241–1243 William of Sainte-Mère-Eglise *1243–1253 Henry de Cornhill *1253–1257 Walter de Saleron *1257–1260 Robert de Barton *1260–1261 Peter de Newport *January 1262–July 1262 Richard Talbot *July 1262 – 1263 John de Ebulo *1263–1267 Geoffrey de Fering *1268–1273 John Chishull *1273–1276 Hervey de Boreham *1276–1283 Thomas Ingoldsthorpe *1283–1285 Roger de La Legh *1285–1294 William de Montfort *1294–1306 Ralph Baldock

Late Medieval

*1306–1313 Arnald Frangerius de Cantilupo *1314–1316 John Sandale *1316–1317 Richard Newport *1317 Roger de Northburgh *1317–1322 Vitalis de Testa *1322–1335 John de Everdon *1335–1354 Gilbert de Bruera *1354–1361 Richard de Kilvington *1361–1362 Walter de Alderbury *1362–1364 Thomas Trilleck *1364–1389 John de Appleby *1389–1400 Thomas de Eure *1400–1405 Thomas Stowe *1406–1421 Thomas More *1422–1441 Reginald Kentwood *1441–1456 Thomas Lisieux *1456–1457 Laurence Booth *1457–1468 William Say *1468–1471 Roger Radclyffe *1471–1478 Thomas Wynterbourne *1479–1499 William Worsley

Early modern

*1499–1505 Robert Sherborne *1505–1519 John Colet *1519–1536 Richard Pace *1536–1540 Richard Sampson *1540–1545 John Incent *1545–1554 William May *1554–1556 John Feckenham *1556–1559 Henry Cole *1559–1560 William May ''(again)''

Post-Reformation

Notes

* Died in office

References

Deans of St Paul's
Greenway, D. E. (1968). ''Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300. Volume 1: St. Paul's, London''. British History Online. pp. 4–8.
Deans of St Paul's
Horn, J. M. (1963). ''Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541. Volume 5: St Paul's, London''. British History Online. pp. 4–7.
Deans of St Paul's
Horn, J. M. (1969). ''Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857. Volume 1: St. Paul's, London''. British History Online. pp. 5–7. *WR Matthews

Date accessed: 15 February 2006. *St Paul's Cathedral press release 23 Jan 2006

Date accessed: 15 February 2006. {{St Paul's Cathedral Deans of St Paul's, Dean of St Paul's 1090 establishments in England