Dean of Salisbury

The cloisters at Salisbury Cathedral

The Dean of Salisbury is the head of the chapter of Salisbury Cathedral in the Church of England. The Dean assists the archdeacon of Sarum and bishop of Ramsbury in the diocese of Salisbury.

List of deans

High Medieval

c. 1102 Walter
c. 1105 Osbert
?–1111 Robert
bef. 1115–aft. 1122 Serlo
c. 1131 Roger
c. 1139–aft. 1145 Azo
1148–1155 Robert of Chichester^[1]
1155–1164 Henry de Beaumont
1166–1175 John of Oxford^[2]
1176–1193 Jordan
1194–1197 Eustace^[3]
1197–1215 Richard Poore^[4]
1215–1220 Adam
1220–1236 William de Wanda
1238–1257 Robert de Hertford
1258–1271 Robert Wickhampton
1271–1284 Walter Scammel
1285–1287 Henry Brandeston
1287–1295 Simon de Micham

Late Medieval

1297–1309 Peter of Savoy
1308–1311 William Rufati
1311–1346 Reymund de Fargis
1346–1347 Bertrand de Fargis
1347–1374 Reynold Orsini
1374–13 August 1379 (d.): Giacomo Cardinal Orsini

(cardinal-deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro; also

Archdeacon of Leicester and Archdeacon of Durham)

1380–1381 Robert Braybrooke
1382–1404 Thomas Montagu
1404–1417 John Chandler
1418–1431 Simon Sydenham
1431–1435 Thomas Brunce
1435–1441 Nicholas Bildeston
1441–1446 Adam Moleyns
1446–1449 Richard Leyot
1449–1463 Gilbert Kymer
1463–1472 James Goldwell
1473–1485 John Davison
1486–1502 Edward Cheyne

Early modern

1502–1509 Thomas Ruthall
1509–1514 William Atwater
1514–1521 John Longland
1521–1522 Cuthbert Tunstall
1523–1536 Richard Pace
1536–1563 Peter Vannes
1563–1571 William Bradbridge
1571 Thomas Cole (nominated)
1571–1572 Edmund Freke
1572–1577 John Piers
1577–1604 John Bridges
1604–1619 John Gordon
1619–1620 John Williams
1620–1630 John Bowle
1630–1635 Edmund Mason
1635–1667 Richard Baylie
1667–1675 Ralph Brideoake
1675–1691 Thomas Pierce
1691–1702 Robert Woodward
1702–1705 Edward Young
1705–1728 John Younger
1728–1757 John Clarke
1757–1780 Thomas Greene
1780–1786 Rowney Noel
1786–1808 John Ekins

Late modern

1809–1823 Charles Talbot
1823–1846 Hugh Pearson
1846–1850 Francis Lear
1850–1880 Henry Hamilton
1880–1880 J. C. Ryle
1880–1901 George Boyle
1901–1907 Allan Webb^[5]
1907–1919 William Page Roberts
1920–1927 Andrew Burn
1928–1935 John Randolph
1936–1943 Edward Henderson
1943–1952 Henry Charles Robins
1952–1960 Robert Moberly
1960–1971 Kenneth Haworth
1971–1977 Fenton Morley
1977–1986 Sydney Hall Evans
1986–1996 The Hon Hugh Dickinson
1996–2004 Derek Watson
2004–2017 June Osborne
2017–2018 Ed Probert (Acting)
9 September 2018 – present Nick Papadopulos^[6]

References

^ Barlow, Frank (2004). "Chichester, Robert of (d. 1160?)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5279. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ British History Online Bishops of Norwich Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine accessed on 14 December 2007
^ British History Online Bishops of Ely Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine accessed on 25 October 2007
^ British History Online Bishops of Durham Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine accessed on 25 October 2007
^ "No. 27323". The London Gazette. 14 June 1901. p. 4001.
^ "Installation of Canon Nicholas Papadopulos as Dean". Salisbury Cathedral. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 3: Salisbury diocese

Sources

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, vol. 4, 1991, pp. 7–12

v t e Diocese of Salisbury
Salisbury Cathedral Sarum Use South Canonry, Salisbury (bishop's house) Church House, Salisbury Sonning Bishop's Palace Bishop's Palace, Salisbury Area scheme (1981–2009)
Office holders	Stephen Lake, Bishop of Salisbury Karen Gorham, Bishop suffragan of Sherborne Andrew Rumsey, Bishop suffragan of Ramsbury AEO: Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Nick Papadopulos, Dean of Salisbury Alan Jeans, Archdeacon of Sarum Antony MacRow-Wood, Archdeacon of Dorset Sue Groom, Archdeacon of Wilts Penny Sayer, Archdeacon of Sherborne
Channel Islands	Tim Barker, Dean of Guernsey Mike Keirle, Dean of Jersey
Historic offices	Bishop of Marlborough (1537–1568) Archdeacon of Berkshire (13th century–1836; transferred to Oxford)

v t e Deans in the Church of England
Province of Canterbury	Birmingham Bristol Canterbury Chelmsford Chichester Dean of Christ Church, Oxford Coventry Derby Ely Exeter Gibraltar Gloucester Guildford Hereford Jersey Leicester Lichfield Lincoln Norwich Peterborough Portsmouth Rochester St Albans St Edmundsbury St Paul's (London) Salisbury Southwark Truro Wells Winchester Worcester
Province of York	Blackburn Bradford (Leeds diocese) Carlisle Chester Durham Liverpool Manchester Newcastle Peel Ripon (Leeds diocese) Sheffield Southwell Wakefield (Leeds diocese) York
Royal Deans	Dean of the Chapel Royal Westminster Windsor

v t e Deans of Salisbury
High Medieval	Walter Osbert Robert Serlo Roger Azo Robert of Chichester Henry de Beaumont John of Oxford Jordan Eustace Richard Poore Adam William de Wanda Robert de Hertford Robert Wickhampton Walter Scammel Henry Brandeston Simon de Micham
Late Medieval	Peter of Savoy William Rufati Reymund de Fargis Bertrand de Fargis Reynold Orsini James Orsini Robert Braybrooke Thomas Montagu John Chandler Simon Sydenham Thomas Brunce Nicholas Bildeston Adam Moleyns Richard Leyot Gilbert Kymer James Goldwell John Davison Edward Cheyne
Early modern	Thomas Ruthall William Atwater John Longland Cuthbert Tunstall Richard Pace Peter Vannes William Bradbridge Thomas Cole Edmund Freke John Piers John Bridges John Gordon John Williams John Bowle Edmund Mason Richard Baylie Ralph Brideoake Thomas Pierce Robert Woodward Edward Young John Younger John Clarke Thomas Greene Rowney Noel John Ekins
Late modern	Charles Talbot Hugh Pearson Francis Lear Henry Hamilton J. C. Ryle George Boyle Allan Webb William Page Roberts Andrew Burn John Randolph Edward Henderson Henry Robins Robert Moberly Kenneth Haworth Fenton Morley Sydney Evans Hugh Dickinson Derek Watson June Osborne Ed Probert (Acting) Nick Papadopulos