Dean of Peterborough

Head of the chapter at Peterborough Cathedral, England

The nave of Peterborough Cathedral

The Dean of Peterborough is the head of the chapter at Peterborough Cathedral. On the Dissolution of Peterborough Abbey in 1539 and the abbey-church's refoundation as a cathedral for the new bishop and diocese of Peterborough, care for the abbey/cathedral church passed from an abbot to a dean. The current Dean of Peterborough is Chris Dalliston.

List of deans

Early modern

  • 1541–1542 Francis Leycester
(last prior of St Andrew's Priory, Northampton)
  • 1543–1549 Gerard Carleton
  • 1549–1557 James Curthoppe
  • 1557–1559 John Boxall (deprived)
  • 1560–1583 William Latymer
  • 1583–1589 Richard Fletcher
  • 1590–1597 Thomas Nevile
  • 1597–1607 John Palmer
  • 1607–1612 Richard Clayton
  • 1612–1617 George Meriton
  • 1617–1622 Henry Beaumont (later dean of Windsor)
  • 1622–1630 William Piers
  • 1630–1639 John Towers
  • 1639–1640 Thomas Jackson
  • 1640–1660 John Cosin
  • 1661–1664 Edward Rainbowe
  • 1664–1679 James Duport
  • 1679–1689 Simon Patrick
  • 1689–1691 Richard Kidder
  • 1691–1707 Samuel Freeman
  • 1707–1718 White Kennett
  • 1718–1721 Richard Reynolds
  • 1721–1722 Edward Gee

Late modern

Notes

References

  1. ^ "No. 27323". The London Gazette. 14 June 1901. p. 4001.
  2. ^ Telegraph Obituary – Dick Wingfield Digby[dead link]
  3. ^ Number 10 – Dean of Peterborough
  4. ^ "Resignations and Retirements". Church Times. No. 8003. 19 August 2016. p. 28. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  5. ^ Peterborough Cathedral – Charles Taylor Archived 2012-09-08 at archive.today
  6. ^ a b Peterborough Cathedral — Clergy, Chapter & Staff (Accessed 10 December 2017)
  7. ^ Peterborough Cathedral — A new Dean has been appointed to Peterborough Cathedral (Accessed 20 July 2017)
  8. ^ Peterborough Cathedral — News about the Dean of Peterborough appointment (Accessed 7 September 2017)
  9. ^ Peterborough Cathedral — The new Dean of Peterborough announced today (Accessed 29 November 2017)
  10. ^ Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street (1 November 2017). "Dean of Peterborough: Christopher Charles Dalliston". gov.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

Sources

  • British History Online – Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 – Deans of Peterborough
  • Peterborough City Council – Peterborough abbey (Peterborough Cathedral) Archived 2 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine
  • British History Online – Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of Peterborough – A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 2 (1906), pp. 83–95. Accessed 29 May 2007.
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