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Dean of Wells
The
Dean of Wells
is the head of the
Chapter
of
Wells Cathedral
in the
Mendip
district of
Somerset, England
. The dean's residence is The
Dean's
Lodging, 25
The Liberty
, Wells.
List of
deans
High Medieval
1140–1164:
Ivo
1164–1189:
Richard of Spaxton
1190–1213:
Alexander
1213–1216:
Leonius
1216–1219:
Ralph of Lechlade
1219–1236:
Peter of Chichester
1236–1241:
William of Merton
1241–1253:
John Saracenus
1254–1256:
Giles of Bridport
1256–1284:
Edward of Cnoll
1284–1292:
Thomas Bytton
1292–1295:
William Burnell
1295–1302:
Walter Haselshaw
Late Medieval
1302–1305:
Henry Husee
1305–1333:
John Godelee
1333–1333:
Richard of Bury
1334–1335:
Wibert of Littleton
1335–1349:
Walter of London
1349–1350:
Thomas Fastolf
1350–1361:
John of Carleton
1361–1379:
Stephen Penpel
1379–1381:
John Fordham
1381–1396:
Thomas Thebaud
1397–1398:
Henry Beaufort
1398–1401:
Nicholas Slake
1401–1410:
Thomas Tuttebury
1410–1413:
Richard Courtenay
1413–1413:
Thomas Karneka
1413–1423:
Walter Medeford
1423–1424:
John Stafford
1425–1446:
John Forest
1446–1467:
Nicholas Carent
1467–1472:
William Witham
1472–1498:
John Gunthorpe
Early modern
1498–1525:
William Cosyn
1525–1529:
Thomas Wynter
,
Archdeacon of Suffolk
and
Archdeacon of Norfolk
)
1529–1537:
Richard Woleman
1537–1540:
Thomas Cromwell
1540–1547:
William Fitzjames
1548–1550:
John Goodman
'
1551–1554:
William Turner
'
1554–1561: John Goodman
'
1561–1568: William Turner '
1570–1573:
Robert Weston
1574–1589:
Valentine Dale
1590–1602:
John Herbert
1602–1607:
Benjamin Heydon
1607–1621:
Richard Meredith
1621–1631:
Ralph Barlow
1631–1641:
George Warburton
1642–1644:
Walter Ralegh
1660–1670:
Robert Creighton
1670–1704:
Ralph Bathurst
1704–1713:
William Grahme
1713–1733:
Matthew Brailsford
1733–1736:
Isaac Maddox
1736–1738:
John Harris
1739–1766:
Samuel Creswicke
1766–1799:
Lord Francis Seymour
Late modern
1799–1812:
George Lukin
1812–1831: Hon
Henry Ryder
1831–1845:
Edmund Goodenough
1845–1854:
Richard Jenkyns
1854–1881:
George Johnson
1881–1891:
Edward Plumptre
1891–1911:
Thomas Jex-Blake
1911–1933:
Armitage Robinson
1933–1950:
Richard Malden
1951–1958:
Frederic Harton
1958–1962:
Christopher Woodforde
1962–1973:
Irven Edwards
1973–1989:
Patrick Mitchell
1990–2003:
Richard Lewis
2004–31
December 2015
:
John Clarke
31 December 2015 –
20 November
2016:
Andrew Featherstone
20
November 2016
– present:
John Davies
