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Dean of Salisbury is the Head of the Chapter of
Salisbury CathedralSalisbury Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England, considered one of the leading examples of Early English architecture.The main body was completed in only 38 years....
in the
Church of EnglandThe Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches...
. The current Dean is
The Very Revd. June OsborneThe Very Reverend June Osborne is Dean of Salisbury, the first woman to serve as a dean at Salisbury Cathedral and the first at any of England's medieval cathedrals . She had served as acting Dean since the retirement of her predecessor, Derek Watson...
, who was installed in 2004.
Selected office-holders
- Walter 1102
- Osbert1105
- Robert 1111
- Serlo 1122
- Roger 1131
- Azo 1145
- Robert of Chichester
Robert of Chichester was a medieval Bishop of Exeter.He is often confused with his predecessor, Robert Warelwast. His surname comes from a single source, one of his successors. He was a relative of David fitzGerald, bishop of St David's, but the exact relationship is unknown. He held a prebend at...
- 1148–1155, later Bishop of ExeterThe Bishop of Exeter is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in the Province of Canterbury. The incumbent usually signs his name as Exon or incorporates this in his signature.-History:...
- Henry de Beaumont1155 -1164
- John of Oxford
-Life:His father was Henry of Oxford, sheriff of Oxford. He was a royal clerk and represented King Henry II at a diet held in May of 1165 at Würzburg that dealt with the issue of the Antipope Paschal III. Some reports held that John supported the antipope on behalf of Henry II, but John denied this...
- 1166–1175, later Bishop of NorwichThe Bishop of Norwich is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Norwich in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers most of the County of Norfolk and part of Suffolk...
- Jordan 1176-1193
- Eustace, Dean of Salisbury
Eustace was the twenty-third Lord Chancellor of England, from 1197 to 1198. He was also Dean of Salisbury and Bishop of Ely.-Life:...
1194-1197, later Bishop of ElyThe Bishop of Ely is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Ely in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese roughly covers the county of Cambridgeshire , together with a section of north-west Norfolk and has its see in the City of Ely, Cambridgeshire, where the seat is located at the...
- Richard Poore
Richard Poore was a medieval English clergyman best known for his role in the construction of Salisbury Cathedral.-Early life:...
1197–1215 later Bishop of ChichesterThe Bishop of Chichester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the Counties of East and West Sussex. The see is in the City of Chichester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity...
.
- Adam1215-1220
- William de Wanda 1220-1236
- Robert de Hertford1238- 1257]]
- Robert Wickhampton
-Life:He was a canon of Salisbury before he was Dean of Salisbury by 17 January 1258. He was also a papal chaplain. He had a dispensation for his election to the bishopric due to his illegitimacy. He was elected to the see of Salisbury about 6 March 1271 and consecrated on 13 May 1274. He died on...
1258–1271 later Bishop of SalisburyThe Bishop of Salisbury is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers much of the Counties of Wiltshire and Dorset. The see is in the City of Salisbury where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary.The...
- The Very Revd. Walter Scammel
-Life:He was archdeacon of Berkshire in the diocese of Salisbury, treasurer of that diocese, and finally Dean of Salisbury. He was elected to the deanery on 9 September 1271....
1271–1284 later Bishop of Salisbury
- The Very Revd. Henry Brandeston
-Life:He held the offices of archdeacon of Wiltshire, archdeacon of Dorset, and Dean of Salisbury, all in the diocese of Salisbury.He was elected bishop on 2 January 1287 and consecrated on 1 June 1287...
1285–1287 later Bishop of Salisbury
- Simon de Micham 1287-1295
- Peter of Savoy 1297 to 1309
- William Rufati 1309
- Reymund de Fargis 1311
- Bertrand de Fargis 1346-1347
- Reynold Orsini1347-1374
- James Orsini 1374-1378
- Robert Braybrooke
Robert Braybrooke was a medieval Dean of Salisbury andBishop of London.He was nominated 9 September 1381 and consecrated on 5 January 1382.He was named Lord Chancellor of England on 20 September 1382 and resigned the office by 11 July 1383....
1380
- Thomas Montagu 1382-1404
- John Chandler 1404- 1417)
- Simon Sydenham
Simon Sydenham was a medieval Dean of Salisbury and Bishop of Chichester.He was nominated to the office 14 October 1429, and consecrated on 11 February 1431. He died on 26 January 1438.-References:...
1418-1431
- Thomas Browne1435
- Nicholas Bildeston 1435-1441
- Adam Moleyns
Adam Moleyns was an English bishop, lawyer, royal administrator and diplomat. During the minority of Henry VI of England, he was clerk of the ruling council of the Regent.-Life:He had the living of Kempsey from 1433. He was Dean of Salisbury...
1441-1446
- Richard Leyot 1446-1449
- Gilbert Kymer 1449-1463
- James Goldwell
James Goldwell was a medieval Dean of Salisbury and Bishop of Norwich.He was nominated on 17 July 1472 and was consecrated on 4 October 1472. He died on 15 February 1499.-References:...
1463-1472
- John Davison 1473-1485
- Edward Cheyne 1486-1502
- Thomas Ruthall
Thomas Ruthall was an English churchman, administrator and diplomat. He was a leading councillor of Henry VIII of England.-Life:...
1502-1509
- William Atwater 1509-1514
- John Longland
John Longland was the English Dean of Salisbury from 1514 to 1521 and bishop of Lincoln from 1521 to his death in 1547. He was King Henry VIII's confessor....
1514-1521
- Cuthbert Tunstall
Cuthbert Tunstall was an English church leader, twice Bishop of Durham during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I...
1521-1522
- Richard Pace
Richard Pace was an English diplomat of the Tudor period. He was educated at Winchester College under Thomas Langton, and later at Padua, at Bologna, and probably at the University of Oxford...
1523-1536
- Peter Vannes 1536-1563
- William Bradbridge
-Life:He was born in London and took his B.A. degree at Magdalen College, Oxford, on 15 July 1528. In 1529 he became a fellow of his college, M.A. on 6 June 1632, B.D. on 17 June 1539. On 26 March 1565 he supplicated the university for a D.D. degree, but was not admitted.He was a Protestant and a...
1563-1571
- Thomas Cole 1571
- Edmund Freake 1571-1572
- John Piers
John Piers was Archbishop of York between 1589–1594. Previous to that he had been Bishop of Rochester and Bishop of Salisbury.-Life:...
1572-1577
- John Bridges
-Life:He graduated M.A. at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge in 1560, having been a Fellow there since 1556. He became Dean of Salisbury in 1577.He was appointed Bishop of Oxford on the accession of James I of England, and took part in the Hampton Court Conference, in 1604....
1577-1604
- John Gordon 1604-1619
- John Williams 1619-1620
- John Bowle 1620-1630
- Edmund Mason 1630-1635
- Richard Bayley 1635-1667
- Ralph Brideoke 1667-1675
- Thomas Pierce
Thomas Pierce or Peirse was an English churchman and controversialist, a high-handed President of Magdalen College, Oxford and Dean of Salisbury.-Early life:...
1675-1691
- Robert Woodward 1691-1702
- Edward Young 1702-1705
- John Younger 1705-1728
- John Clarke
John Clarke was an English natural philosopher and Dean of Salisbury from 1728 to his death in 1757 . John Clarke was the son of Edward Clarke, an alderman who represented the city of Norwich in parliament, and the younger brother of the philosopher Samuel Clarke...
1728-1757
- Thomas Green 1757-1780
- Rowney Noel 1780-1786
- John Ekins 1786-1808
- Charles Talbot 1809-1823
- Hugh Nicholas Pearson 1823-1846
- Francis Lear 1846-1850
- Henry Parr Hamilton 1850-1880
- John Charles Ryle
John Charles Ryle was the first Anglican bishop of Liverpool.Ryle was born at Macclesfield, and was educated at Eton and at Christ Church, Oxford, where he was Craven Scholar in 1836....
1880-1880
- George David Boyle, 1880-1901.
- Allan Becher Webb 1901-1907.
- William Page Roberts
The Very Rev William Page Roberts, DD was an eminent English clergman in the Church of England and Dean of Salisbury from 1907 until 1919.
He was educated at Liverpool College and St John's College, Cambridge and ordained in 1862. His first post was a curacy in Stockport. He then held...
1907-1919.
- Andrew Ewbank Burn
The Very Rev Andrew Ewbank Burn, DD was an English clergman in the Church of England, Dean of Salisbury from 1920 until his death in 1927....
1920-1927.
- John Hugh Granville Randolph
The Rt Rev John Hugh Granville Randolph, DD was the Suffragan Bishop of Guildford and then Dean of Salisbury in the Church of England in the first decades of the 20th century.
Born on 20 January 1866 into an ecclesiastical family and educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge , he was...
1928-1935
- Edward Lowry Henderson
The Very Rev Edward Lowry Henderson was an eminent clergyman in the Church of England in the first half of the Twentieth Century.
Born in 1873 and educated at Radley and Oriel College, Oxford , he was ordained in 1899. His first post was as a Curate of St Anne's Limehouse, after which he was...
1936-1943.
- Henry Charles Robins
The Very Rev Henry Charles Robins was the Dean of Salisbury in the Church of England from 1943 until his retirement in 1953 .
Born in Beccles on 2 February 1882 and educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, he was ordained into the priesthood in 1908...
1943- 1952
- Robert Hamilton Moberly
Robert Hamilton Moberly was the 7th Anglican Bishop of Stepney from 1936 until 1952 when he was appointed Dean of Salisbury. He was born in 1884 and educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a Curacy at Dover...
1952-1960
- Kenneth William Haworth
The Very Rev Kenneth William Haworth was the Dean of Salisbury in the Church of England from 1960 until his retirement in 1971 .
Born on 21 January 1903 and educated at Cheltenham and Clare College, Cambridge, he was ordained into the priesthood in 1926...
1960-1971
- William Fenton Morley
The Very Rev William Fenton Morley, CBE was the Dean of Salisbury in the Church of England from 1971 until his retirement in 1977.
Born on 5 May 1912 and educated at Oriel College, Oxford he was ordained into the priesthood in 1936. His first posts were curacies in Ely, Cardiff and...
1971-1977
- Sydney Hall Evans
The Very Rev Sydney Hall Evans, DD CBE was the Dean of Salisbury in the Church of England from 1977 until his retirement in 1986.
Born on 23 July 1915 and educated at Bristol Grammar School and Durham University he was ordained into the priesthood in 1940. His first posts were curacies in...
1977-1986
- Hugh Geoffrey Dickinson
The Very Rev The Hon Hugh Geoffrey Dickinson was Dean of Salisbury from 1986 until his retirement in 1996 .
Born on 17 November 1929 and educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Oxford, he was ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1957. He was a...
1986-1996
- The Very Revd. Derek Watson
Derek Watson was the Dean of Salisbury in the Church of England from 1996 to his retirement in 2002.
Born on 18 February 1938 and educated at Uppingham School and Selwyn College, Cambridge, he was ordained into the priesthood in 1965 after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon...
1996-2004
- The Very Revd. June Osborne
The Very Reverend June Osborne is Dean of Salisbury, the first woman to serve as a dean at Salisbury Cathedral and the first at any of England's medieval cathedrals . She had served as acting Dean since the retirement of her predecessor, Derek Watson...
2004–present