Dean of York

The Dean of York is the member of the clergy who is responsible for the running of the York Minster cathedral. As well as being the head of the cathedral church of the diocese and the metropolitical church of the province, the Dean of York holds preeminence as the Province of York vicar.

Since 1939, the deans have resided at York Deanery.

List of deans

The following is a list of the deans from 11th century to the present day:^[1][2][3][4]

High Medieval 1093–c. 1135 Hugh c. 1138–1143 William of St. Barbara c. 1147–1157 Robert of Ghent 1158–1186 Robert Butevilain 1186–1189 Hubert Walter 1189–1194 Henry Marshal[5] 1194–1214 Simon of Apulia 1214–? William Testard c. 1217–c. 1220 Hamo 1220–1233 Roger de Insula 1233–1238 Geoffrey de Norwich 1239–1243 Fulk Basset 1244–1249 Walter of Kirkham c. 1252–1256 Sewal de Bovil 1257–1258 Godfrey Ludham 1258–1260 Roger de Holderness (alias Skeffling) c. 1262–1279 William Langton 1279–1290 Robert de Scarborough 1290–1297 Henry of Newark Late Medieval 1296–1307 William Hambleton[6] 1307–1310 Raymond de Goth 1310–1312 William Pickering 1312–1333 Robert Pickering 1333–1336 William de Colby 1336–1340 William Zouche 1342–1343 Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord 1366–1380 Cardinal Angelicus Grimaud[7] 1382–1385 Cardinal Adam Easton[8] 1385–1395 Edmund Stafford 1395–1397 Roger Walden 1398–1400 Richard Clifford 1401–1406 Thomas Langley 1406–1416 John Prophet 1416–1420 Thomas Polton 1420–1425 William Grey 1426–1436 Robert Gilbert 1436–1451 William Felter 1452–1477 Richard Andrew

1477–1488 Robert Booth 1488–1494 Christopher Urswick (also Archdeacon of Wilts, and Archdeacon of Richmond (from 1494)) 1494–1496 William Sheffield 1497–1503 Geoffrey Blythe Early modern 1503–1507 Christopher Bainbridge 1508–1512 James Harrington 1513–1514 Thomas Wolsey 1514–1516 John Yonge 1516–1539 Brian Higden 1539–1544 Richard Layton 1544–1567 Nicholas Wotton 1567–1589 Matthew Hutton 1589–1617 John Thornborough 1617–1624 George Meriton 1625–1644 John Scott 1644–1660 Abolished – Commonwealth & Protectorate 1660–1663 Richard Marshe Jan–Nov 1664 William Sancroft 1664–1677 Robert Hitch[9] (also Archdeacon of the East Riding until 1675) 1677–1697 Tobias Wickham 1697–1702 Thomas Gale 1702–1728 Henry Finch 1728–1747 Richard Osbaldeston 1747–1802 John Fountayne Late modern 1802–1822 George Markham 1823–1858 William Cockburn 1858–1880 Augustus Duncombe 1880–1916 Arthur Purey-Cust 1917–1925 William Foxley Norris 1926–1932 Lionel Ford 1932–1941 Herbert Bate 1941–1963 Eric Milner-White 1964–1975 Alan Richardson 1975–1984 Ronald Jasper[10] 1984–1994 John Southgate 1994–2003 Raymond Furnell 2004–2012 Keith Jones December 2012 – 2018 Viv Faull[11] 25 June 2018 – 2 February 2019 Peter Moger, Canon Precentor and Acting Dean[12] 2 February 2019 – 18 January 2022 Jonathan Frost[13] (became Bishop of Portsmouth)[14] 19 January 2022 – 12 November 2022 Michael Smith, Canon Pastor and Acting Dean [14] 12 November 2022 – present Dominic Barrington[15]

Plaque in York Minster listing the Deans of York York Minster

References

1. Tilsley, John; Howat, Jeremy N. T. "Deans of York from 1093" (PDF). York Minster; the four major dignitaries. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
2. Greenway 1999, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 6, pp. 7–13.
3. Jones 1963, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 6, pp. 6–9.
4. Horn & Smith 1975, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 4, pp. 5–7.
5. Barlow, Frank. "Marshal, Henry (d. 1206)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/94379. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
6. Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 85
7. Miranda, Salvador. "Angelicus Grimaud". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
8. Miranda, Salvador. "Adam Easton". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
9. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. The Society. 1913. The Rt Revd Robert Hitch, Rector of Normanton, West Yorkshire and Dean of York, was married to Sarah Levett, born 1610, daughter of Capt Christopher Levett, the English explorer born at York.
10. Gray, Donald. "Jasper, Ronald Claud Dudley (1917–1990)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39999. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
11. "Faull appointed Dean of York". BBC News. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
12. York Minster — Acting Dean of York (Accessed 29 June 2018)
13. Dodd, George (26 November 2018). "New Dean of York revealed as the Rt Revd Dr Jonathan Frost". York Press. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
14. "Acting Dean of York announced". York Minster. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
15. "The Installation of Dominic Barrington as the 77th Dean of York". Archbishop of York. 25 October 2022. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

Sources

• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
• Greenway, D. E. (1999). "Deans of York". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 6 - York Diocese. British History Online.
• Horn, J. M.; Smith, D. M. (1975). "Deans of York". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 4 - York Diocese. British History Online.
• Jones, B. (1963). "Deans of York". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 6 - Northern Province (York, Carlise and Durham). British History Online.