# Dean of Wells

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{{Short description|Head of the Chapter of Wells Cathedral in England}}
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thumb|right|Wells Cathedral
The '''Dean of Wells''' is the head of the [Chapter](/source/Chapter_(religion))<ref>[http://www.wellscathedral.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Deans-of-Wells.doc List of Deans]</ref> of [Wells Cathedral](/source/Wells_Cathedral)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thedusthole.co.uk/site/htmledit/upload/pages/images/wells_cathedral.jpg |title=Photo of Cathedral |access-date=2009-05-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322110951/http://www.thedusthole.co.uk/site/htmledit/upload/pages/images/wells_cathedral.jpg |archive-date=2017-03-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in the [Mendip](/source/Mendip_District) district of [Somerset](/source/Somerset), [England](/source/England). The [dean](/source/dean_(religion))'s residence is The Dean's Lodging, 25 [The Liberty](/source/Wells_St_Andrew), Wells.<ref>{{cite book|title=[Crockford's Clerical Directory](/source/Crockford's_Clerical_Directory) 2008/2009 |date=December 2007 |location=Lambeth |publisher=Church House Publishing |isbn=978-0-7151-1030-0}}</ref>

==List of deans==
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===High Medieval===
*1140–1164: [Ivo](/source/Ivo_(Dean_of_Wells))
*1164–1189: [Richard of Spaxton](/source/Richard_de_Spakeston)
*1190–1213: [Alexander](/source/Alexander_(Dean_of_Wells))
*1213–1216: [Leonius](/source/Leonius_(Dean_of_Wells))
*1216–1219: [Ralph of Lechlade](/source/Ralph_of_Lechlade)
*1219–1236: [Peter of Chichester](/source/Peter_of_Chichester)
*1236–1241: [William of Merton](/source/William_of_Merton)
*1241–1253: [John Saracenus](/source/John_Saracenus)
*1254–1256: [Giles of Bridport](/source/Giles_of_Bridport)
*1256–1284: [Edward of Cnoll](/source/Edward_of_Cnoll)
*1284–1292: [Thomas Bytton](/source/Thomas_Bytton)
*1292–1295: [William Burnell](/source/William_Burnell)
*1295–1302: [Walter Haselshaw](/source/Walter_Haselshaw)

===Late Medieval===
*1302–1305: [Henry Husee](/source/Henry_Husee)
*1305–1333: [John Godelee](/source/John_Godelee)
*1333–1333: [Richard of Bury](/source/Richard_of_Bury)
*1334–1335: [Wibert of Littleton](/source/Wibert_of_Littleton)
*1335–1349: [Walter of London](/source/Walter_of_London)
*1349–1350: [Thomas Fastolf](/source/Thomas_Fastolf)
*1350–1361: [John of Carleton](/source/John_of_Carleton)
*1361–1379: [Stephen Penpel](/source/Stephen_Penpel)
*1379–1381: [John Fordham](/source/John_Fordham_(bishop))
*1381–1396: [Thomas Thebaud](/source/Thomas_Thebaud) ([of Sudbury](/source/Thomas_Thebaud))
*1397–1398: [Henry Beaufort](/source/Henry_Beaufort)
*1398–1401: [Nicholas Slake](/source/Nicholas_Slake)
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*1401–1410: [Thomas Tuttebury](/source/Thomas_Tuttebury)
*1410–1413: [Richard Courtenay](/source/Richard_Courtenay)
*1413–1413: <span class="anchor" id="Thomas Karneka">Thomas Karneka</span><ref>{{Cite web |title=Colleges: The cathedral of Wells {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol8/pp3-6 |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref>
*1413–1423: [Walter Medeford](/source/Walter_Medeford)
*1423–1424: [John Stafford](/source/John_Stafford_(bishop))
*1425–1446: [John Forest](/source/John_Forest_(priest))
*1446–1467: [Nicholas Carent](/source/Nicholas_Carent)
*1467–1472: [William Witham](/source/William_Witham)
*1472–1498: [John Gunthorpe](/source/John_Gunthorpe)

===Early modern===
*1498–1525: [William Cosyn](/source/William_Cosyn)
*1525–1529: [Thomas Wynter](/source/Thomas_Wynter) (also [Archdeacon of York](/source/Archdeacon_of_York), [Archdeacon of Richmond](/source/Archdeacon_of_Richmond) (1526–1529), [Archdeacon of Suffolk](/source/Archdeacon_of_Suffolk) (1526–1529) and [Archdeacon of Norfolk](/source/Archdeacon_of_Norfolk) (from 1529))
*1529–1537: [Richard Woleman](/source/Richard_Woleman)
*1537–1540: [Thomas Cromwell](/source/Thomas_Cromwell)
*1540–1547: [William Fitzwilliam](/source/William_Fitzwilliam_(Dean_of_Wells)) (''or'' [Fitzjames](/source/William_Fitzwilliam_(Dean_of_Wells)))
*1548–1550: [John Goodman](/source/John_Goodman_(Dean_of_Wells)) ''(deprived)''
*1551–1554: [William Turner](/source/William_Turner_(naturalist)) ''(deprived)''
*1554–1561:  John Goodman ''(reinstated)''
*1561–1568: William Turner ''(restored)''
*1570–1573: [Robert Weston](/source/Robert_Weston)
*1574–1589: [Valentine Dale](/source/Valentine_Dale)
*1590–1602: [John Herbert](/source/John_Herbert_(Secretary_of_State))
*1602–1607: [Benjamin Heydon](/source/Benjamin_Heydon)
*1607–1621: [Richard Meredith](/source/Richard_Meredith_(priest))
*1621–1631: [Ralph Barlow](/source/Ralph_Barlow_(priest))
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*1631–1641: [George Warburton](/source/George_Warburton_(priest))
*1642–1644: [Walter Ralegh](/source/Walter_Raleigh_(priest))
*1660–1670: [Robert Creighton](/source/Robert_Creighton_(1593%E2%80%931672))
*1670–1704: [Ralph Bathurst](/source/Ralph_Bathurst)
*1704–1713: [William Grahme](/source/William_Grahme) (''or'' [Graham](/source/William_Grahme))
*1713–1733: [Matthew Brailsford](/source/Matthew_Brailsford)
*1733–1736: [Isaac Maddox](/source/Isaac_Maddox)
*1736–1738: [John Harris](/source/John_Harris_(bishop))
*1739–1766: [Samuel Creswicke](/source/Samuel_Creswicke)
*1766–1799: [Lord Francis Seymour](/source/Lord_Francis_Seymour)

===Late modern===
*1799–1812: [George Lukin](/source/George_Lukin)
*1812–1831: Hon [Henry Ryder](/source/Henry_Ryder)
*1831–1845: [Edmund Goodenough](/source/Edmund_Goodenough)
*1845–1854: [Richard Jenkyns](/source/Richard_Jenkyns)
*1854–1881: [George Johnson](/source/George_Johnson_(priest))
*1881–1891: [Edward Plumptre](/source/Edward_Plumptre)
*1891–1911: [Thomas Jex-Blake](/source/Thomas_Jex-Blake)
*1911–1933: [Armitage Robinson](/source/Armitage_Robinson)
*1933–1950: [Richard Malden](/source/Richard_Malden)
*1951–1958: [Frederic Harton](/source/Frederic_Harton)
*1958–1962: [Christopher Woodforde](/source/Christopher_Woodforde)
*1962–1973: [Irven Edwards](/source/Irven_Edwards)
*1973–1989: [Patrick Mitchell](/source/Patrick_Mitchell_(priest))
*1990–2003: [Richard Lewis](/source/Richard_Lewis_(priest))
*2004–2015: [John Clarke](/source/John_Clarke_(dean_of_Wells))
*2015–2016: [Andrew Featherstone](/source/Andrew_Featherstone) (''acting'')
*2016–2023: [John Davies](/source/John_Davies_(priest%2C_born_1957))
*2023–2024: [Anne Gell](/source/Anne_Gell) (''acting'')
*2024–present: [Toby Wright](/source/Toby_Wright_(priest))<ref>{{cite web |website=Diocese of Bath & Wells |title=We welcome the new Dean of Wells |date=26 June 2024 |url=https://bathandwells.org.uk/news/we-welcome-the-new-dean-of-wells.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804203453/https://bathandwells.org.uk/news/we-welcome-the-new-dean-of-wells.php |archive-date=4 August 2024 |access-date=4 August 2024 }} and {{cite web |website=Diocese of Bath & Wells |title=Installation Sermon |date=16 June 2024 |url=https://d3hgrlq6yacptf.cloudfront.net/60638a2c87045/content/pages/documents/wells--tobie-wright-installation-sermon.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804210926/https://d3hgrlq6yacptf.cloudfront.net/60638a2c87045/content/pages/documents/wells--tobie-wright-installation-sermon.pdf |archive-date=4 August 2024 |access-date=4 August 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Next Dean of Wells to be Toby Wright |url=https://www.oxford.anglican.org/next-dean-of-wells-to-be-the-revd-canon-toby-wright.php |website=[Diocese of Oxford](/source/Diocese_of_Oxford) |access-date=22 January 2024 |date=15 January 2024}}</ref>
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==References==
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==Further reading==
*[Robinson, J. A.](/source/Armitage_Robinson), ''[The First Deans of Wells](/source/s%3AThe_First_Deans_of_Wells)'' (1921)

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