Dean of Wells

{{Short description|Head of the Chapter of Wells Cathedral in England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|right|Wells Cathedral The '''Dean of Wells''' is the head of the Chapter<ref>[http://www.wellscathedral.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Deans-of-Wells.doc List of Deans]</ref> of 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 district of Somerset, England. The dean's residence is The Dean's Lodging, 25 The Liberty, Wells.<ref>{{cite book|title=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== {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=33%}}

===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 (of Sudbury) *1397–1398: Henry Beaufort *1398–1401: Nicholas Slake {{col-break|width=33%}} *1401–1410: Thomas Tuttebury *1410–1413: 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 *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 (also Archdeacon of York, Archdeacon of Richmond (1526–1529), Archdeacon of Suffolk (1526–1529) and Archdeacon of Norfolk (from 1529)) *1529–1537: Richard Woleman *1537–1540: Thomas Cromwell *1540–1547: William Fitzwilliam (''or'' Fitzjames) *1548–1550: John Goodman ''(deprived)'' *1551–1554: William Turner ''(deprived)'' *1554–1561: John Goodman ''(reinstated)'' *1561–1568: William Turner ''(restored)'' *1570–1573: Robert Weston *1574–1589: Valentine Dale *1590–1602: John Herbert *1602–1607: Benjamin Heydon *1607–1621: Richard Meredith *1621–1631: Ralph Barlow {{col-break|width=33%}} *1631–1641: George Warburton *1642–1644: Walter Ralegh *1660–1670: Robert Creighton *1670–1704: Ralph Bathurst *1704–1713: William Grahme (''or'' Graham) *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 *2004–2015: John Clarke *2015–2016: Andrew Featherstone (''acting'') *2016–2023: John Davies *2023–2024: Anne Gell (''acting'') *2024–present: Toby Wright<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 |access-date=22 January 2024 |date=15 January 2024}}</ref> {{col-end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== *Robinson, J. A., ''The First Deans of Wells'' (1921)

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