Dean of Peterborough

The nave of Peterborough Cathedral

The Dean of Peterborough is the head of the chapter at Peterborough Cathedral. On the Dissolution of Peterborough Abbey in 1539 and the abbey-church's refoundation as a cathedral for the new bishop and diocese of Peterborough, care for the abbey/cathedral church passed from an abbot to a dean. The deanery is vacant following the retirement of Charles Taylor on 2 October.^[1]

List of deans

Early modern 1541–1542 Francis Alree or Abree alias Leycester (last prior of St Andrew's Priory, Northampton) 1543–1549 Gerard Carleton 1549–1557 James Curthoppe 1557–1559 John Boxall (deprived) 1560–1583 William Latymer 1583–1589 Richard Fletcher 1590–1597 Thomas Nevile 1597–1607 John Palmer 1607–1612 Richard Clayton 1612–1617 George Meriton 1617–1622 Henry Beaumont (later dean of Windsor) 1622–1630 William Piers 1630–1639 John Towers 1639–1640 Thomas Jackson 1640–1660 John Cosin 1661–1664 Edward Rainbowe 1664–1679 James Duport 1679–1689 Simon Patrick 1689–1691 Richard Kidder 1691–1707 Samuel Freeman 1707–1718 White Kennett 1718–1721 Richard Reynolds 1721–1722 Edward Gee

1722–1725 John Mandeville 1725–1740 Francis Lockier 1740–1744 John Thomas 1744–1764 Robert Lamb 1764–1791 Charles Tarrant 1791–1792 Charles Manners-Sutton 1792–1797 Peter Peckard Late modern 1797–1822 Thomas Kipling 1822–1830 James Monk 1830–1842 Thomas Turton 1842–1853 George Butler 1853–1878 Augustus Saunders (previously Headmaster of Charterhouse School) 1878–1890 John Perowne 1891–1892 Marsham Argles 1893–1901 William Ingram 1901–1908 William Barlow[2] 1908–1928 Arnold Page 1928–1942 James Simpson 1943–1965 Noel Christopherson 1966–1980 Dick Wingfield-Digby[3] 1981–1992 Randolph Wise 1992–31 March 2006 Michael Bunker[4] 2006–2 October 2016 (ret.) [1] Charles Taylor[5] 2 October 2016–present Jonathan Baker (Acting)

References

1. "Resignations and Retirements". Church Times (#8003). 19 August 2016. p. 28. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 August 2016. (subscription required (help)).
2. The London Gazette: no. 27323. p. 4001. 14 June 1901.
3. Telegraph Obituary – Dick Wingfield Digby
4. Number 10 – Dean of Peterborough
5. Peterborough Cathedral – Charles Taylor

Sources

• British History Online – Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 – Deans of Peterborough
• Peterborough City Council – Peterborough abbey (Peterborough Cathedral)
• British History Online – Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of Peterborough – A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 2 (1906), pp. 83–95. Accessed 29 May 2007.