List of deans of Peterborough
A list of deans of Peterborough Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, England. 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 to a dean.
16th century
- Francis Alree or Abree alias Leycester, prior of St. Andrew's, Northampton on its Dissolution, 1541
- Gerard Carleton occurs 1543, died 1549
- James Coorthopp or Curthopp 1549, died 1557
- John Boxall 1557, deprived 1559-60
- William Latymer 1560, died 1583
- Richard Fletcher 1583, bishop of Bristol 1589
- Thomas Nevil 1590-1, dean of Canterbury 1597
- John Palmer 1597, died 1607
17th century
- Richard Clayton 1607, died 1612
- George Meriton 1612, dean of York 1617
- Henry Beaumont 1616-7, dean of Windsor 1622
- William Pierse 1622, subsequently Bishop of Peterborough 1630
- John Towers 1630, subsequently Bishop of Peterborough 1639
- Thomas Jackson 1638-9, died 1640
- John Cosin 1640, bishop of Durham 1660
- Edward Rainbow 1660-1, bishop of Carlisle 1664
- James Duport 1664, died 1679
- Simon Patrick 1679, bishop of Chichester 1689
- Richard Kidder 1689, bishop of Bangor 1721
- Samuel Freeman 1691, died 1707
18th century
- White Kennet 1707-8, subsequently Bishop of Peterborough 1718
- Richard Reynolds 1718, bishop of Bangor and then bishop of Lincoln
- Edward Gee 1721, dean of Lincoln 1722
- John Mandeville 1722, died 1724-5
- Francis Lockier 1724-5, died 1740
- John Thomas 1740, bishop of St. Asaph 1743
- Robert Lambe, 1744, subsequently Bishop of Peterborough 1764
- Charles Tarrant 1764, died 1791
- Charles Manners Sutton 1791, bishop of Norwich 1792
- Peter Peckard 1792, died 1798
19th century
20th century to present
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