Dean of Lincoln

Lincoln Cathedral

The Dean of Lincoln is the head of the Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral in the city of Lincoln, England in the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln.^[1] The post is currently held by the Very Revd Philip Buckler.^[2]

List of deans

High Medieval

c. 1092 Ranulph or Ralph
aft. 1093–bef. 1133 Simon Bloet
c. 1133–1141 Philip of Harcourt
1141–1179 Adelelm
c. 1181–1182 Geoffrey
1183–1189 Richard FitzNeal
1190–1195 Hamo
c. 1195–bef. 1223 Roger de Rolleston
1223–1239 William de Thornaco
1240–1245 Roger Weseham
1246–1254 Henry of Lexington
1254–1258 Richard of Gravesend
1260–1262 Robert de Mariscis
1262–1272 William of Lexington
1272–1274 Richard de Mepham
1274–1275 John de Maidenstan
1275–1280 Oliver Sutton
1280–1288 Nicholas de Hegham
1288–1305 Philip Willoughby

Late Medieval

1305 Joceline Kirmington
1305–1310 Raymond de Got
1310–1315 Roger Martival
1315–1328 Henry Mansfield
1329–1337 Antony Bek
1340–1344 William Bateman
1344–1348 John de Ufford
1348–1349 Thomas Bradwardine
1349–1360 Simon Briselee
1361–? John Stretley
1376 a foreign Cardinal
?–1378 Richard Ravenser
?–1412 John Sheppey
1412–1452 John Mackworth
1452–1483 Robert Flemming
1483–1505 George Fitzhugh

Early modern

1505–1506 Thomas Ruthall^[3]
1506–1508 Geoffrey Symeon
1509–1514 Thomas Wolsey
1514–1528 John Constable

1528–1538 George Heneage
1539–1552 John Taylor
1552–1554 Matthew Parker
1555–1570 Francis Mallet
1571–1577 John Whitgift
1577–1584 William Wickham
1585–1593 Ralph Griffin
1593–1598 John Rainolds
1598–1601 William Cole
1601–1613 Laurence Stanton
1613–1629 Roger Parker
1629–1649 Anthony Topham
1660–1681 Michael Honywood
1681–1695 Daniel Brevint
1695–1699 Samuel Fuller
1700–1701 Abraham Campion
1701–1721 Richard Willis
1721–1722 Robert Cannon
1722–1730 Edward Gee
1730–1743 Edward Willes
1744–1748 Thomas Cheney
1748–1756 William George
1756–1761 John Green
1762–1781 Hon James Yorke
Robert Richardson – poss. nominated; d. 1781
1782–1783 Richard Cust
1783–1809 Sir Richard Kaye, 6th Baronet (styled Richard Kaye until 1789)

Late modern

1809–1845 George Gordon
1845–1860 John Ward
1860–1863 Thomas Garnier
1864–1872 James Jeremie
1872–1885 Joseph Blakesley
1885–1894 William Butler
1894–1910 Edward Wickham
1910–1930 Thomas Fry
1930–1949 Robert Mitchell
1949–1964 David Dunlop
1965–1968 Michael Peck
1969–1989 Hon Oliver Fiennes
1989–1997 Brandon Jackson
1998–2006 Alec Knight
2006–present Philip Buckler

References

↑ Diocesan web site
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0)
↑ Dictionary of National Biography

Sources

Diocese of Lincoln

Lincoln Cathedral Edward King House Old Palace, Lincoln Area scheme (2010–2013)

Office holders	The Bishop of Lincoln, Christopher Lowson The Bishop suffragan of Grimsby, David Court AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough The Dean of Lincoln, Philip Buckler The Archdeacon of Lincoln, Tim Barker The Archdeacon of Boston, Justine Allain Chapman Archdeacon of Stow and Lindsey (vacant)

Selected deaneries	Deanery of Christianity Deanery of Lafford

Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Grantham (1905–2013) Archdeacon of Huntingdon (c. 1075–1837; moved to Ely) Archdeacon of Northampton (1092–1541; became Peterborough) Archdeacon of Oxford (c. 1092–1541; became Oxford) Archdeacon of Bedford (1092–1837; moved to Oxford) Archdeacon of Buckingham (1092–1837; moved to Oxford) Archdeacon of Leicester (1092–1837; moved to Peterborough) Archdeacon of Nottingham (1837–1884; moved to Southwell) Archdeacon of Lindsey (1933–1994; merged back to Stow)

Deans in the Church of England

Province of Canterbury	Birmingham Bristol Canterbury Chelmsford Chichester Christ Church (Oxford) Coventry Derby Ely Exeter Gibraltar Gloucester Guildford Hereford Jersey Leicester Lichfield Lincoln Norwich Peterborough Portsmouth Rochester St Albans St Edmundsbury St Paul's (London) Salisbury Southwark Truro Wells Winchester Worcester

Province of York	Blackburn Bradford (Leeds diocese) Carlisle Chester Durham Liverpool Manchester Newcastle Peel Ripon (Leeds diocese) Sheffield Southwell Wakefield (Leeds diocese) York

Royal Deans	Dean of the Chapel Royal Westminster Windsor

Deans of Lincoln

High Medieval	Ranulph Simon Bloet Philip of Harcourt Adelelm Geoffrey Richard FitzNeal Hamo Roger de Rolleston William de Thornaco Roger Weseham Henry of Lexington Richard of Gravesend Robert de Mariscis William of Lexington Richard de Mepham John de Maidenstan Oliver Sutton Nicholas de Hegham Philip Willoughby

Late Medieval	Joceline Kirmington Raymond de Got Roger Martival Henry Mansfield Antony Bek William Bateman John de Ufford Thomas Bradwardine Simon Briselee John Stretley Richard Ravenser John Sheppey John Mackworth Robert Flemming George Fitzhugh

Early modern	Thomas Ruthall Geoffrey Simeon Thomas Wolsey John Constable George Heneage John Taylor Matthew Parker Francis Mallet John Whitgift William Wickham Ralph Griffin John Rainolds William Cole Laurence Stanton Roger Parker Anthony Topham Michael Honywood Daniel Brevint Samuel Fuller Abraham Campion Richard Willis Robert Cannon Edward Gee Edward Willes Thomas Cheney William George John Green Hon James Yorke Robert Richardson Richard Cust Sir Richard Kaye

Late modern	George Gordon John Ward Thomas Garnier James Jeremie Joseph Blakesley William Butler Edward Wickham Thomas Fry Robert Mitchell David Dunlop Hon Oliver Fiennes Brandon Jackson Alec Knight Philip Buckler