Dean of Ely

Ely Cathedral

The position of Dean of Ely Cathedral, in East Anglia, England, in the Diocese of Ely was created in 1541 after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The first Dean of Ely had been the last Benedictine prior of Ely.

List of deans

Early modern

1541–1557 Robert Steward (last prior)
1557–1589 Andrew Perne
1589–1591 John Bell
1591–1614 Humphrey Tyndall
1614–1636 Henry Caesar or Adelmare
1636–1646 William Fuller
1646–1651 William Beale
1660–1661 Richard Love
1661–1662 Henry Ferne
1662 Edward Martin
1662–1667 Francis Wilford
1667–1677 Robert Mapletoft
1677–1693 John Spencer
1693–1708 John Lambe
1708–1712 Charles Roderick
1713–1729 Robert Moss
1729–1730 John Frankland
1730–1758 Peter Allix

1758–1780 Hugh Thomas
1780–1797 William Cooke

Late modern

1797–1820 William Pearce
1820–1839 James Wood
1839–1858 George Peacock
1858–1869 Harvey Goodwin (afterwards Bishop of Carlisle, 1869)
1869–1893 Charles Merivale
1893–1905 Charles Stubbs^[1]
1905–1936 Alexander Kirkpatrick
1936–1950 Lionel Blackburne
1951–1969 Patrick Hankey
1969–1982 Michael Carey
1982–1984 Allan Shaw
1984–1990 William (Bill) Patterson^[2]
1991–2003 Michael Higgins
2003–2011 Michael Chandler^[3]
2012–2012 Canon David Pritchard (Acting)
2012–present Mark Bonney

References

Sources

British History – Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857, Vol. 7 – Deans of Ely

Diocese of Ely

Ely Cathedral Isle of Ely Bishop's House, Ely Bishop Woodford House

Office holders	The Bishop of Ely, Stephen Conway The Bishop suffragan of Huntingdon, David Thomson AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough The Dean of Ely, Mark Bonney The Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech, Hugh McCurdy The Archdeacon of Cambridge, Alex Hughes

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Ely (c. 1106–ren. 2006) Archdeacon of Bedford (1837–1914) Archdeacon of Wisbech (1915–c. 2002)

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 Ely

Early modern	Robert Steward Andrew Perne John Bell Humphrey Tyndall Henry Caesar/Adelmare William Fuller William Beale Richard Love Henry Ferne Edward Martin Francis Wilford Robert Mapletoft John Spencer John Lamb John Wickart Charles Roderick Robert Moss John Frankland Peter Allix Hugh Thomas William Cooke

Late modern	William Pearce James Wood George Peacock Harvey Goodwin Charles Merivale Charles Stubbs Alexander Kirkpatrick Lionel Blackburne Patrick Hankey Michael Carey Allan Shaw William Patterson Michael Higgins Michael Chandler David Pritchard (Acting) Mark Bonney

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