Michael Till

The Very Reverend Michael Stanley Till MA

Dean of Winchester
In office 1996–2005

Personal details
Born	19 November 1935
Died	4 December 2012
Nationality	British

The Very Reverend Michael Stanley Till, MA (19 November 1935 – 4 December 2012) was Dean of Winchester between 1996 and 2005.^[1]

Career

He was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford^[2] and ordained in 1965. He began his career with a curacy at St John's, St John's Wood,^[3] (1964-1967) after which he became first Chaplain and then, from 1970 till 1981, Dean and a Fellow at King's College, Cambridge.^[4] During this time he was instrumental in the founding of Linkline, the student-run Nightline for Cambridge University and Anglia Ruskin University students, including providing the organisation with its first office to operate out of. In 1981 he was appointed Vicar of All Saints', Fulham, and, from 1984, Area Dean of Hammersmith. He was Archdeacon of Canterbury (1986–1996) before his elevation to the Winchester Deanery.

He retired to Petworth and died suddenly on 4 December 2012.^[5]

Personal

His marriage to Tessa Roskill (1936–2013), daughter of the naval historian Stephen Roskill, took place in 1965 and produced a son and a daughter.^[6]

Notes

↑ Official announcement of resignation Archived 16 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
↑ Photo of church
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
↑ "Dean Emeritus Michael Till". Winchester Cathedral. 2012-11-27. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
↑ "Tessa Till". The Telegraph. 14 February 2013.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Trevor Randall Beeson	Dean of Winchester 1996 – 2005	Succeeded by James Edgar Atwell

Deans of Winchester
Early modern	William Kingsmill Roger Tonge Sir John Mason Edmund Steward John Warner Francis Newton John Watson Lawrence Humphrey Martin Heton George Abbot Thomas Morton John Young Alexander Hyde William Clarke Richard Meggot John Wickart William Trimnel Charles Naylor Zachary Pearce Thomas Cheyney Jonathan Shipley Newton Ogle
Late modern	Robert Holmes Thomas Rennell Thomas Garnier John Bramston George Kitchin William Stephens William Furneaux William Holden Hutton Gordon Selwyn Oswin Gibbs-Smith Michael Stancliffe Trevor Beeson Michael Till James Atwell Roland Riem (Acting) Catherine Ogle (announced)

Archdeacons of Canterbury
High Medieval	Valerius Ansketil William John Helewise Walter Roger de Pont L'Évêque Thomas Becket Geoffrey Ridel Herbert Poore Philip of Poitou Henry de Castilion Henry Sandford Simon Langton Richard de Sancto Johanne Stephen de Monte Luelli/of Vienne Hugh de Mortuo Mari William Middleton Robert of Gernemue Richard de Ferings
Late Medieval	John de Langeton Simon de Faversham Bernard Ezius de le Breto Guichard de le Breto Simon Convenis John Bruton Raymond de Roux Hugh de Angoulême Simon de Montacute Robert de Stratford Bernard Sistre Pierre Roger Simon Islip William Cardinal de la Jugee Henry de Wakefield Aymar Roche John de Fordham William Pakington Adam Mottrum Thomas Butiller Richard Clifford Robert Hallam Angelo Cardinal Acciaioli John Wakering Henry Rumworth/Circeter William Chichele Prospero Cardinal Colonna Thomas Chichele Thomas Winterbourne John Bourgchier Hugh Peynthwyn
Early modern	William Warham Edmund Cranmer Nicholas Harpsfield Edmund Gheast Edmund Freke William Redman Charles Fotherby William Kingsley George Hall William Sancroft Samuel Parker John Battely Thomas Green Thomas Bowers Samuel Lisle Sir John Head William Backhouse John Lynch
Late modern	Houstonne Radcliffe Hugh Percy James Croft Edward Parry Rodney Eden William Walsh Leonard White-Thomson Edward Hardcastle Karl Sopwith Alexander Sargent Michael Nott Bernard Pawley John Simpson Michael Till John Pritchard Patrick Evans Sheila Watson Philip Down & Stephen Taylor, Joint Acting Jo Kelly-Moore

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