Dean of Ely
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The position of Dean of Ely Cathedral
, in East Anglia
, England
, was created at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries
. The first Dean of Ely had been the last Benedictine prior of Ely.
Ely Cathedral
Ely Cathedral is the principal church of the Diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, and is the seat of the Bishop of Ely and a suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon...
, in East Anglia
East Anglia
East Anglia is a traditional name for a region of eastern England, named after an ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom, the Kingdom of the East Angles. The Angles took their name from their homeland Angeln, in northern Germany. East Anglia initially consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk, but upon the marriage of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, was created at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Dissolution of the Monasteries
The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their...
. The first Dean of Ely had been the last Benedictine prior of Ely.
List of Deans
- 1541-1557 Robert StewardRobert StewardRobert Steward was an English Benedictine prior of Ely, and the first dean of Ely.-Life:He is said to have been born at Wells, Norfolk, and was the eldest son of Simeon Steward and his wife Joan, daughter and heiress of Edward Besteney of Soham, Cambridgeshire. Robert became a monk at Ely, when...
or Welles - 1557-1589 Andrew PerneAndrew PerneAndrew Perne , Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University and dean of Ely, was the son of John Perne of East Bilney, Norfolk.-Biography:...
- 1589-1591 John Bell
- 1591-1614 Humphrey Tyndall
- 1614-1636 Henry CaesarHenry CaesarHenry Caesar was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.Caesar was the son of Sir Charles Caesar and succeeded to the estate of Bennington, Hertfordshire in 1642...
or Adelmare - 1636-1646 William FullerWilliam Fuller (dean)William Fuller was dean of Ely and later dean of Durham. He was in serious trouble with parishioners and Parliament during the early 1640s.-Life:...
- 1646-1651 William BealeWilliam Beale (college head)William Beale was an English royalist churchman, Master in turn of Jesus College, Cambridge and St John's College, Cambridge. He was subjected to intense attacks by John Pym from 1640, for an unpublished sermon he had given in 1635 supporting royal prerogative...
- 1660-1661 Richard LoveRichard LoveRichard Love was an English churchman and academic, Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity, member of the Westminster Assembly, and Dean of Ely.-Life:...
- 1661-1662 Henry FerneHenry Ferne-Life:Ferne was admitted to St Mary Hall, Oxford, in 1618, and to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1620. He graduated B.A. in 1623 and was elected fellow in 1624. He was awarded a D.D. at Cambridge in 1642...
- 1662 Edward MartinEdward Martin (Queens')Edward Martin, D.D. was an English clergyman, ejected President of Queens' College, Cambridge, and at the end of his life Dean of Ely.-Life:...
- 1662-1667 Francis Wilford
- 1667-1677 Robert MapletoftRobert MapletoftRobert Mapletoft was an English churchman and academic, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge and Dean of Ely.-Life:He was son of Hugh Mapletoft, rector of North Thoresby, Lincolnshire, was born there on 25 January 1609, and educated at the grammar school at Louth. He was admitted a sizar of...
- 1677-1693 John SpencerJohn Spencer (Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge)John Spencer was an English clergyman and scholar, Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. An erudite theologian and Hebraist, he is now remembered as the author of De Legibus Hebraeorum, a pioneer work of comparative religion, advancing the thesis that Judaism was not the earliest of...
- 1693-1708 John Lamb
- 1708-1712 Charles Roderick
- 1713-1729 Robert Moss
- 1729-1730 John Frankland
- 1730-1758 Peter Allix
- 1758-1780 Hugh Thomas
- 1780-1797 William Cooke
- 1797-1820 William Pearce
- 1820-1839 James WoodJames Wood (mathematician)James Wood was a mathematician, Dean of Ely and Master of St John's College, Cambridge.-Life:Wood was born in Holcombe where his father ran an evening school and taught his son the elements of arithmetic and algebra. From Bury Grammar School he proceeded to St John's College, Cambridge in 1778,...
- 1839-1858 George PeacockGeorge PeacockGeorge Peacock was an English mathematician.-Life:Peacock was born on 9 April 1791 at Thornton Hall, Denton, near Darlington, County Durham. His father, the Rev. Thomas Peacock, was a clergyman of the Church of England, incumbent and for 50 years curate of the parish of Denton, where he also kept...
- 1858-1869 Harvey GoodwinHarvey GoodwinThe Rt Rev Harvey Goodwin, MA was a Cambridge academic and clergyman, Bishop of Carlisle from 1869 until his death.-Life:...
- 1869-1893 Charles MerivaleCharles MerivaleThe Very Reverend Charles Merivale was an English historian and churchman, for many years dean of Ely Cathedral...
- 1893-1905 Charles William StubbsCharles William StubbsCharles William Stubbs was an English clergyman.He was born in Liverpool and educated at the Liverpool Collegiate Institution and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. As a clergyman he held several incumbencies, among them rector at Wavertree and Granborough...
- 1905-1936 Alexander Francis KirkpatrickAlexander Francis KirkpatrickAlexander Francis Kirkpatrick was Regius Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge University and the third Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge .-Life:...
- 1936-1950 Lionel Edward BlackburneLionel Edward BlackburneThe Very Rev Lionel Edward Blackburne was an eminent Anglican priest in the second quarter of the 20th century.He was born 2 November 1874 and educated at Lancing College and Clare College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1890, he began his ecclesiastical career with a curacies at All Saints, Leamington...
- 1951-1969 Cyril Patrick HankeyCyril Patrick HankeyThe Very Rev Cyril Patrick Hankey was an eminent Anglican priest in the third quarter of the 20th century.He was in 1886 and educated at Haileybury and Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1911, he began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Augustin, Kilburn. After this he was Vice...
- 1969-1982 Michael Sausmarez CareyMichael Sausmarez CareyMichael Sausmarez Carey was an Anglican priest.Carey was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and Keble College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1939. After a curacy at St John’s Waterloo Road he became chaplain of Ripon College Cuddesdon. After a short time as a mission priest in Gambia...
- 1982-1984 Allan Shaw
- 1984-1990 William James (Bill) Patterson
- 1991-2003 Michael John HigginsMichael John HigginsMichael John Higgins OBE was an Anglican priest.He was born on 31 December 1935, educated at Whitchurch Grammar School, Cardiff, the University of Birmingham and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He was a lecturer in English Law at the University of Birmingham before preparing for ordination...
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