List of Deans of Rochester
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This is a list of deans of Rochester Cathedral
, England.
Rochester Cathedral
Rochester Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Norman church in Rochester, Kent. The bishopric is second oldest in England after Canterbury...
, England.
- 1541-1570 Walter Phillips
- 1570-1572 Edmund Freake
- 1572-1581 Thomas Willoughby
- 1581-1591 John ColdwellJohn Coldwell-Life:He was born at Faversham. He graduated B.A. at St. John's College, Cambridge in 1555, where he became a Fellow and graduated M.A. in 1558. He graduated M.D. in 1564....
- 1592-1611 Thomas BlagueThomas BlagueThomas Blague was an English churchman and author, dean of Rochester from 1592.-Life:He matriculated at Queens' College, Cambridge in 1568. He probably graduated B.A. at Oxford, and was B.D. in 1574, then D.D. 1589.He was admitted, 9 September 1570, to the rectory of Braxted Magna in Essex, but...
- 1611-1615 Richard Milborne
- 1615-1620 Robert ScottRobert Scott (Master of Clare)Robert Scott was an English churchman and academic, Master of Clare College, Cambridge and Dean of Rochester.-Life:He was baptized in 1569 at Barnston, Essex, and matriculated as sizar at Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1588. He graduated B.A. in 1592, and M.A. from Clare College in 1595.He...
- 1621-1624 Godfrey GoodmanGodfrey GoodmanGodfrey Goodman was the Anglican Bishop of Gloucester, and a member of the Protestant Church. He was the son of Godfrey Goodman and Jane Croxton, landed gentry living in Wales...
- 1625-1639 Walter Balcanquall
- 1639-1642 Henry KingHenry King (poet)-Life:The eldest son of John King, Bishop of London, and his wife Joan Freeman, he was baptised at Worminghall, Buckinghamshire, 16 January 1592. He was educated at Lord Williams's School, Westminster School and in 1608 became a student of Christ Church, Oxford...
- 1642-1644 Thomas TurnerThomas Turner (dean)-Life:He was born at Reading, Berkshire in 1591, the son of Thomas Turner of Heckfield in Hampshire, mayor of Reading. He matriculated at St. John's College, Oxford, on 26 June 1610, graduating B.A. on 6 June 1614 and M.A. on 9 May 1618. He was elected a fellow, took the degree of B.D. on 20 July...
- 1660 Benjamin Lany
- 1661-1670 Nathaniel HardyNathaniel Hardy-Life:He was son of Anthony Hardy of London, born in the Old Bailey, 14 September 1618, and was baptised in the church of St. Martin's, Ludgate. After being educated in London, he became a commoner of Magdalen Hall, Oxford ; graduated B.A. 20 October 1635, and soon after migrated to Hart Hall,...
- 1670-1673 Peter MewsPeter MewsPeter Mews was an English Royalist theologian and bishop.-Life:Mews was born at Caundle Purse in Dorset, and was educated at the Merchant Taylors' School, London, and at St John's College, Oxford, of which he was scholar and fellow.When the Civil War broke out in 1642, Mews joined the Royalist...
- 1673-1688 Thomas LamplughThomas LamplughThomas Lamplugh was an English churchman who ended up being Archbishop of YorkHe was the son of Christopher Lamplugh of Little Riston, Yorkshire and his wife Anne, daughter and coheir of Thomas Roper of Octon in the East Riding of Yorkshire...
- 1676-1688 John Castilion
- 1688 Simon LowthSimon LowthSimon Lowth was an English nonjuring clergyman, nominated by James II as Dean of Rochester, and later a controversialist on the position of bishops.-Life:...
, nominated but not installed - 1689-1706 Henry Ullock
- 1706-1723 Samuel Pratt
- 1724-1732 Nicholas Clagget
- 1732-1743 Thomas HerringThomas HerringThomas Herring was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1747 to 1757.He was educated at Wisbech Grammar School and later Jesus College, Cambridge. At Cambridge, he was a contemporary of Matthew Hutton, who succeeded him in turn in each of his dioceses...
- 1743-1744 William BarnardWilliam Barnard (bishop)William Barnard was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Derry from 1747 until his death.Barnard was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1721. He became vicar of St. Bride's, Fleet Street in 1729, and prebendary of Westminster in 1732...
- 1744-1765 John Newcombe
- 1765-1767 William MarkhamWilliam MarkhamWilliam Markham may refer to:* William Markham , English scholar and religious figure* William Markham , first acting governor of colonial Pennsylvania* William Markham , Atlanta businessman and mayor...
- 1767-1775 Benjamin Newcombe
- 1775-1779 Thomas ThurlowThomas ThurlowThomas Thurlow was a renowned English sculptor who created memorials in churches in the Saxmundham, Suffolk area, including a bust of the poet George Crabbe in Aldeburgh Church. His father, John Thurlow , was a builder and stonemason who built 'The White House' in the High Street...
- 1779-1782 Richard Cust
- 1782-1802 Thomas DampierThomas Dampier-Life:He was eldest son of Dr Thomas Dampier, who was lower master at Eton College and from 1774 Dean of Durham. He was educated at Eton, and in 1766 elected to King's College, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. 1771, M.A. 1774, D.D. 1780...
- 1802-1808 Samuel GoodenoughSamuel GoodenoughSamuel Goodenough was the Bishop of Carlisle from 1808 until his death in 1827, and an amateur botanist and collector. He is honoured in the scientific names of the plant genus Goodenia and the Red-capped Robin .-Life:Born at Kimpton, near Weyhill, Hampshire, on 29 April 1743 , he was the third...
- 1808-1820 William Beaumont BusbyWilliam Beaumont BusbyWilliam Beaumont Busby was Dean of Rochester from 1808 to 1820.He was born in 1757 and educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford. He was Rector of Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire and then Canon of Windsor before his elevation to the Deanery....
- 1820-1870 Robert StevensRobert Stevens (dean)Robert Stevens was a long serving Dean of Rochester in the 19th Century.Stevens was the son of Robert Stevens of Norwich. He was educated at Westminster School where he took part in the First school cricket match in 1794 between Westminster and Charterhouse School . He took three wickets and...
- 1870 Thomas DaleThomas Dale (dean)Thomas Dale was an Anglican clergyman, poet and theologican who was Dean of Rochester for a brief period in 1870.-Life:He was born in Pentonville on August 22, 1797 and educated at Christ's Hospital and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge....
- 1870-1887 Robert ScottRobert Scott (philologist)Robert Scott was an English academic philologist, clergyman, and a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford...
- 1887 Samuel Reynolds Hole
- 1904-1913 Ernald LaneErnald LaneErnald Lane was an Anglican priest in the late 19th Century and the early part of the 20th.He was born on 3 March 1836 and educated at Balliol College, Oxford. A fine rower he was ordained in 1862 and was a curate at Baldersby and then a prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral until 1888 when he became...
- John StorrsJohn Storrs (dean)John Storrs was an Anglican priest at the end of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century.]]Storrs was educated at The King's School, Rochester and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1871 and was a curate at St Mary’s Bury St Edmunds. Later he was Vicar of St James’...
- 1928–1932 Reginald Thomas TalbotReginald Thomas TalbotReginald Thomas Talbot was an Anglican priest in the first part of the 20th century.Talbot was educated at Clifton and Exeter College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1886 and was a curate at Gateshead Parish Church and then a lecturer in church history and doctrine in the Dioceses of Durham, Ripon and...
- 1932-1937 Francis UnderhillFrancis UnderhillFrancis Underhill Francis Underhill Francis Underhill (16 May 1878 - 24 January 1943. was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century.Underhill was educated at Shrewsbury School and Exeter College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1901 and was a curate at St Paul's Swindon and St Thomas the...
- 1937-1943 Ernest BlackieErnest BlackieErnest Morell Blackie was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century. He was born in Leamington Spa on 19 August 1867 and educated at Cheltenham Grammar School and the University of London. Ordained in 1891 he began his career with a curacy at St Mark's, Gloucester and was then a...
- 1943-1958 Thomas CrickThomas CrickThe Very Rev Thomas Crick, CB, CBE, MVO was an eminent Anglican priest in the middle part of the 20th century.-Life:He was born in 1885 and educated at St Edmund's School, Canterbury and Brasenose College, Oxford. Ordained in 1909 he began his career with a curacy at Wigan after which he was a...
- 1959-1966 Robert William StannardRobert William StannardThe Rt Rev Robert William Stannard was an eminent Anglican priest in the middle part of the 20th century. He was born on 20 October 1895 and educated at Westminster School and, after wartime service in the Middlesex Regiment, Christ Church, Oxford. Ordained in 1922 he began his career with...
- 1966-1977 Stanley Woodley BettsStanley Woodley BettsStanley Woodley Betts CBE was an Anglican priest in the 20th century.-Life:Betts was educated at Perse School and Jesus College, Cambridge...
- John Robert Arnold
- 1989-2003 Edward Frank Shotter
- 2003-2005 Jonathan Meyrick (Acting)
- 2005-2011 Adrian Newman
- 2011-present Philip Hesketh (Acting)