Dean of Wells

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The Dean of Wells is the head of the Chapter^[1] of Wells Cathedral^[2] in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The dean's residence is The Dean's Lodging, 25 The Liberty, Wells.^[3]

Wells Cathedral

List of deans

High Medieval

1140–1164: Ivo
1164–1189: Richard of Spaxton
1190–1213: Alexander
1213–1216: Leonius
1216–1219: Ralph of Lechlade
1219–1236: Peter of Chichester
1236–1241: William of Merton
1241–1253: John Saracenus
1254–1256: Giles of Bridport
1256–1284: Edward of Cnoll
1284–1292: Thomas Bytton
1292–1295: William Burnell
1295–1302: Walter Haselshaw

Late Medieval

1302–1305: Henry Husee
1305–1333: John Godelee
1333–1333: Richard of Bury
1334–1335: Wibert of Littleton
1335–1349: Walter of London
1349–1350: Thomas Fastolf
1350–1361: John of Carleton
1361–1379: Stephen Penpel
1379–1381: John Fordham
1381–1396: Thomas Thebaud (of Sudbury)
1397–1398: Henry Beaufort
1398–1401: Nicholas Slake

1401–1410: Thomas Tuttebury
1410–1413: Richard Courtenay
1413–1413: Thomas Karneka^[4]
1413–1423: Walter Medeford
1423–1424: John Stafford
1425–1446: John Forest
1446–1467: Nicholas Carent
1467–1472: William Witham
1472–1498: John Gunthorpe

Early modern

1498–1525: William Cosyn
1525–1529: Thomas Wynter (also Archdeacon of York, Archdeacon of Richmond (1526–1529), Archdeacon of Suffolk (1526–1529) and Archdeacon of Norfolk (from 1529))
1529–1537: Richard Woleman
1537–1540: Thomas Cromwell
1540–1547: William Fitzwilliam (or Fitzjames)
1548–1550: John Goodman (deprived)
1551–1554: William Turner (deprived)
1554–1561: John Goodman (reinstated)
1561–1568: William Turner (restored)
1570–1573: Robert Weston
1574–1589: Valentine Dale
1590–1602: John Herbert
1602–1607: Benjamin Heydon
1607–1621: Richard Meredith
1621–1631: Ralph Barlow

1631–1641: George Warburton
1642–1644: Walter Ralegh
1660–1670: Robert Creighton
1670–1704: Ralph Bathurst
1704–1713: William Grahme (or Graham)
1713–1733: Matthew Brailsford
1733–1736: Isaac Maddox
1736–1738: John Harris
1739–1766: Samuel Creswicke
1766–1799: Lord Francis Seymour

Late modern

1799–1812: George Lukin
1812–1831: Hon Henry Ryder
1831–1845: Edmund Goodenough
1845–1854: Richard Jenkyns
1854–1881: George Johnson
1881–1891: Edward Plumptre
1891–1911: Thomas Jex-Blake
1911–1933: Armitage Robinson
1933–1950: Richard Malden
1951–1958: Frederic Harton
1958–1962: Christopher Woodforde
1962–1973: Irven Edwards
1973–1989: Patrick Mitchell
1990–2003: Richard Lewis
2004–2015: John Clarke
2015–2016: Andrew Featherstone (acting)
2016–2023: John Davies
2023–2024: Anne Gell (acting)
2024–present: Toby Wright^[5]^[6]

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