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Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1969.
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DEANS
John Incent D.C.L. 1540-1545.
Royal gr. 3 June 1540 (L. & P. xv no. 831 (13)). El. 4 June; bp.'s conf. 10 June (Guildhall MS. 9531/12 ff. 3-7v). D. by 12 Sept. 1545 (ibid. f. 152v).
William May D.C.L. 1545-1554.
Royal nomin. 29 Oct. 1545; further command 24 Jan. 1546 (L. & P. xx ii no. 706 (92); ibid. XXI i no. 113). El. 15 Feb.; bp.'s conf. 16 March; instal. 23 March (Guildhall MS. 9531/12 ff. 94-100; Reg. D. & C. 1536-60 ff. 156-9). Depriv. by 10 March 1554 (Wriothesley's Chronicle II 114; Guildhall MS. 9531/12 f. 383-'res.').
John de Feckenham or Howman O.S.B., B.D. 1554-1556.
El. 10 March 1554; bp.'s conf. 17 March (Guildhall MS. 9531/12 ff. 381-387v; Reg. D. & C. 1536-60 ff. 286v-289v). Instal. as abbot of Westminster 21 Nov. 1556 (Wriothesley's Chronicle II 136).
Henry Cole D.C.L., D.D. 1556-1559.
El. 11 Dec. 1556; bp.'s conf. 22 Jan. 1557 (Guildhall MS. 9531/12 ff. 426-30; Reg. D. & C. 1536-60 ff. 355-358v). Depriv. 29 May 1559; imprisoned in the Tower 20 May 1560; transferred to the Fleet 10 June (Diary of Henry Machyn pp. 200, 235, 238; Cal. S.P. Dom. 1601-3 p. 524).
William May D.C.L. (again) 1559-1560.
Re-el. 23 June 1559 (Reg. D. & C. 1536-60 ff. 384v-388). D. 8 Aug. 1560 (m.i., Dugdale, Hist. Paul. p. 46).
Alexander Nowell M.A. 1560-1602.
El. 27 Nov. 1560; bp.'s conf. 5 Dec. (Guildhall MS. 9531/13 ff. 15v-22; Reg. D. & C. 1560-75 ff. 52v-55). D. 13 Feb. 1602 (m.i., Dugdale, Hist. Paul. p. 73).
John Overall D.D. 1602-1614.
Royal nomin. by 8 May 1602 (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1601-3 p. 188). El. 29 May (Reg. D. & C. 1602-14 ff. 1-4). Instal. 1 June (P.R.O., E 331 London/8). Bp. of Coventry and Lichfield 1614.
Valentine Carey D.D. 1614-1621.
El. 8 Apr. 1614; bp.'s conf. 11 Apr. (Guildhall MS. 9531/14 ff. 178v-188v; Reg. D. & C. 1614-21 ff. 245v-248). Instal. 11 Apr. 1614 (P.R.O., E 331 London/10). Bp. of Exeter 1621.
John Donne D.D. 1621-1631.
Royal nomin. 19 Nov. 1621; el. 22 Nov. (Reg. D. & C. 1621-31 ff. 1-3v). D. 31 March 1631 (m.i., Dugdale, Hist. Paul. p. 46).
Thomas Winniffe D.D. 1631-1642.
Royal nomin. 8 Apr. 1631; el. 18 Apr.; bp.'s conf. 22 Apr. (Guildhall MS. 9531/15 ff. 26-33v; ibid. MS. 9531/14, loose quire, f. 12v; Cal. S.P. Dom. 1631-3 p. 6; Reg. D. & C. 1631-42 ff. 240-242v). Bp. of Lincoln 1642.
Richard Steward D.C.L. 1642-1651.
Royal nomin.; bp.'s conf. of el. 21 March 1642 (Guildhall MS. 9531/15 f. 108v). Not instal. though called dean (Acts and Ordinances, ed. C. H. Firth and R. S. Rait (London, 1911) 1 672). D. in Paris 14 Nov. 1651 (m.i., Wood, Hist. and Ant. 11 182; cf. Edward Hyde, earl of Clarendon, Hist. of the Rebellion, ed. W. D. Macray (Oxford, 1888) XIII 116, 131).
Matthew Nicholas D.C.L. 1660-1661.
Royal nomin. 9 July 1660 (P.R.O., C 66/2918; Cal. S.P. Dom. Addenda 1660-85 p. 5). El. and instal. 10 July (Guildhall MS. 9531/15 f. 124v). D. 13 Aug. 1661 (m.i., Modern Wiltshire, ed. R. C. Hoare (London, 1822-37) v 100).
John Barwick D.D. 1661-1664.
Royal nomin. 30 Sept. 1661 (P.R.O., C 66/3002). El. 16 Oct.; bp.'s coll. (sic) and instal. 19 Oct. (Guildhall MS. 9531/16 f. 23; P.R.O., E 331 London/18). D. 22 Oct. 1664 (P. Barwick, Life of the Rev. Dr. John Barwick (London, 1724) p. 342).
William Sancroft D.D. 1664-1678.
El. 11 Nov. 1664; instal. 10 Dec. (P. Barwick, Life of the Rev. Dr. John Barwick (London, 1724) p. 355n.). Abp. of Canterbury 1678.
Edward Stillingfleet D.D. 1678-1689.
Royal nomin. 10 Jan. 1678; letter from abp. Sancroft ordering el. of Stillingfleet 12 Jan.; el. 16 Jan.; bp.'s conf. 19 Jan.; instal. s.d. (Guildhall MS. 9531/18 ff. 19-27; Reg. D. & C. 1677-89, unnumbered folios at beginning). Bp. of Worcester 1689.
John Tillotson D.D. 1689-1691.
Royal nomin. 16 Oct. 1689; el. 19 Nov.; bp.'s conf. 21 Nov.; instal. s.d. (Guildhall MS. 9531/18 ff. 33-42v; Reg. D. & C. 1689-1700, unnumbered folios at beginning). Abp. of Canterbury 1691.
William Sherlock D.D. 1691-1707.
Royal nomin. 25 Apr. 1691 (Lond. Gaz. 1691 no. 2656) or 1 June (Guildhall MS. 9531/18 ff. 82-8). El. 12 June; bp.'s conf. 15 June; instal. s.d. (ibid.; Reg. D. & C. 1689-1700 ff. 54-59v). D. 19 June 1707 (Hearne's Collections II 21).
Henry Godolphin D.D. 1707-1726.
Royal nomin. 23 June 1707; el. 14 July; bp.'s conf. 18 July (Guildhall MS. 9531/18 ff. 155-162v; Reg. D. & C. 1707-15 ff. 1-6v). Res. by 22 Oct. 1726 (Guildhall MS. 9531/19 f. 178v).
Francis Hare D.D. 1726-1740.
Royal nomin. 22 Oct. 1726; el. 26 Oct.; bp.'s conf. 31 Oct.; instal. s.d. (Guildhall MS. 9531/19 ff. 173v-182v; St. Paul's MS. F.C. 3 p. 173). Bp. of St. Asaph 1727; trans. to Chichester 1731, but held deanery in commendam until d., 26 Apr. 1740 (Gent. Mag. 1740, x 204).
Joseph Butler D.C.L. Bp. of Bristol. 1740-1750.
Royal nomin.; el. 19 May 1740; bp.'s conf. 24 May (Guildhall MS. 9531/20 ff. 68-76). Instal. s.d. (St. Paul's MS. F.C. 4 p. 73). Trans. to Durham 1750, and res. deanery.
Thomas Secker D.C.L. Bp. of Oxford. 1750-1758.
Royal mandate 17 Nov. 1750 to abp. of Canterbury to grant a dispensation for Secker to hold deanery and preb. of Portpool together with his bishopric (Lond. Gaz. 1750 no. 9006). El. 4 Dec.; bp.'s conf. 11 Dec. (Guildhall MS. 9531/20 ff. 137v-147). Trans. to Canterbury 1758, and res. deanery.
John Hume D.D. Bp.-elect of Oxford. 1758-1766.
Royal nomin. 17 May 1758 (Reg. D. & C. 1758-64 f. A; cf. Lond. Gaz. 1758 no. 9794). El. 24 May; bp.'s conf. 30 May; instal. s.d. (Guildhall MS. 9531/20 ff. 199-207; Reg. D. & C. 1758-64 f. A). Trans. to Salisbury 1766, and res. deanery.
Hon. Frederick Cornwallis D.D. Bp. of Coventry and Lichfield. 1766-1768.
Royal nomin. 29 Sept. 1766; el. 17 Nov.; bp.'s conf. 22 Nov. (Guildhall MS. 9531/21 pt. i ff. 89v-98). Trans. to Canterbury 1768, and res. deanery.
Thomas Newton D.D. Bp. of Bristol. 1768-1782.
Royal nomin. 1 Oct. 1768 (Guildhall MS. 9531/21 pt. i ff. 124-130v) or 4 Oct. (Lond. Gaz. 1768 no. 10873). El. 5 Oct.; bp.'s conf. 8 Oct. (Guildhall MS. 9531/21 pt. i ff. 124-130v). D. 14 Feb. 1782 (Gent. Mag. 1782, lii 95; ibid. 1786, lvi (2) 994).
Thomas Thurlow D.D. Bp. of Lincoln. 1782-1787.
Royal nomin. 23 Feb. 1782 (Lond. Gaz. 1782 no. 12272) or 28 Feb. (Guildhall MS. 9531/21 pt. i ff. 231v-240). El. 13 March; bp.'s conf. 23 March (ibid.). Trans. to Durham 1787, and res. deanery.
George Pretyman D.D. Bp.-designate of Lincoln. 1787-1820.
Royal nomin. 22 Feb. 1787; el. 28 Feb.; bp.'s conf. 5 March (Guildhall MS. 9531/21 pt. i ff. 273-281v). Instal. s.d. (St. Paul's, Rough Muniments 1786-90). Pretyman changed his name to Tomline; trans. to Winchester 1820, and res. deanery.
William van Mildert D.D. Bp. of Llandaff. 1820-1826.
Royal nomin. 19 Aug. 1820 (Guildhall MS. 9531/23 ff. 243v-252) or 21 Aug. (Lond. Gaz. 1820 p. 1611). El. 2 Oct.; bp.'s conf. 14 Oct. (Guildhall MS. 9531/23 ff. 243v-252). Trans. to Durham 1826, and res. deanery.
Charles Richard Sumner D.D. Bp. of Llandaff. 1826-1827.
Royal nomin. as bp. of Llandaff and as dean of St. Paul's 25 Apr. 1826 (Lond. Gaz. 1826 p. 966). Instal. as dean 12 May (St. Paul's MS. F.C. 16 f. IIV). Trans. to Winchester 1827, and res. deanery.
Edward Coplestone D.D. Bp. of Llandaff. 1827-1849.
Royal nomin. as bp. of Llandaff and as dean of St. Paul's 12 Dec. 1827 (Lond. Gaz. 1827 p. 2554). El. 24 Dec.; bp.'s conf. 29 Dec.; instal. s.d. (St. Paul's MS. F.C. 16 ff. 19-30v). D. 14 Oct. 1849 (Gent. Mag. 1849, cxxv (2) 643-7).
Henry Hart Milman D.D. 1849-1868.
Royal nomin. 1 Nov. 1849 (Lond. Gaz. 1849 p. 3267). Instal. 30 Nov. (St. Paul's MS. F.C. 16 ff. 234-236v). D. 24 Sept. 1868 (Annual Register 1868 (2) 170).