Dean of Ely

The position of Dean of Ely Cathedral, in East Anglia, England, in the Diocese of Ely was created in 1541 after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The first Dean of Ely had been the last Benedictine prior of Ely.

List of deans

Early modern 1541–1557 Robert Steward (last prior) 1557–1589 Andrew Perne 1589–1591 John Bell 1591–1614 Humphrey Tyndall 1614–1636 Henry Caesar or Adelmare 1636–1646 William Fuller 1646–1651 William Beale 1660–1661 Richard Love 1661–1662 Henry Ferne 1662 Edward Martin 1662–1667 Francis Wilford 1667–1677 Robert Mapletoft 1677–1693 John Spencer 1693–1708 John Lambe 1708–1712 Charles Roderick 1713–1729 Robert Moss 1729–1730 John Frankland 1730–1758 Peter Allix

1758–1780 Hugh Thomas 1780–1797 William Cooke

Late modern 1797–1820 William Pearce 1820–1839 James Wood 1839–1858 George Peacock 1858–1869 Harvey Goodwin (afterwards Bishop of Carlisle, 1869) 1869–1893 Charles Merivale 1893–1905 Charles Stubbs 1905–1936 Alexander Kirkpatrick 1936–1950 Lionel Blackburne 1951–1969 Patrick Hankey 1969–1982 Michael Carey 1982–1984 Allan Shaw 1984–1990 William (Bill) PattersonTelegraph obituary – Canon William Patterson 1991–2003 Michael Higgins 2003–2011 Michael Chandler 2012–2012 Canon David Pritchard (Acting) 2012–2026 Mark Bonney 2026–present Canon James Reveley (Acting)

Fictional to deans Pennyfather, in Agatha Christie's At Bertram's Hotel.

References

Sources British History – Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857, Vol. 7 – Deans of Ely