Dean of Norwich

The Dean of Norwich is the head of the Chapter of Norwich Cathedral in Norwich, England. The current dean is Andrew Braddock, who took up the position in late January 2023.

List of deans

Early modern

1538–1539 William Castleton (last prior) 1539–1554 John Salisbury (deprived) 1554–1557 John Christopherson (afterwards Bishop of Chichester, 1557) 1557–1558 John Boxall (also Dean of Windsor, 1557–59 and Dean of Peterborough, 1557–1559) (deprived) 1558–1559 John Harpsfield (also Archdeacon of London, 1554–1559) (deprived) 1560–1573 John Salisbury (restored) 1573–1589 George Gardiner 1589–1601 Thomas Dove (afterwards Bishop of Peterborough, 1601) 1601–1603 John Jegon (afterwards Bishop of Norwich, 1603) 1603–1614 George Montgomery (afterwards Bishop of Raphoe, 1605) 1614–1628 Edmund Suckling 1628–1654 John Hassal (deprived – Commonwealth) 1660–1670 John Crofts 1670–1681 Herbert Astley 1681–1689 John Sharp (afterwards Dean of Canterbury, 1689)Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sharp, John". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 1689–1702 Henry Fairfax 1702–1714 Humphrey Prideaux 1724–1730 Thomas Cole'The city of Norwich, chapter 40: Deans, Vicars-General, or Chancellors, Archdeacons, Commissaries, Officials, and Prebends' > "An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 3, the History of the City and County of Norwich, Part I" Pages 617-671 London, W Miller, 1806 1731–1733 Robert Butts (afterwards Bishop of Norwich, 1733)

1733–1739 John Baron 1739–1761 Thomas Bullock 1761–1765 Hon. Edward Townshend 1765–1790 Philip Lloyd

Late modern

1790–1828 Joseph Turner 1828–1866 George Pellew 1866–1889 Meyrick Goulburn 1889–1909 William Lefroy 1909–1911 Henry Wakefield (afterwards Bishop of Birmingham, 1911) 1911–1919 Henry BeechingThe Times – New Dean of Norwich — Canon Beeching appointedThe Times – Funeral of the Dean of Norwich 1919–1927 John Willink 1927–1946 David Cranage 1946–1952 St Barbe Holland 1953–1969 Norman Hook 1970–1978 Alan Webster (afterwards Dean of St Paul's, 1978) 1978–1983 David Edwards (afterwards Provost of Southwark, 1983) 1983–1995 Paul Burbridge 1995–2003 Stephen Platten (afterwards Bishop of Wakefield, 2003) 2004–2013 Graham Smith 2014−2022 Jane HedgesNorwich Cathedral – Dean Jane Hedges installed (Accessed 1 July 2014) 2023−present: Andrew Braddock

Sources British History Online – An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 3: The History of the City and County of Norwich, Part I – Deans of Norwich British History Online – Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 – Deans of Norwich

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