Dean of Arches
The Dean of (the) Arches is the presiding judge of the highest ecclesiastical court of the diocese of Canterbury. This court is commonly known as Arches Court .
The Dean of Arches is appointed by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York . He also chairs the Chancery Court of York , the highest ecclesiastical court in the Diocese of York. He also holds the post of Master of the Faculties .
The position is currently held by Charles George . He replaced Sheila Cameron on May 1, 2009 .
List of Deans of the Arches
| Term of office | Surname |
|---|---|
| 2009– | Charles George |
| 2001-2009 | Sheila Cameron |
| 1980-2000 | John Owen |
| 1977-1980 | Kenneth Elphinstone |
| 1972-1976 | Harold Kent |
| 1971-1972 | Walter Wigglesworth |
| 1955-1971 | Henry Willink |
| 1934-1955 | Philip Wilbraham-Baker |
| 1903-1934 | Lewis Dibdin |
| 1898-1903 | Arthur Charles |
| 1875-1898 | James Wilde |
| 1867-1875 | Robert Phillimore |
| 1858-1867 | Stephen Lushington |
| 1852-1858 | John Dodson |
| 1834-1852 | Herbert Jenner-Fust |
| 1809-1834 | John Nicholl |
| 1788-1809 | William Wynne |
| 1778-1788 | Peter Calvert |
| 1764-1778 | George Hay |
| 1758-1764 | Edward Simpson |
| 1751-1758 | George Lee |
| 1710-1751 | John Bettesworth |
| 1703-1710 | John Cooke |
| 1689-1703 | George Oxendon |
| 1686-1688 | Thomas Exton |
| 1684-1686 | Richard Lloyd |
| 1672-1684 | Robert Wiseman |
| 1660-1672 | Giles Sweit (also known as Egidius Sweit) |
| around 1660 | Richard Zouch |
| around 1660 | Walter Walker |
| around 1658 | John Godolpin |
| around 1647–1655 | William Clerke |
| around 1646 | William Sammes |
| 1633-1643 | John Lambe |
| 1624-1633 | Henry Marten |
| 1618-1624 | William Bird |
| 1598-1617 | Daniel Donne |
| 1597-1598 | Thomas Byng |
| 1590-1597 | Richard Cosin |
| 1573-1589 / 90 | Bartholomew Clerke |
| 1572– | John Cooke |
| 1567-1573 | Thomas Yale |
| 1560–1567 (?) | Robert Weston |
| 1559-1560 | William Mowse |
| 1558-1559 | Nicholas Harpisfield |
| 1557-1558 | Henry Cole |
| 1556-1557 | David Pole |
| 1553– | John Story |
| 1549– | Griffin Leyson |
| 1546– | William Coke or Cook |
| 1543-1545 | John Cock (or Cockys) |
| 1541-1543 | Richard Gwent |
| ? -1532 | Peter Ligham |
| 1520-1522 | Thomas Wodynton |
| around 1511 | Richard Bodewell or Blodwell |
| 1504-1515 | Humphrey Hawardyn |
| around 1460-1472 | William Wytham |
| 1452– | Robert Dobbs |
| 1444– | William Byconnyl |
| 1426– | William Lyndwood |
| 1423– | Thomas Beckington |
| 1419– | John Stafford |
| 1415– | Henry Ware |
| 1407– | Richard Brinkley |
| 1376– | John Barner |
| 1364– | Thomas Young |
| 1360– | William de Wittersley |
| 1350– | John de Carleton |
| around 1346– | Simon Islip |
| 1322–1323 (?) | John Stratford |
| 1308– | John de Ross |
| 1297– | William de Sardinia |
| 1273– | William de Middleton |
| ... | John de Ufford |
Individual evidence
- ^ Dean of the Arches and Auditor of the Chancery Court of York. Archbishop of Canterbury, May 1, 2009, accessed May 20, 2014 .
- ^ Richard Newcourt: Repertorium ecclesiasticum parochiale Londinense: An ecclesiastical Parochial History of the Diocese of London, containing an Account of the Bishops of that Sea, from the first Foundation thereof . tape 1 . Motte, London 1708, p. 445 ( books.google.de ).
- ^ Anthony à Wood, Philip Bliss: Athenae Oxonienses. An exact history of all the writers and bishops who have had their education in the University of Oxford. To which are added the Fasti, or Annals of the said University . tape II . J. Parker, London / Oxford 1815, Sp. 466 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).