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Deans Of Ripon
The Dean of Ripon is a senior cleric in the Church of England Anglican Diocese of Leeds, Diocese of Leeds. The dean is the head of the Dean and Chapter of Ripon, chapter at Ripon Cathedral – his predecessors were deans of the same church when it was previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Ripon and a Minster (church), minster in the diocese of York. List of deans Deans of Ripon Minster *1604–1608 Moses Fowler *1608–1624 Anthony Higgin *1624–1634 John Wilson (Dean of Ripon), John Wilson *1635–1645 Thomas Dod *1646–1662 ''Vacancy – Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland'' *1663–1672 John Wilkins *1674–1675 John Neile *1675–1675 Thomas Tully *1675–1686 Thomas Cartwright (bishop), Thomas Cartwright *1686–1710 Christopher Wyvill (priest), Christopher Wyvill *1710–1750 Heneage Dering *1750–1791 Francis Wanley *1791–1828 Darley Waddilove *1828–''1836'' James Webber Deans of Ripon Cathedral *''1836''–1847 James Webber *1847–1859 Hon Henr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RIPON FACADE
Ripon () is a cathedral city and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The city is located at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Ure, the River Laver, Laver and River Skell, Skell. Within the boundaries of the Historic counties of England, historic West Riding of Yorkshire, the city is noted for its main feature, Ripon Cathedral, which is architecturally significant, as well as the Ripon Racecourse and other features such as its market. The city was originally known as ''Inhrypum''. Bede records that Alhfrith, king of the Southern Northumbrian kingdom of Deira, gave land at Ripon to Eata of Hexham to build a monastery and the abbot transferred some of his monks there, including a young Saint Cuthbert who was guest-master at Ripon abbey. Both Bede in his Life of Cuthbert and Eddius Stephanus in his Life of Wilfred state that when Eata was subsequently driven out by Alhfrith, the abbey was given to Saint Wilfrid who replaced the timber church with a stone built c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
