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Dean Of Chester
The Dean of Chester is based at Chester Cathedral in the Diocese of Chester and is the head of the Chapter at the cathedral. List of deans Early modern *1541 Thomas Clerk (priest), Thomas Clerk (first Dean of Chester) *1541–1547 Henry Man (bishop), Henry Man (afterwards Bishop of Sodor and Man 1546) *1547–1558 William Clyff *1560–1567 Richard Walker (priest), Richard Walker *1567–1572 John Piers (afterwards Dean of Salisbury 1572) *1572–1579 Richard Longworth (academic), Richard Longworth *1579–1580 Robert Dorset *1580–1589 Thomas Mawdesley *1589–1602 John Nutter *1602–1605 William Barlow (bishop of Lincoln), William Barlow (afterwards Bishop of Rochester 1605) *1605–1607 Henry Parry (bishop of Worcester), Henry Parry (afterwards Bishop of Gloucester 1607) *1607–1644 Thomas Mallory (priest), Thomas Mallory *1644–1657 William Nichols (priest), William Nichols *1660–1682 Henry Bridgeman (bishop), Henry Bridgeman (also Bishop of Sodor and Man 1671) *1682� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, close to the England–Wales border. With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West and Chester. It is also the historic county town of Cheshire and the List of Cheshire settlements by population, second-largest settlement in Cheshire after Warrington. Chester was founded in 79 AD as a "Castra, castrum" or Roman Empire, Roman fort with the name Deva Victrix during the reign of Emperor Vespasian. One of the main army camps in Roman Britain, Deva later became a major civilian settlement. In 689, Æthelred of Mercia, King Æthelred of Mercia founded the Minster Church of West Mercia, which later became Chester's first cathedral, and the Angles (tribe), Angles extended and strengthened the walls to protect the city against the Danes (Germanic tribe), Danes. Chester was one of the last cities in England to Norman conquest of Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Mallory (priest)
Thomas Mallory was a seventeenth-century English priest. Mawdesley was born at Studley Yorkshire and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a Fellow of Caius from 1592 to 1600. He held livings at Romaldkirk and Davenham. He was Archdeacon of Richmond from 1603 to 1607; and Dean of Chester The Dean of Chester is based at Chester Cathedral in the Diocese of Chester and is the head of the Chapter at the cathedral. List of deans Early modern *1541 Thomas Clerk (priest), Thomas Clerk (first Dean of Chester) *1541–1547 Henry Man ( ... from then until his death on 3 April 1644. Notes 1644 deaths 17th-century English clergy Deans of Chester Archdeacons of Richmond Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge People from the Borough of Harrogate {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Vaughan (priest)
Peter Vaughan, DD (28 March 1770 – 12 July 1826) was an English clergyman and academic. Vaughan was born in Leicester and educated at Merton College, Oxford, matriculating in 1787 and graduating B.A. in 1790. A Fellow from 1792, he rose there to the post of Warden in 1810. He also held livings at High Offley, Northenden and St John the Baptist, Oxford Oxford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the List of oldest universities in continuou .... He was Dean of Chester from 1820 until his death. Vaughan never married, but from 1814 he was in a relationship with a woman, who lived with him at the Warden's lodgings at Merton for the last few months of his life. Vaughan's brother Rev. Edward Thomas Vaughan, who noted that this circumstance would have caused any undergraduate or fellow of Merton to be expelled, believed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Of Carlisle
The Dean of Carlisle is based in Carlisle, United Kingdom, and is the head of the Chapter of Carlisle Cathedral in the Church of England's Diocese of Carlisle. There have been 41 previous incumbents. The current dean is Jonathan Brewster; he took up the post in September 2023. List of deans Early modern *1542–1547 Lancelot Salkeld (last prior) *1548–1554 Thomas Smith *1554–1560 Lancelot Salkeld ''(again)'' *1560–1577 Thomas Smith ''(again)'' *1577–1596 John Wolley *1596–1622 Christopher Perkins *1622–1626 Francis White *1626–1629 William Peterson (afterwards Dean of Exeter) *1629–1654 Thomas Comber *1660–1672 Guy Carleton *1672–1684 Thomas Smith *1684–1686 Thomas Musgrave *1686–1704 William Grahme (afterwards Dean of Wells) *1704–1711 Francis Atterbury *1711–1713 George Smalridge *1713–1716 homas Gibbon*1716–1727 Thomas Tullie *1727–1735 George Fleming *1734–1763 Robert Bolton *1764 Charles Tarrant (afterwards Dean of Pete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hodgson (dean Of Carlisle)
Robert Hodgson (9 October 1844) was Dean of Carlisle from 1820 to 1844. Life He was born to Robert Hodgson, of Congleton, and Mildred (née Porteus) in early 1773. He was baptised on 22 September 1773 at St Peter's Church, Congleton. Hodgson was a close relative (by marriage on his father's side and by blood on his mother's side) of Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London, about whom he wrote a biography. On his mother's side, he was a descendant of Augustine Warner Jr., who presided as the Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses during Bacon's Rebellion (Warner served before the Rebellion in 1676, and after the Rebellion in 1677.), and through him a relative of George Washington. Hodgson was educated at Macclesfield School and Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he graduated BA as 14th Wrangler in 1795. He was rector of St George's, Hanover Square for over forty years, from 1803 until his death in 1844. Family Hodgson married Mary Tucker on 23 February 1804. Their son, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Cholmondeley (priest)
Very Rev. Hugh Cholmondeley (18 December 1772 – 25 November 1815) was an English Anglican priest from the Cholmondeley family. He was Dean of Chester from 1806 until his death. Cholmondeley was born at Vale Royal Abbey, Cheshire, the fourth son of Thomas Cholmondeley and Dorothy Cowper, daughter and heiress of Edmund Cowper of Overleigh Hall. He was the younger brother of the Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford. He died in 1815 at the Deanery in Chester. References 1772 births 1815 deaths Hugh Hugh is the English-language variant of the masculine given name , itself the Old French variant of '' Hugo (name)">Hugo'', a short form of Continental Germanic Germanic name">given names beginning in the element "mind, spirit" (Old English ). ... 19th-century English Anglican priests Deans of Chester Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Clergy from Cheshire Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Cotton (priest)
George Cotton (21 May 1743 – 10 December 1805) was an English Anglican priest, most notably Dean of Chester from 1787 until his death. Cholmondeley was born at Combermere in Cheshire and was educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge. He held livings at South Reston, Stowe, Stoke-upon-Trent and Davenham. He died at Bath Bath may refer to: * Bathing, immersion in a fluid ** Bathtub, a large open container for water, in which a person may wash their body ** Public bathing, a public place where people bathe * Thermae, ancient Roman public bathing facilities Plac .... His grandson was Bishop of Calcutta from 1858 until 1866. Notes 1743 births 1805 deaths 18th-century English Anglican priests 19th-century English Anglican priests Deans of Chester People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Clergy from Cheshire {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Smith (scholar)
The Very Revd. Dr William Smith (1711–1787) was Dean of Chester and a Greek and Latin scholar. Smith was born in Worcester in 1711, the son of the rector of St Nicholas' Church. He was sent to RGS Worcester after which he proceeded to New College, Oxford in 1728. He was made Rector of Holy Trinity, Chester in 1735. He became headmaster of Brentwood School, Essex, in 1748, before leaving in 1753 to become vicar of St George's, Liverpool. He became Dean of Chester Cathedral in 1758. He remained in this post until his death in 1787. He resigned St George's in 1767, and Holy Trinity in 1780, but he was rector of Handley from 1766 to 1787, and of West Kirby from 1780 to 1787. Amongst his greatest achievements was the translation of Thucydides' ''History of the Peloponnesian War'' and some of his other works as well as the works of Xenophon including ''A History of Greece''. He is buried in Chester Cathedral Chester Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral and the mother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Brooke (priest)
Thomas Brooke (4 June 1684 – 17 August 1757) was an English Anglican priest, most notably Dean of Chester from 1732 until his death. Brooke was born in Brereton, Cheshire and educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. Earliest times to 1752 Vol. i Abbas – Cutts, (1922) p228 ">> (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. Earliest times to 1752 Vol. i Abbas – Cutts, (1922) p228 /ref> He held livings at Winslow, Nantwich and Dodleston Dodleston is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village is situated to the south west of Chester, very close to the Eng .... Notes 1684 births 1757 deaths 18t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Allen (Dean Of Chester)
Thomas Brooke was an English Anglican priest, most notably Dean of Chester from 1721 until his death in 1732. Allen was born in Staffordshire and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. The site on which the college sits was once a priory for Dominican mo .... He was also concurrently the Archdeacon of Staffordshire.Horn, Joyce M. (2003), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 10, pp. 14–16 Notes 1732 deaths 18th-century English Anglican priests Deans of Chester Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Clergy from Staffordshire Archdeacons of Stafford {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Offley
Walter Offley (15 July 1682 – 18 August 1721) was an English Anglican priest, most notably Dean of Chester from 1718 until his death. Offley was born in Crewe and educated at Oriel College, Oxford. He was also concurrently the Archdeacon of Staffordshire.Horn, Joyce M. (2003), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 10, pp. 14–16 He was Chaplain A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secular institution (such as a hospital, prison, military unit, intellige ... to Henry Herbert, 2nd Baron Herbert of Chirbury. Notes 1682 births 1721 deaths 18th-century English Anglican priests Deans of Chester Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford People from Crewe {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Fogg
Laurence Fogg or Fogge (1623–1718) was dean of Chester. Fogg, son of Robert Fogg (who was an active worker for the parliament, rector of Bangor-is-y-Coed, Flintshire, ejected 1662, died 1676), was born at Darcy Lever, in the parish of Bolton, in 1623, and educated at Bolton Grammar School and at Cambridge. He was admitted pensioner of Emmanuel College on 28 September 1644, and was afterwards of St John's College. He held the office of taxor of the university in 1657. The degree of D.D. was granted to him in 1679. He was appointed rector of Hawarden, Flintshire, in 1655 or 1656, and was among the first who restored the public use of the liturgy. In 1662 he resigned his living, owing to an apparent ambiguity in an act of parliament relating to subscription, but he afterwards conformed. He preached at Oldham on 20 May 1666, being then curate of Prestwich, and described as theol. baccal. In 1672 he was appointed vicar of St. Oswald's, Chester, and on 4 October 1673 was induct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
