Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 2, Hereford Diocese. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1962.
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'Deans', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 2, Hereford Diocese, (London, 1962) pp. 3-5. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol2/pp3-5 [accessed 23 April 2024]
DEANS
M. Giles de Avenbury ?-1280.
Anselm of Clermont 1253-1262.
John de Aquablanca 1262-1320.
M. Adam de Fileby c. 1280.
Avenbury occ. 26 Jan. 1249 (Deed no. 793; Ch. & Rec. p. 84). A long dispute about the deanery began when a Savoyard party in Hereford attempted to replace him. He was said to be intending to resign, 13 Dec. 1253 (CPL. 1 293), and occ. as treasurer 30 Oct. 1253, with Anselm of Clermont as dean (Deed no. 1352; Ch. & Rec. p. 106). It was claimed in 1282 that Avenbury had been forced to resign (Reg. Swinfield p. 322; Gervase of Canterbury, Gesta Regum Continuata (R.S. 73) 11 252).
Clermont occ. as dean 1253-May 1262 (Deed no. 913). Bp. of St. Jean-deMaurienne, 1262 (Eubel 1 331). Aquablanca el. as successor (Reg. Swinfield p. 322).
On d. of abp. Boniface of Savoy, 1270, Avenbury appealed to the ct. of Canterbury sede vacante; deanery awarded to him, 27 Jan. 1272 (Gervase of Canterbury, Gesta Regum Continuata 11 252; Reg. Swinfield p. 322). Avenbury failed to obtain possession, and Aquablanca appealed to Rome. By 1275 both sides had appointed rival subdeans (Reg. Cantilupe pp. 2-3). 19 Nov. 1276, temporary arrangements for jurisdiction of deanery during dispute made by bp. (ibid. pp. 112, 113-14, 115); approved by chapt., 15 Jan. 1277 (ibid. p. 118).
A succession of short-lived popes delayed a decision on the appeal (Reg. Swinfield p. 321 seqq.). Bp. Cantilupe coll. the deanery c. 1280 conditionally to Fileby, pending a decision (Reg. Cantilupe p. 234). Avenbury d. by 2 Nov. 1280 (ibid.; Reg. Swinfield p. 41). Curia awarded deanery to Aquablanca, 3-4 July 1282 (Reg. Swinfield pp. 321-6). Held deanery to d. in 1320. D. 13 Feb./20 March (Ch. & Rec. pp. 186-90). (fn. 1)
M. Stephen de Ledbury D.C.L. 1323-1353.
Baldwin Talbot 1343.
Prov. at k's request, 16 Sept. 1323. to Ledbury; further prov. 26 Jan. 1327 (CPL. 11 234, 255). Prov. to Talbot 12 Nov. 1343 (CPP. 1 29). But Ledbury d. as dean by 17 Apr. 1353 (Reg. Trillek p. 387).
M. Thomas de Trillek 1353-1361.
Papal conf. of el. 6 Sept. 1353 (CPP. 1 251). Prov. 23 Jan. 1355 (CPL. 111 541). Occ. 30 May 1361 (Deed no. 992), but seems to have res. by 28 July (CPR. 1361-1364 p. 44).
William de Ferriby 1361.
M. William Birmingham D.Th. 1362-c. 1375.
M. John de Middleton D. Th. c. 1375-1382.
Royal gr. to Ferriby 28 July 1361 (CPR. 1361-1364 p. 44). Birmingham had Innocent VI's verbal promise of the deanery; prov. by Urban V 21 Nov. 1362 and 26 Jan. 1363 (CPP. 1 385, 398-9). Occ. 25 June 1375 (Deed no. 763). Exch. arranged by Middleton at the papal curia with Birmingham, when senile, for ch. of Berkswell, Warwicks. (Ch. & Rec. pp. 240-1), but not recognized by bp. On d. of Birmingham, bp. coll. deanery to John Harold. Papal declaration 17 Oct. 1382, that Middleton's prov. was obtained by fraud and was invalid (Deed no. 2892). Judgt. repeated 11 July 1383 by commissaries of the archdcn. of Canterbury (Ch. & Rec. pp. 239-46).
M. John Harold B.Cn. & C.L. 1382-1393.
By bp's coll. and papal prov. (Deed no. 2892; Ch. & Rec. pp. 239-46). D. 19 Oct. 1393 (Reg. Trefnant p. 56).
M. John Prophete 1393-?
El. 7 Nov. 1393 (Reg. Trefnant pp. 52-8). Occ. 1 March 1400 (Deed no. 1155).
M. Thomas Felde D.C.L. 1404-1419.
Bp's conf. of el., 12 Feb. 1404 (Deed no. 2898). D. by 13 Sept. 1419 (Deed no. 1457).
John Baysham 1419-1429.
Bp's mand. adm. 13 Sept. 1419 (Deed no. 1457). Described as 'nuper decanus' in a/c roll 1429-30 (R. 477).
John Stanewey 1430-1434.
Occ. in a/c rolls from 1430-1 (R. 478; cf. Deed no. 2086). D. 9 Aug. 1434 (Reg. Spofford p. 179).
Henry Shelford 1434-1446.
Bp's lic. el., 13 Aug. 1434; el. 20 Sept.; bp's conf. 26 Sept. (Reg. Spofford pp. 179-80). Last occ. in a/c roll 1445-6 (R. 484).
M. John Barowe B.Cn. & C.L. c.x 1446-1462.
Occ. in a/c roll 1446-7 (R. 485). D. 6 Apr. 1462 (Reg. Stanbury p.74).
M. James Goldwell 1462-1463.
John ap Richard 1462-1463.
Goldwell el. 14 June 1462 per viam scrutinii, but as result of armed violence by a faction, ap Richard el. per viam compromissi. El. quashed by bp., 29 Jan. 1463 (Reg. Stanbury pp. 71-83).
M. Richard Pede D.Cn.L. 1463-1481.
Coll. 14 March 1463 (Reg. Stanbury pp. 71-83). D. by 26 March 1481 (Reg. Myllyng p. 62).
M. Thomas Chaundeler D.Th. 1481-1490.
Bp's conf. of el. 26 March 1481 (Reg. Myllyng p. 62). D. by 2 Nov. 1490 (ibid. p. 198).
M. Oliver King D.Cn.L. 1491.
El. 23 March 1491 (Reg. Myllyng p. 198). Res. 27 June (ibid. p. 136).
M. John Hervey B.Cn.L. 1491-1501.
Occ. in a/c roll 1491-2 (R. 529). D. 10 Aug. 1500/1 Feb. 1501 (Cant., Reg. F ff. 13-14b).
M. Reginald West 1503.
Occ. 30 Oct. 1503 (Reg. Mayew p. 10).
M. Thomas Wolsey B.Th. ?-1512.
Occ. 4 June 1509 (L. & P. 1 i 245). Res. 3 Dec. 1512 (Reg. Mayew p. 148).
M. Edmund Froucetur D.Th. 1513-1529.
El. 21 Jan. 1513; bp's conf. 27 Jan. (Reg. Mayew pp. 149, 157-64). D. 16 May 1529 (Reg. Booth p. 213).
M. Gamaliel Clifton D.C.L. 1529-1541.
El. 5-6 July 1529; bp's conf. 21 July; instal. 22 July (Reg. Booth pp. 209-29; Liber Primus ff. 47-61). D. by 24 July 1541 (Hereford Institutions p. 2).