DEANS OF YORK
Richard Layton D.C.L. (Cantab.) 1539-1544.
El. 10 July 1539 (AC 1504-43 f. 226v). Abp's conf. 23 July (Reg. 28 f. 70v). Instal.
by proxy 26 July (AC 1504-43 ff. 226v-227); in person 25 Jan. 1540 (ibid. f. 231r-v).
D. 3/17 June 1544 (L. & P. xix i no. 624; Lincolnshire Archives Office, Episcopal
Reg. xxvii f. 18, ex inf. Miss J. A. Cripps; AC 1543-58 f. 4r-v).
Nicholas Wotton D.Cn. & C.L., D.D. 1544-1567.
Letters missive for el. 27 June and 12 July 1544 (AC 1543-58 ff. 4v, 4; L. & P.
xix i. nos. 901, 802). El. 7 Aug. (AC 1543-58 ff. 8v-9). Instal. by proxy 9 Aug. (ibid.
f. 10). D. 26 Jan. 1567 (m.i., Canterbury cath.) (Memorial Inscriptions of Canterbury,
comp. J. M. Cowper (Canterbury, 1897) pp. 130-3; AC 1565-1634 ff. 13-14).
Matthew Hutton D.D. 1567-1589.
El. arranged for 10 Apr. 1567 (process of el. not entered) (AC 1565-1634 ff. 13-14).
Letters testimonial of the el. sealed 15 Apr. (ibid. f. 17). Abp's conf. 12 May (Chanc.
AB 8A f. 132; P.R.O., E 331 York/2). Instal. by proxy 15 May (AC 1565-1634 f.
19r-v); in person 27 Sept. (ibid. f. 24v). Bp. of Durham 1589.
John Thornborough B.D. 1589-1617.
Letters missive for el. 17 Oct. 1589 (Chapter File 1589). El. 30 Oct. (AC 1565-1634
ff. 257v-259). Abp's conf. 5 Nov. (Inst. AB 3 ff. 221v-223). Instal. by proxy 7 Nov.
(AC 1565-1634 f. 260r-v); in person 20 March 1590 (ibid. f. 261v). Bp. of Limerick
1593 (Cotton, Fasti Eccles. Hibern. 1 382), but held deanery in commendam; trans. to
Bristol 1603, to Worcester 1617 and res. deanery.
George Meriton D.D. 1617-1624.
Letters missive for el. 18 Feb. 1617 (Chapter File 1617). El. 27 March (AC 1565-
1634 ff. 520-1). Instal. by proxy 21 Apr. (ibid. ff. 524v-525); in person 17 May (ibid.
f. 526v). D. 23 Dec. 1624 (m.i., York minster) (Eboracum p. 510; cf. Cal. S.P. Dom.
1623-5 p. 348).
John Scott D.D. 1625-1644.
Letters missive for el. 14 Jan. 1625 (fn. 1) (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1623-5 p. 447). El. 31 Jan.
(AC 1565-1634 f. 613r-v). Abp's conf. 5 Feb. (Reg. 31 f. 237r-v). Instal. 9 Feb. (AC
1565-1634 f. 615r-v). D. by Nov. 1644 (Wood, Athenae Oxon. 11 ii 495).
Richard Marsh D.D. 1660-1663.
Granted deanery by Charles I Nov. 1644 (Wood, Athenae Oxon. 11 ii 495), but did
not gain possession; petitioned Charles II for it ? June 1660 (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1660-1
p. 83). Letters missive for el. 25 July (P.R.O., C 66/2918; Chapter File 1660). El. 17
Aug. (AC 1660-1700 ff. iv-2). Instal. 20 Aug. (ibid. f. 2). D. 13 Oct. 1663 (ibid. f. 34;
Y.A.J. i 240-1).
William Sancroft D.D. 1664.
Letters missive for el. 15 Jan. 1664 (Chapter File 1664; Cal. S.P. Dom. 1663-4 p.
461). El. 23 Jan. (AC 1660-1700 ff. 36v-37). Abp's conf. 12 Feb. (Reg. 33 f. 52r-v;
DY 5). Instal. 26 Feb. (AC 1660-1700 ff. 38v-39). Dean of St. Paul's, London, in
Nov.
Robert Hitch D.D. 1664-1677.
Letters missive for el. 30 Nov. 1664 (Chapter File 1664). El. 22 Dec. (AC 1660-
1700 ff. 48-9). Instal. 8 March (ibid. ff. 50-1). D. 6/16 Feb. 1677 (burial, Guiseley,
Yorks.). Chanc. prob. records 1676; Transcript of reg. of Guiseley, ed. W. E. Preston
and J. H. Rowe (Bradford, 1913) p. 190).
Tobias Wickham D.D. 1677-1697.
Letters missive for el. 17 Feb. 1677 (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1676-7 p. 562). El. 1 March
(AC 1660-1700 ff. 115v-116). Instal. 31 March (ibid. ff. 117v-118v). D. 27 Apr. 1697
(Chapter Minutes 1697).
Thomas Gale D.D. 1697-1702.
Letters missive for el. 17 June 1697 (Chapter File 1697; Cal. S.P. Dom. 1697 p.
203). El. 5 July (AC 1660-1700 f. 238v). Instal. 18 Sept. (ibid. ff. 239v-240). D. 8 Apr.
1702 (m.i., York minster) (Y.A.J. i 271; Eboracum pp. 514-15).
Hon. Henry Finch M.A. 1702-1728.
Warrant 5 May 1702 for letters missive for el. (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1702-3 p. 358);
letters issued 6 May (ibid. p. 359; Chapter File 1702). El. 13 May (AC 1701-28 ff.
4-5). Instal. 13 June (ibid. ff. 5v-6; Yorkshire Diaries (Surtees Soc., lxv, lxxvii, 1877,
1886) 1 341). D. 8 Sept. 1728 (m.i., York minster) (Eboracum p. 513; Y.A.J. i 285-6;
Hist. Reg. Chron. 1728, xiii 49).
Richard Osbaldeston D.D. 1728-1747.
Letters missive for el. pubd. 4 Oct. 1728 (Land. Gaz. no. 6714); issued 5 Oct. (AC
1728-47 f. 1r-v). El. 23 Oct. (ibid. ff. iv-3v; Reg. 35 f. 80r-v). Instal. 8 Nov. (AC
1728-47 ff. 6v-8). Bp. of Carlisle 1747.
John Fountayne M.A. 1747-1802.
Letters missive for el. pubd. 6 Oct. 1747 (Lond. Gaz. no. 8681); issued 9 Oct. (AC
1747-56 f. 1r-v; Chapter File 1747). El. 14 Oct. (AC 1747-56 ff. 1v-3v; Reg. 36 ff.
89v-90v; DY 6). Abp's conf. 22 Oct. (DY 6; Reg. 36 f. 91v; Chapter File 1747). Instal.
24 Oct. (AC 1747-56 ff. 5-6v). D. 14 Feb. 1802 (AC 1784-1807 p. 246; Gent. Mag.
1802, lxxii (1) 190).
George Markham M.A. 1802-1822.
Letters missive for el. issued 3 Apr. 1802 (Chapter File 1802; AC 1784-1807 pp.
246-7); pubd. 6 Apr. (Lond. Gaz. no. 15468). El. 13 Apr. (AC 1784-1807 pp. 247-50;
Reg. 38 ff. 367-8; DY 7). Abp's conf. 22 Apr. (DY 7; Reg. 38 f. 369). Instal. 24 Apr.
(AC 1784-1807 pp. 252-4). D. 30 Sept. 1822 (AC 1807-30 p. 209).
William Cockburn D.D. 1823-1858.
Letters missive for el. pubd. 17 Oct. 1822 (Lond. Gaz. no. 17862); issued 28 Oct.
(Chapter File 1822; AC 1807-30 pp. 209-10). El. 8 Nov. (AC 1807-30 pp. 210-13).
Abp's conf. 6 May 1823 (Reg. 40A f. 11). Instal. 10 May (AC 1807-30 pp. 222-4).
Abp's sentence of depriv. for simony 2 Apr. 1841, but Court of Queen's Bench prohibited execution of sentence 12 June (V 1841/P). D. 30 Apr. 1858 (The Times, 3 May).