Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 7, Ely, Norwich, Westminster and Worcester Dioceses. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1992.
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'Deans', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 7, Ely, Norwich, Westminster and Worcester Dioceses, (London, 1992) pp. 42-44. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol7/pp42-44 [accessed 19 April 2024]
DEANS OF NORWICH
William Castleton (fn. 1) 1538-1539.
Apptd. by king in foundation charter 2 May 1538 (L. & P. XIII i no. 1115 (4)). Res. by 20 Aug. 1539 (ibid. XIV ii no. 113 (24)).
John Salisbury (fn. 1) 1539-1554. Suffragan bp. of Thetford.
Pres. by king 20 Aug. 1539 (L. & P. XIV ii no. 113 (24)). Re-apptd. 7 Nov. 1547 (C.P.R. 1547-8 p. 58). Pardoned 7 Oct. 1553 (C.P.R. 1553-4 p. 421), but depriv. by 10 Apr. 1554 (ibid. p. 382; P.R.O., E 331 Norwich/1).
John Christopherson B.D. 1554-1557.
Pres. by queen 10 Apr. 1554 (C.P.R. 1553-4 p. 382). Instit. by proxy 18 Apr. (Reg./12/18 pt. ii f. 45r-v; P.R.O., E 331 Norwich/1). Bp. of Chichester 1557.
John Boxall B.D. 1557-1558.
Pres, by king and queen; instit. 2 Dec. 1557 (Reg./12/18 f. 186). Res. by 16 May 1558 (C.P.R. 1557-8 p. 99).
John Harpsfield D.D. 1558-1559.
Pres. by queen 16 May (C.P.R. 1557-8 p. 99). Instit. by proxy 23 June (Reg./12/18 pt. ii f. 200v). Depriv. on accession of Elizabeth (N. Sanders, De Visibili Monarchia (Louvain, 1571) p. 690).
John Salisbury B.D. 1559-1573. Suffragan bp. of Thetford.
Restored on accession of Elizabeth. Bp. of Sodor and Man 1570, but held deanery of Norwich in commendam to d., by 20 Oct. 1573 (Letter Book of John Parkhurst no. 190; C.P.R. 1572-5 no. 1532).
George Gardiner D.D. 1573-1589.
Petitioned Lord Treasurer for deanery 22 Nov. 1573 (Brit. Libr., Lansdowne MS. 18 no. 15; cf. Corresp. Matt. Parker pp. 449-50). Pres. by queen 28 Nov. (C.P.R. 1572-5 no. 1532). First occ. in chapter 24 Dec. (DCN 24/1 f. 38). D. 25 Jan./18 June 1589 (DCN 24/1 ff. 95v, 96v).
Thomas Dove M.A. 1589-1601.
First occ. in chapter 18 June 1589 (DCN 24/1 f. 96v). Bp. of Peterborough 1601.
John Jegon D.D. 1601-1603.
Instal. 22 July 1601 (DCN 24/1 f. 135v). Bp. of Norwich 1603.
George Montgomery M.A. 1603-1614.
Pres. by king 2 May 1603 (P.R.O., C 66/1608). Instal. 7 June (DCN 24/1 f. 147v). Bp. of Deny, Raphoe and Clogher 1605; bp. of Meath and Clogher 1610, but held deanery of Norwich in commendam (cf. ibid. f. 170) to 1614, when res. it.
Edmund Suckling D.D. 1614-1628.
Pres. by king; instal. 30 Sept. 1614 (DCN 24/1 f. 188v; DCN 24/2 f. 1). D. 3 May/4 July 1628 (DCN 24/2 f. 71v; P.R.O., C 66/2459).
John Hassall D.D. 1628-1654.
Pres. by king 4 July 1628 (P.R.O., C 66/2459). Instal. 15 July (DCN 24/2 f. 72). D. 27 Dec. 1654 (PR North Creake, Norf.).
John Crofts D.D. 1660-1670.
Pres. by king 16 July 1660 (DCN 24/3 ff. 3v-4; P.R.O., C 66/2918, 2934). Instal. 7 Aug. (DCM 24/3 f. 1). D. 27 July 1670 (ibid. f. 93v).
Herbert Astley LL.D. 1670-1681.
Warrant 26 Aug. 1670 for pres. by king (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1670 p. 383). Instal. 2 Sept. (DCN 24/3 f. 94r-v). D. 8 June 1681 (ibid. f. 165).
John Sharp D.D. 1681-1689.
Pres. by king 17 June 1681 (P.R.O., C 66/3220; cf. Cal. S.P. Dom. 1680-1 p. 313). Instal. 8 June (sic) (DCN 24/3 ff. 165v-166). Dean of Canterbury 1689.
Henry Fairfax D.D. 1689-1702.
Warrant 23 Sept. 1689 for pres. by king and queen (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1689-90 p. 271). Instal. 30 Nov. (DCN 24/3 ff. 231v-232). D. 10 May 1702 (m.i., Norwich cath.) (Blomefield, Hist. Norfolk III 627).
Humphrey Prideaux D.D. 1702-1724.
Warrant 20 May 1702 for pres. by queen (Cal. S.P. Dom 1702-3 p. 358). Instal. 8 June (DCN 24/4 ff. 84v-86v). D. 1 Nov. 1724 (m.i., Norwich cath.) (Blomefield, Hist. Norfolk III 630; Hist. Reg. Chron. 1724, ix 47).
Thomas Cole D.D. 1724-1731.
Warrant 17 Nov. 1724 for pres. by king (P.R.O., SP 44/150 p. 658); issued 19 Nov. (P.R.O., C 66/3557). Instal. 4 Dec. (DCN 24/4 f. 234). D. 6 Feb. 1731 (Hist. Reg. Chron. 1731, xvi 11).
Robert Butts D.D. 1731-1733.
Pres. by king pubd. 11 Feb. 1731 (Lond. Gaz. no. 6961); issued 26 Feb. (P.R.O., C 66/3582). Instal. 10 Apr. (DCN 24/4 f. 289). Bp. of Norwich 1733.
John Baron D.D. 1733-1739.
Pres. by king pubd. 27 Feb. 1733 (Lond. Gaz. no. 7173); issued 16 March (P.R.O., C 66/3589). D. 11 July 1739 (Gent. Mag. 1739, ix 383).
Thomas Bullock D.D. 1739-1760.
Pres. by king pubd. 6 Aug. 1739 (Lond. Gaz. no. 7829); issued 9 Aug. (P.R.O., C 66/3601). Instal. 15 Aug. (DCN 24/5 ff. 24v-25). D. 30 May 1760 (Gent. Mag. 1760, xxx 297).
Hon. Edward Townshend D.D. 1761-1765.
Pres. by king pubd. 10 March 1761 (Lond. Gaz. no. 10085). Instal. 6 Apr. (DCN 24/5 f. 86r-v). D. 3 Feb. 1765 (Gent. Mag. 1765, xxxv 98) or by 30 Jan. (burial, Bath abbey) (Reg. of Bath Abbey, ed. A.J. Jewers (Harleian Soc., 1900-1) II 452).
Philip Lloyd D.D. 1765-1790.
Warrant 4 Feb. 1765 for pres. by king (Cal. Home Office Papers 1760-5 no. 2112). Instal. 30 March 1765 (DCN 24/5 f. 100r-v). D. 31 May 1790 (Gent. Mag. 1790, lx (1) 575).
Joseph Turner D.D. 1790-1828.
Pres. by king issued 10 June 1790 (DCN 31/1); pubd. 12 June (Lond. Gaz. no. 13208). Instal. 24 June (DCN 24/5 ff. 262v-263; DCN 31/1). D. 3 Aug. 1828 (Gent. Mag. 1828, xcviii (2) 648).
Hon. George Pellew D.D. 1828-1866.
Pres. by king pubd. 29 Nov. 1828 (Lond. Gaz. no. 18528); issued 11 Dec. (DCN 31/2). Instal. 13 Dec. (DCN 24/6 f. 234v-235v; DCN 31/2). D. 13 Oct. 1866 (Gent. Mag. 1866, 4th ser. ii 705).