The Dean of Hereford is the head (primus inter pares – first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of Hereford Cathedral. The dean and chapter are based at the Cathedral Church of Blessed Virgin Mary and St Ethelbert in Hereford. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Hereford and seat of the Bishop of Hereford.
List of deans
High Medieval 1140 Ralph 1150 Geoffrey 1157 Ralph 1173 Geoffrey Richard 1202 Hugh de Breusa 1207–1216 Hugh de Mapenor 1216 Henry 1218–1231 Thomas de Bosebir 1231–1234 Ralph de Maidstone 1234–? Stephen Thorne 1247–1262 Ancelin or Anselm 1271–1278 Giles de Avenbury 1278–1320 Jean de Aigueblanche
Late Medieval 1320–1352 Stephen de Ledebury 1352–1361 Thomas Trilleck 1361 William de Feriby 1363–? William Bermingham ?–1380 John de Middleton 1380–1393 John Harold 1393–1407 John Prophet 1407–1417 Thomas Felde 1422 John Bagshaw ?–1434 John Stanwey 1434–1445 Henry Shelford 1446–1462 John Berew
1463–1481 Richard Pede 1481–1490 Thomas Chaundler 1491–1491 Oliver King 1491–1501 John Hervey
Early modern 1503–? Reginald West 1512–1512 Thomas Wolsey 1513–1529 Edmund Frowcester 1529–1541 Gamaliel Clifton 1541–1555 Hugh Curwen 1558–1559 Edmund Daniel 1560–1576 John Ellis 1577–1593 John Watkins 1593–1607 Charles Langford 1607–1616 Edward Doughtie 1616–1617 Richard Montagu (exchanged with Lloyd) 1617 Oliver Lloyd 1617–1624 Silvanus Griffiths 1623–1631 Daniel Price 1631–1636 John Richardson 1637–1643 Jonathan Browne 1644–1661 Herbert Croft 1661–1672 Thomas Hodges 1672–1692 George Benson 1692–1706 John Tyler (afterwards Bishop of Llandaff 1706) 1706 Robert Clavering
1729–1736 John Harris 1736–1748 Edward Cresset (afterwards Bishop of Llandaff 1748) 1749 Edmund Castle 1750–1756 John Egerton 1756-1771 Francis Webber 1771-1808 Nathan Wetherell
Late modern 1808 William Leigh 1809-1820 George Gretton 1820 Robert Carr 1827 Edward Mellish 1831 Edward Grey 1832 John Merewether 1850–1867 Richard Dawes 1867–1894 George Herbert 1894–1919 Wentworth Leigh 1919–1946 Reginald Waterfield 1947–1961 Hedley Burrows 1961–1968 Robert Price 1969–1981 Norman Rathbone 1982–1992 Peter Haynes 1993–2000 Robert Willis 2002–2021 Michael Tavinor 2021 Andrew Piper (acting) 2021–present: Sarah Brown
Sources British History Online – Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300 – Deans of Hereford British History Online – Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541 – Deans of Hereford :s: Page:Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae Vol.1 body of work.djvu/519 :s: Page:Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae Vol.1 body of work.djvu/520 :s: Page:Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae Vol.1 body of work.djvu/521
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