The Dean and Canons of Westminster are the ecclesiastical body of Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey

The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English,...

, a collegiate church of the Church of England and royal peculiar in Westminster, England. They meet in Chapter

Chapter (religion)

Chapter designates certain corporate ecclesiastical bodies in the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Nordic Lutheran churches....

 and are also known as the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.

Foundation

The first college of canons was established by letters patent

Letters patent

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 on 17 December 1540 by King Henry VIII. There was a dean and 12 canons, six of whom were former monks of the abbey. They survived until 1556 when the college was dissolved by Mary I of England

Mary I of England

Mary I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Her younger half-brother, Edward VI, succeeded Henry in 1547...

.

The second college of canons was established on 21 May 1560 by Queen Elizabeth I.

From 16 November 1645 the dean and canons were dispersed and a committee of the Lords and Commons from the Long Parliament

Long Parliament

The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...

 governed. The dean and canons were restored on the Restoration in 1660.

Current Chapter

Dean of Westminster
Dean of Westminster	The Very Reverend John Robert Hall John Robert Hall John Robert Hall FRSA is an English priest of the Church of England. He is the current Dean of Westminster.-Education:Hall was educated at St Dunstan's College, Catford and St Chad's College, University of Durham...
Canons of Westminster
Sub-Dean, Canon Treasurer and Almoner	The Reverend Canon Robert Reiss
Canon Steward and Archdeacon	The Venerable Canon Jane Hedges
Rector of St Margaret’s Church, Westminster	The Reverend Canon Andrew Tremlett
Minor Canons
Minor Canon and Precentor	The Reverend Michael Macey
Minor Canon and Sacrist	The Reverend Dr James Hawkey

List of Canons of the First Foundation 1540-1556

Canons of the 1st Prebend

• Simon Haynes D.D. 1540-1552..
• Andrew Perne D.D. 1552-1556.

Canons of the 2nd Prebend

• John Redman D.D. 1540-1551.
• Alexander Nowell M.A. 1551-1554
• John Richards 1554-1556.

Canons of the 3rd Prebend

• Edward Layton D.D. 1540-1547.
• Edward Keble M.A. 1547-1554.
• John Baker B.D. 1554-1556.

Canons of the 4th Prebend

• Anthony Belassis D.C.L. 1540-1552.
• James Haddon B.A. 1552.
• Richard Alvey B.D. 1552-1554.
• John Ramridge D.D. 1554-1556.

Canons of the 5th Prebend

• William Bretten LL.D. 1540-1552.
• Edmund Grindal B.D. 1552-1554
• John Moreman D.D. 1554.
• John Smith M.A. 1554-1556.

Canons of the 6th Prebend

• Denis Dalyon 1540-1543. (Formerly prior of St. Peter's, Westminster)
• John Pekyns B.D. 1543-1554.
• Francis Mallet D.D. 1554-1556.

Canons of the 7th Prebend

• Humphrey Parkyns B.D. 1540-1554. (Formerly a monk of St. Peter's, Westminster, with name of Humphrey Charite)
• Alphonso de Salinas 1554-1556.

Canons of the 8th Prebend

• Thomas Essex or Baxter B.D. 1540-1542. (Formerly a monk of St. Peter's, Westminster)
• Francis Turpin M.A. 1542 -1545.
• Nicholas Ridley
  Nicholas Ridley (martyr)
  Nicholas Ridley was an English Bishop of London. Ridley was burned at the stake, as one of the Oxford Martyrs, during the Marian Persecutions, for his teachings and his support of Lady Jane Grey...
  
   D.D. 1545-1553. Also Bishop of Rochester
  Bishop of Rochester
  The Bishop of Rochester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers the west of the county of Kent and is centred in the city of Rochester where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin...
  
   from 1547 and Bishop of London
  Bishop of London
  The Bishop of London is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers 458 km² of 17 boroughs of Greater London north of the River Thames and a small part of the County of Surrey...
  
   from 1550
• Hugh Griffith B.C.L. 1553-1556.

Canons of the 9th Prebend

• Thomas Elfryde 1540-1546. (Formerly a monk of St. Peter's, Westminster)
• Bernard Sandiforth LL.D. 1546-1554
• Henry Cole D.C.L., D.D. 1554-1556.

Canons of the 10th Prebend

• John Rumney or Malvern 1540-1541. (Formerly a monk of St. Peter's, Westminster)
• Edmund Weston B.Cn.& C.L. 1541 -1554
• Thomas Wood B.D. 1554 -1556.

Canons of the 11th Prebend

• William Harvye or Faythe 1540-1544. (Formerly a monk of St. Peter's, Westminster)
• Thomas Reynold D.D. 1544 -1556.

Canons of the 12th Prebend

• Gerard Carleton B.D. 1540-1549
• Giles Eyer D.D. 1549-1551.
• Thomas Birkhed B.D. 1551-1554
• William Pye D.D. 1554-1556.

Secular chapter abolished 26 Sept. 1556

List of Canons of the Second Foundation 1560-1660

Canons of the 1st Prebend

• William Barlow
  William Barlow (bishop of Chichester)
  William Barlow was an English Augustinian prior turned bishop of four dioceses, a complex figure of the Protestant Reformation. Aspects of his life await scholarly clarification...
  
   D.D. 1560-1566. Bishop of Chichester
  Bishop of Chichester
  The Bishop of Chichester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the Counties of East and West Sussex. The see is in the City of Chichester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity...
  
  .
• Thomas Browne M.A. 1566-1585.
• Thomas Montford B.D. 1585-1633.
• Gabriel More D.D. 1633-1652.

Canons of the 2nd Prebend

• Humphrey Parkyns D.D. 1560-1577.
• John Reade B.D. 1578-1587.
• Richard Wood D.D. 1587-1609.
• Henry Caesar or Adelmare D.D. 1609-1626.
• Thomas Wilson B.D. 1626-1652/3.

Canons of the 3rd Prebend

• John Hardyman D.D. 1560-1561
• Perceval Wiburn
  Perceval Wiburn
  Perceval Wiburn or Wyburn was an English clergyman, a Marian exile, suspected nonconformist and Puritan, and polemical opponent of Robert Parsons.-Life:...
  
   M.A. 1561-1606.
• John Fox B.D. 1606-1623.
• John Wilson D.D. 1623-1635.
• Matthew Wren
  Matthew Wren
  "Matthew Wren" is also a British actor who appeared in BBC children's show Trapped!.Matthew Wren was an influential English clergyman and scholar.-Life:...
  
   D.D. 1635-1638. Bishop of Hereford
  Bishop of Hereford
  The Bishop of Hereford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford in the Province of Canterbury.The see is in the City of Hereford where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Ethelbert which was founded as a cathedral in 676.The Bishop's residence is...
  
   elect. Bishop of Norwich
  Bishop of Norwich
  The Bishop of Norwich is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Norwich in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers most of the County of Norfolk and part of Suffolk. The see is in the City of Norwich where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided...
  
   and Bishop of Ely
  Bishop of Ely
  The Bishop of Ely is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Ely in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese roughly covers the county of Cambridgeshire , together with a section of north-west Norfolk and has its see in the City of Ely, Cambridgeshire, where the seat is located at the...
  
  .
• Richard Steward
  Richard Steward
  Richard Steward or Stewart was an English royalist churchman, clerk of the closet to Charles I and designated Dean of St. Paul's and Westminster, though not able to take up his position because of the wartime circumstances.-Life:...
  
   D.C.L. 1638-1645. Elected Dean of Westminster 1645.

Canons of the 4th Prebend

• Richard Cheyney
  Richard Cheyney
  Richard Cheyney was an English churchman, bishop of Gloucester from 1562. Opposed to Calvinism, he was an isolated and embattled bishop of the reign of Elizabeth, though able to keep his see.-Life:...
  
   B.D. 1560-1562. Bishop of Gloucester
  Bishop of Gloucester
  The Bishop of Gloucester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Gloucester in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers the County of Gloucestershire and part of the County of Worcestershire and has its see in the City of Gloucester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church...
  
   1562.
• Thomas Norley M.A. 1563-1570
• William Wickham
  William Wickham (bishop)
  -Life:He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, where he was a Fellow in 1559, and M.A. 1564. He was a fellow of Eton in 1568, and vice-provost there around c. 1570...
  
   B.D. 1570-1571. Became Canon of the third stall at Windsor
  Dean and Canons of Windsor
  The Dean and Canons of Windsor are the ecclesiastical body of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.-Foundation:The college of Canons was established in 1348 by Letters Patent of King Edward III. The college was formally constituted on the Feast of St...
  
  
• Robert Ramsden M.A. 1571-1575
• William Chaderton
  William Chaderton
  William Chaderton was an English academic and bishop. He also served as Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity.He was born in Moston, Lancashire, what is now a part of the city of Manchester. He matriculated at Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1555, and graduated M.A...
  
   D.D. 1575-1579. Appointed Bishop of Chester
  Bishop of Chester
  The Bishop of Chester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chester in the Province of York.The diocese expands across most of the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, including the Wirral Peninsula and has its see in the City of Chester where the seat is located at the Cathedral...
  
   1579.
• Thomas Wagstaff M.A. 1579-1586.
• Richard Webster B.D. 1586-1601/2.
• Richard Hakluyt
  Richard Hakluyt
  Richard Hakluyt was an English writer. He is principally remembered for his efforts in promoting and supporting the settlement of North America by the English through his works, notably Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America and The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and...
  
   M.A. 1602-1616.
• John Holt D.D. 1616-1631.

Canons of the 5th Prebend

• Richard Alvey B.D. 1560-1574.
• Thomas Aldriche M.A. 1574-1576.
• John Rugge B.C.L. 1576-1582.
• Nicholas Bond D.D. 1582-1608.
• William Robinson D.D. 1608-1642.
• Matthew Nicholas
  Matthew Nicholas
  -Life:He was a younger brother of Sir Edward Nicholas, born on 26 September 1594. He was elected scholar of Winchester College in 1607. He matriculated as scholar of New College, Oxford, on 18 February 1614, graduated B.C.L. on 30 June 1620, and D.C.L. on 30 June 1627.He became rector of Westden,...
  
   D.C.L. 1642-1661. Dean of Bristol.

Canons of the 6th Prebend

• Edmund Scambler
  Edmund Scambler
  -Life:He was born at Gressingham, and was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge, Queens' College, Cambridge and Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1542....
  
   B.D. 1560-1561. Bishop of Peterborough
  Bishop of Peterborough
  The Bishop of Peterborough is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers the counties of Northamptonshire, Rutland and the Soke of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire...
  
   from 1561.
• Robert Rolles M.A. 1562.
• John Beaumont M.A. 1562-1565.
• Matthew Hutton
  Matthew Hutton (Archbishop of York)
  Matthew Hutton was archbishop of York from 1595 to 1606.-Life:Hutton, the son of Matthew Hutton of Priest Hutton, in the parish of Warton, Lancashire, was born in that parish in 1529. He became a sizar at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1546. Graduating B.A. 1551–2, he became a fellow of Trinity in...
  
   B.D. 1565-1567. Appointed Dean of York
  Dean of York
  The Dean of York is the member of the clergy who is responsible for the running of the York Minster cathedral.-11th–12th centuries:* 1093–c.1135: Hugh* c.1138–1143: William of Sainte-Barbe...
  
  . Later Archbishop of York
  Archbishop of York
  The Archbishop of York is a high-ranking cleric in the Church of England, second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury. He is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and metropolitan of the Province of York, which covers the northern portion of England as well as the Isle of Man...
  
  .
• Walter Jones B.C.L. 1567-1577
• Griffith Lewis D.D. 1577-1607.
• George Darrell B.D. 1607-1631.
• Peter Heylin
  Peter Heylin
  Peter Heylin or Heylyn was an English ecclesiastic and author of many polemical, historical, political and theological tracts. He incorporated his political concepts into his geographical books Microcosmus in 1621 and Cosmographie .-Life:He was born in Burford, Oxfordshire, the son of Henry Heylyn...
  
   B.D. 1631-1662.

Canons of the 7th Prebend

• Alexander Nowell M.A. 1560-1564.
• John Hill B.D. 1564-1567.
• John Pory D.D. 1567-1570.
• Thomas Aldriche M.A. 1570-1573.
• John Still
  John Still
  John Still , bishop of Bath and Wells enjoyed considerable fame as a preacher and disputant. He was formerly reputed to be the author of the early English comedy drama Gammer Gurton's Needle .-Career:...
  
   B.D. 1573-1593. Bishop of Bath and Wells
  Bishop of Bath and Wells
  The Bishop of Bath and Wells heads the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Province of Canterbury in England.The present diocese covers the vast majority of the county of Somerset and a small area of Dorset. The Episcopal seat is located in the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew in...
  
   from 1593.
• Thomas Ravis
  Thomas Ravis
  Thomas Ravis was a Church of England clergyman and academic.-Early life:He was born at Old Malden in Surrey, probably in 1560, and was educated at Westminster School...
  
   B.D. 1593-1607. Also Bishop of Gloucester
  Bishop of Gloucester
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  . Afterwards Bishop of London
  Bishop of London
  The Bishop of London is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers 458 km² of 17 boroughs of Greater London north of the River Thames and a small part of the County of Surrey...
  
  .
• Hugh Goodman M.A. 1607-1623.
• Theodore Price
  Theodore Price
  Thedore Price was a Welsh Anglican clergyman and academic. He served as Principal of Hart Hall, Oxford for 18 years and was also a prebend of Westminster Abbey...
  
   D.D. 1623-1631.
• Roger Bates D.D. 1631-1634.
• John Towers
  John Towers (bishop)
  John Towers was an English churchman, Bishop of Peterborough from 1639, a royalist and a supporter of the ecclesiastical policies of William Laud.-Life:...
  
   D.D. 1634-1639. Dean of Peterborough. Bishop of Peterborough
  Bishop of Peterborough
  The Bishop of Peterborough is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers the counties of Northamptonshire, Rutland and the Soke of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire...
  
   from 1639.
• Jonathan Brown D.C.L. 1639-1643. Dean of Hereford.

Canons of the 8th Prebend

• William Latymer
  William Latymer
  William Latymer or Latimer was an English evangelical clergyman, Dean of Peterborough from 1560. He was chaplain to Anne Boleyn, and is best known for his biography of her, the Chronickille of Anne Bulleyne.-Life:...
  
   M.A. 1560-1583. Dean of Peterborough.
• Edward Buckley D.D. 1583-1621.
• William Laud
  William Laud
  William Laud was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633 to 1645. One of the High Church Caroline divines, he opposed radical forms of Puritanism...
  
   D.D. 1621-1628. Appointed Bishop of London
  Bishop of London
  The Bishop of London is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers 458 km² of 17 boroughs of Greater London north of the River Thames and a small part of the County of Surrey...
  
   from 1628.
• Griffith Williams
  Griffith Williams (bishop)
  Griffith Williams , was the Anglican bishop of Ossory. He was opposed to the puritans.-Life:He was born at Treveilian in the parish of Llanrug, near Carnarvon, in1589 or 1590, was the son of a freeholder in the parish. His mother was a descendant...
  
   D.D. 1628-1641. Appointed Bishop of Ossory
  Bishop of Ossory
  The Bishop of Ossory is an episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient of Kingdom of Ossory in the Province of Leinster, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics.-History:The diocese of Ossory...
  
   1641.
• Benjamin Laney
  Benjamin Laney (bishop)
  -Life:Born in Ipswich, Lany was a student at Christ's College, Cambridge. He became a Fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge in 1616, and was Master of Pembroke from 1630. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1632...
  
   D.D. 1641-1663. Previously Canon of the 10th Prebend. Appointed Bishop of Lincoln
  Bishop of Lincoln
  The Bishop of Lincoln is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury.The present diocese covers the county of Lincolnshire and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. The Bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral...
  
   1663.

Canons of the 9th Prebend

• Richard Ryve M.A. 1560-1594.
• Cuthbert Bellott B.D. 1594-1620.
• Robert Newell B.D. 1620-1642.

Canons of the 10th Prebend

• William Downham
  William Downham
  William Downham was bishop of Chester.Under Mary of England, he was chaplain to her sister Princess Elizabeth. He became bishop of Chester in 1561, shortly after Elizabeth's accession....
  
   M.A. 1560-1564. Bishop of Chester
  Bishop of Chester
  The Bishop of Chester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chester in the Province of York.The diocese expands across most of the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, including the Wirral Peninsula and has its see in the City of Chester where the seat is located at the Cathedral...
  
   from 1561.
• Edmund Freake M.A. 1564-1572. Bishop of Rochester
  Bishop of Rochester
  The Bishop of Rochester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers the west of the county of Kent and is centred in the city of Rochester where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin...
  
   from 1572.
• John Young
  John Young (bishop)
  John Young was an English academic and bishop.-Life:He was educated at Mercers' School in London, and graduated BA at the University of Cambridge in 1552. He became a Fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge in 1553, and Master there in 1567...
  
   D.D. 1572-1605. Bishop of Rochester
  Bishop of Rochester
  The Bishop of Rochester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers the west of the county of Kent and is centred in the city of Rochester where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin...
  
   from 1578.
• Christopher Sutton D.D. 1605-1629.
• Lambert Osbaldeston M.A. 1629-1639.
• Benjamin Laney
  Benjamin Laney (bishop)
  -Life:Born in Ipswich, Lany was a student at Christ's College, Cambridge. He became a Fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge in 1616, and was Master of Pembroke from 1630. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1632...
  
   D.D. 1639-1641. Moved to 8th Prebend 1641.
• Lambert Osbaldeston M.A. (again) 1641-1659.

Canons of the 11th Prebend

• William Young 1560-1579.
• John Wickham M.A. 1579-1592.
• Richard Bancroft
  Richard Bancroft
  Archbishop Richard Bancroft, DD, BD, MA, BA was an English churchman, who became Archbishop of Canterbury and the "chief overseer" of the production of the authorized version of the Bible.-Life:...
  
   D.D. 1592-1597. Appointed Bishop of London
  Bishop of London
  The Bishop of London is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers 458 km² of 17 boroughs of Greater London north of the River Thames and a small part of the County of Surrey...
  
   1597.
• Lancelot Andrewes
  Lancelot Andrewes
  Lancelot Andrewes was an English bishop and scholar, who held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I. During the latter's reign, Andrewes served successively as Bishop of Chichester, Ely and Winchester and oversaw the translation of the...
  
   D.D. 1597-1601. Appointed Dean of Westminster 1601.
• Hadrian à Saravia
  Hadrian à Saravia
  Hadrian à Saravia, sometimes called Hadrian Saravia, Adrian Saravia, or Adrianus Saravia was an English prebend and theologian and a member of the First Westminster Company, charged by James I of England to produce the King James Version of the Bible.-Early years:Saravia was born in Hesdin , then...
  
   (also called Adrian Saravia) D.D. 1601-1613.
• Gabriel Grant D.D. 1613-1638.
• William Haywood D.D. 1638-1663.

Canons of the 12th Prebend

• Gabriel Goodman
  Gabriel Goodman
  Gabriel Goodman was the Dean of Westminster and the re-founder of Ruthin School, in Ruthin, Denbighshire.-Early years:...
  
   M.A. 1560-1561. Afterwards Dean of Westminster.
• Thomas Watts M.A. 1561-1577.
• Edward Grant
  Edward Grant (headmaster)
  Edward Grant was an English classical scholar, Latin poet, and headmaster of Westminster School. He was also the first biographer of Roger Ascham.-Life:...
  
   M.A. 1577-1601.
• William Barlow
  William Barlow (Bishop of Lincoln)
  William Barlow was an Anglican priest and courtier during the reign of James I of England. He served as Bishop of Rochester in 1605 and Bishop of Lincoln in the Anglican Church from 1608 until his death. He had also served the church as Rector of St Dunstan's, Stepney in Middlesex and of...
  
   D.D. 1601-1613. Also Bishop of Rochester
  Bishop of Rochester
  The Bishop of Rochester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers the west of the county of Kent and is centred in the city of Rochester where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin...
  
   and Bishop of Lincoln
  Bishop of Lincoln
  The Bishop of Lincoln is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury.The present diocese covers the county of Lincolnshire and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. The Bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral...
  
  .
• John King B.D. 1613-1638.
• George Aglionby
  George Aglionby
  George Aglionby was an English royalist churchman, nominated in 1643 as Dean of Canterbury. He was a member of the Great Tew intellectual circle around Lucius Cary, and a friend and correspondent of Thomas Hobbes.-Life:...
  
   D.D. 1638-1643.

List of Canons of the Second Foundation since 1660

The Prebendaries admitted since the Restoration in 1660 had no fixed stalls to their prebends, but upon any vacany the new Prebendary was installed in the lowest stall on the side where the vacancy happened, and not in the stall of him who died, or was promoted.

A prebend at Westminster was highly sought after by the ecclesiastical establishment The value of the prebend helped to enrich the salaries of some of the poorer bishops, who retained their prebends at Westminster whilst in office.

Other distinguishing features of the Westminster chapter were the close links with Westminster School

Westminster School

The Royal College of St. Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain's leading independent schools, with the highest Oxford and Cambridge acceptance rate of any secondary school or college in Britain...

, thirteen headmasters were canons, and eleven members of the peerage or baronetage were members of the chapter at various times.

The Ecclesiastical Commissioners reports in 1835 and 1836 (as enacted in the statute 3 & 4 Queen Victoria c. 113) called for a reduction in the number of canons from twelve to six. Two of the remaining prebends were united with the rectories of St. Margaret's Westminster and St. John's, Westminster.

The number of prebends was reduced further from six to five in 1890 on the resignation of Brooke Westcott and from five to four in 1941 on the resignation of Frank Russell Barry

Frank Russell Barry

Frank Russell Barry DSO was an Anglican Bishop and author who served as Bishop of Southwell for over 20 years in the middle of the 20th centuryBorn on 28 January 1890 he was educated at Bradfield and Oriel College, Oxford and ordained in 1914. From 1915 to 1919, he was a Chaplain with the BEF...

.

Canons are listed here by succession, rather than by chronological order of appointment.

Canons in the succession of John Doughty

• John Doughty M.A. 1660-1672.
• Hon. John North M.A. 1673-1683.
• Edward Felling M.A. 1683-1691.
• Stephen Upman M.A. 1691-1707.
• Thomas Knipe D.D. 1707-1711
• Jonathan Kimberley M.A. 1711-1720.
• Thomas Manningham M.A. 1720-1750.
• Philip Yonge D.D. 1750-1754. Became prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral.
• Sir Richard Cope, 9th Baronet M.A. 1754-1806.
• Lord Henry Fitzroy M.A. 1806-1828.
• Henry Vincent Bayley
  Henry Vincent Bayley
  Henry Vincent Bayley was an English clergyman. Of the High Church party and a reformer, he became Archdeacon of Stow.-Life:He was the seventh son of Thomas Butterworth Bayley, of Hope Hall, near Manchester, where he was born 6 December 1777. His mother was Mary, only child of Vincent Leggatt...
  
   D.D. 1828-1844.
• Christopher Wordsworth
  Christopher Wordsworth
  Christopher Wordsworth was an English bishop and man of letters.-Life:Wordsworth was born in London, the youngest son of the Rev. Dr. Christopher Wordsworth, Master of Trinity and a nephew of the poet William Wordsworth...
  
   D.D. 1844-1869. Appointed Bishop of Lincoln
  Bishop of Lincoln
  The Bishop of Lincoln is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury.The present diocese covers the county of Lincolnshire and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. The Bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral...
  
   in 1869.
• George Prothero 1869 - 1894
• Charles Gore
  Charles Gore
  Charles Gore was a British theologian and Anglican bishop.-Early life and education:Gore was the third son of the Honourable Charles Alexander Gore, and brother of the fourth Earl of Arran...
  
   1894–1902 Bishop of Worcester
  Bishop of Worcester
  The Bishop of Worcester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England. He is the head of the Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury...
  
  

• Bishop James Welldon 1902 - 1906
• Samuel Augustus Barnett
  Samuel Augustus Barnett
  Samuel Augustus Barnett was an Anglican clergyman and social reformer particularly associated with the establishment of the first university settlement, Toynbee Hall in east London in 1884....
  
   1906 - 1913
• Robert Henry Charles
  Robert Henry Charles
  Robert Henry Charles was an English biblical scholar and theologian. He is known particularly for English translations of apocryphal and pseudepigraphal works, and editions including Jubilees , the Book of Enoch , and the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs which have been widely used.He was...
  
   1913 - 1931
• Percy Dearmer
  Percy Dearmer
  Percy Dearmer, was an English priest and liturgist best known as the author of The Parson's Handbook, a liturgical manual for Anglican clergy. A lifelong socialist, he was an early advocate of the public ministry of women and concerned with social justice...
  
   1931 - 1936
• Harold Costley-White
  Harold Costley-White
  The Very Rev Harold Costley-White, DD was an Anglican dean and author in the mid 20th century.Born in 1878, he was educated at Malvern and Balliol and ordained in 1902. He was an Assistant Master at Sherborne and Rugby. From 1910 to 1936 he held Headships at Bradfield College, Liverpool College...
  
   1936 - 1938
• William Thompson Elliott 1938 - 1940 (previously Canon until 1912)
• Herbert Hensley Henson
  Herbert Hensley Henson
  Herbert Hensley Henson was an Anglican priest, a controversialist and Bishop of Durham...
  
   1940 - 1941
• Adam Fox
  Adam Fox
  Adam Fox , Canon, was the Dean of Divinity at Magdalen College, Oxford. He was one of the first members of the "Inklings", a literary group which also included C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Between 1938 and 1942 he was Professor of Poetry. Later he became Canon of Westminster Abbey and he is...
  
   1941 - 1964
• Joost de Blank
  Joost de Blank
  Joost de Blank was the Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa from 1957 to 1963 and was known as the "scourge of apartheid" for his ardent opposition to the whites-only policies of the South African government. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, King's College London, and Queens' College,...
  
   1964 - 1968 (Archbishop of Cape Town)
• Ronald Claud Dudley Jasper 1968 - 1976
• Trevor Randall Beeson
  Trevor Randall Beeson
  Trevor Randall Beeson OBE was Dean of Winchester in the last two decades of the 20th century. He is also an acclaimed Ecclesiastical Obituarist. He was educated at King's College London and ordained in 1952. He began his career with a curacy in Leadgate, after which he was Priest in charge of St...
  
   1976 - 1987
• Colin Semper 1987 - 1997
• Michael John Middleton 1997 - 2004
• Robert Reiss 2005 -

Canons in the succession of Walter Jones

• Walter Jones D.D. 1660-1672.
• Simon Patrick
  Simon Patrick
  Simon Patrick was an English theologian and bishop.-Life:He was born at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, on 8 September 1626, and attended Boston Grammar School. He entered Queens College, Cambridge, in 1644, and after taking orders in 1651 became successively chaplain to Sir Walter St. John and vicar...
  
   D.D. 1672-1689. Appointed Bishop of Chichester
  Bishop of Chichester
  The Bishop of Chichester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the Counties of East and West Sussex. The see is in the City of Chichester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity...
  
   1689.
• Peter Birch D.D. 1689-1710.
• Lawrence Brodrick D.D. 1710-1746.
• John Taylor LL.D. 1746-1788.

• Charles Fynes B.C.L. (name Fynes-Clinton from 1821) 1788-1827.
• Thomas Manners-Sutton M.A. 1827-1831.
• Lord John Thynne M.A. 1831-1881.
• Alfred Barry
  Alfred Barry
  Dr. Alfred Barry was the Third Bishop of Sydney, who over the course of his career served as headmaster of several independent schools, Principal of King's College London, and founded several prominent Anglican schools....
  
   1881 - 1884 afterwards Bishop of Sydney
• Brooke Westcott 1884 - 1890 afterwards Bishop of Durham

Canonry suspended from 1890.

Canons in the succession of Henry Killigrew

• Henry Killigrew D.D. 1660-1700.
• Thomas Lynford B.D. 1700-1724.
• Edward Willes
  Edward Willes
  Bishop Edward Willes was Anglican clergyman who was Bishop of St David's and later Bishop of Bath and Wells and one of the most prominent English cryptanalysts of his time....
  
   M.A. 1724-1743. Appointed Bishop of St David's
  Bishop of St David's
  The Bishop of St David's is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of St David's.The succession of bishops stretches back to Saint David who in the 6th century established his seat in what is today the city of St David's in Pembrokeshire, founding St David's Cathedral. The current Bishop of St...
  
   1743.
• John Heylin D.D. 1743-1759.
• Joseph Atwell D.D. 1759-1768.

• Charles Wake D.C.L. 1768-1796.
• George William Lukin LL.B. 1797-1799. Appointed Dean of Wells
  Dean of Wells
  The Dean of Wells is the head of the Chapter of Wells Cathedral in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The current Dean is the Very Revd John Clarke, who lives in The Dean's Lodging, 25 The Liberty, Wells.-List of the Deans of Wells:*1140–1164 Ivo...
  
   1799.
• Thomas Causton M.A. 1799-1842.

No successor appointed in accordance with Statues 3 & 4 Queen Victoria. c. 113.

Canons in the succession of Richard Busby

• Richard Busby B.D. 1660-1695.
• Richard Willis
  Richard Willis (bishop)
  -Life:He was born in Ribbesford, Worcestershire, where his father was a tanner. He was educated at Bewdley grammar school and Wadham College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1684 and graduated B.A. in 1688. He became a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford....
  
   D.D. 1695-1702. Appointed Dean of Lincoln
  Dean of Lincoln
  The Dean of Lincoln is the head of the Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral in the city of Lincoln, England in the Diocese of Lincoln. The post is currently held by the Very Revd Philip John Warr Buckler, MA.-References:...
  
   1702.
• Richard Martin M.A. 1702.
• Michael Evans M.A. 1702-1732
• William Barnard
  William Barnard (bishop)
  William Barnard was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Derry from 1747 until his death.Barnard was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1721. He became vicar of St. Bride's, Fleet Street in 1729, and prebendary of Westminster in 1732...
  
   M.A. 1732-1743. Appointed Dean of Rochester 1743.
• Robert Hay Drummond
  Robert Hay Drummond
  Robert Hay , known later as Robert Hay-Drummond of Cromlix and Innerpeffray, was Archbishop of York from 1761 to 1776.-Origins and birth:...
  
   M.A. 1743-1748. Appointed Bishop of St. Asaph 1748.
• Christopher Wilson M.A. 1748-1758. Appointed Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral, 1758.
• Reeve Ballard M.A. 1758-1770.

• Benjamin Kennicott
  Benjamin Kennicott
  Benjamin Kennicott was an English churchman and Hebrew scholar.He was born at Totnes, Devon. He succeeded his father as master of a charity school, but the generosity of some friends enabled him to go to Wadham College, Oxford, in 1744, and he distinguished himself in Hebrew and divinity...
  
   D.D. 1770. Appointed Canon of Oxford 1770.
• James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis
  James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis
  James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis was a British clergyman and peer.Cornwallis was the third son of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis and his wife, Elizabeth...
  
   M.A. 1770-1775. Appointed Dean of Canterbury
  Dean of Canterbury
  The Dean of Canterbury is the head of the Chapter of the Cathedral of Christ Church, Canterbury, England. The office of dean originated after the English Reformation, and its precursor office was the prior of the cathedral-monastery...
  
   1775.
• Nathan Wetherell D.D. 1775-1807.
• Walker King
  Walker King
  Walker King was an English churchman and man of letters, bishop of Rochester from 1809 and with French Laurence editor of the works of Edmund Burke.-Life:...
  
   D.D. 1808-1809. Appointed Bishop of Rochester
  Bishop of Rochester
  The Bishop of Rochester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers the west of the county of Kent and is centred in the city of Rochester where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin...
  
   1809.
• William Carey
  William Carey (bishop)
  William Carey was an English churchman and headmaster, bishop of Exeter and bishop of St Asaph.-Life:He was born on 18 November 1769...
  
   D.D. 1809-1830. (Also Bishop of Exeter
  Bishop of Exeter
  The Bishop of Exeter is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in the Province of Canterbury. The incumbent usually signs his name as Exon or incorporates this in his signature....
  
   from 1820). Appointed Bishop of St. Asaph from 1830.
• James Henry Monk
  James Henry Monk
  James Henry Monk was an English divine and classical scholar.-Life:He was born at Buntingford, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge, and in 1809 was elected Regius Professor of Greek in succession to Porson. The establishment of the classical tripos...
  
   D.D. 1830-1856 (also Bishop of Gloucester
  Bishop of Gloucester
  The Bishop of Gloucester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Gloucester in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers the County of Gloucestershire and part of the County of Worcestershire and has its see in the City of Gloucester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church...
  
  ).

No successor appointed in accordance with Statues 3 & 4 Queen Victoria. c. 113.

Canons in the succession of John Sudbury

• John Sudbury D.D. 1660-1662. Appointed Dean of Durham 1602.
• Thomas Triplett
  Thomas Triplett
  Thomas Triplett was Canon at Westminster Abbey from 1662, and by his death in 1670 he was Sub-Dean. A schoolmaster in Hayes, Middlesex during the Commonwealth period , there remains a school in Hayes named after him.-Early life:Thomas Triplett was christened on 6 April 1602, at St Nicholas Cole...
  
   D.D. 1662-1670.
• William Outram D.D. 1670-1679.
• Richard Annesley M.A. 1679-1701.
• Edward Gee D.D. 1701-1730.
• Robert Thistlethwaite D.D. 1730-1739.
• Matthew Hutton
  Matthew Hutton (Archbishop of Canterbury)
  Matthew Hutton was a high churchman in the Church of England, serving as Archbishop of York and Archbishop of Canterbury...
  
   D.D. 1739-1743. Appointed Bishop of Bangor
  Bishop of Bangor
  The Bishop of Bangor is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor.The diocese covers the counties of Anglesey, most of Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire and a small part of Montgomeryshire...
  
   1743.

• Thomas Wilson D.D. 1743-1784.
• William Cleaver
  William Cleaver
  William Cleaver was an English churchman and academic, Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford and bishop of three sees.-Life:He was the eldest son of the Rev. W. Cleaver, master of a private school at Twyford in Buckinghamshire, and brother of Archbishop Euseby Cleaver. He was at Magdalen College,...
  
   D.D. 1784-1800. (Also Bishop of Chester
  Bishop of Chester
  The Bishop of Chester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chester in the Province of York.The diocese expands across most of the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, including the Wirral Peninsula and has its see in the City of Chester where the seat is located at the Cathedral...
  
   from 1784. Appointed Bishop of Bangor
  Bishop of Bangor
  The Bishop of Bangor is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor.The diocese covers the counties of Anglesey, most of Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire and a small part of Montgomeryshire...
  
   1800.
• William Vincent
  William Vincent
  William Vincent was Dean of Westminster from 1803 to 1815.-Biography:Vincent born on 2 November 1739 in Limehouse Street Ward, London, was the fifth surviving son of Giles Vincent, packer and Portugal merchant, by Sarah .-Theological career:William was admitted at Westminster School as a ‘town...
  
   D.D. 1801-1802. Appointed Dean of Westminster 1802.
• John Ireland
  John Ireland (Dean of Westminster)
  John Ireland was an English Anglican priest, who served as Dean of Westminster from 1816 until his death. In this role, he carried the crown during the coronation services at Westminster Abbey of two monarchs...
  
   M.A. 1802-1815. Appointed Dean of Westminster 1815.
• James Webber B.D. 1816-1847.

No successor appointed in accordance with Statues 3 & 4 Queen Victoria. c. 113.

Canons in the succession of James Lamb

• James Lamb D.D. 1660-1664.
• Richard Perrincheif D.D. 1664-1673.
• Richard Colebrand D.D. 1673-1674.
• Adam Littleton D.D. 1674-1694.
• Thomas Dent D.D. 1694-1722.
• John Wynne
  John Wynne
  John Wynne was Bishop of St Asaph and of Bath and Wells , having previously been Principal of Jesus College, Oxford .-Life:...
  
   D.D. 1722-1729. (also Bishop of St. Asaph and Bishop of Bath and Wells
  Bishop of Bath and Wells
  The Bishop of Bath and Wells heads the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Province of Canterbury in England.The present diocese covers the vast majority of the county of Somerset and a small area of Dorset. The Episcopal seat is located in the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew in...
  
  )
• Scawen Kenrick D.D. 1729-1753.
• John Thomas D.C.L. 1754-1768. Appointed Dean of Westminster 1768.
• William Stockwood M.A. 1768-1784.
• George Pretyman Tomline
  George Pretyman Tomline
  Sir George Pretyman Tomline, 5th Baronet FRS was an English clergyman, theologian, Bishop of Lincoln and then Bishop of Winchester, and confidant of William Pitt the Younger...
  
   M.A. 1784-1787. Appointed Bishop of Lincoln
  Bishop of Lincoln
  The Bishop of Lincoln is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury.The present diocese covers the county of Lincolnshire and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. The Bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral...
  
   1787.
• Samuel Smith LL.D. 1787-1808.

• Frederick William Blomberg M.A. 1808-1822. Appointed Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral 1822.
• George Holcombe D.D. 1822-1836.
• John Jennings M.A. 1837-1885.
• Charles Wellington Furse 1883 - 1894 (moved Canonry)
• Albert Basil Orme Wilberforce 1894 - 1916
• Henry Reginald Gamble 1916 - 1918
• Henry Lawe Corry Vully de Candole
  Henry Lawe Corry Vully de Candole
  The Very Rev Henry Lawe Corry Vully de Candole DD, MA was Dean of Bristol from 1926 until his death in 1933....
  
   1918 - 1926
• Clifford Salisbury Woodward
  Clifford Woodward
  Clifford Salisbury Woodward M.C. was Bishop of Bristol from 1933 to 1946 and Bishop of Gloucester from 1946 to 1953.-Life:...
  
   1926 - 1933
• Frank Russell Barry
  Frank Russell Barry
  Frank Russell Barry DSO was an Anglican Bishop and author who served as Bishop of Southwell for over 20 years in the middle of the 20th centuryBorn on 28 January 1890 he was educated at Bradfield and Oriel College, Oxford and ordained in 1914. From 1915 to 1919, he was a Chaplain with the BEF...
  
   1933 - 1941

Canonry suspended from 1941.

Canons in the succession of Francis Walsall

• Francis Walsall D.D. 1660-1661.
• Thomas Gorges D.D. 1661-1667.
• Robert Bourman D.D. 1667-1675.
• Francis Durant de Bréval D.D. 1675-1708.
• Samuel Bradford
  Samuel Bradford
  Samuel Bradford was an English churchman and whig, bishop successively of Carlisle and Rochester.-Life:He was the son of William Bradford of London and was born in St. Anne's, Blackfriars. He was educated at St Paul's School; and when the school was closed, owing to the Great Plague and the Great...
  
   D.D. 1708-1723. (also Bishop of Carlisle
  Bishop of Carlisle
  The Bishop of Carlisle is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle in the Province of York.The diocese covers the County of Cumbria except for Alston Moor and the former Sedbergh Rural District...
  
   1718)), appointed Bishop of Rochester
  Bishop of Rochester
  The Bishop of Rochester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers the west of the county of Kent and is centred in the city of Rochester where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin...
  
   and Dean of Westminster 1723.
• John Herbert D.D. 1723-1729.
• Edward Aspinwall D.D. 1729-1732.
• Richard Bundy D.D. 1732-1739.

• Thomas Hayter
  Thomas Hayter
  Thomas Hayter was an English divine, who served as a Church of England bishop for 13 years.He was born in Chagdord, Devon , officially the son of George Hayter. It has often been claimed that Lancelot Blackburne was his father, but there is no conclusive evidence either way...
  
   M.A. 1739-1749. Appointed Bishop of Norwich
  Bishop of Norwich
  The Bishop of Norwich is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Norwich in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers most of the County of Norfolk and part of Suffolk. The see is in the City of Norwich where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided...
  
   1749.
• Hon. Edward Townshend M.A. 1749-1761. Appointed Dean of Norwich
  Dean of Norwich
  The Dean of Norwich is the head of the Chapter of Norwich Cathedral in Norwich, England. The current Dean is the Very Revd Graham Charles Morell Smith.*1538-1539 William Castleton, first dean*1539-1554 John Salisbury*1554-1557 John Christopherson...
  
   1761.
• John Blair LL.D. 1761-1782.
• Thomas Jackson M.A. 1782-1792. Appointed Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral 1792.
• William Cole M.A. 1792-1806.
• Joseph Allen
  Joseph Allen (bishop)
  Joseph Allen, DD was a British clergyman. He was the son of William Allen and his wife Nelly Livesey. William Allen was a partner in Manchester's first Bank, Byrom, Allen, Sedgwick, and Place but was made bankrupt in 1788 on the failure of the Bank...
  
   M.A. 1806-1836.(Also Bishop of Bristol
  Bishop of Bristol
  The Bishop of Bristol heads the Church of England Diocese of Bristol in the Province of Canterbury, in England.The present diocese covers parts of the counties of Somerset and Gloucestershire together with a small area of Wiltshire...
  
   1834). Appointed Bishop of Ely
  Bishop of Ely
  The Bishop of Ely is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Ely in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese roughly covers the county of Cambridgeshire , together with a section of north-west Norfolk and has its see in the City of Ely, Cambridgeshire, where the seat is located at the...
  
   1836.
• Vacancy of 2 years.
• Temple Frere M.A. 1838-1859.

No successor appointed in accordance with Statues 3 & 4 Queen Victoria. c. 113.

Canons in the succession of Herbert Thorndike

Herbert Thorndike was appointed in succession to Matthew Nicholas

Matthew Nicholas

-Life:He was a younger brother of Sir Edward Nicholas, born on 26 September 1594. He was elected scholar of Winchester College in 1607. He matriculated as scholar of New College, Oxford, on 18 February 1614, graduated B.C.L. on 30 June 1620, and D.C.L. on 30 June 1627.He became rector of Westden,...

, canon of the 5th Prebend.

• Herbert Thorndike M.A. 1661-1672.
• Nicholas Only D.D. 1672-1724.
• George Ingram M.A. 1724-1763. 8th Viscount Irwin.
• Philip Lloyd M.A. 1763-1765. Appointed Dean of Norwich
  Dean of Norwich
  The Dean of Norwich is the head of the Chapter of Norwich Cathedral in Norwich, England. The current Dean is the Very Revd Graham Charles Morell Smith.*1538-1539 William Castleton, first dean*1539-1554 John Salisbury*1554-1557 John Christopherson...
  
   1765.
• Robert Fowler
  Robert Fowler (archbishop)
  Robert Fowler was an Anglo-Irish clergyman. He served as the Archbishop of Dublin in the Church of Ireland from 1779 until his death in 1801.-Life:...
  
   D.D. 1765-1771. Appointed Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora
  Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora
  The Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Killaloe and Kilfenora in the Province of Cashel; comprising all of County Clare and the northern part of County Tipperary, Ireland....
  
   1771.
• Thomas Patrick Young D.D. 1771-1778.

• Robert Clive M.A. 1778-1792.
• Charles Moss M.A. 1792-1797. Appointed Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral 1797.
• John Wheler LL.B. 1797-1818.
• William Tournay D.D. 1818-1833.
• Hon. Edward Grey D.D. 1833-1837. also Bishop of Hereford
  Bishop of Hereford
  The Bishop of Hereford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford in the Province of Canterbury.The see is in the City of Hereford where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Ethelbert which was founded as a cathedral in 676.The Bishop's residence is...
  
  .

No successor appointed in accordance with Statues 3 & 4 Queen Victoria. c. 113.

Canons in the succession of Charles Gibbs

Charles Gibbs was appointed in succession to Peter Heylin

Peter Heylin

Peter Heylin or Heylyn was an English ecclesiastic and author of many polemical, historical, political and theological tracts. He incorporated his political concepts into his geographical books Microcosmus in 1621 and Cosmographie .-Life:He was born in Burford, Oxfordshire, the son of Henry Heylyn...

 of the 6th Prebend.

• Charles Gibbs D.D. 1662-1681.
• William Sill M.A. 1681-1687.
• George Berkeley M.A. 1687-1694.
• William Payne D.D. 1694-1697.
• Richard Lucas D.D. 1697-1715.
• Robert Cannon D.D. 1715-1722.
• John Mandeville D.D. 1722-1725.

• James Hargraves M.A. 1725-1741.
• Richard Bullock D.D. 1741-1754.
• John Oswald B.C.L. 1755-1762. Appointed Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh
  Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh
  The Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh, comprising the southern part of County Galway and a small area of County Roscommon, Ireland.-History:...
  
   1762.
• Charles Burdett M.A. 1762-1772.
• Thomas Marriott M.A. 1772-1781.
• Robert Poole Finch D.D. 1781-1803.
• Howel Holland Edwards M.A. 1803-1846.

No successor appointed in accordance with Statues 3 & 4 Queen Victoria. c. 113.

Canons in the succession of Robert South

Robert South was appointed in succession to Benjamin Laney

Benjamin Laney (bishop)

-Life:Born in Ipswich, Lany was a student at Christ's College, Cambridge. He became a Fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge in 1616, and was Master of Pembroke from 1630. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1632...

 of the 8th Prebend.

• Robert South B.D. 1663-1716.
• Harry Barker D.D. 1716-1740.
• John Nicoll D.D. 1740-1765.
• William Bell M.A. 1765-1816.
• William Short D.D. 1816-1826.
• Edmund Goodenough
  Edmund Goodenough
  -Life:Goodenough was the youngest son of Samuel Goodenough, bishop of Carlisle, by his wife, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Dr. James Ford, physician extraordinary to Queen Charlotte, was born at Baling, Middlesex, on 3 April 1785. At an early age he was sent to Westminster School, where in 1797,...
  
   D.D. 1826-1831. Appointed Dean of Wells
  Dean of Wells
  The Dean of Wells is the head of the Chapter of Wells Cathedral in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The current Dean is the Very Revd John Clarke, who lives in The Dean's Lodging, 25 The Liberty, Wells.-List of the Deans of Wells:*1140–1164 Ivo...
  
   1831.
• Hon. Henry Ryder
  Henry Ryder
  The Right Reverend the Hon. Henry Dudley Ryder was a prominent English Evangelical Anglican clergyman in the early years of the nineteenth century...
  
   D.D. 1831-1836. Also Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.
• Edward Repton M.A. 1838-1860.
• Evan Nepean 1860 - 1873
• Charles Kingsley
  Charles Kingsley
  Charles Kingsley was an English priest of the Church of England, university professor, historian and novelist, particularly associated with the West Country and northeast Hampshire.-Life and character:...
  
   1873 - 1875

• Robinson Duckworth
  Robinson Duckworth
  Reverend Robinson Duckworth DD, CVO, VD, was present in the original boating expedition of 4 July 1862 during which Alice's Adventures were first told by Lewis Carroll ....
  
   1875 - 1911
• William Boyd-Carpenter 1911–1918 (Bishop of Ripon)
• Ernest William Barnes
  Ernest William Barnes
  Ernest William Barnes FRS was an English mathematician and scientist who later became a theologian and bishop....
  
   1918 - 1924
• Frederick Lewis Donaldson 1924 - 1951
• Edward Frederick Carpenter
  Edward Frederick Carpenter
  Edward Frederick Carpenter KCVO was an Anglican priest and authorCarpenter was educated at Strode's Grammar School and King’s College London. and ordained in 1936. After curacies at Holy Trinity, Marylebone and St Mary's Harrow he was Rector of Great Stanmore...
  
   1951 - 1974 then Dean of Westminster
• Edward George Knapp-Fisher
  Edward Knapp-Fisher
  The Right Reverend Edward George Knapp-Fisher was an Anglican bishop and scholar.-Life:Knapp-Fisher was born in Chatham, Kent, England...
  
   1975 - 1987
• Donald Clifford Gray
  Donald Clifford Gray
  Canon Donald Clifford Gray CBE was born in Manchester, England in 1930, the son of Henry Hackett Gray and the grandson of Richard Hackett, Father of the Chapel printer at the Manchester Guardian and President of the Typographical Association...
  
   1987 - 1998
• Robert Wright 1998 - 2010
• Andrew Tremlett 2010 - current

Canons in the succession of George Stradling

George Stradling was appointed in succession to William Haywood of the 11th Prebend.

• George Stradling D.D. 1663-1688.
• James Sartre M.A. 1688-1713.
• Thomas Sprat M.A. 1713-1720.
• William Craig M.A. 1720-1721.
• Joseph Wilcocks
  Joseph Wilcocks
  Joseph Wilcocks was an English churchman, bishop of Gloucester, and bishop of Rochester and dean of Westminster....
  
   D.D. 1721-1731. (also Bishop of Gloucester
  Bishop of Gloucester
  The Bishop of Gloucester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Gloucester in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers the County of Gloucestershire and part of the County of Worcestershire and has its see in the City of Gloucester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church...
  
  ). Appointed Dean of Westminster 1731.
• Alured Clarke D.D. 1731-1742.
• John Hume M.A. 1742-1748. Appointed Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral 1748.
• Edward Crane LL.D. 1748-1777.
• Hon. Nicholas Boscawen D.D. 1777-1793.
• Thomas Hughes M.A. 1793-1807. Appointed Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral 1807.
• William Douglas M.A. 1807-1819.
• Andrew Bell D.D., LL.D. 1819-1832.
• Evelyn Levett Sutton M.A. 1832-1835.
• Henry Hart Milman
  Henry Hart Milman
  The Very Reverend Henry Hart Milman was an English historian and ecclesiastic.He was born in London, the third son of Sir Francis Milman, 1st Baronet, physician to King George III . Educated at Eton and at Brasenose College, Oxford, his university career was brilliant...
  
   M.A. 1835-1849. Appointed Dean of St. Paul's 1849.
• William Cureton
  William Cureton
  -Life:He was born in Westbury, Shropshire. After being educated at the Adams' Grammar School in Newport, Shropshire and at Christ Church, Oxford, he took orders in 1832, became chaplain of Christ Church, sublibrarian of the Bodleian, and, in 1837, assistant keeper of manuscripts in the British Museum...
  
   M.A. 1849-1864.

• William Conway 1864 - 1876
• Frederic William Farrar
  Frederic William Farrar
  Frederic William Farrar was a cleric of the Church of England .Farrar was born in Bombay, India and educated at King William's College on the Isle of Man, King's College London and Trinity College, Cambridge. At Cambridge he won the Chancellor's Gold Medal for poetry in 1852...
  
   1876 - 1895
• Robert Eyton 1895 - 1899
• Joseph Armitage Robinson 1899 - 1900 (moved Canonry)
• Herbert Hensley Henson
  Herbert Hensley Henson
  Herbert Hensley Henson was an Anglican priest, a controversialist and Bishop of Durham...
  
   1900 - 1912 (afterwards Bishop of Durham)
• William Hartley Carnegie 1913 - 1936
• Vernon Faithfull Storr 1936 - 1941 (already canon)
• Alan Campbell Don
  Alan Campbell Don
  Alan Campbell Don KCVO was a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery author of the Scottish Book of Common Prayer, Chaplain and Secretary to Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury between 1931 and 1941, Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons between 1936 and 1946, and Dean of Westminster...
  
   1941 - 1946
• Charles Hugh Egerton Smyth 1946 - 1956
• Michael Staffurth Stancliffe
  Michael Staffurth Stancliffe
  Michael Staffurth Stancliffe was Dean of Winchester in the last third of the 20th century. He was also considered for the post of Bishop of Carlisle.He was ordained in 1941 and began his career with a curacy at St James, Southbroom, Devizes , after which he was Priest in charge at Ramsbury and then...
  
   1956 - 1970
• David Lawrence Edwards
  David L. Edwards
  David Lawrence Edwards OBE is a retired Anglican priest. He was the Dean of Norwich, Provost of Southwark and has been a prolific author.-Education:...
  
   1970 - 1978
• Sebastian Charles 1978 - 1989
• Paul Bates 1990 - 1994
• David Handley Hutt 1995 - 2005
• Jane Hedges 2005 -

Canons in the succession of David Mitchell

• David Mitchel
  David Mitchel
  David Mitchel was a 17th century Scottish churchman. Born in the Mearns , he became a minister in the city of Edinburgh. He held the position until he was deposed by the church Assembly in 1638, after which he moved to England. While there he obtained a benefice, and in 1661, after the Restoration,...
  
   B.D. 1660-1662. Appointed Bishop of Aberdeen
  Bishop of Aberdeen
  The Bishop of Aberdeen was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Aberdeen, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics, whose first recorded bishop is an early 12th century cleric named Nechtan...
  
   1662.
• Samuel Bolton D.D. 1662-1669.
• Thomas Sprat
  Thomas Sprat
  Thomas Sprat , English divine, was born at Beaminster, Dorset, and educated at Wadham College, Oxford, where he held a fellowship from 1657 to 1670.Having taken orders he became a prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral in 1660...
  
   D.D. 1669-1683. Appointed Dean of Westminster 1683.
• Samuel de I'Angle D.D. 1683-1693.
• Anthony Horneck D.D. 1693-1697.
• Samuel Barton D.D. 1697-1715.
• John Watson D.D. 1715-1724.
• Benjamin Ibbot D.D. 1724-1725.
• Maurice Suckling M.A. 1725-1730.
• Robert Friend D.D. 1731-1744.
• William Friend M.A. 1744-1756.
• Thomas Greene D.D. 1756-1757. Appointed Dean of Salisbury
  Dean of Salisbury
  The Dean of Salisbury is the Head of the Chapter of Salisbury Cathedral in the Church of England. The current Dean is The Very Revd June Osborne, who was installed in 2004.-Selected office-holders:*Walter 1102*Osbert 1105*Robert 1111*Serlo 1122...
  
   1757.
• Thomas Newton
  Thomas Newton
  Thomas Newton was an English cleric, biblical scholar and author. He served as the Bishop of Bristol from 1761 to 1782....
  
   D.D. 1757-1761. Appointed Bishop of Bristol
  Bishop of Bristol
  The Bishop of Bristol heads the Church of England Diocese of Bristol in the Province of Canterbury, in England.The present diocese covers parts of the counties of Somerset and Gloucestershire together with a small area of Wiltshire...
  
   1761.
• Joseph Hoare B.D. 1762-1802.
• Hon. Gerald Valerian Wellesley
  Gerald Valerian Wellesley
  Gerald Valerian Wellesley was a Church of England clergyman who became dean of Windsor.-Family:...
  
   M.A. 1802-1809. Appointed Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral 1809.
• William Harry Edward Bentinck M.A. 1809-1864.

• Ernest Hawkins 1864 - 1868
• Francis Knyvett Leighton
  Francis Leighton
  Francis Knyvett Leighton was an English academic and priest, who was Warden of All Souls College, Oxford from 1858 until his death.-Life:...
  
   1868 - 1881
• Thomas James Rowsell 1881 - 1894
• Charles Wellington Furse 1894 - 1900 (already Canon)
• Joseph Armitage Robinson 1900 - 1902 (already Canon) afterwards Dean of Westminster
• Henry Charles Beeching
  Henry Charles Beeching
  Henry Charles Beeching was an English clergyman, author and poet. He was educated at the City of London School and at Balliol College, Oxford. He took holy orders in 1882, and began work in a Liverpool parish. He later became Dean of Norwich. He gave the Clark Lecture in 1900 on The history of...
  
   1902–1911 afterwards Dean of Norwich
  Dean of Norwich
  The Dean of Norwich is the head of the Chapter of Norwich Cathedral in Norwich, England. The current Dean is the Very Revd Graham Charles Morell Smith.*1538-1539 William Castleton, first dean*1539-1554 John Salisbury*1554-1557 John Christopherson...
  
  
• Ernest Harold Pearce
  Ernest Harold Pearce
  Ernest Harold Pearce, DD, CBE, TD was an Anglican bishop, the 106th Bishop of Worcester from 1919 until his death....
  
   1911 - 1919 afterwards Bishop of Worcester
  Bishop of Worcester
  The Bishop of Worcester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England. He is the head of the Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury...
  
  
• William Temple 1919 - 1921
• Vernon Faithfull Storr 1921 - 1937 (moved canonry)
• Stephen Jack Marriott 1937 - 1963
• Max Alexander Cunningham Warren 1963 - 1973
• John Austin Baker 1973 - 1982
• Anthony Harvey 1982 - 1999
• (Nicholas) Thomas Wright 2000 - 2003 afterwards Bishop of Durham
• Nicholas Sagovsky 2004 - 2011