List of organists and assistant organists of Wells Cathedral

• 1416–1418 Walter Bagele (or Vageler) • 1421–1422 Robert Cator • 1428–1431 John Marshal • 1437–1462 John Marchell • 1461–1462 John Menyman (joint) • 1461–1462 Richard Hygons (joint) • 1497–1507 Richard Hygons • 1507–1508 Richard Bramston • 1508 John Clawsy (or Clavelleshay) • 1514 William Mylwhard • 1515–1531 Richard Bramston • 1534–1538 John Smyth • 1547–1554 Nicholas Prynne • 1556–1557 John Marker • 1558 Robert Awman • 1559–1562 William Lyde • 1563 Thomas Tanner • 1568 Matthew Nailer • 1587 John Clerk • 1600 Thomas Hunt • 1608 James Weare • 1613–1614 Edmund Tucker • 1614–1619 Richard Brown • 1619–1642 John Oker (or Okeover) • 1663–1674 John Brown • 1674 Mr Hall • 1674–1688 John Jackson • 1688–1690 Robert Hodge • 1690–1712 John George • 1713–1726 William Broderip • 1726 Joseph Millard • 1727–1740 William Evans • 1741 Jacob Nickells • 1741–1771 John Broderip • 1771–1773 Peter Parfitt • 1773–1781 Robert Parry • 1781–1820 Dodd Perkins • 1820–1859 William Perkins • 1859–1895 Charles Williams Lavington • 1896–1899 Percy Carter Buck • 1899–1933 Revd. Canon Thomas Henry Davis • 1933–1936 Conrad William Eden • 1936–1971 Denys Pouncey, with Peter Lyons, who was Director of Music at Wells Cathedral School, as Master of the Choristers from 1954-1960. • 1971–1996 Anthony Crossland • 1996–2004 Malcolm Archer • 2004–2005 Rupert Gough (acting) • 2005–2019 Matthew Owens • 2020–2022 Jeremy Cole (acting Organist and Master of the Choristers since 2019) ==Assistant organists==

• Charles William Lavington 1842 – 1859 • J. Summers • Frederick Crowe (later organist of Chichester Cathedral) c.1880 • Charles Harry Moody 1894 – 1895 (then acting organist 1895) • Frederick William Heck 1896 – 1897 (afterwards organist of Bedminster Parish Church) • W. J. Bown • Richard John Maddern-Williams 1904 – 1906 (afterwards sub-organist of Norwich Cathedral). • Kenneth J Miller 1906 • F.P. Wheeldon 1908 • Frank W. Porkess • Marmaduke Conway 1920 – 1925 (later organist of Ely Cathedral) • C.H. Trevor 1926 – 1927 • Conrad William Eden 1927 – 1933 (then organist) • J.W. Martindale-Sidwell 1938 • Michael Peterson 1946 – 1953 • Hugo Langrish 1953 - 1961 • Anthony Crossland 1961 – 1970 • David Anthony Cooper 1977 – 1983 (later organist of Blackburn Cathedral) • Christopher Brayne 1983 – 1990 (later organist of Bristol Cathedral) • David Ponsford • Andrew Nethsingha 1990 – 1994 • Rupert Gough 1994 – 2005 • David Bednall 2002 – 2007 (Senior Organ Scholar 2002 – 2004) • Jonathan Vaughn 2007 – 2017 • Jeremy Cole 2017-2019 • James Gough (Acting) 2019-2020 • Alexander Hamilton, Assistant Director of Music 2020-2022 • Adam Wilson, Assistant Organist 2021-2022, Acting Assistant Director of Music 2023 ==References==