Dean of Lincoln

High Medieval • Ranulph or Ralph • aft. 1093–bef. 1133 Simon Bloet • –1141 Philip of Harcourt • 1141–1179 Adelelm • –1182 Geoffrey • 1183–1189 Richard FitzNeal • 1190–1195 Hamo • –bef. 1223 Roger de Rolleston • 1223–1239 William de Thornaco • 1240–1245 Roger Weseham • 1246–1254 Henry of Lexington • 1254–1258 Richard of Gravesend • 1260–1262 Robert de Mariscis • 1262–1272 William of Lexington • 1272–1274 Richard de Mepham • 1274–1275 John de Maidenstan • 1275–1280 Oliver Sutton • 1280–1288 Nicholas de Hegham • 1288–1305 Philip Willoughby Late Medieval • 1305 Joceline Kirmington • 1305–1310 Raymond de Got • 1310–1315 Roger Martival • 1315–1328 Henry Mansfield • 1329–1337 Antony Bek • 1340–1344 William Bateman • 1344–1348 John de Ufford • 1348–1349 Thomas Bradwardine • 1349–1360 Simon Briselee • 1361–? John Stretley • 1376 a foreign Cardinal • ?–1378 Richard Ravenser • ?–1412 John Sheppey • 1412–1452 John Mackworth • 1452–1483 Robert Flemming • 1483–1505 George Fitzhugh • 1506–1508 Geoffrey Symeon • 1509–1514 Thomas Wolsey • 1514–1528 John Constable • 1528–1538 George Heneage • 1539–1552 John Taylor Early modern • 1552–1554 Matthew Parker • 1555–1570 Francis Mallet • 1571–1577 John Whitgift • 1577–1584 William Wickham • 1585–1593 Ralph Griffin • 1593–1598 John Rainolds • 1598–1601 William Cole • 1601–1613 Laurence Stanton • 1613–1629 Roger Parker • 1629–1649 Anthony Topham • 1660–1681 Michael Honywood • 1681–1695 Daniel Brevint • 1695–1699 Samuel Fuller • 1700–1701 Abraham Campion • 1701–1721 Richard Willis • 1721–1722 Robert Cannon • 1722–1730 Edward Gee • 1730–1743 Edward Willes • 1744–1748 Thomas Cheney • 1748–1756 William George • 1756–1761 John Green • 1762–1781 James Yorke • Robert Richardson – poss. nominated; d. 1781 • 1782–1783 Richard Cust • 1783–1809 Sir Richard Kaye, 6th Baronet (styled Richard Kaye until 1789) Late modern • 1809–1845 George Gordon • 1845–1860 John Ward • 1860–1863 Thomas Garnier • 1864 Francis Jeune • 1864–1872 James Jeremie • 1872–1885 Joseph Blakesley • 1885–1894 William Butler • 1894–1910 Edward Wickham • 1910–1930 Thomas Fry • 1930–1949 Robert Mitchell • 1949–1964 Colin Dunlop (Assistant Bishop of Lincoln from 1950) • 1965–1968 Michael Peck • 1969–1989 Oliver Fiennes • 1989–1997 Brandon Jackson • 1998–2006 Alec Knight • 2007–2016 Philip Buckler • 2016 John Patrick (acting) • 2016–2023 Christine Wilson • 2024–present Simon Jones ==References==