Dean of Peterborough

The Dean of Peterborough is the head of the chapter at Peterborough Cathedral. On the Dissolution of Peterborough Abbey in 1539 and the abbey-church's refoundation as a cathedral for the new bishop and diocese of Peterborough, care for the abbey/cathedral church passed from an abbot to a dean. The current Dean of Peterborough is Chris Dalliston List of deans Early modern 1541–1542 Francis Leycester (last prior of St Andrew's Priory, Northampton) 1543–1549 Gerard Carleton 1549–1557 James Curthoppe 1557–1559 John Boxall (deprived) 1560–1583 William Latymer 1583–1589 Richard Fletcher 1590–1597 Thomas Nevile 1597–1607 John Palmer 1607–1612 Richard Clayton 1612–1617 George Meriton 1617–1622 Henry Beaumont (later dean of Windsor) 1622–1630 William Piers 1630–1639 John Towers 1639–1640 Thomas Jackson 1640–1660 John Cosin 1661–1664 Edward Rainbowe 1664–1679 James Duport 1679–1689 Simon Patrick 1689–1691 Richard Kidder 1691–1707 Samuel Freeman 1707–1718 White Kennett 1718–1721 Richard Reynolds 1721–1722 Edward Gee 1722–1725 John Mandeville 1725–1740 Francis Lockier 1740–1744 John Thomas 1744–1764 Robert Lamb 1764–1791 Charles Tarrant 1791–1792 Charles Manners-Sutton 1792–1797 Peter Peckard