TheDean of the Arches is the judge who presides in the provincialecclesiastical court of theArchbishop of Canterbury.[1] This court is called theArches Court of Canterbury. It hears appeals fromconsistory courts and bishop's disciplinary tribunals in the province of Canterbury.
The Dean of the Arches is appointed jointly by the Archbishop of Canterbury and theArchbishop of York with the approval of the monarch signified by warrant under thesign manual.[2] The same person presides in theChancery Court of York where he or she has the title of Auditor and hears appeals from consistory courts and bishop's disciplinary tribunals in the province of York. The Dean of the Arches is alsoOfficial Principal of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York, and acts asMaster of the Faculties to the Archbishop of Canterbury.[3]
The current dean of the Arches is Morag Ellis, who succeeded Charles George on 8 June 2020.[4]
| Years | Dean |
|---|---|
| 1273– | William de Middelton[5] |
| 1297– | William de Sardinia[5] |
| 1308– | John de Ross[5] (?afterwardsBishop of Carlisle, 1325) |
| 1322–?1323 | John de Stratford[5] (afterwardsBishop of Winchester, 1323) |
| 1333 | John de Ufford[6] |
| c.1346 | Simon Islip (afterwardsArchbishop of Canterbury, 1349)[7] |
| 1350– | John de Carleton[5] |
| 1360– | William de Wittersley[5] |
| 1364– | Thomas Young[5] |
| 1376– | John Barner[5] |
| 1381– | Thomas de Baketon, Appointed by Archbishop Courteney (Baketon/Bakton/Bacton/Bactone and variants) Likely a member of the Mynyot/Minot family that included Thomas Minot, Archbishop of Dublin who died in London 1375 (research ongoing)[5] |
| 1407– | Richard Brinkley[5] |
| 1415– | Henry Ware[5] |
| 1419– | John Stafford afterwardsArchdeacon of Salisbury, 1419) |
| 1423– | Thomas Beckington (alsoArchdeacon of Buckingham, 1424–1443 and afterwardsBishop of Bath and Wells, 1443}[5] |
| 1426– | William Lyndwood (alsoArchdeacon of Stow, 1434) |
| 1434–1440 | John Lyndfeld[8] |
| 1441– | Zanobius Mulakyn (alias Naufer)[9] |
| 1448- | William Wytham[9] (alsoDean of Wells, 1469–1472) |
| 1452– | Zanobius Mulakyn (alias Naufer)[9] |
| 1453-1454 | Richard Leyte[9] |
| 1454- | William Spaldyng[9] |
| 1469- | John Boteler[9] |
| 1474– | John Morton (cardinal), afterwardsBishop of Ely, 1478 andArchbishop of Canterbury, 1486[10] |
| 1504–1515 | Humphrey Hawardyn[5] |
| c.1511 | Richard Bodewell also known as Blodwell |
| 1520–1522 | Thomas Wodynton |
| ?–1532 | Peter Ligham[11] |
| 1532–1543 | Richard Gwent (died 1543) (alsoArchdeacon of Brecon, 1534 andArchdeacon of London, 1534) andArchdeacon of Huntingdon, 1542)[5] |
| 1543–1545 | John Cock (or Cockys)[12][5] |
| 1545– | William Coke or Cooke (1st lay dean)[5][13] |
| 1549– | Griffin Leyson |
| 1553– | John Story (afterwards MP forEast Grinstead, 1553 andBramber, 1554) |
| 1556–1557 | David Pole (afterwardsBishop of Peterborough, 1557} |
| 1557–1558 | Henry Cole |
| 1558–1559 | Nicholas Harpisfield |
| 1559–1560 | William Mowse |
| 1560–?1567 | Robert Weston (afterwardsLord Chancellor of Ireland, 1567) |
| 1567–1573 | Thomas Yale |
| 1572– | John Cooke |
| 1573–1589/90 | Bartholomew Clerke |
| 1590–1597 | Richard Cosin |
| 1597–1598 | Thomas Byng |
| 1598–1617 | Daniel Donne |
| 1618–1624 | Sir William Bird |
| 1624–1633 | Sir Henry Marten[14] |
| 1633–1643 | Sir John Lambe |
| c.1646 | William Sammes |
| c.1647–1655 | William Clerke |
| c.1658– | John Godolpin |
| c.1660 | Walter Walker |
| c.1660 | Richard Zouch |
| 1660–1672 | Sir Giles Sweit |
| 1672–1684 | Sir Robert Wiseman |
| 1684–1686 | Sir Richard Lloyd |
| 1686–1688 | Sir Thomas Exton |
| 1689–1703 | George Oxendon |
| 1703–1710 | Sir John Cooke |
| 1710–1751 | John Bettesworth[15] |
| 1751–1758 | Sir George Lee |
| 1758–1764 | Sir Edward Simpson |
| 1764–1778 | Sir George Hay |
| 1778–1788 | Peter Calvert |
| 1788–1809 | Sir William Wynne |
| 1809–1834 | Sir John Nicholl |
| 1834–1852 | Herbert Jenner-Fust |
| 1852–1858 | Sir John Dodson[16] |
| 1858–1867 | Stephen Lushington[17] |
| 1867–1875 | Sir Robert Phillimore |
| 1875–1898 | Lord Penzance |
| 1898–1903 | Sir Arthur Charles |
| 1903–1934 | Sir Lewis Dibdin |
| 1934–1955 | Sir Philip Wilbraham-Baker |
| 1955–1971 | Sir Henry Willink |
| 1971–1972 | Walter Wigglesworth |
| 1972–1976 | Sir Harold Kent |
| 1977–1980 | Kenneth Elphinstone |
| 1980–2000 | Sir John Owen |
| 2001–2009 | Sheila Cameron |
| 2009–2020 | Charles George |
| 2020– | Morag Ellis[4] |
  | This article relating tolaw in the United Kingdom, or its constituent jurisdictions, is astub. You can help Wikipedia byadding missing information. |