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From then until 1802, it was customary for the Bishop of Rochester to hold the Deanery of Westminster 1172: 1766: 93: 1946: 1165: 1846: 1489: 212: 1936: 1851: 1820: 70: 1158: 1181: 85: 1910: 1566: 334: 1798: 1611: 595: 1482: 1872: 1745: 1637: 671: 46: 1931: 1835: 1222: 1134: 1857: 1941: 1900: 1475: 609: 1702: 994: 928: 1862: 1667: 1632: 1446: 788: 657: 651: 58: 1657: 748: 1754: 1662: 1521: 1312: 1189: 768: 122: 1682: 1115: 848: 1095: 1810: 1722: 1526: 1506: 1317: 1292: 1008: 908: 146: 74: 66: 8: 1677: 1576: 1057: 828: 774: 407: 392: 62: 42: 854: 794: 1867: 1717: 1687: 1647: 1395: 1342: 1297: 1252: 1217: 1212: 1207: 1197: 1120: 1100: 988: 868: 711: 497: 350: 54: 376: 1882: 1672: 1591: 1546: 1498: 1425: 1420: 1415: 1400: 1390: 1365: 1347: 1327: 1322: 1307: 1302: 1277: 1272: 1257: 1247: 808: 754: 483: 246: 98: 34: 581: 1830: 1825: 1652: 1556: 1375: 1370: 1357: 1262: 1227: 728: 294: 50: 697: 21: 1601: 1596: 1571: 1541: 1456: 1380: 1287: 1282: 1202: 1150: 539: 511: 364: 226: 1736: 553: 232: 1877: 1616: 1606: 1561: 1405: 1385: 1267: 1242: 623: 567: 469: 314: 191: 38: 637: 1925: 1804: 1772: 1707: 1642: 1551: 1410: 1337: 1332: 1232: 948: 691: 266: 252: 1840: 1814: 1760: 1586: 1536: 1430: 1062: 455: 206: 734: 1712: 1697: 1581: 1531: 1237: 968: 427: 280: 166: 300: 717: 413: 1467: 1692: 888: 441: 525: 834: 152: 677: 1775:(Canon Steward and Archdeacon, and Speaker's Chaplain) 1014: 974: 954: 934: 914: 894: 874: 814: 320: 172: 132: 101:: the Dean of Westminster is Dean of the Order of the Bath 69:, and was for the first 10 years cathedral dean for the 65:). Initially, the office was a successor to that of 1070:. These eight deans held both offices concurrently. 1180: 1923: 1056:In 1666, John Dolben was additionally appointed 1133:Horn, Joyce M. (ed.). 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Index


Westminster Abbey
royal peculiar
dean
British monarch
Bishop of London
ordinary
Archbishop of Canterbury
metropolitan
Abbot of Westminster
Diocese of Westminster
David Hoyle


Order of the Bath
William Benson

Richard Cox

Hugh Weston

John Feckenham
William Bill

Gabriel Goodman

Lancelot Andrewes

Richard Neile

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