John Bird 1541 George Cotes 1554 Cuthbert Scott 1555 William Downham 1561 William Chadderton 1579 Hugh Bellot 1595 Richard Vaughan 1595 George Lloyd 1604 Gerard Massie 1615 Thomas Moreton 1616 John Bridgeman 1618 Brian Walton 1660 Henry Ferne 1662 George Hall 1662 John Wilkins 1668 John Pearson 1672 Thomas Cartwright 1688 Nicholas Stratford 1689 William Dawes 1707 Francis Gastrell 1714 Samuel Peploe 1716 Edmund Keene 1752 William Markham 1771 Beilby Porteus 1777 William Cleaver 1788 H. W. Majendie 1800 E. B. Sparke 1810 G. H. Law 1812 C. J. Blomfield 1824 J. B. Sumner 1828 J. Graham 1848 List of Deans of Chester Cathedral, from its formation to the present time:— Thomas Clarke 1541 Henry Mann 1542 William Cliff 1547 Richard Walker 1558 John Pears 1567 R. Langworth 1571 R. Dorset 1579 Thomas Modesley 1580 John Rutter 1589 Wm. Barlow 1602 Henry Parry 1605 Thomas Mallory 1607 Wm. Nicholls 1644 Henry Bridgman 1660 James Arderne 1682 Lawrence Fogg 1691 Walter Offley 1718 Thomas Allen 1721 Thomas Brooke 1733 William Smith 1758 George Cotton 1780 Hugh Cholmondeley 1806 Robert Hodgson 1815 Peter Vaughan 1820 Edmund Coplestone 1826 Henry Philpotts 1828 George Davys 1830 F. Anson 1839 BISHOP—J. Graham, D.D. DEAN—F. Anson, D.D. ARCHDEACONS. Ven. Isaac Wood, Middlewich Ven. J. Jones, Liverpool. CANONS. Rev. J. Slade, M.A. Rev. T. Eaton, M.A. Rev. G. B. Blomfield, M.A. Rev. Temple Hillyard, M.A. MINOR CANONS. W. Harrison, M.A. R. M. Smith, M.A. F. E. Thurland, M.A. H. Venables, M.A., Precentor. HONORARY CANONS. Rev. C. A. Thurlow, M.A. Rev. Hugh Stowell, M.A. Rev. Hugh McNeile, D.D. Rev. W. Cooke, M.A. _Organist_—Mr. Gunton. The hours of service are—Week-day, morning, 7 and 10; afternoon, 4. Sunday, morning, 11; afternoon, 4 o’clock. During the winter months the service begins at 3 in the afternoon.