Dean Of St. Patrick's

8 recorded holders. ← all offices

The succession the rolls themselves record for this office, earliest first — a finding aid drawn from the roll text, not an authoritative fasti. Spelling variants of one holder now fold together where the volumes' own printed indexes attest them (“Burghers” and “Burghersh” are one man when the editors say so); the opposite case — one name hiding two men — is proposed from the same indexes and from matched identities, and separates only after human confirmation. Until then a shared name lists as one holder, and the list can be checked against printed succession lists (Fasti / VCH).

1. Henry de Ardagh 1283
2. John de Saunford 1284
3. Thomas de Cheddeworth 1295 ×2
   • 1295-05-17 — Signification to B. the pope of the royal assent to the election in the church of Holy Trinity, Dublin, of Master Thomas de Cheddeworth, dean of St. Patrick's, …
4. Thomas de Chadworth 1295–1296 ×6
   • 1295-08-28 — Writ of aid, during pleasure, for Thomas, bishop of Meath, and Master Thomas de Chaddeworth, dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, deputed by the Pope to collect the t…
   • 1296-11-28 — Writ de intendendo to the canons of the king's free chapel of Pencriz, in favour of William de Hothum, provincial prior of the order of Preachers in England, pr…
   • 1296-12-08 — intendendo to the canons of the king's free chapel of Pencriz, in William de Huthum, provincial prior of the order of Preachers in preferred by the Pope to be a…
5. Thomas de Chaddewurth 1295–1296 ×4
   • 1295-12-14 — Mandate to the same to restore the temporalities of the archbishopric of 8t. Dublin to William de Hotbhum, provincial prior of the order of Preachers ip England…
   • 1296-11-22 — with clause volumus, until Midsummer, for Ralph Je Bereford, beyond seas on the king's service with John de Berewyk. for the same period, for the said Joho de B…
6. Richard de Gardino 1349–1354 ×2
   • 1349-02-14 — Exemplification, at the request of the present prior of the church of Hallows in the east part of Dublin, of letters patent under the seal of tested by Walter d…
   • 1354-02-14 — Exemplification, at the request of the present prior of the church of All Hallows in the east part of Dublin, of letters patent under the seal of Ireland, teste…
7. John de Colton 1377–1378 ×2
   • 1377-06-10 — Licence for Master. John de Colton, dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, to for gain 800 quarters of his own corn and other grain in the port Dublin, or others near, …
   • 1378-05-28 — John Colton, dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, staying in England, has nominating John Griffyn, clerk, and Richard de la More his in Ireland for two years. Th omas…
8. Henry Bowet 1389
   • 1389-06-20 — Master Henry Bowet, dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, staying in England, has letters nominating Master William Chaumbre, archdeacon of Dublin, and Thomas Bache, c…

Ordered by the first date each holder appears with the office — where a holder is undated they sort last. Dates are the roll entries' own, not tenure dates.
Cite: “dean of St. Patrick's”, Reading the Rolls, https://readingtherolls.com/office/dean-of-st-patrick-s, accessed 2026-07-25. Derived from the printed calendars of the medieval English royal records.