Deans of Jersey from 1180 to 2012

From	To	Dean
1180		Robert Merlin
1309	1315	Pierre Faleyse
1315		Geoffrey de Cartett
1389		John de Bordili [1]
1494	1495	Jean du Val
1495	1495	Peter Le Pennec
1495	1500	Nicolas Cornet
1500	1502	Guillaume Nicholson
1502	1508	Johan Glyn
1508	1509	Guillaume Brict
1509	1515	Richard Mabon
1510	1512	Nicolas Levesque
1512	1515	Richard Mabon
1515	1519	Thomas Mallett
1519	1534	Richard Mabon
1534	1541	Thomas de Soulemont
1542	1543	Richard Mabon
1553	1558	John Paulet
1569		John After
1620	1645	David Bandinel
1645	1661	vacant
1661	1671	Philip Le Couteur
1672	1714	Clement Le Couteur
1714	1728	Thomas Le Breton
1729	1775	Francois Payn
1775	1802	Francis Le Breton
1802	1823	Edouard Dupre
1823	1837	Corbet Hue
1838	1844	Francis Jeune
1844	1849	James Hemery
1850	1883	William Corbet Le Breton
1888	1906	George Orange Balleine
1906	1937	Samuel Falle
1937	1959	Matthew Le Marinel
1959	1971	Alan Stanley Giles
1971	1985	Thomas Goss
1985	1993	Basil O'Ferrall
1993	2005	John Seaford
2005		Robert Frederick Key

Notes and references

1. ↑ John de Bordili was appointed dean and archdeacon of Jersey on 16 August 1389 by King Richard II. The patent rolls record: "Grant to John de Bordili, Doctor of Laws, of the Deanery of the Isle of Jerseye, otherwise called the archdeaconry of the isle of Jerseye in the Diocese of Coutances, in the King's gift by reason of the temporalities of that bishopric being in his hands on account of the war with France. Mandate in pursuance to Hugh de Calvyley, governor of the islands of Jerseye, Gerneseye, Serk and Aurneye." In his 2012 book The Channel Islands 1370-1640 Tim Thornton suggests that this was more an administrative than a clerical appointment:'Reinforcing the connections along the western seaboard, given his prominent role in Guienne from that time'