Richard Eyre (priest)

Richard Montague Stephens Eyre (16 May 1929 - 12 December 2012^[1]) was an Anglican priest. He was the Dean of Exeter from 1981 to 1995.^[2]

Eyre was educated at Charterhouse School and Oriel College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1957 ^[3] and began his ministry as a curate at St Mark’s Portsea, Portsmouth. After this he was a tutor at Chichester Theological College then a chaplain at Eastbourne College. From 1965 to 1973 he was the Vicar of Arundel and from 1975 to 1981 the Archdeacon of Chichester before his appointment as the Dean of Exeter.

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Church of England titles
Preceded by Clifford Chapman	Dean of Exeter 1981– 1995	Succeeded by Keith Jones

Deans of Exeter

High Medieval	Serlo Roger de Wynkleigh William de Stanwey Roger de Toriz John Noble John Pycot Andrew de Kilkenny

Late Medieval	Henry de Somerset Thomas de Lechlade Bartholomew de Sancto Laurentio Richard de Coleton Richard de Braylegh Reginald de Bugwell Robert Sumpter Thomas Walkyngton Ralph Tregrision Stephen Payn John Cobethorn John Hals Henry Webber Peter Courtenay Lionel Woodville John Arundel

Early modern	Edward Willoughby Thomas Hobbes John Vesey Richard Pace Reginald Pole Simon Haynes James Haddon Thomas Reynolds Gregory Dodds George Carew Stephen Townesend Matthew Sutcliffe William Peterson Seth Ward Edward Young George Cary The Hon Richard Annesley William Wake Lancelot Blackburne Edward Trelawney John Gilbert Alured Clarke William Holmes Charles Lyttleton Jeremiah Milles William Buller Charles Harward

Late modern	Charles Talbot George Gordon John Garnett Whittington Landon Thomas Lowe Charles Ellicott The Viscount Midleton Archibald Boyd Benjamin Cowie Alfred Earle Henry Gamble Walter Matthews Spencer Carpenter Alexander Wallace Marcus Knight Clifford Chapman Richard Eyre Keith Jones Jonathan Meyrick Jonathan Draper

Archdeacons of Chichester

High Medieval	Sole archdeacons: Ricoard Henry Roger Robert Senior archdeacons: Henry Seffrid II Matthew of Chichester Peter Richard Archdeacons of Chichester: Silvester William Durand William Walter John Climping John de Reigate Geoffrey de Gates Robert of Wiston

Late Medieval	Gervase of Séez Robert Leyset/de Leycester John Langley Adam de Houton Simon de Bredon Walter de Alderbury John de Sculthorpe John Pipe Robert de Walton Henry Folvyle William Wardene/Wardieu Simon Russell Lambert Threkingham John Thomas William Read Thomas Harlyng John Lindfield/Lyndefeld John Faukes William Walesby William Normanton Simon de Gredon/Gredon John Sprever John Doget Peter Huse/Husy Henry Boleyn John Coke/Cooke

Early modern	Gerard Borrett/Burrell Robert Chapel William Norbury John Worthyall/Worthiall Alban Langdale Richard Tremayne Thomas Spencer John Coldwell Thomas Gillingham John Langworth William Stone Henry Ball Thomas Pattenson Roger Andrewes Laurence Pay James Marsh Henry Hammond Jasper Mayne Oliver Whitby Josiah Pleydell James Barker Thomas Ball Thomas Hollingbery John Buckner

Late modern	Charles Alcock Thomas Taylor Charles Webber Henry Edward Manning James Garbett John Russell Walker Francis Mount Edward Elwes Herbert Jones Benedict Hoskyns Charles Clarke Lancelot Mason Frederick Kerr-Dineen Richard Eyre Keith Hobbs Michael Brotherton Douglas McKittrick

Diocese of Exeter

Exeter Cathedral The Palace, Exeter The Old Deanery, Exeter

Office holders	Robert Atwell, Bishop of Exeter Nick McKinnel, Bishop suffragan of Plymouth Sarah Mullally, Bishop suffragan of Crediton AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Jonathan Draper, Dean of Exeter Ian Chandler, Archdeacon of Plymouth Christopher Futcher, Archdeacon of Exeter Mark Butchers, Archdeacon of Barnstaple Douglas Dettmer, Archdeacon of Totnes

Selected deaneries	Deanery of Barnstaple Deanery of Cadbury Deanery of Christianity (Exeter) Deanery of Hartland

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Cornwall (11th century – 1876; became the Diocese of Truro)

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