Dean of Rochester

Early modern[]

• 1541–1570
• 1570–1572 Edmund Freke
• 1572–1581
• 1581–1591 John Coldwell
• 1592–1611 Thomas Blague
• 1611–1615 Richard Milbourne
• 1615–1620 Robert Scott (elder)
• 1621–1624 Godfrey Goodman
• 1625–1639 Walter Balcanquhall
• 1639–1642 Henry King
• 1642–1644 Thomas Turner
• 1644–1660 Vacancy (Commonwealth)
• 1660 Benjamin Lany
• 1661–1670 Nathaniel Hardy
• 1670–1673 Peter Mews
• 1673–1688 Thomas Lamplugh
• 1676–1688
• 1688 Simon Lowth (nominated)
• 1689–1706
• 1706–1723 Samuel Pratt
• 1724–1732 Nicholas Clagett
• 1732–1743 Thomas Herring
• 1743–1744 William Barnard
• 1744–1765 John Newcombe
• 1765–1767 William Markham

• 1767–1775 Benjamin Newcombe
• 1775–1779 Thomas Thurlow
• 1779–1782 Richard Cust
• 1782–1802 Thomas Dampier

Late modern[]

• 1802–1808 Samuel Goodenough
• 1808–1820 William Busby
• 1820–1870 Robert Stevens
• 1870–1870 Thomas Dale
• 1870–1887 Robert Scott (younger)
• 1887–1904 Samuel Hole
• 1904–1913 Ernald Lane
• 1913–1928 John Storrs
• 1928–1932 Reginald Talbot
• 1932–1937 Francis Underhill
• 1937–1943 Ernest Blackie
• 1943–1958 Thomas Crick
• 1959–1966 Robert Stannard
• 1966–1977 Stanley Betts
• 1978–1989 John Arnold
• 1989–2003 Edward Shotter
• 2003–2005 Jonathan Meyrick (Acting)
• 2005–2011 Adrian Newman
• 2011–2012 Philip Hesketh (Acting)
• 2012–25 January 2015 (res.): Mark Beach^[1]
• 25 January 2015 – 16 June 2016: Philip Hesketh (Acting)
• 16 June 2016–present: Philip Hesketh^[2]