William Hayley (priest)

Education

Hayley matriculated at the age of 15 and went on to become a fellow of All Souls, Oxford. He was awarded a BA in 1676, MA in 1680 and DD in 1695.^[2]

William Hayley was ordained in September 1683.^[2] He was chaplain to Sir William Trumbull the ambassador to Constantinople (modern day Istanbull) and Paris.^[3] In 1695 he was instituted Rector of St Giles in the Fields, London then Dean of Chichester cathedral in 1699 until his death on 30 Oct 1715.^[3] His younger brother Thomas also became Dean of Chichester.^[1]

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Church of England titles
Preceded by Francis Hawkins	Dean of Chichester 1699 – 1715	Succeeded by Thomas Sherlock

v t e Deans of Chichester
High Medieval	Odo Richard Matthew Richard John de Greneford Jordan de Meleburn Seffride Matthew de Chichester Nicholas de Aquila Seffride Simon de Perigord Walter Thomas de Lichfield Geoffrey Walter de Glocestria Thomas de Berghstede
Late Medieval	William de Grenefeld John de St Leophardo Henry de Garland Walter de Segrave William Lenn Roger de Freton Richard le Scrope William de Lullyngton John de Maydenhith John Haselee Henry Lovel Richard Talbot William Milton John Patten/Waynflete John Crutchere John Waynfleet John Cloos
Early modern	John Prychard Geoffrey Symson John Young William Fleshmonger Richard Caurden Giles Eyre Bartholomew Traheron Thomas Sampson William Pye Hugh Turnbull Richard Curteys Anthony Rushe Martin Culpepper William Thorne Francis Dee Richard Steward George Aglionby Bruno Ryves Joseph Henshaw Joseph Gulston Nathaniel Crew Thomas Lambrook George Stradling Francis Hawkins William Hayley Thomas Sherlock John Newey Thomas Hayley James Hargraves William Ashburnham Thomas Ball Charles Harward
Late modern	Combe Miller Christopher Bethell Samuel Slade George Chandler Walter Hook John Burgon Francis Pigou Richard Randall John Hannah Arthur Duncan Jones Walter Hussey Robert Holtby John Treadgold Nicholas Frayling Stephen Waine Edward Dowler

v t e Diocese of Chichester
Chichester Cathedral The Palace, Chichester Diocesan Church House, Hove Area scheme (1984–2013)
Office holders	Martin Warner, Bishop of Chichester Ruth Bushyager, Bishop of Horsham Will Hazlewood, Bishop of Lewes AEO: the bishop diocesan & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Edward Dowler, Dean of Chichester Martin Lloyd Williams, Archdeacon of Brighton & Lewes Luke Irvine-Capel, Archdeacon of Chichester and Bishop-designate of Richborough Angela Martin, Archdeacon of Horsham Archdeacon of Hastings (vacant)
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Hastings (1912–1975; merged back into Lewes archdeaconry)