The Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral appointed clergy to posts in a number of parishes in London. This role by the Cathedral’s leadership extended the influence of the Cathedral outward into the City of London and beyond in ways that potentially open up new avenues for research into clergy networks and areas of influence for Donne and the Chapter of Cathedral Canons.

To get this started, here is a list of the parish churches in London as well as outside of the City of London for which Donne and his colleagues were responsible for staffing, and the names of the clergy they appointed during Donne’s tenure as Dean of St Paul’s.

St Augustine, Watling Street — John Vickers (served from 1600 – 1633)

St Benet, Gracechurch Street — John Donne, MA (appointed 1592, served until 1636) (Not the Dean of the Cathedral!)

St Benet, Paul’s Wharf — Thomas Adams (from 1619)

St Botolph’s, Billingsgate — Michael Gifford (served from 1597 – 1629), William King (from 1629)

St Faith’s under St Paul’s — Martin Day (until 1624), William Woodford (until 1625), Finannel Smith (until 1625), John Lesley (until 1628), and Jonathan Brown (from 1628)

St Gregory’s Parish Church beside St Paul’s Simon Stubbs (until 1622),  Thomas Jennings (from 1622)

St Giles Without Cripplegate — John Buckeridge (until 1628), William Fuller (from 1628)

St John Zachary, St Martin’s Le Grand Street — Henry Hammond (1608-1623, William Spencer (1623 – 1625), Willian Carter (1625 – 1630), William Rolf (from 1631)

St Martin Orgar, St Martin’s Lane, near Candlewick Street — William Johnson (until 1625), John L’Oiseau (1625 – 1628), Brian Walton (from 1628)

St Mary, Stoke Newington — Richard Lloyd (until 1629), John Taverner (from 1629)

St Mary, Sunbury — Mark Sadlington (from 1603)

St Michael, Bassishaw, Basinghall Street — John Gifford (1607 – 1642)

St Michael-le-Querne, Pater Noster Row — William Launce (from 1621)

St Michael, Queenhithe — John Hill (from 1618)

St Nicholas Olave, Bread Street — Richard Cheshire (from 1613)

St Olave, Silver Street — Thomas Mann (appointed 1621, served until his death in 1640)

St Peter, Paul’s Wharf — James Burley (from 1626)

St Peter le Poer, Broad Street — Henry Hammond (until 1623), Richard Holdsworth (from 1623)

St Thomas the Apostle, Knightrider Street — Caesar Walpole (until 1627), William Cowper (from 1628)

Parishes outside of the City of London

All Hallow’s, Tottenham — William Bedwell (from 1607)

All Saint’s, Edmonton — Thomas Burton (from 1620 – 1631)

St Andrew, Kingsbury — Robert Bateman (from 1618 – 1634)

St James the Great, Friern Barnet — Richard North (until 1623), Matthew Reynes (from 1623)

St Martin’s, West Drayton, Middlesex — Robert Elliot (until 1624), Emmanuel Hodges (from 1624)

St Mary, Willesden — Thomas Gifford (from 1615)

St Nicholas, Chiswick — William Walker (from 1597)

St Pancras, Middlesex — Richard Warner (until 1623), Henry Bradley (1623 – 1625), John Elborow (1625 – 1631)