Thomas Clerk (priest) explained

Thomas Clerk was an English priest and the first recorded Dean of Chester,^[1] serving less than six months in 1541 ^[2] He reportedly died the same year.^[1]

Notes and References

1. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/ches/vol3/pp188-195 British History on-line
2. "History of the city of Chester, from its foundation to the present time : with an account of its antiquities, curiosities, local customs, and peculiar immunities; and a concise political history" Hemingway, J Chester' J. Fletcher; 1831 p317