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Matthew Sutcliffe, Dean of Exeter for over 40 years from 1588 was also Rector of Lezant from 1594.
George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes (1555–1629), Baron Carew of Clopton, served under Elizabeth I and was appointed President of Munster, son of the Dean of Exeter
Richard Annesley, 3rd Baron Altham (1655–1701), Dean of Exeter and son of Arthur, 1st Earl of Anglesey
William Boyd Carpenter was the second son of the Rev. Henry Carpenter of Liverpool, perpetual curate of St Michael's Church, Aigburth, who married (marriage license 1837 in Derry) Hester Boyd of Derry, sister of Archibald Boyd, Dean of Exeter.