Signatories to the open letter –
A Response to the House of Bishops Guidance on Transgender Welcome

Licensed Clergy

Title	First Name	Last Name	Role & Parish	Diocese
Rev	Hugh	Balfour	Vicar Christ Church Peckham	Southwark
Rev	Richard	Balmer	Curate, Enderby with Lubbesthorpe & Thurlaston	Leicester
Rev	Gregory	Bannister	Curate, St Sepulchre without Newgate	London
Rev	Sophie	Bannister	Curate, St Sepulchre without Newgate	London
Rev	Neil	Barber	Vicar, St Giles' Church Derby	Derby
Rev	Marion	Barber	Associate Priest, St Mildred, Lee SE12 0RB	Southwark
Rev	Hugh	Barne	Assistant Curate	Oxford
Rev	Anthony	Barnshaw	Associate Vicar	Chester
Rev	David	Barnsley	Associate Vicar, St Paul's Little Eaton	Derby
Rev	Nick	Barr-Hamilton	Vicar	Durham
Rev	Jon	Barrett		Leicester
Revd Dr	Andrew	Barton	Rector, Headley	Guildford
Revd Dr	Paul	Barton	Assistant Minister, St Matthias	Exeter
Rev	Timothy	Bateman	Curate, St Aldates Oxford	Oxford
Rev	John	Bavington	Vicar, St John's Great Horton	Leeds
Rev	Andy	Bawtree	Priest in Charge, River	Canterbury
Rev	Stephen	Bazely	Priest in charge	Chester
Rev	Stephen	Beach	vicar	Exeter
Rev	Julian	Beauchamp	Incumbent	Chester
Rev	Clive	Beazley-Long	Vicar - Northumberland Heath	Rochester
Rev	Stephen	Beck	Rector	Sheffield
Rev	Christine	Beecroft	Associate Vicar	Guildford
Rev	Matt	Beer	Curate, St Mary’s Bletchley	Oxford
Rev	Nigel	Beer	Vicar of Stanwix, Carlisle	Carlisle
Rev	Dan	Beesley	Curate, Princes Risborough	Oxford
Rev	Duncan	Beet	Rector of the Benefice of Sileby, Cossington and Seagrave	Leicester
Revd Dr	Duncan	Bell	Associate Vicar, St Andrew's Leyland	Blackburn
Rev	Jonathan	Bell	Curate, Stanton-by-Dale with Dale Abbey and Risley	Derby
Rev	Paul	Benfield	Diocesan Registrar	Blackburn
Rev	Tom	Benyon	curate	Bath and Wells
Rev	Oliver	Benyon	Associate Vicar Holy Trinity Cambridge	Ely
Rev	David	Berry	Vicar, St Peter's Bentley	Sheffield
Rev	Jonathan	Beswick	Rector, St Peter’s, London Docks and St John of Wapping	London
Rev	John	Beswick Pallister		Lichfield
Revd Dr	Rob	Bewley	Vicar, Christ the King, Kettering	Peterborough
Rev	Piers	Bickersteth	Rector of Arborfield and Barkham	Oxford
Rev	Simon	Bickersteth	Priest in Charge	Carlisle
Rev	Julian	Bidgood	Minister, St James' Barkham	Oxford
Revd Dr	Nigel	Biggar		Oxford
Rev	David	Biggs	Curate, Benefice of Thirsk	York
Rev	John	Birchall	Vicar	Southwark
Revd Dr	Ian	Bird	Vicar	Winchester
Rev	Dave	Bishop	Incumbent	Lichfield
Rev	Jeremy	Bishop	Rector St. Peter's Carlton Colville and St. Andrew's Mutford	Norwich
Rev	James	Blandford-Baker	Rural Dean, North Stowe; Vicar of Histon, Vicar of Impington	Ely
Rev	Francis	Blight	Assistant Chaplain, Christ Church Amsterdam	Europe
Rev	Tudor	Boddam-Whetham	Priest-in-Charge, Benefice of the Barony of Burgh	Carlisle
Rev	Paul	Boddam-Whetham	Rector, Ducklington with Hardwick	Oxford
Rev	Andy	Bond	Associate Minister	Derby
Rev	Geoffrey	Borrowdale	Vicar St Anselm Hayes	London

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Clergy with PTO

Title	First Name	Last Name	Role & Parish	Diocese
Rev	Marie	Crook	PTO St. Gabriel's	Blackburn
Rev	Martin	Daly		Chester
Rev	Robert	de Berry	PTO Pewsey	Salisbury
Other (add in First Name)	Canon Roger	Dedman	retired Otley P{arish #church	Leeds
Rev	Basil	Denno	Retired priest; Trinity, Buxton	Derby
Rev	Tim	Dossor	PTO, St Ebbe's, Oxford	Oxford
Rev	Andrew	Dow	Retired priest Holy trinity, stratford-upon-Avon	Coventry
Rev	Martyn	Dunning	PTO	Southwell & Nottingham
Rev	James	Durbin	Chaplain to the Forces	Oxford
Rev	Clive	Duxbury	Retired/PTO	Carlisle
Rev	Ronald	Elverson	PTO in St Mary's Rushden	Peterborough
Rev	Alan	Farish	Assistant Minister Stockton Parish Church	Durham
Rev	Henry	Faulkner	BPO; Christ Church, St Albans	St Albans
Rev	Richard	Field	Retired vicar , Trinity Church Lewes	Chichester
Rev	Robin	Forrester	Retired; Christ Church, Winsford, Cheshire	Chester
Rev	Penny	Frank	PTO	Gloucester
Rev	Gerald	Gardiner		Lichfield
Revd Dr	Lee	Gatiss	Director of Church Society	Ely
Rev	Peter	Gibbs	Retired priest with PTO in St Aldhelm's parish Weymouth	Salisbury
Rev	Peter	Goodwin Hudson	Assistant Minister Evenlode Vale Benefice	Gloucester
Rev	James	Goodwin-Hudson		Canterbury
Rev	John George Francis	Graham-Brown	Retired - St.Barnabas, Adeyfield, Hemel Hempstead	St Albans
Other (add in First Name)	Canon Michael	Green		Oxford
Rev	James	Greenwood	Retired with PTO	Liverpool
Rev	Garry	Guinness	PTO	Salisbury
Rev	KENNETH	HABERSHON	Retired clergy with PTO & retired national Secretary of CYFA. Current parish: St Mary's Slaugham	Chichester
Rev	Keith	Hallett	PTO	Bath and Wells
Rev	Paul	Hancock		Derby
Rev	Graham	Harrison	Retired with PTO St Mary, Hollingworth	Chester
Rev	Pam	Harvey	Preaching/Pastoral/Glenfield	Leicester
Rev	Canon David	Herbert	Retired	Rochester
Rev	William	Highton	Retired - Burton in Kendal	Carlisle
Revd Dr	David	Hilborn	Principal, Moorlands College	Winchester
Rev	Richard	Hill	Ludlow PTO	Hereford
Rev	Malcolm	Hill	Retired	Salisbury
Rev	Geoffrey	Hilton-Turvey	Retired	Hereford
Rev	Geoffrey	Hilton-Turvey	Retired	Hereford
Rev	Ian	Hobbs	Retired Heswall	Chester
Mr	Robert	Holland	St Davids Moreton in Marsh	Gloucester
Mrs	Sheila	Holland	St Davids Moreton in Marsh	Gloucester
Rev	Stephen	Holmes	Retired Clergy	Chelmsford
Rev	Tim	Houghton	PTO	Derby
Rev	Roger	Howell	PTO Cogges	Oxford
Rev	Stephen	Hudson	Hon Asst Priest St Pancras Chichester	Chichester
Rev	John	Hughes		Oxford
Rev	Tim	Hurren		Leeds
Rev	Matthew	Hutton		Norwich
Other (add in First Name)	The Very Revd John	Irvine	Dean Emeritus Coventry	Chichester
Rev	Christopher	Jervis		Salisbury
Revd Dr	Douglas	Johnson	St John the Baptist Yeovil	Bath and Wells

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Readers and Ordinands

Title	First Name	Last Name	Role & Parish	Diocese
Mr	Robert	Dean	Lay Reader Elmdon	Birmingham
Mrs	Caroline	Deans	Reader	Portsmouth
Mr	Tim	Dennis	Ordinand	Winchester
Mr	Richard	Denno	Reader, St Mark's Haydock	Liverpool
Mr	Simon	Dickson	Ordinand	London
Dr	Andrew	Douglass	Lay Reader, St George’s Wembdon	Bath and Wells
Mr	Nicholas	Edwards	Ordinand	Peterborough
Mr	Jake	Eggertsen	Ordinand, Christ Church Little Heath	Oxford
Mr	Callum	Elwood	Ordinand, Wycliffe Hall	Canterbury
Mr	Murray	Emerson	Reader St Mary's Bures	St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Mr	Richard	Eves	Ordinand	Oxford
Mr	Ian	Fabray	Christ Church North Finchley	London
Mr	Andrew	Farrer	member St Andew's Clevedon	Bath and Wells
Mr	Andrew	Farrow	Reader, St Peter's Little Aston	Lichfield
Mr	Joseph	Field	Reader St. John's Wimborne	Salisbury
Mr	Stephen	Finch	Ordinand, St Mary’s Great Baddow	Chelmsford
Mrs	Barbara	Foster	Reader, Blackburn St. Gabriel's	Blackburn
Other (add in First Name)	Professor Keith	Fox	Reader, Highfield Church Southampton	Winchester
Mr	Dan	Freeman	Grace Church highlands Enfield Town London	Blackburn
Mr	Colin	Fry	LLM, Milford on Sea	Winchester
Mr	Philip	Geddes	Trainee LLM, All Hallows, Whitchurch	Winchester
Dr	Philip	Giddings	LLM (Reader), Greyfriars, Reading	Oxford
Mr	Jeff	Golding		Rochester
Mr	Malcolm	Gray	Swallowbeck	Lincoln
Mr	David	Greenfield	Reader, Christ Church & St. John's New Malden	Southwark
Dr	CATHARINE	GRIEVSON	Reader, Derwent Ings Benefice	York
Mr	Simon	Griffiths	Ordinand	London
Mr	Richard	Gutteridge	Nottingham St Saviour Reader	Southwell & Nottingham
Mr	Ian	Halliday	Reader, St Andrew, Bebington	Chester
Mrs	Catherine	Hallsworth		York
Dr	Peter	Ham	Reader	Chester
Mr	John	Harrison	Reader United Benefice of Sileby Cossington & Seagrave	Leicester
Mr	Michael	Hayden	Ordinand	Southwell & Nottingham
Mr	Christopher	Hegg	Trainee Reader, Hoylake	Chester
Mr	Christopher	Henson	Ordinand, Cuddesdon	Sheffield
Mr	James	Hepburn	Licensed Lay Minister, Hazelbury Bryan	Salisbury
Mrs	Joan	Herbert	St John Folkestone	Canterbury
Mr	James	Hignett	Reader St Mary’s Wootton	St Albans
Mrs	Anne	Hilton	Reader, Clayton Parish, Bradford	Leeds
Mr	Peter	Holden	Colchester Town Centre	Chelmsford
Mr	Duncan	Hollands	Ordinand, Oak Hill College.	London
Mr	Ralph	Homer	Reader with PTO Stanton by Dale with Dale Abbey and Risley	Derby
Mr	Peter	Hopkins	Trainee LLM St Johns Burford	Oxford
Mr	Phil	Hudson		London
Other (add in First Name)	Prof David	Huntley	Reader, St Andrew, Plymouth	Exeter
Mrs	Ruth	Hursey	Lay Minister, St Mary's Rodbourne Cheney, Swindon	Bristol
Mr	David	Hussell	Lay Reader - St Mary's with St Peter's parish.	St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Mr	Stephen	Jackson	Lay Reader	Carlisle
Mr	Peter	Jackson	Ordinand	Derby
Mr	Barrie	Jackson	Reader in the Benefice of St Chad, Bagnall and St Luke Endon	Lichfield

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Lay Officer Holders

Title	First Name	Last Name	Role & Parish	Diocese
Mr	Thomas	Bryant	Youth Worker, St Stephen’s and St Wulstan’s Selly Park	Birmingham
Miss	Debbie	Buggs	Member of General Synod	London
Dr	Neill	Burgess	Member Archbishop's Council (York), Director York Dicesan Board of Finance, Member York Diocesan Synod, PCC member Linthorpe St Barnabas	York
Ms	Deirdre	Burk	member of church council Amsterdam	Europe
Mr	Steven	Burns	PCC Member, All Saints Crowborough	Chichester
Mrs	Carol	Burt	PCC St James West Streatham	Southwark
Mr	Alan	Butler	Church Warden, Fulwood	Sheffield
Mr	Michael	Byrne	Lay Leader, St James' Barkham	Oxford
Mrs	Gillian	Carlton	Churchwarden Shevington St Anne	Blackburn
Mr	Gary	Carpenter	Member of PCC, All Saints &with Holy Trinity, Wandsworth	Southwark
Dr	James	Carpenter	Churchwarden, St Bartholomew’s Arborfield	Oxford
Mrs	Margaret	Carpenter	Pastoral Care Coordinator	Lichfield
Mrs	Gillian	Carr	Deanery and Diocesan Synod Rep Holy Cross Church, Hove	Chichester
Mr	Graeme	Carter	PCC member St Nic's	Durham
Mr	James	Cary	Member of General Synod	Bath and Wells
Mr	Graham	Caskie	General Synod Member	Oxford
Mr	Jonathan	Chalklin	Youth Worker St John's Tun Wells	Rochester
Mr	Jonathan	Chamberlain	PCC member, Gleadless Valley Sheffield	Sheffield
Mr	Gabriel	Chiu	PCC Secretary, St Philemon's, Toxteth	Liverpool
Mr	Roger	Clark	Churchwarden, St Mary's, Elsenham	Chelmsford
Dr	Ros	Clarke	Associate Director, Church Society	Lichfield
Mr	Richard	Clarke	Churchwarden St James Trowbridge	Salisbury
Mr	Russell	Cleaver	Churchwarden, St Stephen, South Lambeth	Southwark
Mr	Peter	Collard	Warden, Whitfield Parish	Derby
Mr	Anthony Richard	Combe	Church Warden, St Peter & St Paul, Stoke Lacy	Hereford
Mr	Simon	Congdon	Churhchwarden St Peter's-upon-Cornill	London
Miss	Fiona	Conway	Youth and Families Minister, Christ Church with St Matthew	Blackburn
Mr	Peter	Cook	Trustee	London
Other (add in First Name)	Capt Richard	Cooke	Edge Community Lead Evangelist St James Selby	York
Mr	Colin	Coombes	Sidesman St. Peter, St Paul, and St Thomas, Bovey Tracey	Exeter
Mr	Christopher	Cooper	Thurifer (Dep), St Barnabas Pimlico	London
Mrs	Monica	Cooper	Immanuel Church	Chichester
Mr	Paul	Cornelius	Church Warden St Thomas	Oxford
Mr	Paul	Corrigan		Newcastle
Mr	Peter	Cotterrill	PCC River Dover	Canterbury
Mr	Nick	Cowan	Liverpool Cathedral & Diocesan Synod	Liverpool
Mrs	Elizabeth	Cox	Minister for Women, St Giles' Normanton by Derby	Derby
Mr	Phil	Cranch	PCC member of All Saints' Sidmouth and Deanery Synod Representative	Exeter
Mr	Brian	Craven	PCC Member, St Helens Parish Church	Liverpool
Mr	William	Cremin	Warden - St Giles' Derby	Derby
Mrs	Christina	Cremin	PCC Secretary - St Giles' Derby	Derby
Mrs	Anne	Crick	PCC member	York
Mrs	Jennie	Cummings-Knight	Diocesan Synod Rep Northrepps	Norwich
Mrs	Kate	Curran	PCC Secretary St. Mary’s Wollaton Park	Southwell & Nottingham
Mr	N	Curtis	Churchwarden, River, Dover.	Canterbury
Miss	Prudence	Dailey	Member of General Synod	Oxford
Mr	Andrew	Davisson	Treasurer, St Aldates	Oxford
Mrs	Florence Jean	Davy	PCC Church of the Holy Spirit, Burpham, Surrey	Guildford
Mr	Roger	Day	PCC member St Marys Eastrop	Winchester
Mr	Rob	Dean	Church Warden St John's Church, Yeovil	Bath and Wells

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Lay members of C of E

Title	First Name	Last Name	Role & Parish	Diocese
Mrs	Amanda	Ball		Peterborough
Mr	Robert	Ballard	Wembdon	Bath and Wells
Mr	Stephen	Bamford	Churchwarden, St Nicholas	St Albans
Mrs	Katie	Banks	Diocesan Synod, St Andrew the Great Cambridge PCC	Ely
Mrs	Glends	Bannister	lay member, St George's Wembdon	Bath and Wells
Mr	Philip	Barber	St John the Baptist Westbourne	Chichester
Mr	Robin	Barfield	Associate Minister for Children and Families, Christ Church, Wharton	Chester
Mrs	Rosemary	Barker	Lay member, Christ Church Clifton	Bristol
Mrs	Elizabeth	Barnard		London
Mr	Toby	Barnard		London
Mr	Ronald	Barnes	Simple Worshipper at the Parish of Fyfield and Tubney	Oxford
Mrs	Lucy	Barr-Hamilton	Pastor's wife	Durham
Mrs	Bella	Barrie	Member Christ Church Kensington	London
Mr	George	Barsby	Layman, lower bemerton	Salisbury
Mr	Alistair	Barter	Hazelbury Bryan	Salisbury
Mr	Colin	Barton		Winchester
Mrs	Barbara	Bashford	Lay member: St Botolph's, Barton Seagrave	Peterborough
Mrs	Marcia	Bastin	Parishioner of AllSaimts Church Sidmouth	Exeter
Mr	Paul	Batchelor	St Nicholas Sevenoaks	Rochester
Mr	Dan	Bateman	PCC, St Andrew's, Ashton-on-Ribble	Blackburn
Mrs	Michelle	Bateman	Administrator, St Andrew's Ashton-on-Ribble	Blackburn
Mr	Jared	Bates	Small Group leader, St George's Stamford	Lincoln
Mrs	Georgina	Battey		Sheffield
Mr	Daniel	Bauhahn	Member of St Mary’s Wollaton Park	Southwell & Nottingham
Mr	Maurice	Bauhahn	Layman; St Mary and St Eanswythe	Canterbury
Mr	David	Baxter		Carlisle
Mrs	Joan	Bazlinton		Chelmsford
Mr	Tom	Beamish	St Gile’s Derby	Derby
Mrs	Harriet	Beamish	St Giles	Derby
Rev	Tony	Beauchamp	Retired - member of All Souls Church Eastbourne	Chichester
Mrs	Anne	Beauchamp	Member of All Souls Church Eastbourne	Chichester
Mrs	Julia	Beauchamp	Lay, St Peter's Church, Waverton, Chester	Chester
Mr	Tom	Beaumont	Lay member, Parish of Holy Sepulchre Cambridge	Ely
Mr	James	Belham	Pcc member, st John newland, hull	York
Other (add in First Name)	Professor	Bell		Southwark
Mrs	Rebecca	Bell	St Andrew's Leyland	Blackburn
Mrs	Alison	Bell	PCC member Heswall	Chester
Mrs	Rachel	Bell	General Synod member	Derby
Miss	Katie	Benjamin	Pastoral Worker at Christ Church Chadderton	Manchester
Mrs	Helen	Bennett	Lay member St Peter and St Paul’s Shepton Mallet	Bath and Wells
Mr	Cameron	Benoy	Intern, St Giles Northampton	Peterborough
Mr	Donald	Benson	Organist, Maryfield Church, Torpoint	Truro
Mrs	Patricia	Bentley	Lay member	Sheffield
Mr	Granville	Bentley	Lay Member	Sheffield
Mrs	Claire	Beranek	St Andrew's Ashton, PCC member	Blackburn
Mrs	Frances	Berrill	The Beacon	Chichester
Mr	John	Berry	PCC member, Cheadle Parish	Chester
Mrs	Georgina	Berry		Chelmsford
Mrs	Carol	Bevis	Knights Enham, parishioner	Winchester
Mr	James	Biddlecombe		Chelmsford

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