Dean and Chapter of St Paul's

It consisted of the dean and the canons, priests attached to the cathedral who were known as "prebendaries" because of the source of their income.

The titular corporate body has been known since 2000 as "The Corporation of the Cathedral Church of St Paul in London", and its membership consists of the members for the time being of the Chapter, the College of Canons, and the Council: the term "Dean and Chapter" is no longer valid in law.

The Chapter is headed by the Dean of St Paul's, currently the Very Revd David Ison who was installed on 25 May 2012, and includes four ordained residentiary canons and up to four lay people.

Many of the prebends were awarded to senior clergy, including archdeacons and bishops, to top-up insufficient income from their archbishoprics, bishoprics and archdeaconries.

The prebendaries survived the reforms during the middle of the sixteenth century, perhaps because the cathedral had not been a monastic institution.