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List of the bishops of Chester

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A list of all the bishops of Chester (1540–1835) arranged by date of appointment. Unless otherwise stated, the year of appointment is the year of consecration and the end of tenure is the year of death.

Source:

Fryde, E. B., Greenway, D. E., Porter, S., Roy, I. (1986), Handbook of British Chronology (RHS, Guides and Handbooks, 2, 3rd edn, London: Royal Historical Society).

ID	NAME	Year appointed	(notes on appointment date)	End of tenure	(notes on end of tenure)
121	Bird, John	1541	nominated	1554	deprived
122	Cotes, George	1554		1555
123	Scott, Cuthbert	1556	provided	1559	deprived
124	Downham, William	1561		1577
125	Chaderton, William	1579		1595	translated
126	Bellot, Hugh	1595	confirmed	1596
127	Vaughan, Richard	1597	nominated	1604	translated
128	Lloyd, George	1604	nominated	1615
129	Morton, Thomas	1616		1619	translated
130	Bridgeman, John	1619		1652
131	Walton, Brian	1660		1661
132	Ferne, Henry	1662		1662
133	Hall, George	1662		1668
134	Wilkins, John	1668		1672
135	Pearson, John	1673		1686
136	Cartwright, Thomas	1686		1689
137	Stratford, Nicholas	1689		1707
138	Dawes, William	1708		1714	translated
139	Gastrell, Francis	1714		1725
140	Peploe, Samuel	1726		1752
141	Keene, Edmund	1752		1771	translated
142	Markham, William	1771		1777	translated
143	Porteous, Beilby	1777		1787	translated
144	Cleaver, William	1788		1800	translated
145	Majendie, Henry William	1800		1809	translated
146	Sparke, Bowyer Edward	1810		1812	translated
147	Law, George Henry	1812		1824	translated
148	Blomfield, Charles James	1824		1828	translated
149	Sumner, John Bird	1828		1848	translated

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