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List of the bishops of Salisbury

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A list of all the bishops of Salisbury (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)
524	Shaxton, Nicholas	1535		1539	resigned
525	Salcot (Capon), John	1539	nominated	1557
983	Lay Peculiar	1540		1716
526	Jewell, John	1560		1571
527	Gest, Edmund	1571	confirmed	1577
528	Piers, John	1577	confirmed	1589	translated
529	Coldwell, John	1591		1596
530	Cotton, Henry	1598		1615
531	Abbot, Robert	1615		1618
532	Fotherby, Martin	1618		1620
533	Townson (Toulson), Robert	1620		1621
534	Davenant, John	1621		1641
535	Duppa, Brian	1641	confirmed	1660	translated
536	Henchman, Humfrey	1660		1663	translated
537	Earle or Earles, John	1663	confirmed	1665
538	Hyde, Alexander	1665		1667
539	Ward, Seth	1667	confirmed	1689
540	Burnet, Gilbert	1689		1715
541	Talbot, William	1715	confirmed	1721	translated
984	Bishop's Peculiar	1717		1835
542	Willis, Richard	1721	confirmed	1723	translated
543	Hoadly, Benjamin	1723	confirmed	1734	translated
544	Sherlock, Thomas	1734	confirmed	1748	translated
545	Gilbert, John	1748	confirmed	1757	translated
546	Thomas, John	1757	confirmed	1761	translated
547	Drummond, Robert Hay	1761	confirmed	1761	translated
548	Thomas, John	1761	confirmed	1766
549	Hume, John	1766	confirmed	1782
550	Barrington, Shute	1782	confirmed	1791	translated
551	Douglas, John	1791	confirmed	1807
552	Fisher, John	1807	confirmed	1825
553	Burgess, Thomas	1825	confirmed	1837

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