CCE


[Close Print-Friendly Version]

List of the bishops of Lichfield and Coventry

[Image: ]

A list of all the bishops of Lichfield and Coventry (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:

ID NAME Year appointed (notes on appointment date) End of tenure (notes on end of tenure)
1775 Blyth, Geoffrey 1503 1531
318 Lee, Rowland 1534 1543
319 Sampson, Richard 1543 confirmed 1554
320 Baynes, Ralph 1554 1559 deprived
321 Bentham, Thomas 1560 1579
322 Overton, William 1580 1609
323 Abbot, George 1609 1610 translated
324 Neile, Richard 1610 confirmed 1614 translated
325 Overall, John 1614 1618 translated
326 Morton, Thomas 1619 confirmed 1632 translated
327 Wright, Robert 1632 confirmed 1643
328 Frewen, Accepted 1644 1660 translated
329 Hacket, John 1661 1670
330 Wood, Thomas 1671 1692
331 Lloyd, William 1692 confirmed 1699 translated
332 Hough, John 1699 confirmed 1717 translated
333 Chandler, Edward 1717 1730 translated
334 Smalbroke, Richard 1731 confirmed 1749
335 Cornwallis, Frederick 1750 1768 translated
336 Egerton, John 1768 confirmed 1771 translated
337 North, Brownlow 1771 1774 translated
338 Hurd, Richard 1775 1781 translated
339 Cornwallis, James 1781 1824
340 Ryder, Henry 1824 confirmed 1836

 

 

 


[Close Print-Friendly Version]