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List of bishops in England and Wales by appointment date

A list of all the English and Welsh bishops 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. Bishops who were translated have separate entries for each bishopric held.

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).

NAME Year appointed (notes on appointment date) End of tenure (notes on end of tenure) Diocese
Blyth, Geoffrey 1503 1531 Coventry & Lichfield
Fisher, John 1504 1535 deprived Rochester
Sherburne, Robert 1508 provided 1536 resigned Chichester
Veysey, John 1519 1551 resigned Exeter
Longland, John 1521 1547 Lincoln
de' Ghinucci, Geronimo 1522 1531 Worcester
Clerk, John 1523 1541 Bath & Wells
Howden, John 1523 provided 0 Sodor and Man
Stokesley, John 1530 1539 London
Tunstall, Cuthbert 1530 provided 1559 resigned Durham
Gardiner, Stephen 1531 1551 deprived Winchester
Lee, Edward 1531 1544 York
Cranmer, Thomas 1533 1553 deprived Canterbury
Goodrich, Thomas 1534 1554 Ely
Lee, Rowland 1534 1543 Coventry & Lichfield
Salcot (Capon), John 1534 1539 translated Bangor
Hilsey, John 1535 1539 Rochester
Latimer, Hugh 1535 1539 resigned Worcester
Shaxton, Nicholas 1535 1539 resigned Salisbury
Barlow, William 1536 elected 1548 translated St. Davids
Repps (Rugge), William 1536 1550 resigned Norwich
Sampson, Richard 1536 1543 translated Chichester
W(h)arton (Parfew or Parfoye), Robert 1536 1554 translated St. Asaph
Aldrich, Robert 1537 1556 Carlisle
Holgate, Robert 1537 1545 translated Llandaff
Bell, John 1539 1543 resigned Worcester
Bird, John 1539 elected 1541 translated Bangor
Salcot (Capon), John 1539 nominated 1557 Salisbury
Skip (Skyppe), John 1539 1552 Hereford
Bonner, Edmund 1540 1549 deprived London
Heath, Nicholas 1540 1544 translated Rochester
Lay Peculiar 1540 1716 Salisbury
Thirlby, Thomas 1540 1550 resigned Westminster
Bird, John 1541 nominated 1554 deprived Chester
Chamber, John 1541 1556 Peterborough
Knight, William 1541 1547 Bath & Wells
Wakeman (Wiche), John 1541 1549 Gloucester
Bulkeley, Arthur 1542 1553 Bangor
Bush, Paul 1542 1554 resigned Bristol
King, Robert 1542 nominated 1557 Oxford
Day, George 1543 1551 deprived Chichester
Sampson, Richard 1543 confirmed 1554 Coventry & Lichfield
Heath, Nicholas 1544 confirmed 1551 deprived Worcester
Holbeach (Rands), Henry 1544 confirmed 1547 translated Rochester
Holgate, Robert 1545 confirmed 1554 deprived York
Kitchin, Anthony 1545 1566 Llandaff
Man, Henry 1546 1556 Sodor and Man
Holbeach (Rands), Henry 1547 confirmed 1551 Lincoln
Ridley, Nicholas 1547 1550 translated Rochester
Barlow, William 1548 nominated 1553 resigned Bath & Wells
Ferrar, Robert 1548 1553 deprived St. Davids
Ponet, John 1550 1551 translated Rochester
Ridley, Nicholas 1550 nominated 1553 deprived London
Thirlby, Thomas 1550 translated 1554 translated Norwich
Coverdale, Miles 1551 1553 deprived Exeter
Hooper, John 1551 1552 resigned Gloucester
Ponet, John 1551 nominated 1553 deprived Winchester
Scory, John 1551 1552 translated Rochester
Hooper, John 1552 nominated 1554 deprived Worcester
Scory, John 1552 nominated 1553 deprived Chichester
Taylor, John 1552 1554 deprived Lincoln
Bonner, Edmund 1553 restored 1559 deprived London
Day, George 1553 restored 1556 Chichester
Gardiner, Stephen 1553 restored 1555 Winchester
Harley, John 1553 1554 deprived Hereford
Veysey, John 1553 restored 1554 Exeter
Baynes, Ralph 1554 1559 deprived Coventry & Lichfield
Bourne, Gilbert 1554 1559 deprived Bath & Wells
Brooks, James 1554 1559 deprived Gloucester
Cotes, George 1554 1555 Chester
Griffith (Griffin), Maurice 1554 1558 Rochester
Heath, Nicholas 1554 restored 1555 translated Worcester
Holyman, John 1554 1558 Bristol
Hopton, John 1554 1558 Norwich
Morgan, Henry 1554 1559 St. Davids
W(h)arton (Parfew or Parfoye), Robert 1554 confirmed 1557 Hereford
White, John 1554 1556 translated Lincoln
Glynn, William 1555 1558 Bangor
Goldwell, Thomas 1555 1559 resigned St. Asaph
Heath, Nicholas 1555 confirmed 1559 deprived York
Pates, Richard 1555 nominated 1559 deprived Worcester
Thirlby, Thomas 1555 provided 1559 deprived Ely
Turberville, James 1555 1559 deprived Exeter
Oglethorpe, Owen 1556 1559 deprived Carlisle
Pole, Reginald 1556 1558 Canterbury
Scott, Cuthbert 1556 provided 1559 deprived Chester
White, John 1556 provided 1559 deprived Winchester
Christopherson, John 1557 1558 Chichester
Pole, David 1557 1559 deprived Peterborough
Watson, Thomas 1557 1559 deprived Lincoln
Reynolds, Thomas 1558 nominated 1559 deprived Hereford
Allen, Edmund 1559 nominated 1559 Rochester
Barlow, William 1559 confirmed 1568 Chichester
Cox, Richard 1559 1581 Ely
Cox, Richard 1559 nominated 1559 translated Norwich
Grindal, Edmund 1559 1570 translated London
Meyrick, Rowland 1559 1566 Bangor
Parker, Matthew 1559 1575 Canterbury
Sandes (Sandys), Edwin 1559 1570 translated Worcester
Scory, John 1559 confirmed 1585 Hereford
Alley, William 1560 1570 Exeter
Bentham, Thomas 1560 1579 Coventry & Lichfield
Berkeley, Gilbert 1560 1581 Bath & Wells
Bullingham, Nicholas 1560 1571 translated Lincoln
Davies, Richard 1560 1561 translated St. Asaph
Gest, Edmund 1560 1571 translated Rochester
Jewell, John 1560 1571 Salisbury
Parkhurst, John 1560 1575 Norwich
Young, Thomas 1560 1561 translated St. Davids
Best, John 1561 1570 Carlisle
Davies (Davis), Thomas 1561 1573 St. Asaph
Davies, Richard 1561 translated 1581 St. Davids
Downham, William 1561 1577 Chester
Horne, Robert 1561 1580 Winchester
Pilkington, James 1561 1576 Durham
Scambler, Edmund 1561 1585 translated Peterborough
Young, Thomas 1561 confirmed 1568 York
Cheyney, Richard 1562 nominated 1579 Bristol
Cheyney, Richard 1562 in commendam 1579 Gloucester
Robinson, Nicholas 1566 1585 Bangor
Curen, Hugh 1567 confirmed 1568 Oxford
Jones, Hugh 1567 1574 Llandaff
Barnes, Richard 1570 confirmed 1577 translated Carlisle
Curtis (Curteys), Richard 1570 1582 Chichester
Grindal, Edmund 1570 confirmed 1576 translated York
Salisbury, John 1570 confirmed 1573 Sodor and Man
Sandes (Sandys), Edwin 1570 confirmed 1577 translated London
Bradbridge, William 1571 1578 Exeter
Bullingham, Nicholas 1571 confirmed 1576 Worcester
Cooper, Thomas 1571 1584 translated Lincoln
Gest, Edmund 1571 confirmed 1577 Salisbury
Freke, Edmund 1572 1575 translated Rochester
Hughes, William 1573 1600 St. Asaph
Blethin, William 1575 1590 Llandaff
Freke, Edmund 1575 confirmed 1584 translated Norwich
Grindal, Edmund 1576 confirmed 1583 Canterbury
Meyrick, John 1576 1599 Sodor and Man
Piers, John 1576 1577 translated Rochester
Aylmer, John 1577 1594 London
Barnes, Richard 1577 confirmed 1587 Durham
May, John 1577 1598 Carlisle
Piers, John 1577 confirmed 1589 translated Salisbury
Sandes (Sandys), Edwin 1577 confirmed 1588 York
Whitgift, John 1577 1583 translated Worcester
Young, John 1578 1605 Rochester
Chaderton, William 1579 1595 translated Chester
Woolton, John 1579 1594 Exeter
Overton, William 1580 1609 Coventry & Lichfield
Watson, John 1580 1584 Winchester
Bullingham, John 1581 1589 resigned Bristol
Bullingham, John 1581 1598 Gloucester
Middleton, Marmaduke 1582 translated 1588 deprived St. Davids
Whitgift, John 1583 confirmed 1604 Canterbury
Cooper, Thomas 1584 confirmed 1594 Winchester
Freke, Edmund 1584 confirmed 1591 Worcester
Godwin, Thomas 1584 1590 Bath & Wells
Wickham, William 1584 1595 translated Lincoln
Howland, Richard 1585 1600 Peterborough
Scambler, Edmund 1585 confirmed 1594 Norwich
Bellot, Hugh 1586 1595 translated Bangor
Bickley, Thomas 1586 1596 Chichester
Westfaling, Herbert 1586 1602 Hereford
Fletcher, Richard 1589 1593 translated Bristol
Hutton, Matthew