List of bishops of Salisbury
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List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Salisbury, England and its precursor offices
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| See at Sherborne | ||
| 705 to 710 | Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne (Aldhelm) |
Saint Aldhelm |
| 710 to 738 | Fordhere (Forthhere) |
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| 738 to 756 | Herewald | |
| 756 to 778 | Æthelmod | |
| 778 to 798 | Denefrith | |
| 798 to ? | Wilbert (Wigheorht) |
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| ? to 868 | Eahlstan (Alfstan) |
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| 868 to 872 | Heahmund (Saint Hamund) |
Saint |
| 872 to 875 | Wulfsige of Sherborne | |
| 875 to 879 | Asser Menevensis | |
| 879 to 883 | Swithelmus (Sigelmus) |
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| 883 to 889 | Ethelwald | Died in office |
| 889 | Divided into several sees by Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury | |
| 906 to 918 | Werstane | |
| 918 to ? | Ethelbald (Æthelbeald) |
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| ? to 934 | Sigelmus (Sigehelm) |
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| 934 to 941 | Alfred | |
| 941 to 958 | Wulfine (Wulfsige II of Sherborne) |
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| 958 to 978 | Ælfweald (Elfwold) |
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| c.993 | Wulsin (Ulsinus) |
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| c1001 to c1011 | Athelric (Æthelric of Sherborne) |
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| c1011 to c1015 | Æthelsige of Sherborne | |
| c1015 to c1016 | Brithwyn (Beorhtwine) |
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| 1017 to 1023 | Ælfmaer | |
| 1041 to 1058 | Alfwold | Died in office |
| 1058 to 10?? | Herman, Bishop of Sherborne | Translated from Ramsbury, 1075; removed see to Salisbury |
| See at Salisbury | ||
| 10?? to 10?? | Herman, Bishop of Salisbury | (contd.) |
| See at Old Sarum | ||
| 10?? to 1078 | Herman | |
| 1078 to 1099 | Osmund de Sees, Earl of Dorset | Died in office; Saint Osmund |
| 1099 to 1102 | vacant | For 2 years |
| 1102 to 1139 | Roger of Salisbury | Lord Chancellor Just. & Lord Treasurer |
| 1140 | Henry de Sully, Abbot of Fecamp | elected but election quashed |
| 1140 to 1141 | Philip de Harcourt | elected but election quashed |
| 1142 to 1184 | Josceline de Bohon (Jocelin Bohon) |
Archdeacon of Winchester; died in office |
| 1184 to 1188 | vacant | For 4 years |
| 1188 to 1194 | Hubert Walter | Dean of York; translated to Canterbury |
| 1194 to 1217 | Herbert Poore (Robert Poore) |
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| 1217 to 1225 | Richard Poore | Translated from Chichester; removed see to Salisbury; translated to Durham |
| See at Salisbury | ||
| 1225 to 1229 | Richard Poore, Bishop of Salisbury | Prebendary of Salisbury |
| 1229 to 1246 | Robert de Bingham (Robert Bingham) |
Consecrated 1229 at Wilton |
| 1246 to 1256 | William de York | Provost of Beverley |
| 1256 to 1262 | Giles of Bridport | Dean of Wells |
| 1263 to1271 | Walter de la Wyle | Sub-chanter of Salisbury |
| 1274 to 1284 | Robert Wickhampton | Dean of Salisbury |
| 1284 to 1287 | Walter Scammel | Dean of Salisbury |
| 1287 to 1288 | Henry Brandeston | Dean of Salilsbury |
| 1288 | Lawrence de Awkeburne | Elected but died before consecration |
| 1288 to 1291 | William de la Corner | Elected Archbishop of Dublin but set aside by the pope |
| 1291 to 1297 | Nicholas Longespee | Prebendary of Salisbury |
| 1297 to 1315 | Simon of Ghent | |
| 1315 to 1330 | Roger Martival | Dean of Lincoln |
| 1330 to 1375 | Robert Wyvil (Robert Wyville) |
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| 1375 to 1388 | Ralph Ergham | Translated to Bath & Wells |
| 1388 to 1395 | John Waltham | Master of the Rolls and Lord Treasurer |
| 1395 to 1407 | Richard Mitford | Translated from Chichester |
| 1407 to 1408 | Nicholas Bubwith (Nicholas Bubbewith) |
Translated from London |
| 1408 to 1417 | Cardinal Robert Hallam | Archdeacon of Canterbury, Chancellor of Oxford |
| 1417 to 1427 | John Chandler (John Chaundler) |
Dean of Salisbury |
| 1427 to 1438 | Robert Neville (Robert Nevill) |
Provost of Beverley |
| 1438 to 1450 | William Ayscough (William Aiscough) |
Clerk of the Council |
| 1450 to 1482 | Richard Beauchamp | Translated from Hereford |
| 1482 to 1485 | Lionel Woodville | Dean of Exeter; Chancellor of Oxford |
| 1485 to 1493 | Thomas Langton | Translated from St David's; Chancellor of the Garter; translated to Winchester |
| 1493 to 1500 | John Blyth (John Blythe) |
Master of the Rolls, Chancellor of Cambridge, Chancellor of the Garter |
| 1500 to 1501 | Henry Deane | Translated from Bangor; translated to Canterbury |
| 1501 to 1524 | Edmund Audley | Translated from Hereford; Chancellor of the Garter |
| 1524 to 1534 | Cardinal Lawrence Campejus | Deprived by Act of Parliament on the grounds of non-residence |
| 1535 to 1539 | Nicholas Shaxton | Treasurer of Sarum; resigned due to non-subscription to the Six Articles |
| 1539 to 1557 | John Salcott ( alias John Capon) |
Translated from Bangor |
| 1557 to 1558 | Cardinal William Petow | Appointed by Pope Paul IV but refused entry to the realm by Queen Mary I |
| 1558 to 17 November 1558 | Francis Mallet | Nominated by Queen Mary 14 October 1558 but not consecrated and set aside on her death |
| 1559 to 1571 | John Jewel | Died in office |
| 1571 to 1577 | Edmund Gheast | Translated from Rochester; almoner |
| 1577 to 1 February 1589 | John Piers | Translated from Rochester; almoner; translated to York |
| 1589 to 1591 | vacant | For 2 years |
| 1591 to 1598 | John Coldwell | Dean of Rochester |
| 1598 to 1614 | Henry Cotton | Prebendary of Winchester |
| 1614 to 1618 | Robert Abbot | Master of Balliol College, Oxford |
| 1618 to 1620 | Martin Fotherby | Prebendary of Canterbury |
| 1620 to 1621 | Robert Thompson (Robert Tounson) |
Dean of Westminster |
| 1621 to 1641 | John Davenant | Master of Queen's College, Cambridge |
| 1641 to 1660 | Brian Duppa | Translated from Chichester; translated to Winchester |
| 1660 to 1663 | Humphrey Henchman | Precentor of Salisbury; translated to London |
| 1663 to 1665 | John Earle | Translated from Worcester |
| 1665 to 1667 | Alexander Hyde | Dean of Winchester |
| 1667 to 1689 | Seth Ward | Translated from Exeter; Chancellor of the Garter |
| 1689 to 1715 | Gilbert Burnet | Preacher at the Rolls |
| 1715 to 1722 | William Talbot | Translated from Oxford; translated to Durham |
| 1722 to 1723 | Richard Willis | Translated from Gloucester; translated to Winchester |
| 1723 to 1734 | Benjamin Hoadley | Translated from Hereford; translated to Winchester |
| 1734 to 1748 | Thomas Sherlock | Translated from Bangor; translated to London |
| 1748 to 1757 | John Gilbert | Translated from Llandaff; translated to York |
| 1757 to 1761 | John Thomas senior | Translated from Peterborough; translated to Winchester |
| 1761 | Robert Drummond | Translated from St Asaph; translated to York |
| 1761 to 1766 | John Thomas junior (John Thomas II) |
Translated from Lincoln |
| 1766 to 1782 | John Hume | Translated from Oxford |
| 1782 to 1791 | The Honourable Shute Barrington | Translated from Llandaff; translated to Durham |
| 1791 to 1807 | John Douglas | Translated from Carlisle; died in office |
| May 30, 1807 to May 21, 1825 | John Fisher | Translated from Exeter; died within weeks of leaving office |
| May 21, 1825 to February 19, 1837 | Thomas Burgess | Translated from St David's; died in office |
| March 13, 1837 to March 6, 1854 | Edward Denison | Fellow of Merton College,Oxford; died in office |
| March 27, 1854 to August 1, 1869 | Walter Kerr Hamilton | canon-resident and Precentor of Salisbury; died in office |
| August 14 or August 19, 1869 to July 6, 1885 | George Moberly | Canon of Chester; earlier start date of tenure given in Haydns (1969 reprint) - source of later date unknown) |
| September 3, 1885 to August 16, 1911 | John Wordsworth | Oriel Professor of Divinity, Oxford. Founder of Bishop Wordsworth's School. |
| 1911 to May 4, 1921 | Frederick Edward Ridgeway | |
| June 21, 1921 to December 7, 1935 | St. Clair George Alfred Donaldson, DD | Died in office |
| 1936 to 1949 | Neville Lovett | |
| 1949 to 1963 | William Anderson | |
| 1963 to 1973 | Joseph Fison | |
| 1973 to 1982 | George Reindorp | |
| 1982 to 1993 | John Austin Baker | |
| November 30, 1993 to present | David Staffurth Stancliffe | |
[edit] Sources
- British History Online Bishops of Salisbury accessed on September 14, 2007
- Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961
