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- Putta to Æthelwulf 676 to 1013 Twenty-four Saxon occupants of the Bishop’s Palace in Hereford 25 Æthelstan c.1013 to 1056 Died at Bosbury Manor, 10th February 1056 26 Leofgar 1056 to 1056 Chaplain of Earl Harold, in office 3 months 27 Ealdred 1057 to 1060 Later Archbishop of York, the last Saxon bishop 28 Walter of Lorraine (Walter of Lotharingia) 1061 to 1079 Chaplain to Queen Edith; consecrated 15th April 1061; died in office 29 Robert de Losinga (Robert of Lorraine) 1079 to 1096 Prebendary of St Paul’s, London 30 Gerard 1096 to 1101 Chancellor to William the Conqueror; translated to York 31 Reynelm 1102 to 1115 Chancellor to Queen Matilda 32 Geoffrey de Clive 1115 to 1121 Chaplain to Henry I 33 Richard de Capella 1121 to 1127 Clerk of the Seal; died in office - vacant 1127 to 1131 34 Robert de Bethune 1131 to 1148 Prior of Llanthony; died in office 35 Gilbert Foliot 1148 to 1163 Abbot of Gloucester; translated to London 36 Robert de Melun 1163 to 1166 Theologian and scholastic. Prior of Llanthony; died in office. - vacant 1166 to 1174 37 Robert Foliot 1174 to 1186 Archdeacon of Oxford; died in office 38 William de Vere 1186 to 1198 Prebendary of St Paul’s, London; died in office - vacant 1198 to 1200 39 Giles de Braose 1200 to 1215 Died in office; buried in south aisle of Hereford Cathedral 40 Hugh de Mapenor 1216 to 1219 Dean of Hereford; died in office 41 Hugh Foliot 1219 to 1234 Archdeacon of Salop; died in office 42 Ralph de Maidstone 1234 to 1239 Dean of Hereford; resigned 43 Peter de Aigueblanche (Peter D’Aquablanca) 1240 to 1268 Archdeacon of Salop; died at Stretton Sugwas manor 44 John le Breton 1269 to 1275 Died in office 45 Thomas de Cantilupe (Thomas Cantilupe) 1275 to 1282 Archdeacon of Stafford; Lord Chancellor of England; Chancellor of Oxford; died in office; canonized in 1320: Saint Thomas of Hereford 46 Richard de Swinfield 1282 to 1317 Died at Bosbury Manor, 15 March 1316/17 47 Adam de Orleton 1317 to 1327 Lord Treasurer; translated to Worcester 48 Thomas de Charlton 1327 to 1344 Privy seal to Edward II; Lord Treasurer 1328; Lord Chancellor of Ireland; died in office 49 John de Trillek 1344 to 1360 Died in office 50 Lewis de Charlton 1361 to 1370 Canon of Hereford; Chancellor of Oxford 51 William de Courtenay 1370 to 1375 Prebendary of York; translated to London 52 John Gilbert 1375 to 1389 Translated from Bangor; translated to St David’s 53 John Trefnant 1389 to 1404 Canon of St Asaph and Lincoln; died in office 54 Robert Mascall 1404 to 1416 Confessor to the Henry IV;died in office 55 Edmund Lacy 1417 to 1420 Canon of Windsor; translated to Exeter 56 Thomas Polton 1420 to 1421 Dean of York; translated to Chichester 57 Thomas Spofford 1421 to 1448 Abbot of St Mary’s, York; Bishop-elect of Rochester: removed to Hereford before consecration; resigned 58 Richard Beauchamp 1449 to 1450 Archdean of Suffolk; translated to Salisbury 59 Reginald Boulers 1451 to 1452 Abbot of Gloucester; translated to Coventry & Lichfield 60 John Stanbury 1453 to 1474 Translated from Bangor; died in office 61 Thomas Milling 1474 to 1492 Abbot of Westminster; died in office 62 Edmund Audley 1493 to 1502 Translated from Rochester; translated to Salisbury 63 Adrian de Castello 1502 to 1504 Prebendary of St Paul’s, London; translated to Bath & Wells 64 Richard Mayew 1504 to 1516 President of Magdalen College, Oxford 65 Charles Booth 1516 to 1535 Prebendary of Lincoln; died in office 66 Edward Fox 1535 to 1538 Protestant; Provost of King’s College, Cambridge - Edmund Bonner 1538 to 1539 Archdeacon of Leicester; not consecrated; translated to London; died at Marshalsea prison 67 John Skipp 1539 to 1552 Archdeacon of Dorest; died in office 68 John Harley 1553 to 1554 Protestant; Prebendiary of Worcester; deprived for being married 69 Robert Parfew alias Wharton 1554 to 1557 Catholic; translated from St Asaph - Thomas Reynolds 1557 to 1558 Nominated by Queen Mary but set aside by Queen Elizabeth and died a prisoner of the faith before consecration 70 John Scory 1559 to 1585 Protestant; deprived Bishop of Chichester; died in office 71 Herbert Westfaling 1585 to 1602 Canon of Windsor; died in office 72 Robert Bennett 1602 to 1617 Dean of Windsor; died in office 73 Francis Godwin 1617 to 1633 Translated from Llandaff; died in office - William Juxon 1633 to 1633 elected but not consecrated; translated to London - Godfrey Goodman 1634 to 1634 Catholic; Bishop of Gloucester; elected but declined the office 74 Augustine Lindsell 1634 to 1634 Translated from Peterborough; served for 7 months and died in office 75 Matthew Wren 1634 to 1635 Translated to Norwich 76 Theophilus Field 1635 to 1636 Translated from St David’s; died in office 77 George Coke 1636 to 1646 Translated from Bristol; died in office - vacant 1646 to 1660 78 Nicholas Monk 1661 to 1661 Provost of Eton; served for 12 months and died in office 79 Herbert Croft 1662 to 1691 Canon of Windsor, Dean of Hereford; died in office 80 Gilbert Ironside 1691 to 1701 Translated from Bristol; died in office 81 Humphrey Humphreys 1701 to 1712 Translated from Bangor; died in office 82 Philip Bisse 1713 to 1721 Translated from St David’s; died in office 83 Benjamin Hoadley 1721 to 1723 Translated from Bangor; translated to Salisbury 84 The Honourable Henry Egerton 1724 to 1746 Canon of Christchurch, Oxford; died in office 85 Lord James Beauclerck 1746 to 1787 Canon of Windsor; died in office 86 The Honourable John Harley 1787 to 1788 Dean of Windsor; died in office 87 John Butler 1788 to 1802 Translated from Oxford; died in office 88 Folliot Herbert Walker Cornewall 1802 to 1808 Translated from Bristol; translated to Worcester 89 John Luxmore 1808 to 1815 Translated from Bristol; translated to St Asaph 90 George Isaac Huntingford 1815 to 1832 Translated from Gloucester; died in office 91 The Honourable Edward Grey 1832 to 1837 Dean of Hereford; died in office 92 Thomas Musgrave 1837 to 1847 Translated to York 93 Renn Dickson Hampden 1848 to 1868 Canon of Christchurch, Oxford; died in office 94 James Atlay, DD 1868 to 1894 Vicar of Leeds; died in office 95 John Percival 1895 to 1917 Resigned 96 Herbert Hensley Henson 1918 to 1920 Translated to Durham 97 Martin Linton Smith 1920 to 1930 Translated from Warrington; translated to Rochester 98 Charles Lisle Carr 1931 to 1941 Translated from Coventry; resigned 99 Richard Parsons 1941 to 1948 Translated from Southwark; died in office 100 Tom Longworth 1949 to 1961 Translated from Pontefract; resigned 101 Mark Allin Hodson, BA 1961 to 1973 Translated from Taunton; resigned 102 John Richard Gordon Eastaugh 1974 to 1990 Died in office 103 John Keith Oliver, MA 1990 to 2003 Formerly Archdeacon of Sherborne; retired 104 Anthony Martin Priddis, MA, Dip.Theol. 2004 to 2013 Translated from Warwick; retired 105 Richard Michael Cockayne Frith 2014 to 2019 Translated from Hull; retired 106 Richard Charles Jackson 2020 to present Translated from Lewes From 1645 to 1660, the Bishop’s office was replaced by four Presbyterian pastors, William Lowe, George Primrose, Samuel Smith and William Voyle who were appointed jointly to manage services and ordain ministers acceptable to Parliament. By the Restoration Lowe and Voyle had died and Smith and Primrose were now expelled. |
| Source: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 2, Hereford Diocese. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1962. The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540-1835 (CCEd) http://wikishire.co.uk/wiki/Diocese_of_Hereford accessed 2013 Special thanks to Philip Weaver Barry Sharples, 2023 |
