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)
738 to 756 Herewald
756 to 778 Æthelmod
778 to 798 Denefrith
798 to ? Wilbert
(Wigheorht)
 ? to 868 Eahlstan
(Alfstan)
868 to 872 Heahmund
(Saint Hamund)		 Saint
872 to 875 Wulfsige of Sherborne
875 to 879 Asser Menevensis
879 to 883 Swithelmus
(Sigelmus)
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)
 ? to 934 Sigelmus
(Sigehelm)
934 to 941 Alfred
941 to 958 Wulfine
(Wulfsige II of Sherborne)
958 to 978 Ælfweald
(Elfwold)
c.993 Wulsin
(Ulsinus)
c1001 to c1011 Athelric
(Æthelric of Sherborne)
c1011 to c1015 Æthelsige of Sherborne
c1015 to c1016 Brithwyn
(Beorhtwine)
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)
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)
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

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