Bishops of Durham (From 995 to 1628) |
Office Holder |
|
Year
of appointment and termination |
Aldhun |
995-1018 | |
Eadmund | 1021-1041 | |
Eadred |
1041-1042 | |
Aethelric |
1042-1056 | |
Aethelwin |
1056-1071 | |
Walcher |
Prince Bishops |
1071-1080 |
William of St Carileph |
1081-1096 | |
Rannulf Flambard |
1099-1129 | |
Geoffrey Rufus |
1133-1140 | |
William of St Barbara |
1143-1153 | |
Hugh Pudsey |
1153-1195 | |
Phillip of Poitou |
1195-1208 | |
Richard Marsh |
1217-1226 | |
Richard le Poor |
1229-1237 | |
Nicholas Farnham |
1241-1249 | |
Walter Kirkham |
1249-1260 | |
Robert Stitchill |
1260-1274 | |
Robert of Holy Island |
1274-1283 | |
Antony De Beke |
d. 2 Mar 1310/1 | 1284-1310 |
Richard Kellaw |
1311-1316 | |
Lewis de Beaumont |
1318-1333 | |
Richard of Bury |
1333-1345 | |
Thomas Hatfield |
1345-1381 | |
John Fordham | 1382-1388 | |
Walter Skirlaw | 1388-1406 | |
Thomas Langley | 1406-1437 | |
Robert Neville | 1437-1457 | |
Laurence Booth | 1457-1476 | |
William (Sutton) Dudley | 1476-1483 | |
John Sherwood | 1484-1494 | |
Richard Fox | 1494-1501 | |
William (Sever) Senhouse | 1502-1505 | |
Christopher Bainbridge | 1507-1508 | |
Thomas Ruthall | 1509-1523 | |
Thomas Wolsey | 1523-1529 | |
Cuthbert Tunstall | 1530-1559 | |
James Pilkington | 1561-1576 | |
Richard Barnes | 1577-1587 | |
Matthew Hutton |
1589-1595 | |
Tobias Matthew |
1595-1606 | |
William James |
1606-1617 | |
Richard Neile |
1617-1627 | |
George Montaigne | Chaplain to the Earl of Essex, Professor of Divinity at Gresham College, Master of the Savoy and Chaplain to King James I, Rector of Great Cressingham, Norf., of Aspeden, Herts., of Cheam, Surrey, Dean of Westminster. Bishop of Lincoln, of London, Archbishop of York. d.1628. | 1628 |
Priors of Durham
(Pre-Reformation)
Office Holder |
|
Year
of appointment and termination |
Aldwin | 1083-1087 | |
Turgot |
1087-1109 | |
Algar |
1109-1137 | |
Roger |
1137-1149 | |
Lawrence |
1149-1153 | |
Absolom |
1154-1158 | |
Thomas |
1158-1162 | |
German |
1163-1186 | |
Bertram |
1188-1208 | |
William | 1209-1214 | |
Ralph Kermet | 1214-1233 | |
Thomas of Melsonby | 1233-1244 | |
Bertram of Middleton | 1244-1258 | |
Hugh of Darlington | 1258-1272 | |
Richard of Claxton | 1272-1285 | |
Hugh of Darlington | 1285-1289 | |
Richard of Hoton | 1289-1308 | |
William of Tanfield | 1308-1313 | |
Geoffrey of Burdon | 1314-1322 | |
William of Cowton |
1322-1341 | |
John Fossor | 1341-1374 | |
Robert of Berrington | 1374-1391 | |
John of Hemmingburgh | 1391-1416 | |
John of Washington | 1416-1446 | |
William of Ebchester | 1446-1456 | |
John Burnaby | 1456-1464 | |
Richard Bell | 1464-1478 | |
Robert of Ebchester | 1478-1484 | |
John of Auckland | 1484-1494 | |
Thomas Castell | 1494-1519 | |
Hugh Whitehead | 1524-1540 |
Deans of Durham
(Post-Reformation)
Office Holder |
|
Year
of appointment and termination |
Hugh Whitehead | 1541-48 | |
Robert Horne | 1551-1553 | |
Thomas Watson | 1553-1557 | |
Thomas Robertson | 1557-1559 | |
Robert Horne | 1559-1560 | |
Ralph Skinner | 1560-1563 | |
William Whittingham | 1563-1579 | |
Thomas Wilson | 1580-1581 | |
Tobias Matthew | 1583-1595 | |
William James | 1596-1606 | |
Adam Newton (Sir) | 1606-1620 | |
Richard Hunt | 1620-1638 |
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