Bishops of Hereford
(From 1186 to 1557)
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Bishops of Hereford (From 1186 to 1557) |
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Founded in 676, which covers Herefordshire, South West Shropshire and a few parishes in Worcestershire
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Office Holder |
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Year
of appointment and termination |
| Magonset | 670 - 676 | |
| Putta | formerly Bishop of Rochester. Forced to abandon Rochester in 676; went to Seaxwulf, Bishop of the Mercians, who granted him a church and a small estate, where he ended his life in peace'; he may not have been a Bishop of this line, though he had come to be regarded as such by c.800. | 676 - 688 |
| Tyrhtel | 688 - 710 | |
| Torhthere | 710 - 731 | |
| Walhstod | Abbott of Glastonbury | 731 - 736 |
| Cuthbeorht |
Abbott of Lyminge. Archbishop of Canterbury 740 - 761 |
736 - 740 |
| Podda | 741 - 758 | |
| Acca | 758 - 770 | |
| Headda | 770 - 777 | |
| Aaldberht | 777 - 786 | |
| Esne | 786 - 788 | |
| Ceolmund | 788 - 798 | |
| Utel | 799 - 801 | |
| Wulfheard | 801 - 824 | |
| Beonna | 825 - 832 | |
| Eadwulf | 832 - 839 | |
| Cuthwulf | leased land to Ealdorman Ælfstan, with reversion to Bromyard minster | 839 - 866 |
| Mucel | 857 - 866 | |
| Deorlaf | 866 - 888 | |
| Cynemund | 888 - 890 | |
| Edgar | 890 - 930 | |
| Tidhelm | ||
| Wulfhelm | ||
| Ælfric | ||
| Wulfric | 968 - 971 | |
| Æthelwulf | monk of the Old Minster, Win. | 971 - 1013 |
| Athelstan | blind for thirteen years before his death | 1013 - 10 Feb 1056 |
| Leofgar | priest of Earl Harold | Mar 1056 - 16 Jun 1056 |
| Ealdred | Bishop of Hereford and Worcester, resigned and trs. to York 1060 | 1056 - 1060 |
| Walter of Lotharingia | chaplain to Queen Edith | 1060 - 1079 |
| Robert Losinga of Lorraine | the first Bishop under Norman rule | 1079-1095 |
| Reinhelm | 1107 - 1115 | |
| William De Vere | 1186 - 1198 | |
| Robert Grosseteste |
Archdeacon of
Wilts, 1214 and 1220 Bishop of Lincoln 1235 - 1253 |
1198 - 1214 |
| Giles De Braose | Died, 17 Nov 1215; buried in South aisle of Hereford | |
| Hugh Foliot | ||
| Peter D'Aquablanca | 1240 - 1268 | |
| Thomas Cantilupe | d. 1283 | |
| Richard De Swinfield | 1289 - 1290 | |
| Adam Orleton | Lord Treasurer | |
| Thomas Charlton | Privy seal to Ed II. Bishop of Hereford: 1316. A military commander, too. Lord Treasurer 1328. Died 11 Jan 1344. | 1316 - 1344 |
| John Gilbert | Lord Treasurer 1386 | |
| ? Stanbury |
d. 1474 |
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| Thomas Milling | 1474 - 1492 | |
| Edmund Touchet | 1493 - 1502 | |
| Adriano of Castelli | 1502 - 1504 | |
| Richard Mayeu | 1504 - 1516 | |
| Charles Booth | 1516 - 1535 | |
| Edward Fox | 1535 - 1538 | |
| Edmund Bonner | 1538 - 1539 | |
| John Skip | 1539 - 1552 | |
| John Harley | 1553 - 1554 | |
| Robert Wharton | 1554 - 1557 |
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