Bishops of Lincoln
(From 1067 to 1641)
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Bishops of Lincoln (From 1067 to 1641) |
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Office Holder |
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Year
of appointment and termination |
| Remigius |
Almoner of
Fécamp, in Normandy made Bishop of Dorchester by William the Conqueror, and soon after transferred the see to Lincoln |
1067-1092 |
| Robert Bloet |
brother of
Hugh, Bishop of Bayeux Chancellor of England under William the Conqueror and William Rufus Justiciary under Henry I |
1094-1123 |
| Alexander, "the Magnificent" |
nephew of
Roger, Bishop of Salisbury Archdeacon of Sarum, 1121 |
1123 - 1148 |
| Robert de Chesney | Archdeacon of Leicester | 1148 - 1166 |
| See vacant | 1166 - 1173 | |
| Geoffrey Plantagenet |
natural son of Henry II, was appointed. He was never consecrated, although he retained the temporalities for nine years. |
1173 |
|
Walter de
Coutances |
Vice-Chancellor
of England, Canon and Treasurer of Rouen Cathedral, 1173 Archdeacon of Oxford, 1175 translated to Rouen, 1184. Died 1207 |
1183 - 1184 |
| See vacant | 1184 - 1186 | |
|
Hugh of Avalon (St Hugh of Lincoln) |
Procurator of monastery of the Grande Chartreuse, 1170 Prior of Carthusian monastery at Witham, in Somerset, 1175/6 to 1186 | 1186 - 1200 |
| William de Blois | 1203 - 1206 | |
| See vacant | 1206 - 1209 | |
| Hugh Plantagenet |
Prebendary of
Louth in the Cathedral, 1203 Archdeacon of Wells, 1204 |
1209 - 1235 |
| Robert Grosseteste |
Bishop of Hereford Archdeacon of
Wilts, 1214 and 1220 |
1235 - 1253 |
| Henry de Lexington |
Treasurer of
Salisbury, 1241 Prebendary of North Muskham at Southwell previous to 1242 Dean of Lincoln, 1245 |
1253 - 1258 |
| Richard de Gravesend |
Dean of
Lincoln, 1254 Treasurer of Hereford previous to 1258 absent from diocese about 1267 - 1269, when John de Maidenstone was in charge. |
1258 - 1279 |
| Oliver Sutton | Dean of Lincoln | 1280 - 1299 |
| John de Dalderby |
Canon of St
David's Archdeacon of Carmarthen, 1283 Chancellor of Lincoln, 1293 |
1300 - 1320 |
| Henry Burghersh |
Prebendary of
Riccall, in York Minster, 1316 Treasurer and Chancellor of England, 1328 deprived of chancellorship, 1330 re-elected Treasurer, 1334; dismissed, 1337 |
1320 - 1340 |
| Thomas Bek |
Doctor of
Canon Law Prebendary of Clifton in the Cathedral, 1335 |
1341 - Feb 1346/7 |
| John Gynwell | Archdeacon of Northampton | 1347 - 1362 |
| John Buckingham |
Prebendary of
Lichfield and Dean, 1349 Archdeacon of Northampton, 1351 Prebendary of Gretton in the Cathedral, 1352 Keeper of Privy Seal to Edward III translated to Lichfield, 1397 retired to monastery of Christ Church at Canterbury. Died 1398 |
1369 - 1397 |
| Henry Beaufort | 1398 - 1404 | |
| Phillip Repyngdon |
Augustinian
Canon of St Mary de Pré, Leicester, previous to 1382 excommunicated for Wiclifite heresy, July 1382; abjured, Nov 1382 Abbot of St Mary de Pré, 1394 Chancellor of Oxford University, 1397, 1400 - 1402 Chaplain and Confessor to Henry IV Cardinal, 1408 resigned, 1419. Died 1424 |
1405 - 1419 |
| Richard Fleming |
Prebendary of
Langtoft, in York Minster, 1415 Rector of Boston |
1419 - Jan 1430/1 |
| William De Grey | 1431 - 1436 | |
| William of Alnwick |
Keeper of the
Privy Seal Archdeacon of Salisbury Bishop of Norwich, 1426 - 1436 |
1436 - 1449 |
| Marmaduke Lumley |
Jan 1449/50 -
Dec 1450 |
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| John Chaworth | 1452 - 1471 | |
| Thomas Rotherham | 1472 - 1480 | |
| John Russell |
Archdeacon of
Berkshire, 1466 Bishop of Rochester, 1476 - 1480 |
1480 - 1494 |
| William Smythe | Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, 1493 - 1496 | 1496 - 1514 |
| Thomas Wolsey | 1514 | |
| William Atwater |
Chancellor of
Lincoln, 1506 - 1512 Prebendary, Oct 1512 |
1514 - Feb 1520/1 |
| John Longland |
Confessor to
King Henry VIII Prebendary of Lincoln |
1521 - 1547 |
| Henry Holbeach |
Prior of
Worcester, 1536 Suffragan Bishop of Bristol to see of Worcester, 1538 - 1540 Dean of Worcester, 1540 Bishop of Rochester, 1544 - 1547 |
1547 - 1551 |
| John Taylor | Master of St John's, 1538-46. Rector of St Peter Cornhill, London, of Tatenhill, Staffs., Dean of Lincoln; Reformer, Commissioner for the first Prayer Book. Bishop of Lincoln (deprived 1554). d.1554 | 1552 - 1554 |
| John White |
Prebendary of
Winchester translated to Winchester, 1556 deprived by Queen Elizabeth, 1559 |
1554 - 1556 |
| Thomas Watson |
Dean of Durham deprived by Queen Elizabeth |
1557 - 1559 |
| Nicholas Bullingham | translated to Worcester, Jan 1570/1. Died 1576 |
Jan 1559/60 -
Jan 1570/1 |
| Thomas Cooper |
1570/1 - 1584 |
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| William Wickham |
Dean of
Lincoln translated to Winchester, 1594. Died 1595 |
1584 - 1594 |
| William Chaderton |
University Preacher, Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity,
Regius Professor of Divinity. Chaplain to Robert Dudley, Earl of
Leicester, Rector of Holywell, Hunts., Warden of Manchester,
President of
Queen's College, Cambridge, 1568.
Archdeacon of York.
Prebendary of Westminster, 1576 Bishop of Chester, 1579 - 1595 |
1595 - 1608 |
| William Barlow | Bishop of Rochester, 1605 - 1608 | 1608 - 1613 |
| Richard Neile |
Bishop of Rochester, 1608 - 1610 Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, 1610 - 1614 Bishop of Durham, 1617 - 1627 Bishop of Winchester, 1627 - 1631 Archbishop of York, 1631 - 1640. Died 1640 |
1614 - 1617 |
| George Montaigne |
Dean of
Westminster, 1610 translated to London, 1621 translated to Durham, Feb 1627/8 translated to York, July 1628. Died Oct 1628 |
1617 - 1621 |
| John Williams |
Dean of
Westminster and Salisbury Precentor of Lincoln Lord Keeper under James I translated to York, 1641. Died 1650 |
1621 - 1641 |
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