Bishops of Rochester

(From 604 to 1630)

 

Office

Holder

 

Year of
appointment and termination
Justus   604-624

Romanus

  624-633
Paulinus   633-644

Ithamar

  644-664
Damianus   664-669

Putta

  669-676
Cwichelm   676-678

Gebmund

  678-716
Tobias   716-727

Aldwulf

  727-741
Dunn   741-747
Eardwulf   747-772
Diora   772-785

Waermund I

  785-805
Beornmod   805-844

Tatnoth

  844-868
Badenoth   868

Waermund II

  868
Cuthwulf   868-880

Swithwulf

  880-900
Ceolmund   900-926
Cyneferth   c926-c.934
Burhric   c934-949

Beorhtsige

  949-955
[Daniel?] Rochester or Selsey   955-964

Ælfstan

  964-995
Godwine I   995-1046

Godwine II

  1046-1058
Siward   1058-1076

Arnost

  1076-1077
Gundulf   1077-1108

Ralph d'Escures

  1108-1115
Ernulf   1115-1125

John

  1125-1137
John II   1137-1142

Ascelin

  1142-1148
Walter   1148-1182

Waleran

  1182-1185
Gilbert Glanville   1185-1215

Benedict of Sausetun [Sawston]

  1215-1227
Henry Sandford   1227-1238

Richard Wendene

 

1238-1251

Lawrence of St Martin   1251-1274

Walter Merton

  1274-1278
John Bradfield   1278-1283

Thomas Ingoldsthorpe

  1283-1292
Thomas of Wouldham   1292-1319

Hamo Hethe

  1319-1353
John Sheppey   1353-1362

William of Whittlesey

  1362-1364
Thomas Trilleck   1364-1373

Thomas Brinton

  1373-1389
William Bottisham   1389-1400

John Bottlesham

  1400-1404
Richard Young   1404-1419

John Kempe

  1419-1422
John Langdon   1422-1435
Thomas Brouns  

1435-1437

William Wells   1437-1444

John Low

  1444-1468

Thomas Rotherham

  1468-1472

John Alcock

  1472-1476

John Russell

  1476-1480
Edmund Touchet   1480-1493

Thomas Savage

  1493-1497

Richard FitzJames

  1497-1504

John Fisher

  1504-1535

John Hildesleigh

  1535-1540

Nicolas Heath

  1540-1544

Henry Holbeach

  1544-1547

Nicholas Ridley

  1547-1550

John Ponet

  1550-1551

John Scory

  1551-1554

Maurice Griffith

  1554-1560

Edmund Gheast [Guest]

  1560-1572

Edmund Freke

  1572-1576

John Piers

  1576-1578

John Young

  1578-1605

William Barlow

  1605-1608

Richard Neile

  1608-1611

John Buckeridge

  1611-1628
Walter Curil   1628-1630
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