Bishops of Lincoln

Bishops of Lincoln


				died
1	1067 - 1092	Remigius (Rémi)	Almoner of Fécamp, in Normandy made Bishop of Dorchester by William the Conqueror, and soon after transferred the see to Lincoln
2	1094 - 1123	Robert Bloet	brother of Hugh, Bishop of Bayeux Chancellor of England under William the Conqueror and William Rufus Justiciary under Henry I
3	1123 - 1148	Alexander ("the Magnificent")	nephew of Roger, Bishop of Salisbury Archdeacon of Sarum, 1121
4	1148 - 1166	Robert de Chesney	Archdeacon of Leicester
	1166 - 1173	See vacant
	1173		Geoffrey Plantagenet, natural son of Henry II, was appointed. He was never consecrated, although he retained the temporalities for nine years.
5	1183 - 1184	Walter de Coutances (de Constantiis)	Vice-Chancellor of England, Canon and Treasurer of Rouen Cathedral, 1173 Archdeacon of Oxford, 1175 translated to Rouen, 1184	1207
	1184 - 1186	See vacant
6	1186 - 1200	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
7	1203 - 1206	William de Blois
	1206 - 1209	See vacant
8	1209 - 1235	Hugh de Wells	Prebendary of Louth in the Cathedral, 1203 Archdeacon of Wells, 1204
9	1235 - 1253	Robert Grosseteste	Archdeacon of Wilts, 1214 and 1220 Archdeacon of Northampton, 1221 first Rector of Franciscans at Oxford, 1224 Prebendary of Empingham in the Cathedral, afterwards exchanged for Archdeaconry of Leicester.
10	1253 - 1258	Henry de Lexinton	Treasurer of Salisbury, 1241 Prebendary of North Muskham at Southwell previous to 1242 Dean of Lincoln, 1245
11	1258 - 1279	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.
12	1280 - 1299	Oliver Sutton	Dean of Lincoln
13	1300 - 1320	John de Dalderby	Canon of St David's Archdeacon of Carmarthen, 1283 Chancellor of Lincoln, 1293
14	1320 - 1340	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
15	1341 - Feb 1346/7	Thomas Bek	Doctor of Canon Law Prebendary of Clifton in the Cathedral, 1335
16	1347 - 1362	John Gynwell	Archdeacon of Northampton
17	1369 - 1397	John Buckingham (Bokyngham)	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	1398
18	1398 - 1404	Henry Beaufort	Prebendary of Thame, 1389 Prebendary of Sutton in the Cathedral, 1391 Dean of Wells, 1397 translated to Winchester, 1404	1447
19	1405 - 1419	Philip Repyngdon (Repington)	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	1424
20	1419 - Jan 1430/1	Richard Fleming	Prebendary of Langtoft, in York Minster, 1415 Rector of Boston
21	1431 - 1436	William Gray	Bishop of London, 1426 - 1431
22	1436 - 1449	William of Alnwick	Keeper of the Privy Seal Archdeacon of Salisbury Bishop of Norwich, 1426 - 1436
23	Jan 1449/50 - Dec 1450	Marmaduke Lumley	Treasurer of England Chancellor of Cambridge University Precentor of Lincoln, 1425 exchanged for rectory of Stepney, 1427 Bishop of Carlisle, 1430 - Jan 1449/50
24	1452 - 1471	John Chadworth
25	1472 - 1480	Thomas Rotherham (Scot)	Archdeacon of Canterbury, 1467 Bishop of Rochester, 1468 - 1472 translated to York, 1480	1500
26	1480 - 1494	John Russell	Archdeacon of Berkshire, 1466 Bishop of Rochester, 1476 - 1480
27	1496 - 1514	William Smyth	Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, 1493 - 1496
28	1514	Thomas Wolsey	Dean of Lincoln, 1508 Canon of Windsor Dean of York translated to Winchester and York, 1514 Cardinal, 1515 Papal Legate and Lord Chancellor, 1516	1530
29	1514 - Feb 1520/1	William Atwater	Chancellor of Lincoln, 1506 - 1512 Prebendary, Oct 1512
30	1521 - 1547	John Longland	Confessor to King Henry VIII Prebendary of Lincoln
31	1547 - 1551	Henry Holbeach (Rands)	Prior of Worcester, 1536 Suffragan Bishop of Bristol to see of Worcester, 1538 - 1540 Dean of Worcester, 1540 Bishop of Rochester, 1544 - 1547
32	1552 - 1554	John Taylor	deprived by Queen Mary
33	1554 - 1556	John White	Prebendary of Winchester translated to Winchester, 1556 deprived by Queen Elizabeth, 1559
34	1557 - 1559	Thomas Watson	Dean of Durham deprived by Queen Elizabeth
35	Jan 1559/60 - Jan 1570/1	Nicholas Bullingham	translated to Worcester, Jan 1570/1	1576
36	1570/1 - 1584	Thomas Cooper (Couper)	Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, 1566 Vice-Chancellor of the University Dean of Gloucester, 1569 translated to Winchester, 1584	1594
37	1584 - 1594	William Wickham	Dean of Lincoln translated to Winchester, 1594	1595
38	1595 - 1608	William Chaderton (Chatterton)	President of Queen's College, Cambridge, 1568 Archdeacon of York Prebendary of Westminster, 1576 Bishop of Chester, 1579 - 1595
39	1608 - 1613	William Barlow	Bishop of Rochester, 1605 - 1608
40	1614 - 1617	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	1640
41	1617 - 1621	George Montaigne (Mountain)	Dean of Westminster, 1610 translated to London, 1621 translated to Durham, Feb 1627/8 translated to York, July 1628	Oct 1628
42	1621 - 1641	John Williams	Dean of Westminster and Salisbury Precentor of Lincoln Lord Keeper under James I translated to York, 1641	1650
43	1642 - 1654	Thomas Winniffe
44	1660 - 1663	Robert Sanderson	Regius Professor at Oxford, 1642 and 1660
45	1663 - 1667	Benjamin Laney	Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, 1632 - 1633 Dean of Rochester, July 1660 Bishop of Peterborough, Dec 1660 - 1663 translated to Ely, 1667	Jan 1674/5
46	1667 - 1675	William Fuller	Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin, July 1660 Bishop of Limerick, Mar 1663/4 - 1667
47	1675 - 1691	Thomas Barlow
48	1691 - 1694	Thomas Tenison	Archdeacon of London translated to Canterbury, 1694	1715
49	Mar 1694/5 - Mar 1704/5	James Gardiner	Sub-Dean of Lincoln, 1671
50	1705 - 1715	William Wake	Dean of Exeter translated to Canterbury, 1715	1737
51	1716 - 1723	Edmund Gibson	Archdeacon of Surrey, 1710 translated to London, 1723	1748
52	1723 - Jan 1743/4	Richard Reynolds	Dean of Peterborough, 1718 Bishop of Bangor, Dec 1721 - 1723
53	1744 - 1761	John Thomas	translated to Salisbury, 1761	1766
54	1761 - 1779	John Green	Dean of Lincoln and Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, 1756 Resident Canon of St Paul's Cathedral, 1771
55	1779 - 1787	Thomas Thurlow
56	1787 - 1820	George Pretyman Tomline (baronet)	translated to Winchester, 1820	1827
57	1820 - 1827	George Pelham	Resident Canon of Chichester Cathedral, 1790 Prebendary of Winchester, 1797 - 1803 Bishop of Bristol, 1803 - 1807 Bishop of Exeter, 1807 - 1820
58	1827 - 1853	John Kaye	Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, 1815 Bishop of Bristol, 1820 - 1827
59	1853 - 1868	John Jackson	Canon of Bristol, 1853 translated to London, 1868	1885
60	1868 - 1885	Christopher Wordsworth	Headmaster of Harrow School, 1836 - 1844 Archdeacon of Westminster, 1865
61	1885 - 1910	Edward King
62	1910 -	Edward Lee Hicks
63	1920 -	W Shuckburgh Swayne
64	1933 -	Frederick Cyril Nugent Hicks
65	1942 -	Henry Aylmer Skelton
66	1946 -	Leslie Owen		1947
67	1947 -	Maurice Henry Harland
68	1956 -	Kenneth Riches
69	1974 -	Simon Wilton Phipps
70	1987 -	Robert Maynard Hardy
71	2002 - 2011	John Saxbee

Sources:

The Cathedral Church of Lincoln by A. F. Kendrick, B.A.
published by G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. London 1928
reproduced on Bill Thayer's site here
Whittaker's Almanack

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