Bishops of Hereford (original) (raw)
Founded in 676, which covers Herefordshire, South West Shropshire and a few parishes in Worcestershire
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 �lfstan, with reversion to Bromyard minster
839 - 866
Mucel
857 - 866
Deorlaf
866 - 888
Cynemund
888 - 890
Edgar
890 - 930
Tidhelm
Wulfhelm
�lfric
Wulfric
968 - 971
�thelwulf
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](../VERE.htm#William De VERE %28Bishop of Hereford%29)
1186 - 1198
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.
Bishop of Lincoln 1235 - 1253
1198 - 12 14
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
Thomas Milling
1474 - 1492
[ **Edmund Touchet**](../TOUCHET.htm#Edmund TOUCHET %28Bishop%291)
1493 - 1502
1502 - 1504
Richard Mayeu
1504 - 1516
Charles Booth
1516 - 1535
1535 - 1538
1538 - 1539
John Skip
1539 - 1552
John Harley
1553 - 1554
Robert Wharton
1554 - 1557