Bishops

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 2, Hereford Diocese. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1962.

Citation:

'Bishops', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 2, Hereford Diocese, ed. Joyce M Horn( London, 1962), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol2/pp1-3 [accessed 23 November 2024].

Hereford 1300-1541

M. Richard de Swinfield D.Th. 1282-1317.

El. 1 Oct. 1282 (Reg. Swinfield p. 273). Abp's conf., and spir. 31 Dec. (Registrum Epistolarum J. Peckham (R.S. 77) pp. 498-9; Lamb., Reg. Peckham f. 100). Temps. 8 Jan. 1283 (CPR. 1281-1292 p. 54). Lic. alibi cons. 5 March (Cant., Reg. A f. 84b/99b). Cons. 7 March; profession of obedience to Canterbury s.d. (ibid. f. 273b/233b). D. 12 or 15 March 1317 (Emden, Reg. Ox. 111 1033; Lambeth Palace MS. 20 f. 172b).

M. Adam de Orleton D.Cn.L. 1317-1327.

Lic. el. 7 Apr. 1317 (CPR. 1313-1317 p. 633). Prov. 15 May (CPL. 11 150), in spite of mand. from k. 6 May to decline appointment (Foedera 11 i 125). Cons. 22 May (R.S.A. p. 71). Profession of obedience 30 June (Cant., Reg. A f. 273b/233b). Spir. 2 July (Reg. Orleton p. 1). Temps. 24 July (ibid. p. 16; CPR. 1317-1321 p. 3). Enthroned 2 Oct. (Reg. Orleton p. 33). Edward II took the temps. March 1324, and kept them till Orleton trans. to Worcester 1327.

M. Thomas de Charlton D.C.L.1327-1344.

Prov. 25 Sept. 1327 (CPL. 11 263). Cons. 18 Oct. (A. Murimuth, Continuatio Chronicarum (R.S. 93) p. 58). Profession of obedience 30 Nov. (Cant., Reg. A f. 274/ 234). Temps. 21 Dec. (CPR. 1327-1330 p. 195). D. 11 Jan. 1344 (Emden, Reg. Ox. 1 393).

M. John de Trillek 1344-1360.

Lic. el. 27 Jan. 1344 (CPR. 1343-1345 p. 189). El. 22 Feb. (Reg. Trillek p. 1). Royal assent 5 March (CPR. 1343-1345 p. 216). Prov. 15 March (thus cancelling el.) (CPL. 111 95). Abp's conf. 27 March (Reg. Trillek p. 1). Temps. 29 March (CPR. 1343-1345 p. 222). Cons. 29 Aug. (Eubel 1 274). Enthroned 24 Oct. (Reg. Trillek p. 21). Profession of obedience 9 Sept. 1348 (Cant., Reg. A f. 274/234). Incapacitated by 1359, and d. 20 Nov. 1360 (CPR. 1358-1361 pp. 326-7; Reg. L. Charlton p. 38).

[M. John Barnet senior B.C.L. 1360.]

M. Lewis de Charlton D. Th. 1361-1369.

Lic. el. 13 Dec. 1360 (CPR. 1358-1361 p. 507). Part of the chapt. el. Barnet, the other part Charlton (Lamb., Reg. Islip f. 231). Prov. to Charlton 10 Sept. 1361 (ibid.). Cons. 25 Oct. (Reg. L. Charlton p. 1). Profession of obedience and spir. 3 Nov. (Lamb., Reg. Islip f. 181/183). Temps. 14 Nov. (CPR. 1361-1364 p. 106). D. 23 May 1369 (Reg. L. Charlton p. 1).

[Thomas de Brantingham 1369.]

M. William de Courtenay D.C.L. 1369-1375.

Lic. el. 8 July 1369 (CPR. 1367-1370 p. 282). Brantingham el. n.d. (cf. Reg. T. de Brantyngham, ed. F. C. Hingeston-Randolph (1901-6) 11 745). But prov. to Courtenay 17 Aug. (Reg. Courtenay p. 2). Cons. 17 March 1370 (Eubel 1 274). Temps. 19 March (CPR. 1367-1370 p. 379.) Enthroned 15 Sept. (Reg. Courtenay pp. 4-5). Profession of obedience 13 Nov. 1372 (Lamb., Reg. Wittlesey f. 58). Trans. to London 1375.

M. John Gilbert O.P., D.Th. 1375-1389.

Trans. from Bangor 12 Sept. 1375 (Lamb., Reg. Sudbury f. 22b). Temps. 4 Dec. (CPR. 1374-1377 p. 199). Spir. 6 Dec. (Lamb., Reg. Sudbury ff. 22b, 23). Trans. to St. Davids 1389.

M. John Trefnant D.C.L.1389-1404.

Prov. 5 May 1389 (Reg. Trefnant p. 1). Cons. 20 June (ibid. p. 2). Temps. 16 Oct. (CPR. 1388-1392 p. 121). D. 29 March 1404 (Reg. Mascall p. 94).

M. Robert Mascall O.Carm., D.Th. 1404-1416.

Lic. el. 12 Apr. 1404 (CPR. 1401-1405 p. 385). Prov. 2 July (CPL. v 583). Cons. 6 July (Reg. Mascall p. 6). Temps. 25 Sept. (CPR. 1401-1405 p. 421). Profession of obedience 28 Sept. (Lamb., Reg. Arundell 1 f. 28). D. 22 Dec. 1416 (Reg. Chichele 111 427).

M. Edmund Lacy D.Th. 1417-1420.

Custody of temps. from 4 Jan. 1417 (CPR. 1416-1422 p. 56). Lic. el. 21 Jan. (ibid.). Royal assent to el. 17 Feb. (ibid. p. 65). Conf. by abp. 31 March (Reg. Chichele 1 33-4). Cons. 18 Apr. (ibid.; Reg. Lacy (Heref.) p. 1). Profession of obedience s.d. (Reg. Chichele 1 35). Temps. 1 May (CPR. 1416-1422 p. 104). Trans. to Exeter 1420.

M. Thomas Polton B.C.L. 1420-1421.

Prov. 15 July 1420 (Reg. Chichele 1 71). Cons. 21 July (Eubel 1 274). Spir. 7 Oct., profession of obedience by proxy 4 Nov. (Reg. Chichele 1 71-2). Temps. 9 Nov. (CPR. 1416-1422 p. 304). Trans. to Chichester 1421.

Thomas Spofford O.S.B. 1421-1448.

Trans. from Rochester 18 Nov. 1421 (Reg. Spofford pp. 2-4). Cons. 24 May 1422 (ibid. p. 5, cf. pp. 16-17). Temps. 25 May (CPR. 1416-1422 p. 436). Profession of obedience and spir. 29 May (Reg. Chichele 1 79). Abp's mand. to chapt. to enthrone, 4 July 1423 (ibid. p. 37). After several attempts to resign (Reg. Spofford pp. ix, x, 251; Official Correspondence of Thomas Bekynton (R.S. 56) 1 1), he res. by 4 Dec. 1448 (CPL. x 42).

M. Richard Beauchamp D.Cn.L. 1448-1450.

Prov. 4 Dec. 1448 (CPL. x 388-9; Deed no. 1814). Temps. 31 Jan. 1449 (CPR. 1446-1452 p. 223). Profession of obedience n.d. (Lamb., Reg. Stafford f. 31). Cons. 9 Feb. (Reg. Beauchamp p. 3). Enthroned 3 Apr. (ibid. p. 4). Trans. to Salisbury 1450.

M. Reginald Boulers O.S.B., D.Th. 1450-1452.

Prov. 18 Sept. 1450 (Reg. Boulers p. 1). Temps. 23 Dec. (CPR. 1446-1452 p. 409). Lic. alibi cons. 27 Jan. 1451 (Cant., Reg. S f. 158b/186b). Cons. 8 Feb. (Reg. Boulers p. 1.) Enthroned 2 Aug. (ibid. p. 11). Trans. to Coventry and Lichfield 1452.

M. John Stanbury D. Th. 1453-1474.

Trans. from Bangor 7 Feb. 1453 (Reg. Stanbury p. 1; Deed no. 1456). Temps. 26 March (CPR. 1452-1461 p. 48). Profession of obedience 2 Apr. (Lamb., Reg. Kempe ff. 215b-216). Enthroned 25 Apr. (Reg. Stanbury pp. 6-7). D. 11 May 1474 (Emden, Reg. Ox. 111 1755).

M. Thomas Myllyng O.S.B., D.Th. 1474-1492.

Lic. el. 29 June 1474 (CPR. 1467-1477 p. 448). Prov. 22 June (CPL. XIII ii 887). Temps. 15 Aug. (CPR. 1467-1477 p. 467). Lic. alibi cons. s.d. (Cant., Reg. S f. 70/266). Cons. 21 Aug. (Reg. Myllyng p. 1). D. by 12 Jan. 1492 (ibid. p. 144).

M. Edmund Audley D.Th.1492-1502.

Custody of temps. 11 March 1492 (CPR. 1485-1494 p. 381). Trans. from Rochester by prov. 22 June (Lamb., Reg. Morton 1 f. 16). Lic. el. 13 Nov. (CPR. 1485-1494 p. 410). Temps. 26 Dec. (ibid. pp. 411-12). Trans. to Salisbury 1502.

Adrian de Castello 1502-1504.

Prov. 14 Feb. 1502 (Eubel 11 163.) Cons. by May 1502 (R.S.A. p. 95). Oath by proxy n.d. (PCC 1 Blamyr). Trans. to Bath and Wells 1504.

M. Richard Mayew D. Th. 1504-1516.

Prov. 9 Aug. 1504 (Reg. Mayew p. 3). Lic. alibi cons. 24 Oct. (Cant., Reg. T f. 35/445). Cons. 27 Oct. (Reg. Mayew p. 1). Temps. 1 Nov. (CPR. 1494-1509 p. 387). After enthronement by proxy, received at cath., 15 Aug. 1505 (Reg. Mayew p. 6). D. 18 Apr. 1516 (Emden, Reg. Ox. 11 1247).

M. Charles Booth D.C.L. 1516-1535.

Nominated by k. 22 Apr. 1516 (Reg. Booth p. 1). Custody of temps. 17 May (ibid.). Prov. 21 July (L. & P. 11 i No. 2199). Lic. alibi cons. 22 Nov. (Lamb., Reg. Warham 1 f. 19). Cons. 31 Nov. (Reg Booth p. 1). Spir. 1 Dec. (ibid. p. 10). Enthroned Jan. 1517 (Liber Primus f. 9b; cf. Reg. Booth pp. 11-12). Temps. 19 Feb. 1519 (ibid. p. 21). D. 5 May 1535 (ibid. p. 301).

M. Edward Fox D.Th. 1535-1538.

Nominated by k. 20 Aug. 1535 (Deed no. 2237; Liber Primus f. 74). El. 25 Aug. (Liber Primus f. 74b). Royal assent 2 Sept. (Foedera VI ii 219). Temps. 7 Sept. (L. & P. IX No. 729 (6)). Abp's conf. 15 Sept. (Lamb., Reg. Cranmer f. 173). Cons. 26 Sept., spir. 14 Oct. (Reg. Booth p. 361). D. 8 May 1538 (ibid. p. 381).

M. Edmund Bonner D.C.L. 1538-1539.

Lic. el. 5 Oct. 1538 (Foedera VI iv 18). El. 26 Oct. (Liber Primus f. 82). Royal assent 27 Nov. (Foedera VI iv 18). Abp's conf. 17 Dec. (Lamb., Reg. Cranmer ff. 217b-222b). Temps. 4 March 1539 (Foedera VI iv 19). El. bp. of London 20 Oct. 1539.

M. John Skip D.Th. 1539-1552.

Lic. el. 13 Oct. 1539 (Foedera VI iv 37). El. 24 Oct. (Liber Primus f. 84b). Royal assent 7 Nov. (Foedera VI iv 38). Temps. 18 Nov. (ibid. p. 39; Deed no. 2236). Abp's conf. 20 Nov. (Lamb., Reg. Cranmer f. 254). Cons. 23 Nov. (R.S.A. p. 102). D. 30 March 1552 (Athenae Cantabrigienses, comp. C. H. & T. Cooper (3 vols. Cambridge, 1858-1913) 1 109).