1610. John Buckeridge, president of St. John's College, Oxford; translated to Ely. 1628. Walter Curle, dean of Lichfield; translated 1629. John Bowle, dean of Salisbury. 1683. Francis Turner, dean of Windsor; trans- 1684. Thomas Sprat, dean of Westminster. cester. 1756. Zachariah Pearce; translated from Bangor: he resigned the deanery of Westminster in 1768. 1559. Edmund Gheast, archdeacon of Canter- 1774. John Thomas, dean of Westminster: died bury; translated to Salisbury. 1571. Edmund Freke, dean of Salisbury; translated to Norwich in 1575. 1576. John Piers, dean of Salisbury, and ChristChurch, Oxford, almoner; translated to Salisbury, Oct. 1577. 1578. John Young, prebendary of Westminster. 1605. William Barlow, dean of Chester; translated to Lincoln. 1608. Richard Neile, dean of Westminster; translated to Lichfield and Coventry, Oct. 1610. in 1793, aged 83. 1793. Samuel Horsley; translated from St. 1808. Walter King; elected Dec. 3: died in 1827. BISHOPRIC OF ST. ASAPH. THIS bishopric is of great antiquity, having been founded in the sixth century, by Kentigern, a Scotsman, bishop of Glasgow. He began the church on the banks of the river Elwy, whence it is called by the Welsh Land Elwy, and in Latin Elwensis. Kentigern, returning into Scotland, left as his successor a holy man, named St. Asaph ; but who succeeded the latter is uncertain, as no authentic records supply the information. It seems rather probable, however, that the religious settled here had been constrained to remove to some more peaceful abode, the country being frequently the seat of war between the natives and the English. The see was formerly a wealthy one; but its revenues were greatly lessened by the profusion of bishop Parfew, who alienated much of its lands. It is valued in the king's books at 1877. 11s. 6d. The diocese consists of the counties of Denbigh and Flint (where is its church), and parts of Carnarvon, Montgomery, and Merioneth shires, and a small part of Shropshire. There is but one archdeaconry, that of St. Asaph, which is united to the bishopric, for its better maintenance. This prelate had incurred the resentment of Henry VIII. for having spoken with freedom in behalf of the queen (Catharine), when the business of her divorce was agitated. While he lay in confinement in the Tower, the pope, in order to comfort him, made him a cardinal; which provoked the king, who exclaimed," Well, let the pope send him a red hat when he will, mother of God! he shall wear it on his shoulders, then! for I will leave him never a head to set it on.' The tyrant was as good as his word. Erasmus says, that Dr Fisher was a man of great integrity, deep learning, sweetness of temper, and loftiness of soul. 1669. Isaac Barrow; translated from Sodor and 1680. William Lloyd, dean of Bangor; translated 1703. George Hooper, dean of Canterbury; trans- 1704. William Beveridge, archdeacon of Colchester. 1708. William Fleetwood, canon of Windsor ; translated to Ely. 1714. John Wynne, principal of Jesus College, Oxford; translated to Bath and Wells. 1727. Francis Hare, dean of Worcester, and dean of St. Paul's; translated to Chichester. 1751. Thomas Tanner, canon of Christ-Church, Oxford. 1736. Isaac Maddox, dean of Wells; translated to Worcester. 1743. John Thomas, dean of Peterborough, (elected, but not consecrated); translated to Lincoln. Samuel Lisle, archdeacon of Canterbury; translated to Norwich. 1748. Hon. Robert Drummond, prebendary of Westminster; translated to Salisbury. 1761. Richard Newcombe; translated from Llandaff. 1769. Jonathan Shipley; translated from Llandaff. 1789. Samuel Halifax; translated from Glou cester. 1790. Hon. Lewis Bagot; translated from Norwich. 1802. Samuel Horsley; translated from Rochester. 1806. William Cleaver; translated from Bangor. 1815. John Luxmore; translated from Hereford: died in 1830. 1830. William Carey; translated from Exeter: died in 1846. 1846. Thomas Vowler Short; translated from Sodor and Man. The PRESENT (1850) Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. BISHOPRIC OF ST. DAVID'S. THIS see was once the metropolitan see of Wales, and archiepiscopal; and for many years the seat of the supreme ordinary of the Welsh. When Christianity was first planted in Great Britain, there were three archbishops' seats appointed, viz., London (afterwards removed to Canterbury), York, and Caerleon upon Usk, in Monmouthshire. That at Caerleon being found to be too near to the dominions of the Saxons, was removed, in the time of Arthur, king of the Britons, to a place called Menew, in the furthermost part of Pembrokeshire; but since, in honour of the archbishop who translated it here, the see is called St. David's. It is from the first name that the bishops style themselves Menevensis. Bishop Sampson was the last of the archbishops of St. David's; for he, withdrawing himself, on account of a pestilence which raged in his diocese, to Dole, in Britanny, carried the pall with him. Yet his successors, though they lost the name, still preserved the archiepiscopal power; and the Welsh bishops continued to receive consecration at his hands, until the reign of Henry I., when Bernard, the forty-seventh bishop, was forced to submit himself to Canterbury. The church standing so near the sea, frequently felt the desolating hand of the Danes, Norwegians, and other pirates, and was despoiled and ruined. The existing cathedral was erected by bishop Peter, the forty-ninth bishop, and was dedicated to St. Andrew and St. David; though now St. Andrew is omitted. It has given one saint to the church; and to the nation three lord treasurers, one lord privy seal, a chancellor to the queen, and another to the university of Oxford. The diocese contains the counties of Pembroke, Cardigan, Carmarthen, Brecknock, and Radnor (five parishes of the last excepted), with parts of Montgomery, Glamorgan, and Hereford. The see is valued in the king's books at 4571. 1s. 104d. | 1417. Benedict Nichols; translated from Bangor. John Delabere, dean of Wells. See a note 1460, Robert Tully, monk of Gloucester. 1483. Thomas Langton, prebendary of Wells. pear. 1485. Hugh Pavy, or Parry, archdeacon of Wilts. 1505. Robert Sherborne, dean of St. Paul's; Asaph; translated to Bath and Wells. 1559. Thomas Young, chancellor of St. David's; translated to York. 1561. Richard Davies; translated from St. Asaph. 1582. Marmaduke Middleton; translated from 1 The accounts of the early prelates of this see are very conflicting; Godwin, Isaacson, Heylyn, and Le Neve frequently differing in names and dates. adopt as an authority in many instances. Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas appears to follow Le Neve, whom we also Waterford, in Ireland: deprived in 1592, 1730. Elias Sydall, dean of Canterbury; trans for publishing a forged will. [The see vacant 2 years.] 1594. Anthony Rudd, dean of Gloucester. 1621. William Laud, dean of Gloucester; trans- 1627. Theophilus Field; translated from Llandaff; translated to Hereford. 1635. Roger Mainwaring, dean of Worcester: he died in 1653. [See vacant till the Restoration.] 1660. William Lucy, rector of High Clere, Hunts. 1677. William Thomas, dean of Worcester; translated to Worcester. 1683. Lawrence Womach, archdeacon of Suffolk. 1686. John Lloyd, principal of Jesus College, Oxford. 1687. Thomas Watson, fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge; deprived for simony and other crimes, in 1699. [See vacant 5 years.] 1705. George Bull, archdeacon of Llandaff. 1723. Richard Smalbroke, treasurer of Llandaff; lated to Gloucester. 1731. Nicholas Clagget, dean of Rochester ; translated to Exeter. 1743. Edward Willes, dean of Lincoln; translated to Bath and Wells. 1744. Hon. Richard Trevor, canon of Windsor; 1752. Anthony Ellis, prebendary of Gloucester. Charles Moss, archdeacon of Colchester; translated to Bath and Wells. 1774. Hon. James York, dean of Lincoln; translated to Gloucester. 1779. John Warren, archdeacon of Worcester; translated to Bangor. 1783. Edward Smallwell; translated to Oxford. 1788. Samuel Horsley, prebendary of Gloucester; 1793. Hon. William Stuart, canon of Christ- 1825. John Banks Jenkinson: died in 1840. BISHOPRIC OF SALISBURY. THIS see has undergone many alterations, from the time of its establishment, to its final settlement at Salisbury. Its first seat was at Sherborne, in Dorsetshire; and the diocese then had episcopal jurisdiction over all those counties that now constitute the sees of Salisbury, Bristol, Wells, and Exeter. Wells and Exeter were dismembered from it, and erected into two distinct bishoprics; and another see was afterwards formed out of the remaining jurisdiction of Sherborne, and seated at Wilton, in Wiltshire. But this last see, after having had eleven bishops of its own, was once more united to Sherborne. Subsequently the seat of the see was removed to Salisbury, the principal city in those parts; but the then bishop removed it thence to the hill called Old Sarum, and began to build a cathedral church there, which was finished by St. Osmund: this situation was chosen, perhaps, from the strong fortifications with which the hill was surrounded, and as being more out of the reach of the Danes. Bishop Richard Poore once more brought the seat of the see from Old Sarum to Salisbury, or New Sarum, where it has continued ever since. He first began the cathedral church here, which was finished in the year 1258 by bishop Bridport, and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. In ancient times, the bishops of Salisbury were precentors to the archbishops of Canterbury; and Edward IV. annexed the chancellorship of the Garter to the bishops of this see; but in the new statutes made by Henry VIII. this office was left solely at the king's disposal, and might be conferred on a clergyman or layman; after bishop Ward's time, however, it was conferred without interruption, until latterly, on the bishops of Salisbury. The see has yielded to the Church of Rome one saint, and two cardinals; and to the English nation one lord chief justice, three lord chancellors, two lord treasurers, and two 1 The cathedral is remarkable as presenting one of the purest and noblest existing specimens of the early Gothic or pointed style of architecture. It was completed in 1258, but from the general uniformity of the plan, and the construction of the whole building, except the upper part of the tower and the spire, the design may be reasonably referred to the earlier period of its foundation in 1219. It consists of a nave and aisles, two transepts, a choir and Lady chapel, with a central tower and spire. The west front is divided by buttresses into five compartments, adorned with tabernacle-work and statues; and here is the grand entrance, consisting of a central and lateral archways, surmounted by a window handsomely ornamented; and on the sides are angular towers and pinnacles. The lancet-windows arranged in triads, and the projecting gables or pediments of the transepts, choir, and chapel, with their turrets and pinnacles, add much to the characteristic beauty of the edifice. The tower, which rises from the intersection of the nave and larger transepts, is embellished with bands of tracery and pinnacles, and crowned with a lofty spire, cnriched with corresponding bands, crockets, and other orna ments masters of the rolls; and two chancellors to the university of Oxford, and one to Cambridge. The diocese contains Wiltshire and Dorsetshire. It has three archdeaconries, Salisbury, Wiltshire, and Dorset; and is valued in the king's books at 13677. 11s. 8d. 1046. Herman; succeeded in 1046 as bishop of 1102. Roger, lord chief justice, and lord trea- 1142. Josceline de Bailol, a Lombard, archdeacon [See vacant 4 years.] 1188. Hubert Walter, dean of York; translated 1194. Herbert Poore, or Robert Poore. 1228. Robert de Bingham, prebendary of Salis- 1246. William de York, provost of Beverley. 1256. Giles de Bridport, dean of Wells. 1263. Walter de la Wyle, sub-chanter of Salis bury. 1270. Robert Wykehampton, dean of Salisbury. BB |