1571. William Bradbridge, dean of Salisbury. 1594. Gervase Babington; translated from Llan- 1621. Valentine Cary, dean of St. Paul's. 1641. Ralph Brownrigg, prebendary of Durham. 1662. Seth Ward, dean of Exeter; translated to Salisbury. 1667. Anthony Sparrow, archdeacon of Sudbury; translated to Norwich. 1676. 1688. Edmund Lacy; transiated from Hereford. 1456. George Nevill, lord chancellor, and chan-1707. cellor of Oxford; translated to York. 1465. John Booth, prebendary of St. Paul's. 1478. Peter Courtenay, archdeacon of Exeter; translated to Winchester. 1486. Richard Fox, prebendary of Salisbury, lord privy seal; translated to Bath and Wells. 1492. Oliver King, prebendary of St. Paul's; 1495. Richard Redman; translated from St. 1504. Hugh Oldham, or Oldman, prebendary of 1519. John Voysey, alias Harman, dean of Windsor; resigned in 1551. 1551. Miles Coverdale; deprived and banished by queen Mary, in 1553. After her death he refused to return to his bishopric, and lived in retirement until his 81st year. 1553. John Voysey, again; restored by queen Mary on her accession. 1555. James Turberville, prebendary of Winton; deprived in Jan. 1560. 1560. William Alley, prebendary of St. Paul's. 1716. Thomas Lamplugh, dean of Rochester; Sir Jonathan Trelawney, bart.; translated Lancelot Blakburn, dean of Exeter ; 1743. Nicholas Claggett; translated from St. David's. 1746. George Lavington, canon-residentiary of St. Paul's. 1762. Frederick Keppel, canon of Windsor, and in 1766 dean of Windsor. 1778. John Ross, one of his majesty's chaplains, and prebendary of Durham. 1792. William Buller, dean of Canterbury. 1797. Henry - Reginald Courtenay; translated 1807. Hon. George Pelham; translated from 1820. Henry Phillpotts, fellow of Magdalen college, Oxford (Nov. 11), a prebendary of Durham, and the PRESENT (1851) Lord Bishop of Exeter. BISHOPRIC OF GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL. year THE see of Gloucester was one of the six erected by king Henry VIII. in the 1541, and was formerly part of the diocese of Worcester. The cathedral church was the church belonging to the abbey here, which was dissolved by the above king, and its revenue appropriated to the maintenance of the bishop. This diocese latterly comprehended all Gloucestershire (two chapelries excepted), Bristol deanery, and the parish of Kingswood, in Wiltshire. The Third Report of the "Ecclesiastical Commissioners, appointed to consider the state of the Established Church in England and Wales," having recommended the consolidation of the see of Bristol with this see, an act was passed 6th and 7th William IV. cap. 77 (Aug. 13, 1836) empowering his majesty in council to unite them accordingly, and an order in council was published in the London Gazette, Oct. 7, following, declaring them one see. The prelate of the united diocese is called the "Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol." The diocese now comprises the county of Gloucester, the city and deanery of Bristol, Bedminster, and Abbots'-Leigh, Somerset, and the deaneries of Malmesbury and Cricklade, Wiltshire. The see of Gloucester was valued in the king's books at 3157. 17s. 2d. BISHOPS OF GLOUCESTER. Giles's, Cripplegate. 1681. Robert Frampton, dean of Gloucester: de- 1691. 1541. John Wakeman, the last abbot of Tewkes- | 1672. John Pritchet, or Pritchard, vicar of St. bury. 1550. John Hooper: he held the see of Worcester in commendam in 1552; was deprived by queen Mary in 1553; and condemned to the flames in 1555, in which year he was burnt at Gloucester on Feb. 9. 1554. James Brookes, master of Baliol college, Oxford: died in 1558. [See vacant 3 years.] 1562. Richard Cheyney, also bishop of Bristol: died in 1579. [See vacant 2 years.] 1581. John Bullingham, also bishop of Bristol: died in 1598. 1598. Godfrey Goldsborough, prebendary of Worcester. 1604. Thomas Ravis, dean of Christ-Church, Oxford; translated to London. 1607. Henry Parry, dean of Chester; translated 1610. Giles Thomson, dean of Windsor. 1624. Godfrey Goodman, dean of Rochester: his 1714. 1779. Hon. James Yorke; translated from St. 1830. 1824. Christopher Bethell (March 11); trans- BISHOPRIC OF HEREFORD. THIS was a bishopric in the time of the Britons, and one of the suffragans to the metropolitan see of St. David's. When the country was conquered by the Saxons, it became a member of the province of Canterbury. The subsequent cathedral was founded in honour of Ethelbert, king of the East Angles, who had been treacherously made away with here by the queen of Offa, king of Mercia, his intended mother-in-law. It was rebuilt by Rainelm, the thirtieth bishop, and what he left undone, was finished by his successors. The see has given two saints to the Church of Rome; to the state two lord chancellors, three lord treasurers, and one lord deputy of Ireland; and two chancellors to the university of Oxford. The diocese contains the greater part of the county of Hereford, with parts of Shropshire, Monmouthshire, Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire, and Worcestershire. It has two archdeacons, viz., of Hereford and Salop; and is valued in the king's books at 7687. 10s. 6d. 1060. Walter, chaplain to the queen. 1101. Rainelm, chancellor to the queen: he re- 1115. Geoffrey de Clyve, chaplain to the king. 1163. Robert de Melun, prior of Lanthony: died [See vacant 7 years.] 1174. Robert Foliot, archdeacon of Oxford. 1268. John de Breton. 1275. St. Thomas de Cantilupe, archdeacon of Stafford; lord chancellor of England, and chancellor of Oxford. 1282. Richard Swinefield. 1317. Adam de Orleton, lord treasurer; translated to Worcester. 1327. Thomas Charlton, canon of York; lord chancellor of Ireland. 1636. 1344. John Trilleck. 1361. Lewis de Charleton, canon of Hereford; chancellor of Oxford. 1369. William Courteney, canon of York; translated to London. 1375. John Gilbert; translated from Bangor; lord treasurer; translated to St. David's. 1389. John Trevenant, or Treffnant, canon of St. Asaph and Lincoln. 1404. Robert Maschal, confessor to the king. 1417. Edmund Lacy, canon of Windsor; translated to Exeter. 1420. Thomas Polton, dean of York; translated to Chichester. 1422. Thomas Spofford, abbot of St. Mary's, York; bishop elect of Rochester; but removed to this see before consecration: resigned. 1448. Richard Beauchamp, archdeacon of Suffolk; translated to Salisbury. Godfrey Goodman, bishop of Gloucester. elected; but declined the appointment. Augustin Lindsell; translated from Peterborough: died same year. Matthew Wren, dean of Windsor; trans- Theophilus Field; translated from St. [See vacant 14 years.] 1660. Nicholas Monk, provost of Eton College. 1661. Herbert Croft, dean of Hereford. 1691. Gilbert Ironside; translated from Bristol. 1701. Humphrey Humphreys; translated from Bangor. 1712. Philip Bisse; translated from St. David's. 1721. Benjamin Hoadley; translated from Bangor; translated to Salisbury.1 1723. Hon. Henry Egerton, canon of Christchurch, Oxford. 1746. Lord James Beauclerk, canon of Windsor: died in 1787, aged 85. 1787. 1788. 1450. Reginald Butler, or Botteler, abbot of 1808. Gloucester; translated to Lichfield and Coventry. 1453. John Stanbery, or Stanbury; translated 1474. Thomas Milling, abbot of Westminster. Hon. John Harley, dean of Windsor: died the next year. John Butler; translated from Oxford. Folliot Herbert Walker Cornewall; translated from Bristol; translated to Wor cester. John Luxmore; translated from Bristol; translated to St. Asaph. 1815. George-Isaac Huntingford; translated from 1832. Hon. Edward Grey: died 1837. 1848. Renn Dickson Hampden, late principal of 1 Doctor Hoadley, while bishop of this see, preached a sermon (March 31, 1717) on "the nature of the Kingdom of Christ," in which he asserted the true dominion established by Our Saviour; and thereby was originated the well-known Bangorian Controversy," wherein he vindicated his able discourse, maintaining that Christ alone is the head of the Church. But the worthy prelate drew on himself by his sermon (which was preached before George I.) the indignation of almost all the clergy. The controversy, however, ended, as Steele observes, "in the utter confusion of his enemies."- Steele's Letters, vol. i. pp. 173. 180. Dr. Hoadley, who was a most learned divine, died in April 1761, at the age of 85. A A BISHOPRIC OF LICHFIELD. THIS bishopric is said to have been founded by Oswy, king of Northumbria, about the year 656, and although it had, until very recently, a double name (Lichfield and Coventry), yet, like Bath and Wells, it has always been a single diocese. It was so extremely wealthy, that Offa, king of Mercia, by the favour of pope Adrian, constituted it an archiepiscopal see; but this title was laid aside on the death of that king. In 1075, Peter, the thirty-fourth bishop, removed the see to Chester; in 1102, his immediate successor removed it to Coventry; and bishop Roger de Clinton, according to some authorities (bishop Hugo Novant being mentioned by others), removed it back to Lichfield, but with great opposition from the monks of Coventry. The dispute was finally settled in a manner nearly similar to that mentioned between Bath and Wells: it was agreed that the bishop should be styled from both places; that they should choose the bishop alternately; and that they should both make one chapter, of which the prior of Coventry should be the chief. Matters continued thus until the Reformation, when the priory of Coventry was dissolved by Henry VIII., but the style of the bishop continued as before. By an order in council under date of Jan. 24, 1837, the archdeaconry of Coventry was separated from this see and added to the see of Worcester, and the double name was then discontinued. The diocese of Lichfield now includes the whole of the counties of Stafford and Derby, with part of Shropshire, having somewhat more than 120 churches in the last-named county. This see (with Coventry) has given three saints to the Church; and to the nation one lord chancellor, three lord treasurers, and three presidents of Wales. It is valued in the king's books at 5597. 188. 24d. the chapter of Lichfield then chose William de Manchestre, their dean, and that of Coventry elected Nicholas de Farnham; and after much controversy, both chapters, at the king's request, agreed in the choice of 1239. Hugh de Pateshull, lord treasurer: he died Dec. 1241. - Richard, surnamed Crassus, elected; but 1245. Roger de Weseham, dean of Lincoln. 1322. Roger de Northbrugh, or Northburgh, 1360. Robert Stretton, canon of Lichfield. 1420. James Cary; translated to Exeter: died 1560. Thomas Bentham, fellow of Magdalene College, Oxford. 1580. William Overton, prebendary of Winchester and Salisbury. 1609. 1610. 1614. 1619. George Abbot, dean of Winchester; trans- Richard Neile, or Neale; translated from Thomas Moreton; translated from Chester; 1632. Robert Wright; translated from Bristol. 1661. John Hacket, residentiary of St. Paul's. 1699. John Hough; translated from Oxford; 1717. Edward Chandler, prebendary of Wor- 1749. Hon. Frederick Cornwallis, canon of Wind- 1768. Hon. John Egerton; translated from Bangor; translated to Durham. Brownlow North, dean of Canterbury; translated to Worcester. 1771. 1453. Reginald Butler; translated from Here- 1781. 1447. William Booth, prebendary of St. Paul's; translated to York. 1774. 1452. Nicholas Close; translated from Carlisle ; chancellor of Cambridge. 1824. 1492. William Smith, archdeacon of Surrey; 1836. Richard Hurd, master of the Temple, preceptor to the prince of Wales; translated to Worcester. Hon. James Cornwallis, dean of Canterbury; succeeded to the earldom of Cornwallis in 1823: died in 1824. Hon. Henry Ryder; translated from Gloucester: died in 1836. Samuel Butler, bishop of Lichfield and Coventry; in Jan. 1837, bishop of Lichfield, only. See above: died in 1839. James Bowstead; translated from Sodor and Man: died in 1843. 1843. John Lonsdale, archdeacon of Middlesex, and principal of King's College, London, elected Nov. 6. The PRESENT (1851) Lord Bishop of Lichfield. BISHOPRIC OF LINCOLN. THIS diocese was formerly two sees, Sidnacester (not far from Gainsborough, in Lincolnshire), and Dorchester, in Oxfordshire. The former was united to Dorchester, after remaining a long time vacant, subsequent to the death of Eadulphus II. its ninth bishop; and both were, about the year 1075, removed to Lincoln by bishop Remigius de Feschamp, who built a cathedral, which was afterwards destroyed by fire, but rebuilt by Alexander, the twenty-third bishop, and made the beautiful pile it now appears by Hugh of Burgundy the twenty-fifth bishop. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and all Saints. The diocese was very large; so much so, that the dioceses of Ely, Oxford, and Peterborough, when originally formed, were taken from it; and it afterwards continued to be the largest diocese in England. At present it comprises the counties of Lincoln The county of Bucks was recently (Nov. 12, 1845) taken from the see of Lincoln, and added to that of Oxford. Bedfordshire and Huntingdon had previously been taken from it, and added to the diocese of Ely; and Leicestershire, added to the diocese of Peterborough. Part of Hertfordshire, also, was taken from it in 1845, and, with another part of that county, abstracted from London, given to Rochester. |