Bishops

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 8, Bath and Wells Diocese. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1964.

'Bishops', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 8, Bath and Wells Diocese, (London, 1964) pp. 1-3. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol8/pp1-3 [accessed 18 April 2024]

Bath and Wells 1300-1541

William de Marcia 1292-1302.

Lic. el. sought 25 Nov. 1292 at Wells, 27 Nov. at Bath (P.R.O., C 84/11/3 & 5). Gr. 16 Dec. (CPR. 1292-1301 p. 2). El. 28 Jan. 1293 (Cal. MSS. D. & C. Wells 1 529). Petition for royal assent 31 Jan. (P.R.O., C 84/11/10). Royal assent 1 March (CPR. 1292-1301 p. 6). Profession to Canterbury 12 March (Cant., Reg. A f. 205b/218b). Temps. 19 March (CPR. 1292-1301 p. 8). Cons. 17 May (Cant., Reg. A f. 205b/218b). D. before 19 June 1302 (Reg. Winchelsey 1 438).

Walter de Haselschawe 1302-1308.

Lic. el. gr. 29 June 1302 (CPR. 1301-1307 p. 41). Mand. by abp. 5 July to el. suitable person (Reg. Winchelsey 1 440). El. 7 Aug. (P.R.O., C 84/14/30). Petition by chapt. at Wells for royal assent 9 Aug., by prior and chapt. of Bath 10 Aug. (P.R.O., C84/14/30 & 31). Royal assent 13 Aug. (CPR. 1301-1307 p. 53). Assent of abp. 11 Sept. (Reg. Winchelsey 11 769). Temps. 12 Sept. (CPR. 1301-1307 p. 62). Cons. 4 Nov. (Reg. Winchelsey 11 770-1). D. 11 Dec. 1308 (ibid. p. 1077).

John de Drokensford 1309-1329.

Lic. el. sought 19 Dec. 1308 by the chapt. at Bath (P.R.O., C 84/16/14). Gr. 25 Dec. (CPR. 1307-1313 p. 97). El. 5 Feb. 1309 (P.R.O., C 84/16/15). Petition for royal assent 7 Feb. (ibid.). Royal assent 23 Feb. (CPR. 1307-1313 p. 100). Temps. 15 May (ibid. p. 114). Cons. 9 Nov. at Canterbury (Cant., Reg. A f. 205b/218b). (fn. 1) Mand. to enthrone 30 Nov. 1310 (Reg. Drokensford p. 37). D. 9 May 1329 (Reg. R. de Salopia 1 p. xvii).

M. Ralph de Salopia D.Th., D.Cn.L. 1329-1363.

Lic. el. gr. 23 May 1329 (CPR. 1327-1330 p. 391). Royal assent 28 June (ibid. p. 402). Temps. 22 July (ibid. p. 409). Cons. 3 Sept. (R.S.A.). D. 14 Aug. 1363 (Reg. R. de Salopia 1 p. xxxvi).

[M. Philip de Beauchamp 1363.]

[Walter de Monyngton O.S.B. 1363.]

M. John Barnet B.C.L. 1363-1366.

Lic. el. gr. 4 Sept. 1363 (CPR. 1361-1364 p. 387). Beauchamp's el. set aside 28 Nov. because under age (CPL. iv 5). Monyngton el. some time after d. of Salopia (Wharton 1 569). 9 Jan. 1364, mand. by abp. to guardian of bpc. of Wells to revoke sentence against prior and chapt. of Bath for disobedience to his monition to forward to chapt. of Wells the decree of el. of Monyngton as bp. (Cal. MSS. D. & C. Wells 1 266). Barnet trans. from Worcester 24 Dec. 1363 (Lamb., Reg. Islip f. 244b). Temps. 6 Apr. 1364 (CPR. 1361-1364 p. 477). Spir. 7 Apr. (Lamb., Reg. Islip f. 244b). Bp. of Ely 1366.

M. John de Harewell B.C.L. 1366-1386.

Prov. 14 Dec. 1366 (Eubel 1 133). Lic. alibi cons. 14 Jan. 1367 (CPL. iv 60). Cons. 7 March (R.S.A.). Gr. issues of temps. from 29 Apr. 1367, 20 Feb. 1368 (CPR. 1367- 1370 p. 90). Temps. 6 March 1369 (ibid. p. 225). Profession to Canterbury 25 Oct. 1371 (Lamb., Reg. Wittlesey f. 127). D. 29 June/14 July 1386 (Som. Med. Wills 1501-1530 p. 90; P.R.O., C 84/33/49).

[Richard de Medeford 1386.]

M. Walter de Skirlaw D.Cn.L. 1386-1388.

Lic. el. sought by prior of Bath 14 July 1386, by dn. of Wells 15 July (P.R.O., C 84/33/49 & 50). Gr. 16 July (CPR. 1385-1389 p. 199). Petition for royal assent to el. of Medeford 10 Aug. (P.R.O., C 84/35/43). Royal assent signified to pope 15 Aug. (CPR. 1385-1389 p. 207). El. set aside by trans. of Skirlaw from Coventry and Lichfield 18 Aug. (Lamb., Reg. Courtenay f. 321b). Temps. 13 Sept. and 3 Nov. (CPR. 1385- 1389 p. 241). Bp. of Durham 1388.

M. Ralph Erghum D.Cn. & C.L. 1388-1400.

Trans. from Salisbury 3 Apr. 1388 (Cal. MSS. D. & C. Wells 1 299). Temps. 13 Sept. (CPR. 1385-1389 p. 504). Profession to Canterbury 14 Sept. (Lamb., Reg. Courtenay f. 322). Spir. 15 Sept. (ibid.). D. 10 Apr. 1400 (Emden, Reg. Ox. 1 645).

M. Richard Clifford senior 1400-1401.

Lic. el. sought 22 Apr. 1400 at Wells, 23 Apr. at Bath (P.R.O., C 84/38/13 & 14). Clifford prov. 12 May (CPL. v 287). Lic. alibi cons. 13 May (ibid. p. 269). Bp. of Worcester 1401.

M. Henry Bowet D.Cn. & C.L. 1401-1407.

Prov. 19 Aug. 1401 (Lamb., Reg. Arundell 1 f. 11b). Temps. 21 Sept. (CPR. 1399- 1401 p. 547). Profession to Canterbury 28 Sept. (Lamb., Reg. Arundell 1 f. 12). Lic. alibi cons. 12 Nov. (Cant., Reg. T f. 46). Cons. 15 Nov. (Reg. Giffard and Bowet p. 14). Abp. of York 1407.

Nicholas Bubwith 1407-1424.

Trans. from Salisbury 7 Oct. 1407 (Lamb., Reg. Arundell 1 f. 40). Temps. 2 Dec. (CPR. 1405-1408 p. 383). Spir. 1 Apr. 1408 (Reg. Bubwith 1 23). D. 27 Oct. 1424 (ibid. p. xxx).

M. John Stafford D.C.L. 1424-1443.

Lic. el. gr. 14 Nov. 1424 (CPR. 1422-1429 p. 254). El. notified to k. by chapt. at Wells 19 Dec., by chapt. at Bath 20 Dec. (P.R.O., C 84/43/9 & 10). Prov. 18 Dec. (CPL. vii 408). Royal assent 26 Dec. (CPR. 1422-1429 p. 265). Temps. 12 May 1425 (ibid. p. 274). Cons. 27 May (R.S.A.). Profession to Canterbury 31 May (Reg. of H. Chichele, ed. E. F. Jacob (Canterbury and York Soc., xlii, xlv-xlvii) 1 87-8). Abp. of Canterbury 1443.

M. Thomas Bekynton D.C.L. 1443-1465.

Prov. 24 July 1443 (CPL. ix 342). Lic. alibi cons. 30 July (ibid. p. 336). Lic. alibi cons. requested from abp. by k. 2 Sept., gr. 7 Sept. (Cant., Reg. S ff. 154b-155). Temps. 24 Sept. (CPR. 1441-1446 p. 205). Cons. 13 Oct. (Reg. Bekynton 1 1). Spir. 15 Oct. (Lamb., Reg. Stafford f. 9). D. 14 Jan. 1465 (Emden, Reg. Ox. 1 158).

[M. John Phreas or Free D.M. 1465.]

M. Robert Stillington D.C.L. 1465-1491.

Custody of temps. gr. to Stillington 20 Jan. 1465 (CPR. 1461-1467 p. 387). Lic. el. gr. 19 Feb. (ibid. p. 386). Phreas el. 1465 but d. in Sept. before cons. (Wharton 1 574; Emden, Reg. Ox. 11 725). Stillington prov. 30 Oct. (CPL. xii 519). Lic. alibi cons. 31 Oct. (ibid.). Spir. 11 Jan. 1466 (Reg. Stillington p. 1). Temps. 29 Jan. (CPR. 1461-1467 p. 477). Cons. 16 March (Reg. Stillington p. 2). D. May 1491 (ibid. p. xiv).

M. Richard Fox D.C.L. 1492-1494.

Trans. from Exeter 8 Feb. 1492 (Lamb., Reg. Morton I ff. 23b-24). Temps. 4 May (CPR. 1485-1494 p. 379). Bp. of Durham 1494.

M. Oliver King D.Cn. & C.L. 1495-1503.

Trans. from Exeter 6 Nov. 1495 (Cal. MSS. D. & C. Wells 11 143). Temps. 6 Jan. 1496 (CPR. 1494-1509 p. 47). Enthroned after 12 March (Cal. MSS. D. & C. Wells 11 144). D. 29 Aug. 1503 (ibid. p. 171).

Hadrian de Castello Card. pr. of S. Chrysogonus. 1504-1518.

Trans. from Hereford 2 Aug. 1504 (Lamb., Reg. Warham 1 f. 9). Temps. 13 Oct. (CPR. 1494-1509 p. 400). Enthroned by proxy 20 Oct. (Cal. MSS. D. & C. Wells 11 180). Profession to Canterbury n.d. (Lamb., Reg. Warham 1 f. 8b). Depriv. 5 July 1518 (L. & P. 11 ii No. 4289).

M. Thomas Wolsey D.Th. Card. pr. of S. Caecilia. 1518-1523.

Prov. to hold bpc. in commendam with Lincoln 27 July 1518 (P.R.O., Papal Bulls 26 (34)). Custody of temps. gr. 26 and 28 Aug. (L. & P. 11 ii No. 4397). Bp. of Durham 1523.

M. John Clerke D.C.L. 1523-1541.

Prov. 26 March 1523 (L. & P. 111 ii No. 3003). Temps. 2 May (ibid.). Cons. 6 Dec. (R.S.A.). D. 31 Jan. 1541 (Lamb., Reg. Cranmer f. 266).

M. William Knight D.C.L. 1541-1547.

Lic. el. sought 8 Feb. 1541 (Cal. MSS. D. & C. Wells 11 253). Gr. 9 Apr. (ibid.). El. of Knight notified to k. 23 Apr. (ibid.). Royal assent 5 May (L. & P. xvi No. 878 (29)). Assent of abp. 19 May (Lamb., Reg. Cranmer f. 261). Cons. 29 May (ibid. f. 269b). Temps. 30 May (L. & P. xvi No. 878 (82)). D. 29 Sept. 1547 (Emden, Reg. Ox. 11 1064).