The succession of the bishops of England since the first planting of Christian religion in this island together with the historie of their liues and memorable actions faithfully gathered out of the monuments of antiquity. VVhereunto is prefixed a discourse concerning the first conuersion of our Britaine vnto Christian religion. By Francis Godwin now Bishop of Hereford.

THE BISHOPPES OF HEREFORD.

* 1.1AN Episcopall Sée was first established at Hereford, and Putta made the first Bishop there the yéere 680.

After him these.

• 2. Tirhtellus.
• 3. Torteras.
• 4. Wastold, alias Walstod. He began the making of a sumptuous crosse, which his successor finished.
• * 1.25. Cutbert, consecrate 736. was translated to Canter∣bury, 740. He bestowed a goodly monument vpon his predecessors, and caused this Epitaph to bee en∣grauen vpon the same.

  Qui quondam extiterant famosi altique per orbem, Corpora sena tenet hominum hic marmor obumbrans. Tumbaque mirifico praesens fabricata decore, Desuper ex alto cohibet cum culmine tecta. Hos ego Cuthbertus sacri successor honoris. Inclusi titulis exornauique sepulchris. Pontifices ex his ternos sancta insula cinxit, Nomina sunt quorum, Walstoldus, Torhere, Tirtil. Regulus est quartus Milfrith, cum coniuge pulchra.

• ...

  Quenburga: senis haec extitit ordine quinta. Sextus praeterea est Oselini filius Offrith.

• 6. Podda.* 1.3
• 7. Ecca.
• 8. Cedda. He died, 857.* 1.4
• 9. Alberrus.* 1.5
• 10. Esna died, 885.* 1.6
• 11. Celmund.
• 12. Vtellus.
• 13. Wlfhard.
• 14. Benna.
• 15. Edulf.
• 16. Cuthwulf.
• 17. Mucel.
• 18. Deorlaf.
• 19. Cunemund.
• 20. Edgar.
• 21. Tidhelm.
• 22. Wlfhem.
• 23. Alfrike.
• 24. Athulf.

25 Ethelstan, thirteene yéeres before his death hee was blinde, and gouerned by a deputy, viz. Tramerin Bishop of Saint Dauids. He builded the Cathedrall Church of He∣reford from the ground, died at his mannor of Bosanbirig, the tenth of February, 1055. and was buried in his owne Church. A man (saith Houeden) of great vertue and holi∣nesse.

26 Leouegar,* 1.7 Chaplaine vnto Duke Harald succéeded him. Mat. Westminster giueth this testimony of him, that he was vndoubtedly, Dei famulus, in omni religione perfectus, Ecclesiarum amator, pauperum recreator, viduarū & orpha∣norum defensor, oppressorū subuersor, virginitatis possessor. Griffin King of Wales, hauing ouerthrown the forces of the Englishmen about two miles from Hereford, immediately assaulted the City, tooke it, slew the Bishop and seuen of the

Canons, they denied him entrance into the Church, & held it against him; spoyled it of all the Reliques and ornaments that were portable, and lastly fixed both Church, City and all. This Bishop being yet starse warm in his eat, was thus slaine, Iune 16. 1056. when he had beene Bishop but onely twelue weekes and foure dayes.

* 1.827 Walter, After the death of Leofgar, the Sée continu∣ed voide 4. yéers, and was gouerned by Aldred Bishoppe of Worceter. He being translated thence to Yorke, Walter borne in Lorraine, and Chaplaine to Queen Edith, was con∣secrate at Rome by the Pope, the yéere 1060. His end was much more vnhappy then his predecessors. Hee chanced to fall in loue with a certaine comely woman that hee met in the stréet. A long time he contended with this vile and vn∣séemely affection; and he thought he had quenched the same•• when a small occasion renued it to his destruction. Hauing certaine linnen to cut out, this woman was commended to him for a very cunning Seamster. He sent for her, & his olde flame of filthy desire easily kindling by this little sparke, hee found errands to send his men out of the way, while hee set vpon her, first with words, and they not preuailing by force. She resisted what shée might, but finding him too strong for her, thrust her shéeres into his belly, and gaue him his deaths wound. This W. Malmsbury telleth by hearesay of an vn∣certaine relation, adding moreouer, that the king being desi∣rous it should be estéemed false, forbid the report of it. No o∣ther Historiographer liuing néere those times maketh any mention of this so memorable an accident, and therefore it is possible to be vntrue.

* 1.928 Robert surnamed Lozing was also borne in Lorrain, had trauelled and read in diuers Uniuersities boyond the seas, and being much sauoured by William the Conquerour for his manif••ld good parts, especially his learning, was pre∣ferred by h••m vn••o the Bishopricke of Hereford, whereunto he w••s consecrate December 29. 1079. This man was well seene in diuers kinds of good learning, but in the Mathema∣tiques he was excellent, and writ diuers discourses in that

kind much admired in those daies. There was a great league of friendship betwéen him and Saint Wulstan, who certify∣ed him of his owne death in a dreame (as our stories report) called him to his buriall, and assured him he might not stay long after. It fell out true, for within halfe a yeere after the other, he deceased, Iune 26. 1095, Now he foresaw the death of Remigius Bishop of Lincolna by Astrology, and therefore refused to come to the dedication of his new Church, I haue related in Lincolne. He built his Church of Hereford anew, following the platforme of the Church of Aken or Aquis∣graue, and lieth buried in the same, by the Northwall, a little aboue the Chappell of Bishop Stanbery, as the inscription (at leastwise) importeth. For my part I am perswaded, that he rather lieth in that toombe which is ascribed to Bi∣shoppe Raynelm, for that the image of the same holdeth the figure of a Church in his hand, which mee thinkes argueth the builder of the Church to bee in that place en∣terred.

29 Gerard Nephew vnto Walkelin Bishop of Winche∣ster succéeded. Uery shortly after his comming to Hereford he was remooued to Yorke. Sée Yorke.

30 Rainelmus, King Henry the first bestowed then this Bishopricke vpon one Roger his Larderer.* 1.10 Within a day or two after (not yet consecrate) he fell sicke at London, and being loath to die before he were a complete Bishop, earnest∣ly requested Anselme the Archbishop to affoorde him conse∣cration•• which foolish demand hee could not but laugh at, and answered with silence. Much against his will hee died vn∣bishopped 12. daies after his nomination. Hee being dead the King gaue this Bishopricke (intended to the said Roger) vnto Rainelmus the Queens Chancellour, who receiued it, (as the manner had then long béene) at the kings hands, and was inuested into by the deliuery of the ring and the cros••er-Anselm the Archbishop refused to consecrate him and diuers other that obtained their preserments in like manner, as in his life yen may read more at large. Hee was so farre from importuning him in this matter, as being now perswaded his election to be vnsufficient, he renounced the same, deliue∣ring

againe into the kings hands the ring and croster that he had receiued. Herewith the king was so offended, as present∣ly he banished him the realme. After much adoo betwéene the king and Anselme, a reconciliation at last was wrought, and this man consecrate with diuers other the yéere 1107. Hée was very vertuous, deuout, and of good report, except onely for his housekéeping wherein he was not so liberall as his neighbours wished him. He died October 28. 1115. of the gout, wherewith hee was much tormented long before his death; and was entoombed in the out side of the South parti∣tion of the Presbytery, if happily his toombe be not mista∣ken, for Bishop Roberts, and Roberts for his. I find menti∣on of one Arnulfus Abbot of Peterborough to bee nomina∣ted vnto this Sée by King Henry the first at Winchester, August 15. 1114. I thinke it an error of the reporter (Ho∣ueden) for that Raynelm was then as yet aliue.

* 1.1131 Geoffrey de Glyue Chaplaine to King Henry the 1. was consecrate December 26. 1115. A man of great tempe∣rance and frugality. Hee repayred well his houses, & reduced the lands belonging to his Sée into a very ••ood order, being much wasted and spoiled in the time of his predecessors. He was a little too niggardly vnto the poore, & left much wealth behind him, which better might haue béene bestowed vpon them. He died February 3. 1119. aud was laid in the North wall a little aboue Robert his predec••ssor.

* 1.1232 Richard Kéeper of the Seale vnder the Chancellour of England, was consecrate at Lambhith, Ianuary 16. 1120. died at Ledbury, August 15. 1127 and was buried at Here∣ford the particular place I finde not. It was an opinion of many men about this time, that the Bishopricke of Here∣ford was a fatall place, and might not suffer any one man long to enjoy it.

33 Robert de Betune, or Bertune Prior of Lanthony was consecrate at Oxford, (of which Uniuersity he had somtimes beene a member) Iun. 19. 1131. (and not 1153. as some de∣liuer) by William Archbishop of Canterbury.* 1.13 This Robert was a man of great authority, and much employed by the

Pope in all his businesses within the realme. Hee died A∣prill 22. 1148. aud lieth buried in the South wall ouer a∣gainst the Presbytery. One William Prior of Lanthony, writ a hist••ry of his life.

34 Gilbert Foliot Abbot of Glocester,* 1.14 consecrate 1149. The yeare 1161. or (as some deliuer) 1163. he was transla∣ted to London. See London.

35 Robert de Melun succéeded.* 1.15 Hee died February 28. 1167. and was buried hard by Robert de Betune.

36 Robert Foliot Archdeacon of Oxford,* 1.16 was chosen by the Chapter of Hereford (the king granting licence of free election) the yéere 1173. and the yeare following he was con∣secrate with diuers other, whose Sées likewise had stood long voide, by reason of the stirs betwéen the King and Thomas Becket. Sée Rich. More of Winch. Hee studied in ••iuers Uniuersities of France, and there grew acquainted with Thomas Becket the Archbishop, who fauoured him much for his singular learning and other manifold good parts, in regard whereof hee also preferred him to his Archdeaconry, and laide the foundation of his aduancement to this Bishop∣ricke. He died the ninth of May, 1186. and was buried next his predecessor.

37 William le Vere a great builder,* 1.17 was consecrate 1186. and died December 24. 1199. Hee was buried next aboue his predecessor. So these foure lie together, Robert de Betune, Robert de Melun, Robert Foliot and this man. Their toombes are very like, and but by their place and order hardly to be distinguished.

38 Gyles de Bruse, the sonne of William Bruse,* 1.18 Lord of Brecknocke, a man of great power and nobility, was conse∣crate Sept. 24. 1••00. In the Barons warres hee tooke parte with them against K. Iohn, and at last, was faine to slie the Realme. Afterwards, being suffered to returne, & receiued into the kings fauour, he trauelled homeward, and died in the way at Gloceter, Nouemb. 17. 1215. He left great posses∣sions descended vnto him by his ancestors, hee left them (I

say) to Re••••old de Bruse his brother, that married the daugh∣ter of ••lewellyn ap Iorwe••th Prince of Northwales. This man lieth buried vpon the north side of the Presbytery. The image that lieth vpon his toombe holdeth the likenes of a stéeple in his hand: whereby it should seeme he built one of the towers or steeples.

* 1.1939 Hugh de Mapenor Deane of Hereford, was restored to the temporalties of this Sée, Decemb. 9. an R. Henry 3.1. He died about Easter 1219. and lieth buried (as I remem∣ber) in the North wall, neere the toombe of Bishop Egue∣b••anke.

40 Hugh Foliot Archdeacon of Salop,* 1.20 consecrate in the beginning of Nouember, 1219. died the twenty sixt of Iu∣ly, 1234.

* 1.2141 Ralfe de Maydenstan succéeded him. This man bought of a Gentleman named Monthault the house belonging to the Bishopricke of Hereford in London, together with the patronage of the personage of S. Mary Monthault adioy∣ning, and gaue them vnto this Sée. The yeer 1239. he resig∣ned his Bishopricke, and tooke on him the habite of a Francis∣cane Fryer at Oxford He liued afterwards a Monastical life at Gloceter the space of fiue yeeres, and then dying, was bu∣ried there.

* 1.2242 Peter de Egu••blanke born in Sauoy, was elected Au∣gust 24. 1239. and consecrate soone after. He is very odious in our histories, for directing the king vnto a strange and in∣tol••erale kind of exaction, the yéere 1255. such and so great, as it euen quite beggered all the Clergy of that time. The yeere following he tooke great paines in canuassing for the Archbi∣shopricke of Burdeaur, and hauing spent much money in procuring letters from the King and diuers other great per∣sonages to request in his behalf; newes was brought that the olde Arch••ishop (that he tooke to be dead, and whose place he sought) was yet aliue, and aliues-like, The yeare 1263. the Barons arrested him in his own Cathedrall Church, seased vpon his goods, deuided his t••easure vnto their souldiers be∣fore his face, and imprisoned him a long time in the Castle of O••dley. He was cursed of so many (saith one) it was impossi∣ble

that many calamities should not light vpon him. Long before this captiuity, his face was horribly deformed with a kind of leprosie which some call Poly••pus; and though hee left no means vnsought, he could not be cured of it till his dy∣ing day. He departed this life Nouem 27. 1268. and lieth bu∣ried vnder a large and faire toombe ouer against the North doore of the quie••. This man gaue vnto his Church 2. doles of corne of ninty sixe bushels a peece, yearely to be distributed to the Ministers of the same for euer. He also founded a Mo∣nastery at Aqua-bella in Sauoy, at which place it seemeth he was borne•• and caused his heart to be buried there, as appee∣reth by a monument in the Church of that house yet remai∣ning.

43 Iohn Breton Doctor of both Lawes was also very well seene in the common Lawes of the land & writ a great volume deiuribus Anglicanis.* 1.23 He died May 12. 1275.

44 Thomas Cantilupe was a gentleman of a very noble and auncient house,* 1.24 but of a much more noble and excellent mind, being not only maruellous witty, but e••er from a child very studious and painefull, very harmelesse and vertuously giuen. He was brought vp in the vniuersity of Oxford, where he proceeded first Master of Art, then studied the Canon law and (as if séem••th) proceeded Doctor of Law. But certaine it is and without all question, that he proceeded Doctor of Diui∣nity the yéere 127••. Robert Kilwardby (with whom hee was very familiarly acquainted) was then Prouinciall of the frier Preachers and Doctor of the chaire in Oxford when he was presented; but before the time came hee should stand in the Acte, the saide Doctor Kilwardby was become Archbishop of Canterbury. That notwithstanding, he touch sa••ed this his olde friend that honour, as to make a iourney downe to the vniuersity of purpose, and there (beeing Archbishop) to aff••ord him the ceremonies of his creation. And it is reported more∣ouer that among••st many other pra••••i••es hee gaue him in his oration, he signified that hauing beene long his Confessor, hee neuer perceiued him guilty of any mortal sinne. Omnishomo mendax: Either the Confessor, or the Confess••••, or the re∣porter, lied I doubt n••t. He was consecrate Bishop of Here∣ford September 8. 1275. being then Archdeacon of Stafford

and Chauncellor of England, as also of the Uniuersity of Ox∣ford. The 1282. hee was faine to trauell to Rome about a controuersie betwéene him and Iohn Peckham Archbishop of Canterbury. In the way thether he died at Ciuita-vecchio, August. 25. 1282. His body was brought to Hereford and there solempnly enterred néere the East wall of the North crosse Isle, where we sée a high toombe of marble. Many mi∣racles are said to haue béene wrought at the place of his buri∣all, in regard wherof, it pleased the Pope afterwards to make him a Saint, and all the Bishops of Hereford since his time, in honour of him, doe beare his coate of armes as the coate of their Sée, viz. G. 3. leopards heads ieasant 3. Flower-de∣luces O.

* 1.2545. Richard de Swinfield Doctor of Diuinity succéeded a Kentish man borne, one very eloquent and a great preacher. He was consecrate March 7. following, sate 34. yeares, and died March 15, 1316. He lieth buried on the North side of the North Ile aboue the quier, as an Elogium witnesseth e••gra∣uen vpon a marble that couereth his toombe.

* 1.2646. Adam d' Orl••ton Doctor of Law borne in Hereford, was consecrate September 22. 1317. In the moneth of Oc∣tober 1327. he was translated to Worceter, and after that to Winchester, Sée Winchester.

* 1.2747 Thomas Charlton Doctor of Law, and Cannon of Yorke, was consecrate by the Popes commandement Octo∣ber 18. 1327. The yeare 1329. he was for a while Treasurer of England. The yeare 1337. hee went into Ireland toge∣ther with a brother of his a knight, called Sir Iohn Charlton, the knight being made chiefe Iustice of Ireland, and he Lord Chancellor. The yeare following, hee complaining vnto the King by letters of his brothers misgouernment, his said bro∣ther was displaced, and himselfe was appointed in his roome chiefe Iustice for Ireland, as also Custos and Gardian of that Realme. The yeare 1340. he was called home, hauing sate Bishop 16. yeares, he died Ianuary 11.1343. He hath a rea∣sonable faire toombe in the North wall of the North crosse Ile ouer against the clocke

* 1.2848 Iohn Trillecke sate 16. yéeres and a halfe, and died in∣t••state about Christmasse, 1360.

49 Lewis Charlton,* 1.29 whom Bale séemeth to call Lewis de Charl••on (for that as he saith hee was borne at the towne in Monmouthshire so called) was brought vp in Oxford first, & Cambridge afterward, yet became Chancelor of Oxford the yeare 1357. He was a great diuine, and wel séene in the Ma∣thematikes, as his works in both kinds might testifie. Being Doctor of Diuinity, he was made Bishop by the Popes Bull, bearing date 4. Ide: Sept. 1361. He sate 8. yeares, died the yeare 1369. and lieth in a faire monument in the North wall of the South Ile aboue the quier.

50. William Courtney consecrate 1369. sate 5. years and an halfe,* 1.30 was translated to London 1375. and afterwards to Canterbury. Sée Canterbury.

51. Iohn Gilbert Bishop of Bangor,* 1.31 a Fryer preacher succéeded him in Hereford. The yeare 1385 he was sent Am∣bassador into France. 1386. he was made Treasurer of Eng∣land by Parliament, displaced 1389. and afterwards restored being then Bishop of S. Dauids whether hee was translated the yeare 1389. and had restitution of his temporalties. Iu∣lie 12.

52. Iohn Treneuant or Tre••nant,* 1.32 a Canon of S. Assaph, one of the Auditors of the Rota in Rome, was restored to the temporalties of this Sée, Oct. 19 1389. The yeare 1400. he was sent ambassador to Rome, to informe the Pope of the title of King Henry the fourth vnto the crowne. He sate Bi∣shop about 14. yéeres and a halfe, died 1404. and lieth buried in the South wall of the South crosse Ile, where wee sée a faire and costly monument erected for him.

53. Robert Mascall,* 1.33 being yet very yoong, became a Frier Carmelite at Ludlow After that he went to Oxford, where he so profited in learning and other vertues, as he was great∣ly loued and admired of all men•• King Henry the fourth made choice of him for his Confessor, and ••ound meanes to preferre him vnto the Bishopricke of Hereford. Hee built the quier, presbytery and st••eple of the white Friers at London. Gaue many rich ornaments vnto that house, died there December 12. 1416. and there was entoombed in a goodly monument of Alabaster. He was often Embassador vnto sorraine Princes,

and the yéere 1415. was sent to the Counsell of Constance, with two other Bishops.

* 1.3454 Edmund Lacy Doctor of Diuinity, Deane of the kings chappell, brought vp in Uniuersity Colledge at Oxford, was cons. Bishop of Hereford at Windsor in the Kings Chappell and in the presence of the King, April. 18. 1417. Hauing con∣tinued there thrée yeares, hee was translated to Exceter at Easter, 1420. See Exceter.

* 1.3555. Thomas Po••••on, Deane of Yorke and Bachelour of Law, was consecrate 1420. continued Bishop heere one yéere and three moneths, and then was remooued first to Chiche∣ster, after that to Worceter. See Worceter.

* 1.3656 Thomas Spofford, Abbot of Saint Maries in Yorke, continued Bishop here 26. yéeres and resigned.

* 1.3757 Richard Beauchampe, Archdeacon of Suffolke, was consecrated about the ende of February. 1448. hauing sate heere two yeares and three months, was translated to Salis∣bury an. 1450.

* 1.3858 Reynald Butler, Abbot of Gloster succéeded, sate héere two yeares and a halfe and was translated to Lichfield Aprill 3. 1453. Howbeit it seemeth he lyeth buried in the Church of Hereford, before the high altar, vnder a marble inlayed with brasse, vpon which I finde the armes of Butler, to wit vendy of 6. and the armes of the Church of Hereford in chiefe.

* 1.3959 Iohn Stanbery was a Carmelite Fryer, brought vp in the Uniuersity of Oxford, where hee proceeded Doctor of Di∣uinity, and read the Lecture of that faculty. King Henry the sixth called him thence to be the first Prouost of his new ere∣cted Colledge at Eaton, and moreouer made him his Confes∣sor. The yeere 1446 he was elected Bishop of Norwich. But William de la Poole Duke of Suffolke thrust in a Chaplaine of his owne (notwithstanding this election), and so disappoin∣ted him Shortly after, to wit, the yéere 1448, the king found meanes to preferre him to Bangor, and fiue yeares after that to Hereford, where he sate one and twenty yeares. He died at Ludlow in the house of the Carmelites, May 11. 1474. and was buried in his owne Church vpon the North side of the high altar in a toombe of alabaster. A man not onely very lear∣ned (whereof he left many monuments in writing) but very

wise, excéeding well spoken, and which is not to be omitted) tall of stature, and of a very comely presence. But I esteeme his greatest commendation, his constant and vnmooueable fi∣delity vnto his Prince, for which (being taken prisoner at the battell at Northampton 1460.) hee was commited to the ca∣stle of Warwicke, and lay in Durance there a long time. Vp∣on his toombe are fixed these barbarous verses:

Marmoris hac fossa, tetra petra contegit ossa, Stanbery Pontificis Carmilitaeque Ioannis. Doctoralis erat ••ibi regnans fama per orbem. Criminis ô Christe petimus quo tergeresordem; Qui Bangorensem lustro rexit bene sedem. X. bino post I. simul hanc decorauit & aedem. Hunc commisso grege lupum sibi quando fugauit, Mors cum dente cruento trux tunc bellua strauit. Anno M. C. quater L. X. quoque bino Quatuor his iunctis in templi tempore sesto. Qui legis hoec ora pro praesule mente benigna Vt sint absque mora coelica sibi gaudia digna.

60 Thomas Mylling being yet a youth,* 1.40 became a monke of Westminster, and then went to Oxford, where he studied till he procéeded Doctor of Diuinity, hauing in the mean time attained good knowledge in the Greek tongue which in those daies was geason. Returning then to Westminster, he was made Abbot there, & shortly after preferred vnto the Bishop∣ricke of Hereford by King Edward the fourth, vnder whom he was of the priuy counsell, & was Godfather vnto Prince Edward his eldest sonne. He had restitution of his temporal∣ties Aug. 15. Edw. 4.14. died the yéere 1493. and lieth buried at Westminster in the middle of the Chappel of S. Iohn Bap∣tist, where against the North wall there is a sleight monu∣ment erected in memory of him.

61 Edmund Audley Bishop of Rochester was translated to Hereford 1492.* 1.41 and thence to Salisbury 1502. Sée Sa∣lisbury.

62 Hadrian de Castello consecrate 1502.* 1.42 was made Car∣dinall the next yeare and then translated to Welles 1504. Sée Welles.

63 Richard Mayo Chauncellour and Archdeacon of Ox∣ford, as also President of Magdalene Colledge there for the space of 27. yeares,* 1.43 and Almoner vnto King Henry the 7. the yeare 1501. was sent Ambassador into Spain to fetch thence the Lady Katherine to be married vnto Prince Arthur. Not long after his returne thonce, to wit, the yeere 1504. hee was preferred vnto the Bishopricke of Hereford, which he held e∣leuen yéeres and somwhat more. He deceased April 18. 1516. and was buried on the South side of the hight altar. where there is a goodly toombe erected in memory of him.

* 1.4464 Charles Booth, a Doctor of Diuinity of Cambridge, Archdeacon of Buckingham, and Chancellor of the Marches of Wales, was consecrate Nouemb. 30. 1516. He bestowed great cost in repairing his house at London, and sate eigh∣teene yeares and fiue moneths. Hee lieth entoombed in the North wall of the body of his Church.

* 1.4565 Edward Foxe borne in Glocestershire, a Doctor of Di∣uinity, and Almoner vnto K. Henry the eight, was brought vp in Kings colledge in Cambridge, whereof hee was made P••ouost the yeere 1528. and so continued till his death. Hee was often Ambassador in Germany, Italy, and elsewhere, and became Bishop of Hereford, the yeere 1535. A man very wel learned, and secretly a fa••orer of religion. M. Bucer doth dedicate his commentary vpon the Euangelists vnto him. Himselfe also writ diuers bookes yet extant. He sate only two yeares and 7. moneths (continuing all that while Prouost of Kings Colledge.) and died May the 8. 1538. at London.

* 1.4666 Edmund Boner hauing béen Bishop of Hereford only 7. moneths, was translated to London. Sée London.

* 1.4767 Iohn Skyp Doctor of Diuinity, and Archdeacon of Dorset, brought vp at Cambridge in ••onwell & Caius Col∣ledge, was confirmed Bishop of Hereford, Nouem. 20. 1539. sate 4. moneths aboue 12. years, died at London in time of a Parliament, and was buried in the Church of Saint Mary ••ont••hault.

* 1.4868 Iohn Harley sometime fellow of Magdalen colledge in Oxford, was con••. May 26. 1553. displaced by Queen Ma∣ry,

in the beginning of her raigne for being married, and died soone after.

69 Robert Parsew,* 1.49 alias Warton consecrate Bishop of S. Assaph, Iuly 2. 1536. was remooued hither (hauing first hor∣ribly spoiled S. Assaph) the yeare 1554. See S. Assaph. He died toward the end of Q. Maries raigne. Shee then cau∣sed to be naminated vnto this Sée Thomas Raynolds Dean of Exceter. But her death stayed him from that preferment.

70 Iohn Scory, late Bishop of Chichester, was appoi••ted vnto this Sée by Quéene Elizabeth in the beginning of her raigne.* 1.50 He died in the beginning of the yeare 1585.

71 Herbert Westfayling Doctor of Diuinity, and Canon of Christchurch in Oxford (in which colledge he was brought vp) was consecrate December 12.* 1.51 being the first Bishop of all that had their education in that house. Hee died March 1. 1585.

72 Robert Benet Doctor of Diuinity, and Dean of Wind∣sor fellow sometimes of Trinity Colledge in Cambridge,* 1.52 was consecrated Febr. 20. 1602. by the appointment of Q. Elizabeth, but did his homage to K. Iames.

The Bishopricke of Hereford is valued in the Exche∣quer at 768. pound, 10. shillings 10. pence halfe∣penny farthing, and yeelded the Pope for first fruits 1800. florens.

Notes

• * 1.1

  680.
• * 1.2

  736.
• * 1.3

  740.
• * 1.4

  857.
• * 1.5

  872.
• * 1.6

  885.
• * 1.7

  1056.
• * 1.8

  1060.
• * 1.9

  1079. W. Co. 14.
• * 1.10

  1107. Hen. 1.8.
• * 1.11

  1115. Hen. 1.16.
• * 1.12

  1120. Hen. 1.21.
• * 1.13

  1131. Hen. 1.32
• * 1.14

  1149. Steph. 15.
• * 1.15

  1162. Hen. 2.9.
• * 1.16

  1174. Hen. 2.21.
• * 1.17

  1186. Hen. 2.33.
• * 1.18

  1200. Iohn 2.
• * 1.19

  1216 Ioan. 18.
• * 1.20

  1219. Hen. 3.3••
• * 1.21

  1234. Edw. 3.19.
• * 1.22

  1239. Hen. 3.24
• * 1.23

  1268 Hen. 3.53.
• * 1.24

  1275 Edw. 1.3.
• * 1.25

  1282. Edw. 1.11.
• * 1.26

  1317. Edw. 2.11.
• * 1.27

  1327. Edw. 3.1.
• * 1.28

  1344. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 3.19.
• * 1.29

  1361. Edw. 3.35.
• * 1.30

  1369. Edw. 3.43.
• * 1.31

  1376. Edw. 3.51.
• * 1.32

  1389. Rich. 2.13.
• * 1.33

  1405. Hen. 4.7.
• * 1.34

  1417. Hen 5.5.
• * 1.35

  1420. Hen 5.8.
• * 1.36

  1422 Hen. 6.1.
• * 1.37

  1448. Hen. 6.27.
• * 1.38

  1450. Hen. 6.29.
• * 1.39

  1453 Hen. 6.32.
• * 1.40

  1474. Edw. 4.14.
• * 1.41

  1497. Hen. 7.8.
• * 1.42

  1502. Hen. 7.18.
• * 1.43

  1504. Hen. 7.20.
• * 1.44

  1516. Hen. 8.8.
• * 1.45

  1535. Hen. 8.25.
• * 1.46

  1538. Hen. 8.30.
• * 1.47

  1539. Hen. 8.31.
• * 1.48

  15••••. Edw. ••.7.
• * 1.49

  1554. Mary 1.
• * 1.50

  1559. Eliz. 2.
• * 1.51

  1585. Eliza. 29.
• * 1.52

  1602. Eliza. 45.