Hiera dakrya, Ecclesiae anglicanae suspiria, The tears, sighs, complaints, and prayers of the Church of England setting forth her former constitution, compared with her present condition : also the visible causes and probable cures of her distempers : in IV books

Gauden, John, 1605-1662.

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A CATALOGUE OF THE NAMES Of all the ARCH-BISHOPS and BISHOPS of England and Wales, ever since the first planting of Christian Religion in this Nation, unto these later Times: With the year of our Lord in which the several Bishops of each Diocese were Consecrated.

SALISBURY.

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Bishops of Sherborn.

1 Aldhelmus made the first Bishop of Sherborn by Ina King of the West Saxons. A. D. 705
2 Fordhere. A. D. 709
3 Hereward. A. D. 730
4 Ethelwold.
5 Denefrith.
6 Wilbert.
7 Eahlstan. A. D. 817
8 Eadmund. A. D. 868
9 Ethelrage. A. D. 872
10 Alfsy.
11 Asser Menevensis.
12 Swithelm or Swi∣gelm. A. D. 883
13 Ethelwald or Ethel∣ward.

The See void 7. yeares.

A. D. 905. Three Bisho∣pricks were taken out of the Diocese of Sherborn by Plegmond Archbishop of Canterbury, one for Corn∣wall, another for Devon, of which see Tit. Exeter, the third at Wells for Somerset-shire of which see Bath and Wells, and a fourth afterward at Wilton for Wilt-shire, of which see afterward. Now to pro∣ceed with Sherborn Bi∣shops next after Ethel∣wald.

14 VVerstan. A. D. 905
15 Ethelbald. A. D. 918
16 Sigelm Il.
17 Alfredus. A. D. 934
18 VVulfsinus. A. D. 940
19 Alfwold. A. D. 958
20 Ethelricus. A. D. 978
21 Ethelsius.
22 Brithwin al. Brithric.
23 Elmor. A. D. 1009
24 Brynwyn alias Bryth∣win.
25 Elfwold.

After the death of Elf∣wold, Herman the last Bi∣shop of VVilton was Bishop also of Sherborn, and joy∣ned both Bishopricks again into one, and then remo∣ved the See to Salisbu∣ry.

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