Bishops of Norwich
Of the sources quoted only the Catholic Encyclopedia lists Ralph de Norwich (1236).
His name needs to be included to agree with modern sources (eg Whitaker's Almanack)
which list Graham James as the 71st bishop.
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1070-1086 | Herfast | first Bishop of Thetford | ||||||
1086-1091 | William de Beaufeu | |||||||
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1091-1119 | Herbert Losinga | moved see to Norwich in 1094 | 1119 or 1120 | ||||
2
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1121-1145 | Everard | Archdeacon of Salisbury deposed 1145 |
1150 | ||||
3
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1146-1174 | William de Turbe | ||||||
4
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1175-1200 | John of Oxford | Dean of Salisbury | |||||
5
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1200-1214 | John de Gray | Archdeacon of Gloucester | 1214 | ||||
1214-1222 | see vacant | |||||||
6
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1222-1226 | Pandulf Masca | legate of Pope Innocent III | 16 Sept 1226 | ||||
7
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1226-1236 | Thomas Blunville | Clerk of the Royal Exchequer | |||||
8
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1236 | Ralph de Norwich | ||||||
1236-1239 | see vacant | |||||||
9
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1239-1244 | William de Raley | Treasurer of Exeter translated to Winchester 1244 |
1250 | ||||
10
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1245-1257 | Walter Suffield | 1257 | |||||
11
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1258-1266 | Simon de Wanton | ||||||
12
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1266-1278 | Roger Skirnyng | ||||||
13
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1278-1288 | William Middleton | ||||||
14
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1289-1299 | Ralph Walpole | Archdeacon of Ely translated to Ely 1299 |
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15
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1299-1325 | John Salmon | Prior of Ely Lord Chancellor 1319-1323 |
1325 | ||||
16
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1325-1336 | William Ayermin | Master of the Rolls | |||||
17
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1337-1343 | Antony Bek | ||||||
18
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1344-1355 | William Bateman | ||||||
19
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1356-1369 | Thomas Percy | ||||||
20
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1370-1406 | Henry Spenser | 1406 | |||||
21
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1407-1413 | Alexander Tottington | ||||||
22
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1413-1415 | Richard Courtenay | ||||||
23
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1416-1425 | John Wakering | Archdeacon of Canterbury | |||||
24
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1426-1436 | William Alnwick | Archdeacon of Salisbury translated to Lincoln 1436 |
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25
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1436-1445 | Thomas Brown | Bishop of Rochester | |||||
26
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1445-1472 | Walter Hart (Le Hart) | Provost of Oriel College, Oxford | |||||
27
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1472-1498 | James Goldwell | Dean of Salisbury | |||||
28
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1499-1500 | Thomas Jane | ||||||
29
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1501-1536 | Richard Nykke (Nix) | Archdeacon of Exeter and Canon of Windsor | |||||
30
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1536-1550 | William Rugg (Repps) | Abbot of St Bennet of Holm resigned 1550 |
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31
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1550-1554 | Thomas Thirlby | first and last Bishop of Westminster translated to Ely 1554 |
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32
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1554-1558 | John Hopton | chaplain to Queen Mary | |||||
33
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1560-1575 | John Parkhurst | ||||||
34
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1575-1584 | Edmund Freak | Bishop of Rochester translated to Worcester 1584 |
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35
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1585-1594 | Edmund Scambler | Bishop of Peterborough | |||||
36
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1594-1602 | William Redman | Archdeacon of Canterbury | |||||
37
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1602-1617 | John Jegon | Master of Bene't College, Cambridge | |||||
38
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1618-1619 | John Overall | Bishop of Lichfield | |||||
39
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1619-1628 | Samuel Harsnet | translated to York 1628 | |||||
40
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1628-1631 | Francis White | translated to Ely 1631 | |||||
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1632-1635 | Richard Corbet | Bishop of Norwich | |||||
42
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1635-1638 | Matthew Wren | translated to Ely 1638 | |||||
43
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1638-1641 | Richard Montague | Bishop of Chichester | |||||
44
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1641-1656 | Joseph Hall | Bishop of Exeter | 1656 | ||||
45
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1661-1676 | Edward Reynolds | Dean of christ Church Oxford | |||||
46
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1676-1685 | Antony Sparrow | Bishop of Exeter | |||||
47
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1685-1691 | William Lloyd |
Bishop of Llandaff |
1710 | ||||
48
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1691-1707 | John Moore | translated to Ely 1707 | |||||
49
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1708-1721 | Charles Trimnell | translated to Winchester 1721 | |||||
50
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1721-1723 | Thomas Green | translated to Ely 1723 | |||||
51
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1723-1727 | John Leng | ||||||
52
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1727-1732 | William Baker | Bishop of Bangor | |||||
53
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1733-1738 | Robert Butts | translated to Ely 1738 | |||||
54
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1738-1748 | Sir Thomas Gooch | Bishop of Bristol translated to Ely 1748 |
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55
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1748-1749 | Samuel Lisle | Bishop of St Asaph | |||||
56
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1749-1761 | Thomas Hayter | Preceptor to George III tranlsated to London 1761 |
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1761-1783 | Philip Young | Bishop of Bristol | |||||
58
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1783-1790 | Lewis Bagot | Bishop of Bristol translated to St Asaph 1790 |
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59
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1790-1792 | George Horne | ||||||
60
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1792-1805 | Charles Manners Sutton | translated to Canterbury 1805 | |||||
61
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1805-1837 | Henry Bathurst | ||||||
62
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1837-1849 | Edward Stanley | ||||||
63
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1849-1857 | Samuel Hinds | resigned 1857 | |||||
64
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1857-1893 | John Thomas Pelham | ||||||
65 | 1893-1910 | John Sheepshanks | ||||||
66 | 1910-1942 | Bertram Pollock | ||||||
67 | 1942-1959 | Percy Mark Herbert | ||||||
68 | 1959-1971 | William Lancelot Scott Fleming | ||||||
69 | 1971-1985 | Maurice Arthur Ponsonby Wood | ||||||
70 | 1985- | Peter J Nott | ||||||
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1999- | Graham Richard James | ||||||
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this page last revised 10 April 2005
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