Bishop of Salisbury
Bishop of Salisbury is in Bishop. See Salisbury Cathedral [Map].
John of Worcester. 24 Jun 1070. The feast of St. John the Baptist being near, earl Asbiorn sailed to Denmark with the fleet which had wintered in the Humber; but his brother Sweyn (age 51) outlawed him, because he had accepted money from king William (age 42), to the great regret of the Danes. Edric, surnamed the Forester, a man of the most resolute courage, of whom we have spoken before, was reconciled with king William (age 42). After this, the king summoned from Normandy Lanfranc (age 65), abbot of Caen, a Lombard by birth, a man of unbounded learning, master of the liberal arts, and of both sacred and secular literature, and of the greatest prudence in counsel and the administration of worldly affairs; and on the day of the Assumption of St. Mary, appointed him archbishop of Canterbury, causing him to be consecrated at Canterbury on the feast of St. John the Baptist, being Sunday. He was consecrated by Giso, bishop of Wells, and Walter, bishop of Hereford, who were both ordained at Rome by pope Nicholas, when Aldred, archbishop of York, received the pallium,—for he evaded being ordained by Stigand, who then held the archbishopric of Canterbury, knowing him not to have received the pallium canonically. Bishop Heriman, who had already transferred the seat of his bishopric from Sherbourne to Salisbury, also assisted at his consecration, with some others. Afterwards, Lanfranc (age 65) consecrated Thomas, archbishop of York. The suit of the reverend Wulfstan (age 62), bishop of Worcester, was again prosecuted, there being now a bishop who could advocate the cause of the church of York; and the affair was, by the aid of God's grace, decided at a council held at a place called Pedred, before the king, archbishop Lanfranc (age 65), and the bishops, abbots, earls, and lords of all England. All the groundless assertions by which Thomas and his abettors strove to humble the church of Worcester, and reduce her to subjection and servitude to the church of York, were, by God's just judgement, entirely refuted and negatived by written documents, so that Wulfstan (age 62) not only recovered the possessions he claimed, but, by God's goodness, and the king's assent, regained for his see all the immunities and privileges freely granted to it by its first founders, the holy king Ethered, Oshere, sub-king of the Hwiccas, and the other kings of Mercia, Cenred, Ethelbald, Offa, Kenulf, Edward the Elder, Athelstan, Edmund, Edred, and Edgar.
On 29 Sep 1102 Bishop Roger of Salisbury was appointed Bishop of Salisbury.
On 11 Aug 1107 Bishop Roger of Salisbury was consecrated Bishop of Salisbury.
On 15 Sep 1189 King Richard "Lionheart" I of England (age 32) held a Council meeting at Pipewell [Map] at which he appointed a number of Bishops:
Bishop William Longchamp was elected Bishop of Ely.
Bishop Godfrey Lucy was elected Bishop of Winchester.
Bishop Richard Fitzneal (age 59) was elected Bishop of London.
Archbishop Hubert Walter (age 29) was elected Bishop of Salisbury.
On 22 Oct 1189 two of Richard's new Bishops were consecrated ...
Bishop Godfrey Lucy was consecrated Bishop of Winchester.
Archbishop Hubert Walter (age 29) was consecrated Bishop of Salisbury.
On 05 May 1194 Bishop Herbert Poore was appointed Bishop of Salisbury.
On 27 Jun 1217 Bishop Richard Poore was appointed Bishop of Salisbury.
On 25 Sep 1228 Bishop Robert Bingham (age 48) was elected Bishop of Salisbury.
In 1291 Bishop Nicholas Longespée was appointed Bishop of Salisbury.
On 25 Oct 1395 Bishop Richard Mitford was translated to Bishop of Salisbury.
In 1427 Bishop Robert Neville was appointed Bishop of Salisbury.
On 11 Feb 1438 Bishop William Ayscough (age 43) was elected Bishop of Salisbury.
On 20 Jul 1438 Bishop William Ayscough (age 43) was elected Bishop of Salisbury.
In 1450 Bishop Richard Beauchamp (age 29) was appointed Bishop of Salisbury.
On 21 Apr 1482 Bishop Lionel Woodville (age 35) was consecrated as Bishop of Salisbury.
On 08 Feb 1485 Bishop Thomas Langton was translated to Bishop of Salisbury.
On 13 Nov 1493 Bishop John Blythe (age 33) was appointed Bishop of Salisbury.
On 23 Feb 1494 Bishop John Blythe (age 34) was consecrated Bishop of Salisbury.
On 07 Dec 1499 Archbishop Henry Deane was appointed Bishop of Salisbury.
On 10 Jan 1502 Bishop Edmund Tuchet (age 59) was appointed Bishop of Salisbury.
On 22 Feb 1535 Bishop Nicholas Shaxton (age 50) was elected Bishop of Salisbury.
In 1560 Bishop John Jewel (age 37) was consecrated as Bishop of Salisbury.
In 1571 Bishop Edmund Gheast (age 57) was appointed Bishop of Salisbury.
In 1618 Bishop Martin Fortherby (age 58) was appointed Bishop of Salisbury.
In 1621 Bishop John Davenant (age 48) was appointed Bishop of Salisbury.
In 1641 Bishop Brian Duppa (age 51) was elected Bishop of Salisbury.
On 31 Dec 1665 Bishop Alexander Hyde (age 73) was appointed Bishop of Salisbury.
In 1689 Bishop Gilbert Burnet (age 45) was consecrated Bishop of Salisbury.
Evelyn's Diary. 11 Apr 1689. I saw the procession to and from the Abbey Church of Westminster [Map], with the great feast in Westminster Hall [Map], at the coronation of King William and Queen Mary. What was different from former coronations, was some alteration in the coronation oath. Dr. Burnet (age 45), now made Bishop of Sarum, preached with great applause. The Parliament men had scaffolds and places which took up the one whole side of the Hall [Map]. When the King (age 38) and Queen (age 26) had dined, the ceremony of the Champion, and other services by tenure were performed. The Parliament men were feasted in the Exchequer chamber, and had each of them a gold medal given them, worth five-and-forty shillings. On the one side were the effigies of the King and Queen inclining one to the other; on the reverse was Jupiter throwing a bolt at Phäeton the words, "Ne totus absumatur": which was but dull, seeing they might have had out of the poet something as apposite. The sculpture was very mean.
Evelyn's Diary. 09 Jun 1689. Visited Dr. Burnet (age 45), now Bishop of Sarum; got him to let Mr. Kneller (age 42) draw his picture.
Evelyn's Diary. 09 Mar 1690. Preached at Whitehall Dr. Burnet (age 46), late Bishop of Sarum, on Heb. iv. 13, anatomically describing the texture of the eye; and that, as it received such innumerable sorts of spies through so very small a passage to the brain, and that without the least confusion or trouble, and accordingly judged and reflected on them; so God who made this sensory, did with the greatest ease and at once see all that was done through the vast universe, even to the very thought as well as action. This similitude he continued with much perspicuity and aptness; and applied it accordingly, for the admonishing us how uprightly we ought to live and behave ourselves before such an all-seeing Deity; and how we were to conceive of other his attributes, which we could have no idea of than by comparing them by what we were able to conceive of the nature and power of things, which were the objects of our senses; and therefore it was that in Scripture we attribute those actions and affections of God by the same of man, not as adequately or in any proportion like them, but as the only expedient to make some resemblance of his divine perfections; as when the Scripture says, "God will remember the sins of the penitent no more:" not as if God could forget anything, but as intimating he would pass by such penitents and receive them to mercy.
On 23 Apr 1715 Bishop William Talbot (age 57) was appointed Bishop of Salisbury.
On 04 May 1761 Bishop John Thomas (age 64) was elected Bishop of Salisbury.
On 14 Aug 1782 Bishop Shute Barrington (age 48) was elected Bishop of Salisbury.
On 27 Aug 1782 Bishop Shute Barrington (age 48) was translated to Bishop of Salisbury upon the confirmation of the election at St Mary-le-Bow Church, Cheapside [Map].
In 1807 Bishop John Fisher (age 59) was translated to Bishop of Salisbury which office he held until his death in 1825.
In 1854 Bishop Walter Kerr Hamilton (age 45) was elected Bishop of Salisbury.
In 1869 George Moberly Bishop (age 65) was appointed Bishop of Salisbury.
In 1885 Bishop John Wordsworth (age 42) was elected Bishop of Salisbury.