List of bishops of London
NB: See main article for reference to the entries listed as Archbishop of London
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
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| Archbishopric of London - traditional list of little historical value | ||
| ??? to ??? | Thean, Archbishop of London | |
| ??? to ??? | Elvanus, Archbishop of London | |
| ??? to ??? | Cadar, Archbishop of London | |
| ??? to ??? | Obinus, Archbishop of London | |
| ??? to ??? | Paludius, Archbishop of London | |
| ??? to ??? | Stephen, Archbishop of London | |
| ??? to ??? | Iltute, Archbishop of London | |
| ??? to ??? | Dedwin, Archbishop of London (Theodwin) |
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| ??? to ??? | Thedred, Archbishop of London | |
| ??? to ??? | Hillary, Archbishop of London | |
| ??? to ??? | Restitutus, Archbishop of London | Historical Bishop of London who attended the Council of Arles in 314 |
| ??? to ??? | Guidelium, Archbishop of London (Guiteline) |
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| ??? to ??? | Fastidius, Archbishop of London | Follower of Pelagius, floruit ca. 420 AD. |
| ??? to ??? | Vodimus, Archbishop of London | said to have been killed by the Saxons |
| ??? to ??? | Theanus, Archbishop of London | said to have fled into Wales |
| 514 to 553 | Restitutus | |
| 553 to 604 | Theonus | |
| Post-Augustinian Bishopric of London - historical list | ||
| 604 to 658 | Saint Mellitus | Translated to Canterbury |
| 658 to 664 | Saint Cedd | Died in office |
| 664 to 666 | vacant | For 2 years |
| 666 to 675 | Wine (Wini) |
Translated from Winchester |
| 675 to 697 | Saint Erkenwald | |
| 697 to 715 | Waldherus (Wealdheri) |
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| 715 to 746 | Ingualdus (Ingwald; Ingweald) |
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| 746 to 754 | Egwolfus (Eggwulf; Ecgwulf) |
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| 754 to 761 | Wighedus (Sighaeh; Wigheah) |
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| 761 to 768 | Eadbrightus (Eadbert; Eadbeorht) |
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| 768 to 773 | Eadgar of London | |
| 773 to 784 | Kenwalchus (Coenwealh) |
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| 784 to 795 | Eadbaldus (Eadbeald) |
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| 795 to 802 | Hecbertus (Heathobertus; Heathubeorht) |
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| 802 to 816 | Osmundus (Oswynus; Osmund of London) |
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| 816 to 830 | Ethelnothus (Æthilnoth; Æthelnoth of London) |
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| 830 to 841 | Ceolbertus (Coelbeorht) |
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| 841 to 851 | Renulphus (Ceolnulfus) |
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| 851 to 863 | Suithulfus (Swithwulf) |
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| 863 to 898 | Eadstanus (Heahstan) |
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| 898 to ??? | Wulfius (Walsius; Wulfsige of London) |
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| ??? to ??? | Ethelwardus (Æthelweard of London) |
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| 926 to 938 | Elstanus (Ealhstan) |
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| 938 to ??? | Theodredus (Theodred of London) |
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| ??? to ??? | Wolstanus (Wulfstan) |
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| 941 to 958 | Brithelmus (Beorhthelm) |
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| 958 to 960 | Dunstan | Translated from Worcester; translated to Canterbury; Saint Dunstan |
| 960 to 996 | Oelfstan (Aelfstan) |
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| 996 to 1002 | Wulfstan | |
| 1002 to 1016 | Aldwin (Alduinus; Æelfhun) |
Translated from Durham |
| 1016 to 1032 | Alfwy (Ælfwig) |
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| 1032 to 1044 | Elfward (Alword; Ælfweard) |
Abbot of Evesham |
| Norman and medieval | ||
| 1044 to 1051 | Robert of Jumièges | Translated to Canterbury |
| 1051 to 1052 | Spearhafoc | never consecrated |
| 1052 to 1075 | William (William the Norman) |
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| 1075 to 1085 | Hugh d'Orevalle (Hugh D'Orival) |
(Hugh de Orwell) |
| 1085 to 1108 | Maurice | Archdeacon of Maine; Lord Chancellor |
| 1108 to 1128 | Richard de Beaumis (Richard de Belmis I) |
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| 1128 to c.1136 | Gilbert Universalis (Gilbert the Universal) |
Canon of Lyons |
| c.1136 to 1138 | Anselm of St Saba | election quashed |
| 1141 to 1152 | Robert de Sigello | Monk of Reading |
| 1152 to 1163 | Richard de Beaumis II (Richard de Belmis II) |
Archdeacon of Middlesex |
| 1163 to c.1187 | Gilbert Foliot | Translated from Hereford |
| c.1187 | Vacant | For 2 years |
| 1189 to 1199 | Richard FitzNeal (Richard FitzNigel) |
Dean of Lincoln |
| 1199 to 1221 | William of Sainte-Mère-Eglise (William de St Mariæ Ecclesiâ; William of Saint Mere Eglise) |
Prebendary of St Paul's; resigned |
| 1221 to 1229 | Eustace of Fauconberg | Lord Treasurer |
| 1229 to 1241 | Roger Niger | Archdeacon of Colchester; Saint Roger Niger |
| 1241 to 1260 | Fulk Basset, Bishop of London | Dean of York |
| 1260 to 2 July 1262 | Henry Wingham (Henry of Wingham) |
Prebendary of St Paul's; Lord Chancellor; died in office |
| 1262 to October 1262 | Richard Talbot | Dean of St Paul's, London |
| 1263 to 1273 | Henry of Sandwich | Prebendary of St Paul's, London |
| 1273 to 1280 | John Chishull | Dean of St Paul's, London; Lord Chancellor and Lord Treasurer; died in office |
| 1280 to 1280 | Fulke Lovell | Elected but declined the office |
| 1280 to 1304 | Richard Gravesend | Prebendary of St Paul's, London |
| 1304 to 1313 | Ralph Baldock (Ralph de Baldoc) |
Dean of St Paul's, London |
| 1313 to 1317 | Gilbert Segrave | Precentor of St Paul's, London |
| 1317 to 1318 | Richard Newport | Dean of St Paul's, London |
| 1318 to 1338 | Stephen Gravesend | Prebendary of St Paul's, London |
| 1338 to 1340 | Richard de Wentworth (Richard Bintworth) |
Prebendary of St Paul's, London and Lord Chancellor |
| 1340 to 1354 | Ralph Stratford | Prebendary of St Paul's, London and Salisbury |
| 1354 to 1361 | Michael Northburgh | Prebendary of St Paul's, London |
| 1361 to 1375 | Simon Sudbury alias Tybold |
Chancellor of Salisbury; translated to Canterbury |
| 1375 to 1381 | William Courtenay | Translated from Hereford; Lord Chancellor, Chancellor of Oxford; translated to Canterbury |
| 1381 to 1404 | Robert Braybrooke | Dean of Salisbury; Lord Chancellor |
| 1404 to 1406 | Roger Walden | Dean of York; consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury; Lord Treasurer |
| 1406 to 1407 | Nicholas de Bubwith (Nicholas de Bubbewyth) |
Prebendary of Salisbury; Master of the Rolls, Keeper of the Privy Seal and Lord Treasurer; translated to Salisbury |
| 1407 to 1421 | Richard de Clifford | Translated from Worcester |
| 1421 to 1426 | John Kempe | Translated from Chichester; translated to York |
| 1426 to 1431 | William Grey | Dean of York; translated to Lincoln |
| 1431 to 1436 | Robert FitzHugh | Archdeacon of Northampton and Chancellor of Cambridge |
| 1436 to 1448 | Robert Gilbert | Dean of York |
| 1448 to 1489 | Thomas Kempe | Archdeacon of Middlesex and Chancellor of York |
| 1489 to 1496 | Richard Hill | Dean of King's Chapel and Prebendary of Salisbury |
| 1496 to 1502 | Thomas Savage | Translated from Rochester; translated to York |
| 1502 to 1504 | William Warham | Prebendary of St Paul's, London; Lord Chancellor; translated to Canterbury |
| 1504 to 1506 | William Barnes | Master of the Rolls |
| 1506 to 1522 | Richard FitzJames | Translated from Chichester |
| Reformation onwards | ||
| 1522 to 1530 | Cuthbert Tunstall | Dean of Salisbury; Master of the Rolls; translated to Durham |
| 1530 to 1539 | John Stokesley | Archdeacon of Dorset |
| 1539 to September 1549 | Edmund Bonner | Archdeacon of Leicester; Bishop-elect of Hereford; deprived |
| 1550 to 1553 | Nicholas Ridley | Translated from Rochester; deprived by Queen Mary, burned at the stake for heresy |
| 1553 to May 1559 | Edmund Bonner | Restored by Mary; deprived |
| 1559 to 1570 | Edmund Grindal | Master of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge; translated to York |
| 1570 to 1577 | Edwin Sandys | Translated from Worcester |
| 1577 to 1594 | John Aylmer | Archdeacon of Lincoln |
| 1594 to 15 June 1596 | Richard Fletcher | Translated from Worcester; died in office |
| 1597 to 1604 | Richard Bancroft | Prebendary of Westminster; translated to Canterbury |
| 1604 to 1607 | Richard Vaughan | Translated from Chester |
| 1607 to 1610 | Thomas Ravis | Translated from Gloucester |
| 1610 to 1611 | George Abbot | Translated from Lichfield & Coventry; translated to Canterbury |
| 1611 to 1621 | John King | Dean of Christchurch, Oxford |
| 1621 to 1628 | George Monteigne | Translated from Lincoln |
| 1628 to 1633 | William Laud | Translated from Bath & Wells; Chancellor of Oxford; translated to Canterbury |
| 1633 to 1649 | William Juxon | Translated from Hereford before consecration; Lord Treasurer; deprived under the Commonwealth; translated to Canterbury |
| 1649 to 1660 | Vacant | For 11 years |
| 1660 to 1663 | Gilbert Sheldon | Prebendary of Gloucester; translated to Canterbury |
| 1663 to 1675 | Humphrey Henchman | Translated from Salisbury; Bishop Almoner |
| December 1675 to 1713 | Henry Compton | Translated from Oxford |
| 1713 to 11 April 1723 | John Robinson | Translated from Bristol; died in office |
| 1723 to 6 September 1748 | Edmund Gibson | Translated from Lincoln; died in office |
| 1748 to July 1761 | Thomas Sherlock | Translated from Salisbury; died in office |
| 1761 to 1762 | Thomas Hayter | Translated from Norwich; died in office |
| 1762 to 1764 | Richard Osbaldeston | Translated from Carlisle; died in office |
| 1764 to 1777 | Richard Terrick | Translated from Peterborough |
| 1777 to 3 November 1787 | Robert Lowth | Translated from Oxford; died in office |
| 1787 to 13 May 1809 | Beilby Porteus | Translated from Chester; died in office |
| 12 June 1809 to 1813 | John Randolph | Translated from Bangor |
| 14 August 1813 to 1828 | William Howley | Translated to Canterbury |
| 15 August 1828 to September 1856 | Charles James Blomfield | Translated from Chester; resigned |
| 11 October 1856 to 1868 | Archibald Campbell Tait | Dean of Carlisle; translated to Canterbury |
| 4 January 1869 to 6 January 1885 | John Jackson | Translated from Lincoln |
| 25 February 1885 to 1896 | Frederick Temple | Translated from [[Bishop of Exeter|Exeter]. Translated to Canterbury] |
| 1897 to 1901 | Mandell Creighton | Translated from Peterborough. |
| 1901 to 1939 | Arthur Winnington-Ingram | Translated from Stepney. |
| 1939 to 1945 | Geoffrey Francis Fisher | Translated from Chester. Translated to Canterbury |
| 1945 to 1955 | John W C Wand | Translated from Bath and Wells |
| 1956 to 1961 | Henry Montgomery Campbell | Translated from Guildford. |
| 1961 to 1973 | Robert Wright Stopford | Translated from Peterborough |
| 1973 to 1981 | Gerald Alexander Ellison | Translated from Chester. |
| 1981 to 1991 | Graham Douglas Leonard | Translated from Truro, Resigned (received into Roman Catholic Church) |
| 1991 to 1995 | David Michael Hope | Translated from Wakefield; translated to York |
| 1996 to present | Richard John Carew Chartres | Translated from Stepney |
Sources
- Haydn's Book of Dignities (1894) Joseph Haydn/Horace Ockerby, reprinted 1969
- Whitaker's Almanack 1883 to 2004, Joseph Whitaker and Sons Ltd/A&C Black, London
- Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961
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