Bishops of Selsey and Chichester

(From 681 to 1638)

Office

Holder

 

Year of
appointment
S Wilfrid (first Bishop of Selsey) 681
Eadbeorht    
Eolla    
Sigga   753
Ealabeorht    
Osweald    
Gislhere   c776
Tota   c783
Withun   c788
Æthelwulf   c808
Coenred   c820
Guthheard   c840
Wighelm    
Beornheah   909
Wulfhun   c930
Ælfred   c942
Daniel   955
Beorhthelm    
Eadhelm    
Orifbeort   980
Ælfmaer   1009
Æthelric I   1032
Grimcytel   1039
Heca   1047
Æthelric II   1058
Stigand   1070
Stigand (first Bishop of Chichester) 1075
Godfrey   1088
William   1088
Ralph Luffa   1091
Seffrid I   1125
Hilary   1147
John of Greenford   1173
Seffrid II   1180
Simon Fitz Robert   1204
Richard Poore   1215
Ranulf of Wareham   1218
Ralph De Neville   1222
Richard Wych (St. Richard of Chichester)   1244
John Climping   1253
Stephen Bersted   1262
Gilbert of St Leofard   1288
John Langton   1305
Robert Stratford   1337
William Lenn   1362
William Read   1368
Thomas Rushock   1385
Richard Mitford   1389
Robert Waldby   1395
Robert Reade   1396
Henry Ware   1418
John Kempe   1421
Thomas Polton   1421
John Rickingale   1426
Simon Sydenham   1429
Richard Praty   1438
Adam Moleyns   1445
Reginald Pecock   1450
John Arundell   1459
Edward Story   1478
Richard Fitz James   1503
Robert Sherburne   1508
Richard Sampson   1536
George Day   1543
John Christopherson   1557
William Barlow   1559
Richard Curtis   1570
Thomas Bickley   1586
Anthony Watson   1596
Lancelot Andrews   1605
Samuel Harsnett   1609
George Carleton   1619
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