BISHOPS OF WENCHOSTER
	From		To	Bishop	Notes	Monarch
1	909	-	942	Crastin Poque	Died in office, Ash Wednesday	Edward / Athelstan
2	942	-	951	Warwick Hardthigh	Killed 3 Archdeacons for sport in one week	Edmund / Edred
3	951	-	993	Egbert the Unsteady	Secret marriage to Anne of Cloves, dsp.	Eric / Edred / Edwin / Edgar / Edward II / Ethelred II
4	993	-	1014	Osbert the Incontinent	Died in the privy	Ethelred II / Sweyn
5	1014	-	1055	Hardwithus Goodwin	Kept pigs on Wenchoster Marsh	Ethelred II / Cnut / Harold / Hardicanute / Edward
6	1055	-	1067	Ethelred the Eunuch	Deposed at Norman invasion	Edward the Confessor / Harold
7	1067	-	1094	Radulphus Irontongue	Chaplain to William's navy	William the Conqueror / William Rufus
8	1094	-	1131	Gregory the Insane	Died in Rome	William II / Henry 1
9	1131	-	1159	Lucretius the Boring	Murdered after Evensong, March 3rd.	Henry I / Stephen of Blois / Henry II
10	1159	-	1172	Jonathan the Ludicrous	Ignored by his clergy	Henry II
11	1172	-	1173	Valentine Valentina	Deposed by the Archbishop of Canterbury	Henry II
12	1173	-	1209	John de Wicken	Supports demands of Magna Carta	Henry II / Richard the Lionheart / John Lackland
13	1209	-	1235	Hardrada Dogbreath	Banished from Court	John / Henry III
14	1235	-	1262	Magnus the Monk	Lived a simple and private life	Henry III
15	1262	-	1288	Alberic de Fartinbrass	Fought in Wales for Edward I	Henry III / Edward I
16	1288	-	1305	Claude of the Chasubles	Bought many vestments for the cathedral	Edward I
17	1305	-	1326	Hubert Leadweight	Noted for his gross girth	Edward 1 / Edward II
18	1326	-	1340	Mortimer the Stomper	Killed at Battle of Sluys	Edward II / Edward III
19	1340	-	1358	Felkin Goatnadger	Fled to Shaston Farthing nunnery during plague	Edward III (Black Death strikes 1349)
20	1358	-	1399	Nevil the Mute	Choked on a hot cross bun, Good Friday	Edward III / Richard II
21	1399	-	1421	Albert Badby	Brother, John, executed in 1410 for Lollardy	Henry IV / Henry V
22	1421	-	1455	Francois le Muffin	Slain at battle St. Alban's	Henry V / Henry VI (Wars of the Roses begin 1455)
23	1455	-	1458	Talbot Tiehard	Retired to Gripping St. Felix, died aged 103	Henry VI
24	1458	-	1471	Wilkin Wolsey	Former Abbot of Wenchoster, 1449 - 1458	Henry VI / Edward IV
25	1471	-	1485	Quentin Barrelrider	Slain at battle of Bosworth Field	Edward IV / Edward V / Richard III
26	1485	-	1498	Augustus of Whyp	Denounced the pretender Lambert Simnel	Henry VII
27	1498	-	1503	Simon of the Stylus	Translated "Boke of Solomon's Songes"	Henry VII
28	1503	-	1512	Bertram of Thropping	Died of the pox	Henry VII / Henry VIII
29	1512	-	1519	Daniel Simpkin	Chaplain to the Fleet at battle of Brest	Henry VIII
30	1519	-	1530	Toby Tosspotte	Executed by the King	Henry VIII
31	1530	-	1539	Alfred Overweight	Executed by the King	Henry VIII (suppression of the monasteries)
32	1539	-	1542	Rupert Glibtongue	Preached in support of King	Henry VIII
33	1542	-	1558	Theodore Turncoat	Deposed on accession of Elizabeth I	Henry VIII / Edward VI / Mary Tudor
34	1558	-	1568	Gerald of the Pews	Proposed re-ordering of cathedral	Elizabeth I
35	1568	-	1579	Peter Pastcaring	Never visited any parish	Elizabeth I
36	1579	-	1585	William Ruffwearer	Killed in freak maypole accident at Croptithe	Elizabeth I
37	1585	-	1591	Eric Saxongate	Spotted the Spanish Armada, but ignored it	Elizabeth I
38	1591	-	1595	Henry of Cardiff	Favourite of the Queen (for 1 week)	Elizabeth I
39	1595	-	1599	Griffyn Jarrow	Killed in fall from horse on New Year's Day	Elizabeth I
40	1599	-	1604	Hugh Fettler	Founder of the West India Company (failed)	Elizabeth I / James I
41	1604	-	1613	Angus Wearside	Implicated in the Gunpowder Plot but cleared	James I
42	1613	-	1623	Crispin Lagerlout	Often present at Court, usually in the dormitories	James I
43	1623	-	1643	John Avonmouth	Royalist supporter, killed at Battle of Newbury	James I / Charles I
44	1643	-	1665	Frederick Forlocktugger	Survived Puritan regime and the Restoration	Charles I / The Commonwealth / Charles II
45	1665	-	1665	John Dockside	Died in the Great Plague	Charles II
46	1665	-	1666	Matthew Crackling	Killed in the Great Fire of London in a brothel	Charles II
47	1666	-	1680	Lionel Leapfrogge	Co-author of the infamous "Test Act"	Charles II
48	1680	-	1688	Gregory Halfwhytte	Fled with James II	Charles II / James II
49	1688	-	1697	Matthew Thrust	Member of "Convention" to invite William of Orange	Monarchy vacant / William & Mary / William III
50	1697	-	1703	Thomas, Lord Possett	Renounced title, gave fortune to the cathedral	William III / Anne
51	1703	-	1707	Oliver Mashem	Preached against the Act of Union with Scotland	Anne
52	1707	-	1713	Godolphin Prettie	Opposed the "Treaty of Utrecht" - deposed	Anne
53	1713	-	1727	William of Utrecht	Supported the "Treaty of Utrecht"	Anne / George I
54	1727	-	1761	Benjamin Byng	Ignored the "new calendar" of 1752	George I / George II
55	1761	-	1788	Edward Fotheringay	Lost shipment of tea at Boston in 1773	George III
56	1788	-	1800	Jolyon Cornerhouse	Rescued French nobles as "The Blue Tulip"	George III
57	1800	-	1819	Daniel Beau-Lacy	Chaplain to the Prince Regent	George III / the Prince Regent
58	1819	-	1833	Rodney Carpet	Resigned when abolition of slavery Bill passed	George III / George IV / William IV
59	1833	-	1859	Lucius Carnatic	Blessed opening of the Great Exhibition of 1851	William IV / Victoria
60	1859	-	1870	Albert Fosselthwaite	Preached against start of private executions	Victoria
61	1870	-	1882	Malcolm Twist	Late supporter of the Oxford Movement	Victoria
62	1882	-	1901	Frederick Bullseye	Preached against the RSV Bible of 1885	Victoria
63	1901	-	1913	John Morrisson-Phipps	Declared Boers to be "anti-christ"	Victoria / Edward VII
64	1913	-	1918	Paul Passiondale	Killed at Ypres	Edward VII / George V
65	1918	-	1936	Edward Simpson	Resigned over abdication of Edward VIII	George V / Edward VIII
66	1936	-	1940	Peter Winston	Killed in Wenchoster air-raid, 12th November	George VI
67	1940	-	1958	Arthur Bulstrode	Assisted at coronation (orb bearer)	George VI / Elizabeth II
68	1958	-	1971	Eric Tichester	Instigated cathedral Family Worship services	Elizabeth II
69	1971	-	1982	Ralph Beating	Denounced the ASB 1980, prohibited its use	Elizabeth II
70	1982	-	2003	Daniel Orphington	Member of Liturgical Commission 1985 - 2000	Elizabeth II
71	2003	-		Roderick Latitudinarian	Writer and broadcaster, liberal theologian	Elizabeth II

Last Updated on 07/07/05
by the Diocesan Office

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