Bishop Of Salisbury

Salisbury. 8 recorded holders. religious office ← all offices

The succession the rolls themselves record for this office, earliest first — a finding aid drawn from the roll text, not an authoritative fasti. Spelling variants of one holder now fold together where the volumes' own printed indexes attest them (“Burghers” and “Burghersh” are one man when the editors say so); the opposite case — one name hiding two men — is proposed from the same indexes and from matched identities, and separates only after human confirmation. Until then a shared name lists as one holder, and the list can be checked against printed succession lists (Fasti / VCH).

1. Robert de Wyvill 1330–1361 ×6
   • 1330-09-18 — Order to come to the king with all speed to have conference (colloquium) with him upon certain affairs that he has at heart. The king strictly prohibits him fro…
   • 1361-06-20 — William de Fililode escheator within the liberty of Holdernesse Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of and two thirds of the manor of Mapelton, take…
2. John de Walton 1390–1393 ×3
   • 1390-06-09 — Licence, at the supplication of John de Waltham, bishop of Salisbury, has appointed Master Richard Carleton, Richard Yonge, Richard William de Waltham, John Ref…
   • 1391-07-04 — Licence, for 207. paid to the king by Robert de Haldanby, for the alienation in mortmain by him of three messuages, one toft, one bovate and halfan acre of land…
   • 1393-05-06 — Licence, for 6 marks paid in the hanaper by John de Waltham, bishop of Salisbury, and Robert de Pubelowe, clerk, for them to enfeoff Drew Barentyn, citizen of L…
3. Richard Medford 1399–1401 ×2
   • 1399-11-08 — Writ of aid for the rector of Edyndon. Richard Medford, bishop of Salisbury, lately appointed him to collect the second moiety of the tenth last granted to Rich…
   • 1401-02-26 — Inspeximus and confirmation to George Cressy, citizen and goldsmith of London, of the following : 1. An indenture dated 29 July, 1 Henry IV, witnessing that Ric…
4. Richard Medeford 1400
   • 1400-11-09 — Licence, in consideration of a like licence by letters patent dated 18 May, 22 Richard II, and a fine of 40/. then made in Chancery, for Richard Medeford, bisho…
5. Robert de Nevill 1437
   • 1437-07-11 — Licence for Robert Nevyle, bishop of Salisbury, Humphrey Siafford, Margaret Gogh, John Fauntleroy and John Baret to found an of 20 brethren, 12 poor impotent me…
6. Richard de Bello Campo 1468
   • 1468-05-24 — Licence for William Swayne of the city of Salisbury, co, Wilts, merchant, or his heirs and assigns to found a perpetual chantry of one chaplain to . Parr I. 91 …
7. Richard Beauchamp 1472–1482 ×6
   • 1472-02-20 — Licence for Margaret late the wife of Robert, lord Hungerford, knight, John Cheyne of Pynne, esquire, and John Mervyn, esquire, to found an almshouse of one cha…
   • 1475-10-10 — Ordinance that henceforth among the offices of the order of the Garter shall be an office of chancellor, and appointment for life of the king's Richard Beaucham…
   • 1476-10-22 — Grant from the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle, 18 Edward IV, to Richard Beauchamp, bishop of Salisbury, Edmund, earl of Kent, John, lord de Scrope of Bolton, O…
   • 1477-04-08 — Grant to the king's kinsman Richard Beauchamp, bishop of Salisbury, of the deanery or custody of the king's free chapel or college of St. George within the cast…
   • 1481-06-06 — Licence, for 8007. paid to the king, for the king's kinsman Richard Beauchamp, bishop of Salisbury, Richard Beauchamp, knight, Roger Toketes, knight, and Thomas…
   • 1482-02-14 — Pardon to John Morton, bishop of Ely, Richard Beauchamp, knight, Thomas Vaghan, knight, Roger Tocotes, knight, Thomas Beauchamp, esquire, John Cheyne, Hugh Pavy…
8. Thomas Langton 1485
   • 1485-01-16 — Pardon to Master Thomas Langton, bishop of Salisbury, late bishop of St. Davids, of all goods and chattels, issues of castles, lordships, manors . 549 lands and…

Ordered by the first date each holder appears with the office — where a holder is undated they sort last. Dates are the roll entries' own, not tenure dates.
Cite: “bishop of Salisbury”, Reading the Rolls, https://readingtherolls.com/office/bishop-of-salisbury, accessed 2026-07-25. Derived from the printed calendars of the medieval English royal records.