Bishop of Exeter
Pre-Reformation

Bishop of Exeter

Section Title: Pre-Reformation
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Bishops at Tawton

From	Until	Incumbent	Notes

c. 905	c. 906	Werstan

c. 906	c. 910	Putta

Bishops of Crediton

From	Until	Incumbent	Notes

c.909	934	Eadwulf

934	c.952/53	Æthelgar

953	972	Ælfwold I

973	977	Sideman	Died on 30 April 977 or 1 or 2 May 977.

c.977/79	c.986/87	Ælfric

c.986/87	?	Ælfwold II

?	c.990	Alfred of Malmesbury

?	c.1011/15	Ælfwold III

c.1011/15	c.1019/23	Eadnoth

1027	1046	Lyfing	Also Bishop of Cornwall and Worcester; died in March 1046.

1046	1050	Leofric	Consecrated on 19 April 1046; also Bishop of Cornwall; became the first Bishop of Exeter in 1050.

In 1050, Leofric transferred the see to Exeter.

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Pre-Reformation Bishops of Exeter

From	Until	Incumbent	Notes

1050	1072	Leofric	The first bishop who united and transferred the sees of Crediton and Cornwall to Exeter

1072	1103	Osbern FitzOsbern

1107	1138	William Warelwast

1138	1155	Robert Warelwast

1155	1160	Robert of Chichester

1161	1184	Bartholomew Iscanus

1186	1191	John the Chanter

1194	1206	Henry Marshal

1206	1214	See vacant	Due to Pope Innocent III's interdict against King John's realms.

1214	1223	Simon of Apulia

1224	1244	William Briwere	Also recorded as William Brewer

1245	1257	Richard Blund	Also recorded as Richard Blundy

1258	1280	Walter Branscombe	Also recorded as Walter Bronescombe

1280	1291	Peter Quinel	Also recorded as Peter de Quivel or Quivil

1291	1307	Thomas Bitton	Also recorded as Thomas de Bytton

1308	1326	Walter de Stapledon

1326	1327	James Berkeley

1327	John Godeley	Also recorded as John Godele. Elected, but quashed.

1327	1369	John Grandisson

1370	1394	Thomas de Brantingham	Also recorded as Thomas Brantyngham

1395	1419	Edmund Stafford

1419	John Catterick	Also recorded as John Ketterick. Translated from Lichfield.

1420	1455	Edmund Lacey	Also recorded as Edmund Lacy. Translated from Hereford.

1455	1456	John Hales	Appointed, but resigned before consecration.

1458	1465	George Neville	Translated to York

1465	1478	John Booth

1478	1487	Peter Courtenay	Translated to Winchester

1487	1492	Richard Foxe	Translated to Bath and Wells

1493	1495	Oliver King	Translated to Bath and Wells

1496	1502	Richard Redman	Translated from St Asaph; later translated to Ely

1502	1504	John Arundel	Translated from Lichfield

1505	1519	Hugh Oldham

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Peter Quinel was Bishop of Exeter from 1280–1291.

final_sentence: Peter Quinel was Bishop of Exeter from 1280–1291.