| Tenure
| Incumbent
| Notes
|
| See at Sherborne
|
| 705 to 710 | Adhelm, Bishop of Sherborne
(Aldhelm) | Saint Aldhelm
|
| 710 to 738 | Fordhere |
|
| 738 to 756 | Herewald |
|
| 756 to 778 | Ethelwald |
|
| 778 to 798 | Denefrith |
|
| 798 to ??? | Wilbert |
|
| ??? to 868 | Ealstan
(Alfstan) |
|
| 868 to 872 | Eadmund
(Hamund) | Saint Hamund
|
| 872 to 875 | Etheleage |
|
| 875 to 879 | Asser Menevensis |
|
| 879 to 883 | Swithelmus
(Sigelmus) |
|
| 883 to 889 | Ethelwald | Died in office
|
| 889 | Divided into several sees by Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury
|
| 906 to 918 | Werstane |
|
| 918 to ??? | Ethelbald |
|
| ??? to 934 | Sigelmus |
|
| 934 to 941 | Alfred |
|
| 941 to 958 | Wulfine |
|
| 958 to 978 | Alfwold
(Elfwold) |
|
| 978 to 986 | Athelric |
|
| 986 to 998 | Ethelsius |
|
| 998 to 1009 | Brithwyn |
|
| 1009 to 1020 | Elmer |
|
| 1020 to 1041 | Brithwyn |
|
| 1041 to 1058 | Elfwold | Died in office
|
| 1058 to 10?? | Herman, Bishop of Sherborne | Translated from Ramsbury, 1075; removed see to Salisbury
|
| See at Salisbury
|
| 10?? to 10?? | Herman, Bishop of Salisbury | (contd.)
|
| See at Old Sarum
|
| 10?? to 1078 | Herman |
|
| 1078 to 1099 | Osmund de Sees, Earl of Dorset | Died in office; Saint Osmund
|
| 1099 to 1102 | vacant | For 2 years
|
| 1102 to 1139 | Roger
(Roger of Salisbury) | Lord Chancellor Just. & Lord Treasurer
|
| 1139 to 1142 | vacant | For 3 years
|
| 1142 to 1184 | Josceline de Bailol
(Jocelin Bailol) | Archdeacon of Winchester and Prebendary of York; died in office
|
| 1184 to 1188 | vacant | For 4 years
|
| 1188 to 1194 | Hubert Walter | Dean of York; translated to Canterbury
|
| 1194 to 1217 | Herbert Poore
(Robert Poore) |
|
| 1217 to 1225 | Richard Poore | Translated from Chichester; removed see to Salisbury; translated to Durham
|
| See at Salisbury
|
| 1225 to 1228 | Richard Poore, Bishop of Salisbury | Prebendary of Salisbury
|
| 1228 to 1246 | Robert de Bingham
(Robert Bingham) | Consecrated 1229 at Wilton
|
| 1246 to 1256 | William de York | Provost of Beverley
|
| 1256 to 1263 | Giles de Bridport | Dean of Wells
|
| 1263 to1274 | Walter de la Wyle | Sub-chanter of Salisbury
|
| 1274 to 1284 | Robert Wykehampton | Dean of Salisbury
|
| 1284 to 1287 | Walter Scammel | Dean of Salisbury
|
| 1287 to 1288 | Henry de Brandeston | Dean of Salilsbury
|
| 1288 | Lawrence de Awkeburne | Elected but died before consecration
|
| 1288 to 1291 | William de Corner | Elected Archbishop of Dublin but set aside by the pope
|
| 1291 to 1297 | Nicholas Longespee | Prebendary of Salisbury
|
| 1297 to 1315 | Simon of Ghent |
|
| 1315 to 1330 | Roger de Martival | Dean of Lincoln
|
| 1330 to 1375 | Robert Wyville
(Robert Wivill) |
|
| 1375 to 1388 | Ralph Ergham | Translated to Bath & Wells
|
| 1388 to 1395 | John Waltham | Master of the Rolls and Lord Treasurer
|
| 1395 to 1407 | Richard Mitford | Translated from Chichester
|
| 1407 to 1408 | Nicholas Bubwith
(Nicholas Bubbewith) | Translated from London
|
| 1408 to 1417 | Cardinal Robert Hallam | Archdeacon of Canterbury, Chancellor of Oxford
|
| 1417 to 1427 | John Chandler | Dean of Salisbury
|
| 1427 to 1438 | Robert Neville
(Robert Nevill) | Provost of Beverley
|
| 1438 to 1450 | William Ayscough
(William Aiscough) | Clerk of the Council
|
| 1450 to 1482 | Richard Beauchamp | Translated from Hereford
|
| 1482 to 1485 | Lionel Woodville | Dean of Exeter; Chancellor of Oxford
|
| 1485 to 1493 | Thomas Langton | Translated from St David's; Chancellor of the Garter; translated to Winchester
|
| 1493 to 1500 | John Blyth | Master of the Rolls, Chancellor of Cambridge, Chancellor of the Garter
|
| 1500 to 1501 | Henry Deane | Translated from Bangor; translated to Canterbury
|
| 1501 to 1524 | Edmund Audley | Translated from Hereford; Chancellor of the Garter
|
| 1524 to 1534 | Cardinal Lawrence Campejus | Deprived by Act of Parliament on the grounds of non-residence
|
| 1535 to 1539 | Nicholas Shaxton | Treasurer of Sarum; resigned due to non-subscription to the Six Articles
|
| 1539 to 1557 | John Salcott
(alias John Capon) | Translated from Bangor
|
| 1557 to 1558 | Cardinal Peter Petow | Appointed by Pope Paul IV but refused entry to the realm by Queen Mary I
|
| 1558 to 17 November 1558 | Francis Mallet | Nominated by Queen Mary 14 October 1558 but not consecrated and set aside on her death
|
| 1559 to 1571 | John Jewell | Died in office
|
| 1571 to 1577 | Edmund Gheast | Translated from Rochester; almoner
|
| 1577 to 1 February 1589 | John Piers | Translated from Rochester; almoner; translated to York
|
| 1589 to 1591 | vacant | For 2 years
|
| 1591 to 1598 | John Coldwell | Dean of Rochester
|
| 1598 to 1614 | Henry Cotton | Prebendary of Winchester
|
| 1614 to 1618 | Robert Abbot | Master of Baliol College,Oxford
|
| 1618 to 1620 | Martin Fotherby | Prebendary of Canterbury
|
| 1620 to 1621 | Robert Thompson
(Robert Tounson) | Dean of Westminster
|
| 1621 to 1641 | John Davenant | Master of Queen's College, Cambridge
|
| 1641 to 1660 | Brian Duppa | Translated from Chichester; translated to Winchester
|
| 1660 to 1663 | Humphrey Henchman | Precentor of Salisbury; translated to London
|
| 1663 to 1665 | John Earle | Translated from Worcester
|
| 1665 to 1667 | Alexander Hyde | Dean of Winchester
|
| 1667 to 1689 | Seth Ward | Translated from Exeter; Chancellor of the Garter
|
| 1689 to 1715 | Gilbert Burnet | Preacher at the Rolls
|
| 1715 to 1722 | William Talbot | Translated from Oxford; translated to Durham
|
| 1722 to 1723 | Richard Willis | Translated from Gloucester; translated to Winchester
|
| 1723 to 1734 | Benjamin Hoadley | Translated from Hereford; translated to Winchester
|
| 1734 to 1748 | Thomas Sherlock | Translated from Bangor; translated to London
|
| 1748 to 1757 | John Gilbert | Translated from Llandaff; translated to York
|
| 1757 to 1761 | John Thomas senior | Translated from Peterborough; translated to Winchester
|
| 1761 | Robert Drummond | Translated from St Asaph; translated to York
|
| 1761 to 1766 | John Thomas junior
(John Thomas II) | Translated from Lincoln
|
| 1766 to 1782 | John Hume | Translated from Oxford
|
| 1782 to 1791 | The Honourable Shute Barrington | Translated from Llandaff; translated to Durham
|
| 1791 to 1807 | John Douglas | Translated from Carlisle; died in office
|
| May 30, 1807 to May 21, 1825 | John Fisher | Translated from Exeter; died within weeks of leaving office
|
| May 21, 1825 to February 19, 1837 | Thomas Burgess | Translated from St David's; died in office
|
| March 13, 1837 to March 6, 1854 | Edward Denison | Fellow of Merton College,Oxford; died in office
|
| March 27, 1854 to August 1, 1869 | Walter Kerr Hamilton | canon-resident and Precentor of Salisbury; died in office
|
| August 14 or August 19, 1854 to July 6, 1885 | George Moberly | Canon of Chester; earlier start date of tenure given in Haydns (1969 reprint) - source of later date unknown)
|
| September 3, 1885 to August 16, 1911 | John Wordsworth | Oriel Professor of Divinity, Oxford
|
| 1911 to May 4, 1921 | Frederic Ridgeway |
|
| June 21, 1921 to December 7, 1935 | St. Clair George Alfred Donaldson, DD | Died in office
|
| 1936 to 1949 | Neville Lovett |
|
| 1949 to 1963 | William Anderson |
|
| 1963 to 1973 | Joseph Fison |
|
| 1973 to 1982 | George Reindorp |
|
| 1982 to 1993 | John Austin Baker |
|
| November 30, 1993 to present | David Staffurth Stancliffe |
|
