[A.D. 1539, resigned 1543.] John Bell, Archdeacon of Gloucester. The cause of his resignation is unknown. He died in 1556, and was buried in the church of Clerkenwell, London.
[A.D. 1543, translated to York 1554.] Nicholas Heath, translated from Rochester. In 1551 Bishop Heath was deprived, for non-compliance with the new order introduced under Edward VI., and was imprisoned in the Fleet until Mary’s accession. He was restored by her, and was made President of Wales and Chancellor of England after the death of Gardiner. During the imprisonment of Heath, Bishop Hooper of Gloucester held the see in commendam, together with his own.
[A.D. 1554-1559.] Richard Pates, said to have been consecrated Bishop of Worcester in 1534, after the deprivation of Ghinucci, and to have been then removed to make way for Latimer. The proofs of this, however, are not evident, although Godwin asserts that Pates was present at the Council of Trent, and there signed himself Bishop of Worcester. He was, at any rate, placed in full possession of the see on the translation of Bishop Heath to York in 1554. On Elizabeth’s accession he was deprived, and died at Louvain after a life of some vicissitude.
The dates already given shew that five ex-bishops of Worcester, Pates, Latimer, Bell, Heath, and Hooper, were living at the same time.
[A.D. 1559, translated to London 1570.] Edwin Sandys, President of Catherine Hall, Cambridge.
[A.D. 1571-1576.] Nicolas Bullingham, translated from Lincoln.
[A.D. 1577, translated to Canterbury 1583.] John Whitgift. (See Canterbury, Pt. II.)
[A.D. 1584-1591.] Edmund Freke, translated from Norwich.
[A.D. 1593, translated to London 1595.] Richard Fletcher, translated from Bristol. (See that Cathedral, Pt. II.)
[A.D. 1596, translated to Winchester 1597.] Thomas Bilson. (See Winchester, Pt. II.)