Robert  Wright,  1632  ;  tr.  from  Bristol ;
first  Warden  of  Wadham  College,  Ox-
ford ;  committed  to  the  Tower,  1641  ;
held  Eccleshall  Castle  for  the  King,
1642 ;   d.  1643.
Accepted  Frewen,  1644 ;  tr.  to  York,
1660.
John  Hacket  {q.v.),  1661 ;   d.  1670.
Thomas  Wood,  1671  ;  Dean  of  Lichfield,
1664-1671  ;  excommunicated  by  Bishop
Hacket,  1667 ;  suspended  for  non-
residence  and  scandalous  living,  1685  ;
the  bishop's  palace  built  as  fine  for
waste  of  revenues ;  left  £20,000  for
hospital  for  old  men,  and  £14,000  to
Oxford  University ;  retired  to  Astrop-
Wells,  1690  ;   d.  1692,  aged  85.
William  Lloyd,  1692 ;  tr.  to  Worcester,
1699.
John  Hough,  1699  ;  tr.  from  Oxford ;
tr.  to  Worcester,  1717.
Edward  Chandler,  1717  ;  tr.  to  Durham,
1730.
Richard  Smalbrookc,  1731  ;  tr.  from
St.  David's ;  charge  of,  1746  :  '  Method-
ism akin  to  Romanism  '  ;  d.  1749.
The  Honble.  Frederick  Cornwallis,  1750;
Dean  of  St.  Paul's,  1766-1768;  tr.  to
Canterbury,  1768.
John  Egerton,  1768 ;  tr.  from  Bangor ;
tr.  to  Durham,  1771.
83.  Brownlow   North,    1771 ;     tr.    to   Win-

chester, 1774.
84.  Richard  Hurd,  1775 ;    tr.  to  Worcester,

1781.
85.  James,    fourth    Earl    Cornwallis,    1781;

Fellow  of  Merton  College,  Oxford;
Dean  of  Canterbury,  1775 ;  of  Windsor,
1791 ;  of  Durham,  1794  ;  d.  1824.
86.  Henry  Ryder,  1824;  tr.  from  Gloucester ;

the  first  Evangelical  to  receive  an
English  bishopric ;  great  promoter  of
church  work  and  church  building  in
the  diocese;  d.  1836.
87.  Samuel   Butler,    1836;    Headmaster   of

Shrewsbury  School,  1798-1836;  he
carried  forward  Bishop  Ryder's  work
of  organisation ;  received  the  title  of
Bishop  of  Lichfield  ;  d.  1839.
