Henry Wakefield
Bishop of Worcester
Elected	12 September 1375
Term ended	11 March 1395
Predecessor	Walter Lyghe
Successor	Robert Tideman of Winchcombe
Orders
Consecration	28 October 1375
Personal details
Died	11 March 1395
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Henry Wakefield was a medieval Bishop of Worcester.

Wakefield was elected on 12 September 1375 and consecrated on 28 October 1375.^[1]^[2]

Wakefield briefly served as Lord High Treasurer in 1377.^[3]

Wakefield died on 11 March 1395.^[1]

Citations

References

"Bishops of Worcester, 1268–1543" British History Online Retrieved 29 December 2015.
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

Political offices Preceded byRobert de Ashton Lord High Treasurer 1377 Succeeded byThomas Brantingham Catholic Church titles Preceded byWalter Lyghe Bishop of Worcester 1375–1395 Succeeded byRobert Tideman of Winchcombe

v t e English Lord High Treasurers under the House of Plantagenet (1216–1399)
Henry III (1216–1272)	Eustace of Fauconberg (1217–1228) Walter Mauclerk (1228–1233) Peter de Rivaux (1233–1234) Hugh de Pateshull (1234–1240) William Haverhill (1240–1252) Philip Lovel (1252–1258) John Crakehall (1258–1260) John of Caux (1260–1263) Nicholas of Ely (May–July 1263) Henry, Prior of St. Radegund (July–November 1263) John Chishull (November 1263) Roger de la Leye (November 1263–1264) Henry, Prior of St. Radegund (1264–1265) Thomas Wymondham (1265–1270) John Chishull (1270–1271) Philip of Eye (1271–1272)
Edward I (1272–1307)	Philip of Eye (1272–1273) Sir Joseph of Chauncy (1273–1280) Richard of Ware (1280–1283) John Kirkby (1284–1290) William of March (1290–1295) John Droxford (August–September 1295) Walter Langton (1295–1307)
Edward II (1307–1327)	Walter Reynolds (1307–1310) John Sandale (1310–1311) Walter Norwich (1311–1312) Walter Langton (January–May 1312) Walter Norwich (May–October 1312) John Sandale (October 1312–1314) Walter Norwich (1314–1317) John Hotham (1317–June 1318) John Walwayn (June–November 1318) John Sandale (November 1318–1319) Walter Norwich (1319–1320) Walter de Stapledon (1320–1321) Walter Norwich (1321–1322) Walter de Stapledon (1322–1325) William Melton (1325–1326) John de Stratford (1326–January 1327)
Edward III (1327–1377)	Adam Orleton (January–March 1327) Henry Burghersh (1327–1328) Thomas Charlton (1328–1329) Robert Wodehouse (1329–1330) William Melton (1330–1331) William Ayermin (1331–1332) Robert Ayleston (1332–1334) Richard de Bury (March–August 1334) Henry Burghersh (August 1334–1337) William Zouche (1337–1338) Robert Wodehouse (March–December 1338) William Zouche (December 1338–May 1340) Sir Robert Sadington (May–June 1340) Roger Northburgh (June–December 1340) Sir Robert Parning (January–October 1341) William Cusance (October 1341–1344) William Edington (1344–1356) John Sheppey (1356–1360) Simon Langham (1360–1363) John Barnet (1363–1369) Thomas de Brantingham (1369–1371) 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton (1371–1375) Sir Robert de Ashton (1375–January 1377) Henry Wakefield (January–July 1377)
Richard II (1377–1399)	Thomas de Brantingham (July 1377–February 1381) Sir Robert Hales (February–June 1381) Sir Hugh Segrave (August 1381–January 1386) John Fordham (January–October 1386) John Gilbert (October 1386–May 1389) Thomas de Brantingham (May–August 1389) John Gilbert (August 1389–1391) John Waltham (1391–1395) Roger Walden (1395–January 1398) Guy Mone (January–September 1398) William Scrope, Earl of Wiltshire (September 1398–July 1399)

v t e Bishops of Worcester
Early medieval	Bosel Oftfor Egwin of Evesham Wilfrith (I) Milred Waermund Tilhere Heathured Denebeorht Heahbeorht Ealhhun Werferth Æthelhun Wilfrith (II) Koenwald Dunstan Oswald Ealdwulf
High medieval	Wulfstan (I) Leofsige Beorhtheah Lyfing Ælfric Puttoc Lyfing Ealdred Wulfstan (II) Samson Theulf Simon John de Pageham Alured Roger Baldwin of Forde William of Northall Robert FitzRalph Henry de Sully John of Coutances Mauger Randulf of Evesham Walter de Gray Sylvester William de Blois Walter de Cantilupe Nicholas of Ely Godfrey Giffard
Late medieval	John St German William Gainsborough Walter Reynolds Walter Maidstone Thomas Cobham Wulstan Bransford Adam Orleton Simon Montacute Thomas Hemenhale Wulstan Bransford John of Thoresby Reginald Brian John Barnet William Whittlesey William Lenn Walter Lyghe Henry Wakefield Robert Tideman of Winchcombe Richard Clifford Thomas Peverel Philip Morgan Thomas Polton Thomas Brunce Thomas Bourchier John Carpenter ("Bishop of Worcester and Westbury") John Alcock Robert Morton Giovanni de' Gigli
Early modern	Silvestro de' Gigli Girolamo Ghinucci Hugh Latimer John Bell Nicholas Heath John Hooper, Bishop of Worcester and Gloucester Nicholas Heath Richard Pate Edwin Sandys Nicholas Bullingham John Whitgift Edmund Freke Richard Fletcher Thomas Bilson Gervase Babington Henry Parry John Thornborough John Prideaux Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) George Morley John Gauden John Earle Robert Skinner Walter Blandford James Fleetwood William Thomas Edward Stillingfleet William Lloyd John Hough Isaac Maddox James Johnson Brownlow North Richard Hurd
Late modern	Folliott Cornewall Robert Carr Henry Pepys Henry Philpott John Perowne Charles Gore Huyshe Yeatman-Biggs Ernest Pearce Arthur Perowne William Wilson Cash Mervyn Charles-Edwards Robin Woods Philip Goodrich Peter Selby John Inge

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