A History of England
Archbishops of Canterbury
Name Reign
Augustine (Austin) 597-604
Laurentius (Lawrence) 604-619
Mellitus 619-624
Justus 624-627
Honorius 627-653
Deusdedit 655-664
Theodore (Theodorus) 668-690
Berhtwald (Beorhtweald) 693-731
Tatwine 731-734
Nothelm 735-739
Cuthbert (Cuthbeorht) 740-760
Bregowine (Breguwine) 761-764
Jaenberht (Jaenbeorht) 765-792
Aethelheard 793-805
Wulfred 805-832
Feologild 832
Ceolnoth 833-870
Aethelred 870-889
Plegmund 890-914
Aethelhelm 914-923
Wulfhelm 923-942
Oda 942-958
Aelfsige 959
Beorhthelm 959
Dunstan 960-988
Aethelgar 988-990
Sigeric Serio 990-994
Aelfric 995-1005
Aelfheah 1005-12
Lyfing 1013-20
Aethelnoth 1020-38
Eadsige 1038-50
Robert of Jumieges 1051-52
Stigand 1052-70
Lanfranc 1070-89
Anselm 1093-1109
Ralph d'Escures 1114-22
William of Corbeil 1123-36
Theobald 1138-61
Thomas Becket 1162-70
Richard of Dover 1174-84
Baldwin 1184-90
Hubert Walter 1193-1205
Stephen Langton 1206-28
Richard le Grant 1229-31
Edmund Rich 1233-40
Boniface of Savoy 1241-70
Robert Kilwardby 1272-78
John Pecham 1279-92
Robert Winchelsey 1293-1313
Walter Reynolds 1313-27
Simon Mepham 1327-33
John Stratford 1333-48
Thomas Bradwardine 1348-49
Simon Islip 1349-66
Simon Langham 1366-68
William Whittlesey 1368-74
Simon Sudbury 1375-81
William Courtenay 1381-96
Thomas Arundel 1396-97
Roger Walden 1397-99
Thomas Arundel (restored) 1399-1414
Henry Chichele 1414-43
John Stafford 1443-52
John Kempe 1452-54
Thomas Bourgchier 1454-86
John Morton 1486-1500
Henry Deane 1501-03
William Warham 1504-32
Thomas Cranmer 1533-56
Reginald Pole 1556-58
Matthew Parker 1559-75
Edmund Grindal 1575-83
John Whitgift 1583-1604
Richard Bancroft 1604-10
George Abbot 1611-33
William Laud 1633-45
William Juxon 1660-63
Gilbert Sheldon 1663-77
William Sancroft 1677-90
John Tillotson 1691-94
Thomas Tenison 1694-1715
William Wake 1715-37
John Potter 1737-47
Thomas Herring 1747-57
Matthew Hutton 1757-58
Thomas Secker 1758-68
Frederick Cornwallis 1768-83
John Moore 1783-1805
Charles Manners Sutton 1805-28
William Howley 1828-48
John Bird Sumner 1848-62
Charles Thomas Longley 1862-68
Archibald Campbell Tait 1868-82
Edward White Benson 1883-96
Frederick Temple 1896-1902
Randall Thomas Davidson 1903-28
Cosmo Gordon Lang (from 1942, Baron Lang of Lambeth) 1928-42
William Temple 1942-44
Geoffrey Francis Fisher (from 1961, Baron Fisher of Lambeth) 1945-61
Arthur Michael Ramsey 1961-74
Frederick Donald Coggan 1974-80
Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie 1980-91
George Carey 1991-