| width="20%"|Tenure | width="40%"|Incumbent | width="40%"|Notes |
| olspan="3"|See at Sherborne |
| small>705 to 710 | Adhelm, Bishop of Sherborne
(Aldhelm) | Saint Aldhelm |
| small>710 to 738 | Fordhere | |
| small>738 to 756 | Herewald | |
| small>756 to 778 | Ethelwald | |
| small>778 to 798 | Denefrith | |
| small>798 to ??? | Wilbert | |
| small>??? to 868 | Ealstan
(Alfstan) | |
| small>868 to 872 | Eadmund
(Hamund) | Saint Hamund |
| small>872 to 875 | Etheleage | |
| small>875 to 879 | Asser ''Menevensis'' | |
| small>879 to 883 | Swithelmus
(Sigelmus) | |
| small>883 to 889 | Ethelwald | Died in office |
| a href="/encyclopedia/889" title="889">889 | colspan="2"|Divided into several sees by Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| small>906 to 918 | Werstane | |
| small>918 to ??? | Ethelbald | |
| small>??? to 934 | Sigelmus | |
| small>934 to 941 | Alfred | |
| small>941 to 958 | Wulfine | |
| small>958 to 978 | Alfwold
(Elfwold) | |
| small>978 to 986 | Athelric | |
| small>986 to 998 | Ethelsius | |
| small>998 to 1009 | Brithwyn | |
| small>1009 to 1020 | Elmer | |
| small>1020 to 1041 | Brithwyn | |
| small>1041 to 1058 | Elfwold | Died in office |
| small>1058 to 10?? | Herman, Bishop of Sherborne | Translated from Ramsbury, 1075; removed see to Salisbury |
| olspan="3"|See at Salisbury |
| small>10?? to 10?? | Herman, Bishop of Salisbury | (contd.) |
| olspan="3"|See at Old Sarum |
| small>10?? to 1078 | Herman | |
| small>1078 to 1099 | Osmund de Sees, Earl of Dorset | Died in office; Saint Osmund |
| small>1099 to 1102 | vacant | For 2 years |
| small>1102 to 1139 | Roger
(Roger of Salisbury) | Lord Chancellor Just. & Lord Treasurer |
| small>1139 to 1142 | vacant | For 3 years |
| small>1142 to 1184 | Josceline de Bailol
(Jocelin Bailol) | Archdeacon of Winchester and Prebendary of York; died in office |
| small>1184 to 1188 | vacant | For 4 years |
| small>1188 to 1194 | Hubert Walter | Dean of York; translated to Canterbury |
| small>1194 to 1217 | Herbert Poore
(Robert Poore) | |
| small>1217 to 1225 | Richard Poore | Translated from Chichester; removed see to Salisbury; translated to Durham |
| olspan="3"|See at Salisbury |
| small>1225 to 1228 | Richard Poore, Bishop of Salisbury | Prebendary of Salisbury |
| small>1228 to 1246 | Robert de Bingham
(Robert Bingham) | Consecrated 1229 at Wilton |
| small>1246 to 1256 | William de York | Provost of Beverley |
| small>1256 to 1263 | Giles de Bridport | Dean of Wells |
| small>1263 to1274 | Walter de la Wyle | Sub-chanter of Salisbury |
| small>1274 to 1284 | Robert Wykehampton | Dean of Salisbury |
| small>1284 to 1287 | Walter Scammel | Dean of Salisbury |
| small>1287 to 1288 | Henry de Brandeston | Dean of Salilsbury |
| small>1288 | Lawrence de Awkeburne | Elected but died before consecration |
| small>1288 to 1291 | William de Corner | Elected Archbishop of Dublin but set aside by the pope |
| small>1291 to 1297 | Nicholas Longespee | Prebendary of Salisbury |
| small>1297 to 1315 | Simon of Ghent | |
| small>1315 to 1330 | Roger de Martival | Dean of Lincoln |
| small>1330 to 1375 | Robert Wyville
(Robert Wivill) | |
| small>1375 to 1388 | Ralph Ergham | Translated to Bath & Wells |
| small>1388 to 1395 | John Waltham | Master of the Rolls and Lord Treasurer |
| small>1395 to 1407 | Richard Mitford | Translated from Chichester |
| small>1407 to 1408 | Nicholas Bubwith
(Nicholas Bubbewith) | Translated from London |
| small>1408 to 1417 | Cardinal Robert Hallam | Archdeacon of Canterbury, Chancellor of Oxford |
| small>1417 to 1427 | John Chandler | Dean of Salisbury |
| small>1427 to 1438 | Robert Neville
(Robert Nevill) | Provost of Beverley |
| small>1438 to 1450 | William Ayscough
(William Aiscough) | Clerk of the Council |
| small>1450 to 1482 | Richard Beauchamp | Translated from Hereford |
| small>1482 to 1485 | Lionel Woodville | Dean of Exeter; Chancellor of Oxford |
| small>1485 to 1493 | Thomas Langton | Translated from St David's; Chancellor of the Garter; translated to Winchester |
| small>1493 to 1500 | John Blyth | Master of the Rolls, Chancellor of Cambridge, Chancellor of the Garter |
| small>1500 to 1501 | Henry Deane | Translated from Bangor; translated to Canterbury |
| small>1501 to 1524 | Edmund Audley | Translated from Hereford; Chancellor of the Garter |
| small>1524 to 1534 | Cardinal Lawrence Campejus | Deprived by Act of Parliament on the grounds of non-residence |
| small>1535 to 1539 | Nicholas Shaxton | Treasurer of Sarum; resigned due to non-subscription to the Six Articles |
| small>1539 to 1557 | John Salcott
(alias John Capon) | Translated from Bangor |
| small>1557 to 1558 | Cardinal Peter Petow | Appointed by Pope Paul IV but refused entry to the realm by Queen Mary I |
| small>1558 to 17 November 1558 | Francis Mallet | Nominated by Queen Mary 14 October 1558 but not consecrated and set aside on her death |
| small>1559 to 1571 | John Jewell | Died in office |
| small>1571 to 1577 | Edmund Gheast | Translated from Rochester; almoner |
| small>1577 to 1 February 1589 | John Piers | Translated from Rochester; almoner; translated to York |
| small>1589 to 1591 | vacant | For 2 years |
| small>1591 to 1598 | John Coldwell | Dean of Rochester |
| small>1598 to 1614 | Henry Cotton | Prebendary of Winchester |
| small>1614 to 1618 | Robert Abbot | Master of Baliol College,Oxford |
| small>1618 to 1620 | Martin Fotherby | Prebendary of Canterbury |
| small>1620 to 1621 | Robert Thompson
(Robert Tounson) | Dean of Westminster |
| small>1621 to 1641 | John Davenant | Master of Queen's College, Cambridge |
| small>1641 to 1660 | Brian Duppa | Translated from Chichester; translated to Winchester |
| small>1660 to 1663 | Humphrey Henchman | Precentor of Salisbury; translated to London |
| small>1663 to 1665 | John Earle | Translated from Worcester |
| small>1665 to 1667 | Alexander Hyde | Dean of Winchester |
| small>1667 to 1689 | Seth Ward | Translated from Exeter; Chancellor of the Garter |
| small>1689 to 1715 | Gilbert Burnet | Preacher at the Rolls |
| small>1715 to 1722 | William Talbot | Translated from Oxford; translated to Durham |
| small>1722 to 1723 | Richard Willis | Translated from Gloucester; translated to Winchester |
| small>1723 to 1734 | Benjamin Hoadley | Translated from Hereford; translated to Winchester |
| small>1734 to 1748 | Thomas Sherlock | Translated from Bangor; translated to London |
| small>1748 to 1757 | John Gilbert | Translated from Llandaff; translated to York |
| small>1757 to 1761 | John Thomas senior | Translated from Peterborough; translated to Winchester |
| small>1761 | Robert Drummond | Translated from St Asaph; translated to York |
| small>1761 to 1766 | John Thomas junior
(John Thomas II) | Translated from Lincoln |
| small>1766 to 1782 | John Hume | Translated from Oxford |
| small>1782 to 1791 | The Honourable Shute Barrington | Translated from Llandaff; translated to Durham |
| small>1791 to 1807 | John Douglas | Translated from Carlisle; died in office |
| small>May 30, 1807 to May 21, 1825 | John Fisher | Translated from Exeter; died within weeks of leaving office |
| small>May 21, 1825 to February 19, 1837 | Thomas Burgess | Translated from St David's; died in office |
| small>March 13, 1837 to March 6, 1854 | Edward Denison | Fellow of Merton College,Oxford; died in office |
| small>March 27, 1854 to August 1, 1869 | Walter Kerr Hamilton | canon-resident and Precentor of Salisbury; died in office |
| small>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) |
| small>September 3, 1885 to August 16, 1911 | John Wordsworth | Oriel Professor of Divinity, Oxford |
| small>1911 to May 4, 1921 | Frederic Ridgeway | |
| small>June 21, 1921 to December 7, 1935 | St. Clair George Alfred Donaldson, DD | Died in office |
| small>1936 to 1949 | Neville Lovett | |
| small>1949 to 1963 | William Anderson | |
| small>1963 to 1973 | Joseph Fison | |
| small>1973 to 1982 | George Reindorp | |
| small>1982 to 1993 | John Austin Baker | |
| small>November 30, 1993 to present | David Staffurth Stancliffe | |