grievous in the nose of God and of men and which to purge far passeth Hercules' labours (BL, Lansdowne MS. 25, fols. 161–2) However, the conspiracy against Whittingham was brought to an end by the dean's death in 1579. Styles and titles 1532–1558: Richard Barnes Esq. 1558–1561: The Reverend Richard Barnes 1561–1567: The Reverend Canon Richard Barnes 1567–1579: The Right Reverend Richard Barnes 1579–1587: The Right Reverend Doctor Richard Barnes References Sources Foster, Alan, A History of Farnworth Church, its Parish and Village, 1981. 1532 births 1587 deaths Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Bishops of Carlisle Bishops of Durham Anglican suffragan bishops of Nottingham Fellows of Brasenose College, Oxford People from St Helens, Merseyside 16th-century Church of England bishops