James Goldwell (died 15 February 1499) was a medieval Dean of Salisbury and Bishop of Norwich.

Goldwell was one of the sons of William and Avice Goldwell, both of whom died in 1485. He had a brother, Nicholas Goldwell, who survived him.^[1] He was nominated on 17 July 1472 and was consecrated on 4 October 1472. He died on 15 February 1499.^[2]

Goldwell was educated at All Souls' College, Oxford where he graduated B.Can.L. 1449 and D.C.L 1452.

He was appointed:

• President of St George's Hall in the Castle, Oxford 1452
• Rector of St John the Evangelist, London 1455
• Rector of Rivenhall, Essex 1455
• Prebendary of Widland in St Paul's Cathedral 1457
• Prebendary of Sneating in St Paul's Cathedral 1458
• Prebendary of Islington in St Paul's Cathedral 1459–1461
• Register of the Order of the Garter 1460
• Rector of Cliffe-at-Hoo, Kent
• Archdeacon of Essex, 1461
• Canon of Hereford Cathedral 1461
• Prebenary of Stratford in Salisbury Cathedral 1462
• Dean of Salisbury 1463
• Principal Secretary of State to King Edward IV
• Master of the Rolls 1471
• Papal Protonotary
• Bishop of Norwich 1472, consecrated at St Blaise, Rome

Goldwell was appointed to the sixth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1460 and held this until 1472.^[3]

• Hayes, Rosemary C.E. (2004). "Goldwell, James (d. 1499)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10926. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

• Will of James Goldwell, Bishop of Norwich of Bethersden, Kent, proved 15 February 1499, PROB 11/11/565, National Archives Retrieved 30 November 2013
• Hutchinson, John (1892). "James Goldwell" . Men of Kent and Kentishmen (Subscription ed.). Canterbury: Cross & Jackman. pp. 55–56.