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John Blyth (bishop)

John Blyth (bishop)

Bishop of Salisbury (died 1499)


John Blyth or John Blythe (before 1460 – 23 August 1499) was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury.

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North transept of the Salisbury Cathedral with the tomb of John Blyth in the middle.

Blyth was Archdeacon of Richmond from 1485 to 1493[1] and was Master of the Rolls 5 May 1492  13 February 1494.[2][dubious ] He was nominated to Salisbury on 13 November 1493 and consecrated on 23 February 1494, serving until his death five-and-a-half years later, on 23 August 1499.[3] His brother Geoffrey was Bishop of Lichfield.[4]

Notes

  • 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.
  • Jones, B. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond. Institute for Historical Research.

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