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Thomas Rushhook

Thomas Rushhook

14th-century Bishop of Chichester, Bishop of Llandaff, and Bishop of Kilmore

Thomas Rushhook[lower-alpha 1] (died c. 1392) was an English Dominican, bishop and chaplain[1] to Richard II of England.

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Rushhook was Provincial of the Dominican Order in England 1373 to 1382, being deposed at one point.[2] He was Archdeacon of St Asaph 1382–3,[3] bishop of Llandaff on 16 January 1383,[4] and then was translated to be bishop of Chichester on 16 October 1385.[5]

A supporter of Richard II, Rushhook was impeached in 1388.[6] Subsequently, he was in Ireland, as bishop of Breifne (Kilmore), where he died about 1392.[7]

Notes

  1. Also known as Thomas Rushook, Thomas Rushock, Thomas Rushooke, Thomas Russhock or Thomas Vichor

Citations

  1. [1]
    McKisack The Fourteenth Century p. 426.
  2. [2]
    Friaries: The house of Black Friars: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 2 (1907), pp. 107-22 Date accessed: 26 July 2007
  3. [3]
    British History Online: Archdeacons of Aspagh accessed on 25 August 2007
  4. [4]
    Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 293
  5. [5]
    Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 239
  6. [6]
    McKisack The Fourteenth Century p. 458.
  7. [7]
    Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 363

References

  • 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.
  • McKisack, May The Fourteenth Century
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