Ralph of Shrewsbury
14th-century Bishop of Bath and Wells
Ralph of Shrewsbury | |
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Bishop of Bath and Wells | |
Elected | 2 June 1329 |
Term ended | 14 August 1363 |
Predecessor | John Droxford |
Successor | John Barnet |
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Consecration | 3 September 1329 |
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Died | 14 August 1363 |
Denomination | Catholic |
Ralph of Shrewsbury[a] (died 1363) was an English medieval bishop and university chancellor.[4]
Life
From 1328 to 1329, Ralph was Chancellor of the University of Oxford.[3]
On 2 June 1329 Ralph was elected Bishop of Bath and Wells and consecrated on 3 September 1329. He died on 14 August 1363.[5]
Ralph founded Vicars Close.[2]
Notes
- ^ Or Radulphus de Salopia[1] or Ralph de Salopia[2] or Ralf of Shrewsburie;[3]
Citations
- ^ "Ralph of Shrewsbury (Died 1363)". Britannia.com. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ a b "Vicars Close, at Wells" (PDF). monasticmatrix.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ a b Wood, Anthony (1790). "Fasti Oxonienses". The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford. p. 21.
- ^ Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Appendix 5: Chancellors of the University". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. pp. 521–522. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
- ^ Fryde, et al., Handbook of British Chronology, p. 228.
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.
External links
- Will of Ralph of Shrewsbury from Google Books
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Preceded by Thomas Hotham | Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1328–1329 | Succeeded by Roger de Streton |
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Preceded by | Bishop of Bath and Wells 1329–1363 | Succeeded by |
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- Roger of Salisbury (previously Bishop of Bath)
- William of Bitton
- Walter Giffard
- William of Bitton (nephew)
- Robert Burnell
- William of March
- Walter Haselshaw
- John Droxford
- Ralph of Shrewsbury
- John Barnet
- John Harewell
- Walter Skirlaw
- Ralph Ergham
- Richard Clifford
- Henry Bowet
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- Robert Stillington
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- Edward Henderson
- John Bickersteth
- George Carey
- Jim Thompson
- Peter Price
- Peter Maurice (acting diocesan)
- Peter Hancock
- Ruth Worsley (acting diocesan)
- Michael Beasley
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