Richard FitzJames
Richard FitzJames | |
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Bishop of London | |
Appointed | 5 June 1506 |
Term ended | 15 January 1522 |
Predecessor | William Barons |
Successor | Cuthbert Tunstall |
Orders | |
Consecration | 21 May 1497 |
Personal details | |
Died | 15 January 1522 |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Rochester Bishop of Chichester |
Coat of arms |
Richard FitzJames (died 15 January 1522) was a medieval Bishop of Rochester, Bishop of Chichester and Bishop of London.
FitzJames was principal of St Alban Hall, Oxford from 1477 to 1481[1] and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University in 1481 and 1491.
FitzJames was nominated to the see of Rochester on 2 January 1497 and consecrated on 21 May 1497. He was translated to the see of Chichester on 29 November 1503.[2] He was translated from Chichester to the see of London about 5 June 1506.[3]
The arms shown are those he used as Bishop of London. They were depicted in the ceiling of Old St Paul's Cathedral, London[4]
FitzJames died while Bishop of London on 15 January 1522.[5] During his life he had founded a school in Somerset, now called King's School Bruton.
Citations[]
- ^ Pocock, Nicholas (1885–1900). "Fitzjames, Richard". Dictionary of National Biography. pp. 180–181.
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 268
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 240
- ^ Dingley, Thomas (c. 1680). History from Marble. London. p. 445.
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 259
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.
- Bishops of Rochester
- 16th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
- Bishops of Chichester
- Bishops of London
- Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford
- 15th-century births
- 1522 deaths
- 15th-century English people
- Founders of English schools and colleges
- Wardens of Merton College, Oxford
- Principals of St Alban Hall, Oxford