Robert FitzHugh
Robert FitzHugh | |
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Bishop of London | |
Appointed | 30 April 1431 |
Term ended | 15 January 1436 |
Predecessor | William Grey |
Successor | Robert Gilbert |
Orders | |
Consecration | 16 September 1431 |
Personal details | |
Died | 15 January 1436 |
Denomination | Catholic |
Robert FitzHugh (d.1436) was Bishop of London and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
Origins[]
FitzHugh was the second son of Henry FitzHugh, 3rd Baron FitzHugh (c. 1363-1425), KG, of Ravensworth Castle in North Yorkshire, by his wife Elizabeth Grey (born c. 1363), a daughter of Sir Robert de Grey, a son of John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield.
Career[]
FitzHugh was provided to the see of London on 30 April 1431 and was consecrated on 16 September 1431.[1]
Death[]
FitzHugh died on 15 January 1436.[1]
Memorial[]
There was a memorial brass to him in the quire at Old St Paul's Cathedral.[2]
Citations[]
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.
Categories:
- Bishops of London
- Anglo-Normans
- Archdeacons of Northampton
- 1436 deaths
- People from Ravensworth
- Alumni of King's Hall, Cambridge
- English bishop stubs