Thomas Brunce

Thomas Brunce
Bishop of Norwich
Appointed	19 September 1437
Term ended	6 December 1445
Predecessor	William Alnwick
Successor	Walter Hart
Other post(s)	Bishop of Rochester (1435–1437) Bishop of Worcester-elect (1433) Dean of Salisbury (1431–1435) Bishop of Chichester-elect (1429)
Orders
Consecration	1 May 1435
Personal details
Born	c. 1388
Died	6 December 1445 Hoxne, Suffolk
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Parents
Alma mater	Oxford University (possibly New College)

Thomas Brunce^[a] (c. 1388 – 6 December 1445) was a 15th-century Bishop of Rochester and then Bishop of Norwich.

Life[]

Brunce was the son of of Brunce's Court in Sutton Courtenay in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). He studied at Oxford, possibly at New College, where he became friends with Thomas Beckington (later Bishop of Bath and Wells).

Brunce entered the Church and held a number of posts in Lincolnshire, being collated Archdeacon of Stow in 1419.^{[citation needed]} He also undertook diplomatic missions on the Continent for King Henry V.^[1] In 1427 he was collated Archdeacon of Berkshire^{[citation needed]} and in 1429 was elected Bishop of Chichester, although the latter position was given to Simon Sydenham instead.^[2] He was Dean of Salisbury (since 1431) when, Pope Eugene IV wanted to make him Bishop of Worcester on 24 September 1433,^[3] but King Henry VI of England had other ideas and he was made Bishop of Rochester instead on 21 February 1435.^[4]

Brunce was consecrated on 1 May 1435.^[4] On 19 September 1437, he was transferred to the see of Norwich,^[5] where he is remembered for upholding the rights of the Cathedral over the townsfolk and for erecting the great rood loft.^[1] He died on 6 December 1445^[5] at the Episcopal manor of Hoxne in Suffolk.

Executors of Thomas Brouns, former bishop of Norwich, are listed in 1460 as litigants in the Court of Common Pleas. ^[6]

Notes[]

^ Sometimes Brouns, or incorrectly Brown

Citations[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Ford, David Nash. "Thomas Brunce". Royal Berkshire History. Retrieved 15 November 2008.
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 239
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 279
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 268
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 262
^ http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no797/bCP40no797dorses/IMG_1513.htm; 4th entry, the names start at the end of line 6, as plaintiffs

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.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by John Rickingale	Bishop of Chichester 1429	Succeeded by Simon Sydenham
Preceded by Thomas Polton	Bishop of Worcester 1433–1435	Succeeded by Thomas Bourchier
Preceded by John Langdon	Bishop of Rochester 1435–1437	Succeeded by William Wells
Preceded by William Alnwick	Bishop of Norwich 1437–1445	Succeeded by Walter Hart

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High Medieval	Serlo Robert of Chichester John of Oxford Eustace Richard Poore Robert Wickhampton Walter Scammel Henry Brandeston
Late Medieval	Peter of Savoy James Orsini Robert Braybrooke John Chandler Simon Sydenham Thomas Brunce Adam Moleyns Gilbert Kymer James Goldwell John Davison
Early modern	Thomas Ruthall William Atwater John Longland Cuthbert Tunstall Richard Pace Peter Vannes William Bradbridge Thomas Cole Edmund Freke John Piers John Bridges John Gordon John Williams John Bowle Richard Baylie Ralph Brideoake Thomas Pierce Robert Woodward Edward Young John Clarke
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Post-Reformation	John Hilsey Nicholas Heath Henry Holbeach Nicholas Ridley John Ponet John Scory Maurice Griffith Edmund Allen Edmund Gheast Edmund Freke John Piers John Young William Barlow Richard Neile John Buckeridge Walter Curle John Bowle John Warner Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) John Warner John Dolben Francis Turner Thomas Sprat Francis Atterbury Samuel Bradford Joseph Wilcocks Zachary Pearce John Thomas Samuel Horsley Thomas Dampier Walker King Hugh Percy George Murray Joseph Wigram Thomas Legh Claughton Anthony Thorold Randall Davidson Edward Talbot John Harmer Linton Smith Christopher Chavasse David Say Michael Turnbull Michael Nazir-Ali James Langstaff

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Late Medieval	John Salmon Robert Baldock William Ayermin Thomas Hemenhale Antony Bek William Bateman Thomas Percy Henry le Despenser Alexander Tottington Richard Courtenay John Wakering William Alnwick Thomas Brunce Walter Hart James Goldwell Thomas Jane
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Early modern	Robert Sherborne Richard Sampson George Day John Scory George Day John Christopherson William Barlow Richard Curteys Thomas Bickley Anthony Watson Lancelot Andrewes Samuel Harsnett George Carleton Richard Montagu Brian Duppa Henry King Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Henry King Peter Gunning Ralph Brideoake Guy Carleton John Lake Simon Patrick Robert Grove John Williams Thomas Manningham Thomas Bowers Edward Waddington Francis Hare Matthias Mawson Sir William Ashburnham
Late modern	John Buckner Robert Carr Edward Maltby William Otter Philip Shuttleworth Ashurst Gilbert Richard Durnford Ernest Wilberforce Charles Ridgeway Winfrid Burrows George Bell Roger Wilson Eric Kemp John Hind Martin Warner