John Bokyngham

John Bokyngham
John Bokyngham
Bishop of Lincoln
	Flagstone in Canterbury Cathedral memorializing Bokyngham
Elected	between 20 August 1362 and 4 October 1362
Term ended	resigned between March and June 1398
Predecessor	John Gynwell
Successor	Henry Beaufort
Orders
Consecration	25 June 1363
Personal details
Died	10 March 1398
Denomination	Catholic

Treaty of Calais,^[1]

signed in 1360 between Edward III of England and John II of France

John Bokyngham (or Buckingham; died 1398) was a medieval treasury official and Bishop of Lincoln.

Administrative career

Bokyngham entered the treasury and was appointed

Keeper of the (Household) Wardrobe in 1353 until 1357,^[2] and a Baron of the Exchequer

in 1357 until 1360.

Bokyngham was keeper of the seal of

Thomas, regent in England from March to July 1360. He was then appointed Lord Privy Seal in 1360 and held that office until 1363.^[3]

Ecclesiastical career

Bokyngham was collated Archdeacon of Nottingham in 1349 and then appointed Dean of Lichfield from 1350 to 1363. He also held the position of Archdeacon of Northampton from 1351 to 1363.^{[citation needed]} He was elected bishop of Lincoln between 20 August 1362 and 4 October 1362 and was consecrated on 25 June 1363. He resigned the see between March and June 1398 and died on 10 March 1398.^[4]

Bokyngham's diocese, which included Oxford and Lutterworth, was the headquarters of the

Archbishop Courtenay, in which the propositions ascribed to the Wycliffite preachers were pronounced heretical.^[5]

While bishop, Bokyngham outlawed the veneration of a cross at

Lollard heretics. She was imprisoned by Bokyngham in Banbury after calling the Bishop an anti-Christ and only admitting that on the charge of incontinence she was innocent. The outcome is unclear.^[7]

Citations

^ The Age of Edward III, edited by James Bothwell, p.178[1]
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 80
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 94
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 256
^ Hunt 1886.
^ Swanson Religion and Devotion p. 255
^ Tanner "Lollard women (act. c. 1390–c. 1520)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

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
.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Hunt, William (1886). "Bokyngham, John". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Swanson, R. N. (1995). Religion and Devotion in Europe, c. 1215-c. 1515. Cambridge Medieval Textbooks. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
ISBN 0-521-37950-4
.

Tanner, N. (2004). "Lollard women (act. c. 1390–c. 1520)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8
. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

Political offices
Preceded by John Winwick	Lord Privy Seal 1360–1363	Succeeded by William of Wykeham
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by John Gynwell	Bishop of Lincoln 1362–1398	Succeeded by Henry Beaufort

[1] The Age of Edward III, edited by James Bothwell, p.178[1]

[Handbook80-2] Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 80

[Handbook94-3] Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 94

[Handbook256-4] Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 256

[FOOTNOTEHunt1886-5] Hunt 1886.

[Swanson255-6] Swanson Religion and Devotion p. 255

[annapalmer-7] Tanner "Lollard women (act. c. 1390–c. 1520)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

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