Ralph Ergham

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Ralph Ergham
Bishop of Bath and Wells
Appointed3 April 1388
Term ended10 April 1400
PredecessorWalter Skirlaw
SuccessorRichard Clifford
Orders
Consecration9 December 1375
Personal details
Died10 April 1400
DenominationCatholic
Previous post(s)Bishop of Salisbury

Ralph Ergham (or Erghum; died 1400) was the English bishop of Salisbury from 1375 to 1388, and then bishop of Bath and Wells from 1388 to 1400.

Ergham was

see of Bath and Wells.[3] Ergham was a member of King Richard II's first council, representing John of Gaunt's interests.[4] He died on 10 April 1400.[3]

The executors of his will are named as: Agnes Rabbas, his sister; Thomas Tery, canon of Wells and John Podemour.[5]

Citations

  1. ^ Hospitals of St Mary Magdalen, Preston Archived 28 September 2007 at archive.today accessed on 24 August 2007
  2. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 270
  3. ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 228
  4. ^ McKisack The Fourteenth Century p. 400
  5. ^ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas: CP 40/561; in 1401; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT2/H4/CP40no561/bCP40no561dorses/IMG_1675.htm; 5th entry, as plaintiffs

References

  • Hospitals of St Mary Magdalen, Preston
  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. .
  • McKisack, May The Fourteenth Century
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Robert Wyville
Bishop of Salisbury
1375–1388
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Bishop of Wells

1388–1400
Succeeded by