Ralph Stratford
Ralph Stratford | |
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Bishop of London | |
Elected | 26 January 1340 |
Term ended | 17 April 1354 |
Predecessor | Richard de Wentworth |
Successor | Michael Northburgh |
Orders | |
Consecration | 12 March 1340 |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1300 Warwickshire |
Died | 7 or 17 April 1354 Stepney, London |
Denomination | Catholic |
Ralph Stratford (c. 1300–1354), also known as Ralph Hatton of Stratford, was a medieval Bishop of London.
Early life
Born in
Oxford University and was regent MA in 1329.[3]
Career
Stratford's career was closely defined by and linked with his uncles John and Robert.[4] He was elected 26 January 1340 and consecrated on 12 March 1340.[5] In 1350 the king nominated him for the cardinalate.[3]
Death
Stratford died at Stepney, on 7 or 17 April 1354, and on 28 April his uncle
Robert Stratford, bishop of Chichester, granted forty days' indulgence to those who prayed for his soul. He was buried in St Paul's Cathedral.[3]
Citations
- ^ Bedford, WK Riland. "The Blazon of Episcopacy" 1858
- ^ Blomefield and Parkin An essay towards a topographical history of the county of Norfolk pp. 390
- ^ a b c Roy Martin Haines, ‘Stratford , Ralph (c.1300–1354)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 28 May 2014
- ISBN 0888440766.
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258
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.