Robert Mascall
Robert Mascall, Thomas Trevenant | |
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| Successor | Edmund Lacey |
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| Consecration | 6 July 1404 |
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| Died | 22 December 1416 |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Robert Mascall (or Maschal) (died 22 December 1416) was a medieval Carmelite friar who served as the Bishop of Hereford from 1404 to 1416.
Mascall was born at Ludlow, Shropshire, where at an early age he became a Carmelite friar.[1] He was educated at the University of Oxford, gaining a distinction in philosophy and theology.[1] Probably in 1400, King Henry IV appointed Mascall his confessor.[1]
Mascall was appointed the
Mascall died in office on 22 December 1416.[2][4]
Citations
- ^ a b c Pollard, Albert Frederick (1893). "Mascall, Robert". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 36. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ a b c Barrow 2002, Bishops of Hereford, pp. 1–7.
- ^ Eubel 1913, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, volume 1, p. 274.
- ^ a b c Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 251.
References
Wikisource has the text of the 1885–1900 Dictionary of National Biography's article about Robert Mascall.
- Barrow, J. S. (2002). "Bishops of Hereford". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300. Vol. 8: Hereford. British History Online.
- Eubel, Konrad (1913). Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi (in Latin). Vol. 1. Monasterii Sumptibus et typis librariae.
- Fryde, Edmund Boleslav; Greenway, D.E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British chronology. Offices of the Royal Historical Society : University College. OCLC 989682481.
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