Thomas Bitton

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Thomas Bitton
Walter de Stapledon
Orders
Consecration16 March 1291
Personal details
Died21 September 1307
DenominationCatholic

Thomas Bitton (sometimes Thomas de Bytton; died 1307) was a medieval Bishop of Exeter.

Life

Bitton was the nephew of

Bishop of Bath from 1267 to 1274.[2]

Bitton was elected between 8 October and 30 November 1291 and consecrated on 16 March 1292. He died on 21 September 1307.[3] In his will, he left funds to give one penny each to 10,212 poor people.[4] He was also a benefactor of Dorchester Friary, Dorset.

Citations

  1. ^ Shaw "Button, William (d. 1264)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  2. ^ Shaw "Button, William (d. 1274)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  3. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 246
  4. ^ Moorman Church Life p. 206 footnote 4

References

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
    ISBN 0-521-56350-X
    .
  • OCLC 213820968
    .
  • Shaw, David Gary (2004). "Button [Bitton], William (d. 1264)".
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4236. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  • —— (2004). "Button [Bitton], William (d. 1274)".
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4237. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Exeter
1291–1307 		Succeeded by
Walter de Stapledon


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