William Dudley (bishop)
William Dudley | |
|---|---|
Laurence Booth | |
| Successor | John Sherwood |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | between 1 September and 12 October 1476 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 29 November 1483 |
| Denomination | Catholic |
William Dudley (died 1483) was Dean of Windsor and then Bishop of Durham.
Born William Sutton, of Dudley, he was a younger son of
St George's Chapel, Windsor and Dean of the Chapel Royal in 1471 and elevated to Dean of Windsor in 1473, a position which he held with that of Dean of Wolverhampton
: thereafter the two posts were customarily held by the same man.
Dudley was nominated to Durham on 31 July 1476 and was consecrated between 1 September and 12 October 1476. In 1483 he supported
Citations
- ^ a b Loades p. 1
- ^ Ross p. 43
- ^ Fryde, et al. p. 242
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8163. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
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.
- Loades, David (1996): John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland 1504–1553, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 0-19-820193-1
- ISBN 978-0-520-05075-4