William Whittlesey
William Whittlesey | |
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Archbishop of Canterbury | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Appointed | 11 October 1368 |
Installed | unknown |
Term ended | 5 June 1374 |
Predecessor | Simon Langham |
Successor | Simon Sudbury |
Other post(s) | Bishop of Rochester Bishop of Worcester |
Orders | |
Consecration | 6 February 1362 |
Personal details | |
Died | 5 June 1374 Lambeth |
William Whittlesey (or Whittlesea) (died 5 June 1374) was a Bishop of Rochester, then Bishop of Worcester, then finally Archbishop of Canterbury. He also served as Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Life
Whittlesey was probably born in the
Whittlesey was educated at
Whittlesey was briefly appointed Master of Peterhouse on 10 September 1349 and resigned from that post in 1351.
Notes
- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Roach 1959.
- ^ Fryde et al. 1996, p. 267.
- ^ Fryde et al. 1996, p. 279.
- ^ Fryde et al. 1996, p. 233.
References
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Whittlesea, William". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 615. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
- 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.
- Roach, J. P. C., ed. (1959). "The colleges and halls: Peterhouse". A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3: The City and University of Cambridge. pp. 334–340.
- Tait, James (1900). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 61. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Swanson, R. N. "Wittleseye , William (d. 1374)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29333. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)