Henry Wakefield

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Henry Wakefield
Denomination Catholic
Senior posting
See Diocese of Worcester
Title Bishop of Worcester
Period in office 1375–1395
Predecessor Walter Lyghe
Successor Tideman of Winchcomb
Personal
Date of death March 1395

Henry Wakefield was a medieval Bishop of Worcester.

He was elected on September 12, 1375 and consecrated on October 28, 1375.[1]

He briefly served as Lord High Treasurer in 1377.[2]

He died in March of 1395, probably on the 11th.[1]

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 261
  2. ^ Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 101

[edit] References

  • Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961
Political offices
Preceded by
Robert Ashton		 Lord High Treasurer
1377		 Succeeded by
Thomas Brantingham
Religious titles
Preceded by
Walter Lyghe		 Bishop of Worcester
1375–1395		 Succeeded by
Tideman of Winchcomb
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Persondata
NAME Wakefield, Henry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Worcester; Lord High Treasurer of England
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH March 1395
PLACE OF DEATH