Thomas Bitton

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Thomas Bitton

Denomination	Catholic
Senior posting
See	Diocese of Exeter
Title	Bishop of Exeter
Period in office	1291–1307
Predecessor	Peter Quinel
Successor	Walter de Stapledon
Personal
Date of death	September 21, 1307

Thomas Bitton (or Thomas de Bytton) was a medieval Bishop of Exeter.

[edit] Life

He was the nephew of William of Bitton I, who was Bishop of Bath from 1248 to 1264.^[1] His brother was William of Bitton II, Bishop of Bath from 1267 to 1274.^[2]

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

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[edit] References

• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology, Third Edition, revised, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 
• Moorman, John R. H. (1955). Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century, Revised Edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 
• Shaw, David Gary "Button , William (d. 1264)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press, 2004 Online Edition accessed November 15, 2007
• Shaw, David Gary "Button , William (d. 1274)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press, 2004 Online Edition accessed November 15, 2007

[edit] External links

• Oliver's Lives of the Bishops of Exeter entry for Thomas

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

Persondata
NAME	Bitton, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	de Bytton, Thomas
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Exeter
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	September 21, 1307
PLACE OF DEATH