William Whittlesey

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William Whittlesey
Archbishop of Canterbury
Enthroned {{{began}}}
Ended June 1374
Predecessor Simon Langham
Successor Simon Sudbury
Consecration translated October 11, 1368
Died June 1374
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William Whittlesey (or Whittlesea) (d. 1374), was a Bishop of Rochester, then Bishop of Worcester, then finally Archbishop of Canterbury.

[edit] Life

He was probably born in the Cambridgeshire village of Whittlesey, England.

He was educated at Oxford, and owing principally to the fact that he was a nephew of Simon Islip, archbishop of Canterbury, he received numerous ecclesiastical preferments; he held prebends at Lichfield, Chichester and Lincoln, and livings at Ivychurch, Croydon and Cliffe.

Later he was appointed vicar-general, and then dean of the court of arches by Islip. On October 23, 1360 he became Bishop of Rochester and was consecrated on February 6, 1362.[1] Two years after his consecration he was transferred to the bishopric of Worcester on March 6, 1364.[2] On October 11, 1368 Whittlesey was transferred to the archbishopric of Canterbury in succession to Simon Langham, but his term of office was very uneventful, a circumstance due partly, but not wholly, to his feeble health. He died at Lambeth on the 5th or 6th of June 1374.[3]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 267
  2. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 279
  3. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 233

[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. 
Religious titles
Preceded by
John Sheppey		 Bishop of Rochester
1360–1364		 Succeeded by
Thomas Trilleck
Preceded by
John Barnet		 Bishop of Worcester
1364–1368		 Succeeded by
William Lenn
Preceded by
Simon Langham		 Archbishop of Canterbury
1368–1374		 Succeeded by
Simon Sudbury

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NAME Whittlesey, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Whittlesea, William
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Rochester; Bishop of Worcester; Archbishop of Canterbury
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH June 1374
PLACE OF DEATH Lambeth Palace
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