Lionel Woodville
Lionel Woodville | |
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Bishop of Salisbury | |
Appointed | 7 January 1482 |
Term ended | c. 23 June 1484 |
Predecessor | Richard Beauchamp |
Successor | Thomas Langton |
Orders | |
Consecration | 21 April 1482 by Thomas Cardinal Bourchier |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1446 Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, Kingdom of England |
Died | c. 23 June 1484, c. 38 years old |
Denomination | Catholic |
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Lionel Woodville (1447 – 23 June 1484) was a Bishop of Salisbury in England.
Life
Woodville was a fourth son of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg; his siblings included Elizabeth Woodville, Queen Consort from 1464 to 1483.
In the late 1470s, Woodville became the first person in recorded history to receive an honorary degree (DCL), from the University of Oxford.[1] He was Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1479 to 1483.
After a number of more minor clerical positions, Woodville was elected Dean of Exeter in November 1478, and held the position until 1482, when he became Bishop of Salisbury.[2] He was nominated to Salisbury on 7 January 1482 and consecrated on 21 April 1482.[3]
Woodville died about 23 June 1484.[3]
Citations
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.
External links
- Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, volume 9
- Profile at catholic-hierarchy.org
Catholic Church titles | ||
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Preceded by Richard Beauchamp | Bishop of Salisbury 1482–1484 | Succeeded by Thomas Langton |
Academic offices | ||
Preceded by Thomas Chaundeler | Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1479–1483 | Succeeded by William Dudley |
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