Hugh de Pateshull

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Hugh de Pateschull
Denomination Catholic
Senior posting
See Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield
Title Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
Period in office 1239–1241
Predecessor William de Manchester
Successor Richard Crassus
Personal
Date of death December 1241
Place of death Potterspury

Hugh de Pateshull (or Hugh Pattishall or Hugh Pateshull) was a medieval Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.

He was the son of Simon of Pattishall and Simon's wife Amice. Simon was a royal justice. Hugh was a royal clerk and a clerk of the exchequer.[1] Hugh was a canon of St. Paul's when he was selected to be Lord High Treasurer in 1234, holding that office until 1240.[2]

He was elected bishop in 1239, and consecrated on July 1, 1240. He died on 7 December or 8 December 1241.[3] He died at Potterspury and was buried in Lichfield Cathedral.[1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Franklin "Pattishall , Hugh of (d. 1241)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  2. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 103
  3. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 253

[edit] References

  • Franklin, M. J. "Pattishall , Hugh of (d. 1241)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press, 2004 Online Edition accessed January 15, 2008
  • 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. 
Political offices
Preceded by
Peter des Rivaux
Lord High Treasurer
1234–1240
Succeeded by
William Haverhill
Roman Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
William de Manchester
Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
1239–1241
Succeeded by
Richard Crassus
Persondata
NAME Pateshull, Hugh de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pattishall, Hugh; Pateshull, Hugh
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Coventry
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH December 1241
PLACE OF DEATH