Nicholas Close

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Nicholas Close
Denomination Catholic
Senior posting
See Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield
Title Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
Period in office 1452
Predecessor William Booth
Successor Reginald Boulers
Religious career
Previous bishoprics Bishop of Carlisle
Previous post Archdeacon of Colchester
Personal
Date of death October 1452

Nicholas Close (died 1452) was an English priest, Bishop of Carlisle from 1450 to 1452. He was provided to the see of Carlisle in January of 1450, and consecrated on March 15, 1450.[1] He was selected Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield on August 30, 1452 and served for a short time before his death in late October of 1452.[2] He was educated at King's College, Cambridge, being elected a fellow in 1443, and served as a commissioner to Scotland in 1449. He was Archdeacon of Colchester before being appointed bishop.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 236
  2. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 254

[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. 
Roman Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Marmaduke Lumley
Bishop of Carlisle
1450–1452
Succeeded by
William Percy
Preceded by
William Booth
Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
1452–1453
Succeeded by
Reginald Boulers
Persondata
NAME Close, Nicholas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Carlisle, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH October 1452
PLACE OF DEATH