Philip Repyngdon

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Philip Repyngdon
Denomination Catholic
Senior posting
See Diocese of Lincoln
Title Bishop of Lincoln
Period in office 1404–1419
Predecessor Henry Beaufort
Successor Richard Fleming
Personal
Date of death 1424

Philip Repyngdon (or Repington, or Repyndon) (died 1424) was an English bishop and cardinal.

He was educated at the Oxford and became an Augustinian canon at Leicester before 1382.

A man of some learning, he came to the front as a defender of the doctrines taught by John Wycliffe; for this he was suspended and afterwards excommunicated, but in a short time he was pardoned and restored by Archbishop William Courtenay, and he appears to have completely abandoned his unorthodox opinions.

In 1394 he was made abbot of St Mary de Pré at Leicester, and after the accession of Henry IV to the English throne in 1399 he became chaplain and confessor to this king, being described as clericus specialissimus domini regis Henrici.

On November 19, 1404 he was chosen bishop of Lincoln, and he was consecrated on March 29, 1405.[1] In 1408 Pope Gregory XII made him a cardinal. He resigned his bishopric on November 20, 1419.[1] Some of Repyngdon's sermons are in manuscript at Oxford and at Cambridge.

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  1. ^ a b Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 236

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Religious titles
Preceded by
Henry Beaufort		 Bishop of Lincoln
1405–1420		 Succeeded by
Richard Fleming
Academic offices
Preceded by
Thomas Hyndeman		 Chancellor of the University of Oxford
1397		 Succeeded by
Henry Beaufort
Preceded by
Thomas Hyndeman		 Chancellor of the University of Oxford
1400-1403		 Succeeded by
Robert Alum
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Persondata
NAME Repyngdon, Philip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Repington, Philip
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Lincoln
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH 1424
PLACE OF DEATH