Ralph de Maydenstune

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Ralph de Maydenstune

Denomination	Catholic
Senior posting
See	Diocese of Hereford
Title	Bishop of Hereford
Period in office	1234–1239
Predecessor	Hugh Foliot
Successor	Michael
Religious career
Previous post	Dean of Hereford
Personal
Date of death	January 27, 1245

Ralph de Maydenstune (or Ralph de Maidstone or Ralph Maidstone) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford.

[edit] Life

He was the treasurer of Lichfield Cathedral after 1223, and archdeacon in the diocese of Coventry and Litchfield by 1221. He was also Archdeacon of Chester by 1222. He taught at Paris until 1229, when he moved to Oxford University to teach. He was named chancellor of Oxford University on June 22, 1231. He was Dean of Hereford by March 1231.^[1]

He was elected between August 21 and September 30, 1234^[2] and consecrated on November 12, 1234 by Archbishop Edmund Rich at Canterbury.^[3]

He resigned the see on December 17, 1239 and died on January 27, 1245.^[2] He joined the Franciscan Order at Oxford after his resignation, but later was a member of the Franciscan convent at Gloucester.^[3]

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• British History Online Bishops of Hereford accessed on October 26, 2007
• British History Online Deans of Hereford accessed on October 26, 2007
• 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 Hugh Foliot	Bishop of Hereford 1234–1239 resigned see	Succeeded by Michael
Academic offices
Preceded by Ralph Cole	Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1231	Succeeded by Richard Batchden

Persondata
NAME	Maydenstune, Ralph de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Maidstone, Ralph de; Maidstone, Ralph
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Hereford
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	January 27, 1245
PLACE OF DEATH