Richard Blund

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Richard Blund

Denomination	Catholic
Senior posting
See	Diocese of Exeter
Title	Bishop of Exeter
Period in office	1245–1257
Predecessor	William Briwere
Successor	Walter Branscombe
Personal
Date of death	December 26, 1257

Richard Blund (or Richard Blundy) was a medieval Bishop of Exeter.

[edit] Life

His family was an important family in the city of Exeter, as his brother Hilary was mayor of Exeter twice, from 1224 to 1230 and from about 1234 to 1235. Because Richard is given the title of magister or master, it is assumed that he attended a university, but which one is unknown. He was a canon of Exeter Cathedral.^[1]

He was elected about January 30, 1245 and consecrated on October 22, 1245.^[2] He was consecrated at Reading by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Boniface of Savoy.^[1] Little is known of his activities as bishop, although the medieval chronicler Matthew Paris considered him a good choice for bishop.^[1]

He died on December 26, 1257.^[2] After his death, a number of his clerks used his seal to forge letters giving away the bishop's property and awarding benefices.^[3]

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Barlow, Frank (2004). "Blund, Richard (d. 1257)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (May 2007). Oxford University Press. Retrieved on 2008-04-12. 
• 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. 
• Moorman, John R. H. (1955). Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century, Revised Edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 

[edit] External links

• Oliver's Lives of the Bishops of Exeter entry for Richard

Roman Catholic Church titles
Preceded by William Briwere	Bishop of Exeter 1245–1257	Succeeded by Walter Branscombe

Persondata
NAME	Blund, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Blundy, Richard
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Exeter
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	December 26, 1257
PLACE OF DEATH