Thomas Brunce

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Thomas Brunce
Denomination Catholic
Senior posting
See Diocese of Norwich
Title Bishop of Norwich
Period in office 1437–1445
Religious career
Previous bishoprics Bishop of Chichester elect
Bishop of Worcester elect
Bishop of Rochester
Personal
Date of birth c 1388
Date of death December 6, 1445
Place of death Hoxne, Suffolk

Thomas Brunce (otherwise Thomas Brouns, sometimes incorrectly Thomas Brown) (c. 1388–6 December 1445) was a 15th century Bishop of Rochester and then Bishop of Norwich.

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[edit] Life

Thomas was the son of William Brunce of Brunce's Court in Sutton Courtenay in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). He studied at Oxford, possibly at New College, where he became friends with Thomas Beckington (later Bishop of Bath and Wells). He entered the Church and held a number of posts in Lincolnshire and undertook diplomatic missions on the Continent for King Henry V.[citation needed] In 1429, he was elected Bishop of Chichester, but the position was given to Simon Sydenham instead.[1] Later, Pope Eugene IV wanted to make him Bishop of Worcester on September 24, 1433,[2] but King Henry VI of England had other ideas and he was made Bishop of Rochester instead on February 21, 1435.[3] He was consecrated on May 1, 1435.[3] On September 19, 1437, he was transferred to the see of Norwich,[4] where he is remembered for upholding the rights of the Cathedral over the townsfolk and for erecting the great rood loft.[citation needed] He died on December 6, 1445[4] at the Episcopal manor of Hoxne in Suffolk.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 239
  2. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 279
  3. ^ a b Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 268
  4. ^ a b Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 262

[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. 

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Roman Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
John Rickingale		 Bishop of Chichester
1429		 Succeeded by
Simon Sydenham
Preceded by
Thomas Polton		 Bishop of Worcester
1433–1435		 Succeeded by
Thomas Bourchier
Preceded by
John Langdon		 Bishop of Rochester
1435–1437		 Succeeded by
William Wells
Preceded by
William Alnwick		 Bishop of Norwich
1437–1445		 Succeeded by
Walter Hart
Persondata
NAME Brunce, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brouns, Thomas
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Chichester elect, Bishop of Worcester elect, Bishop of Rochester, Bishop of Norwich
DATE OF BIRTH c1388
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 1445
PLACE OF DEATH Hoxne, Suffolk
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