Thomas Rushhook
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Denomination | Catholic |
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Senior posting | |
See | Diocese of Kilmore |
Title | Bishop of Kilmore |
Period in office | c1388–c1392 |
Predecessor | John |
Successor | Sean o Raighilligh |
Religious career | |
Previous bishoprics | Bishop of Llandaff Bishop of Chichester |
Previous post | Archdeacon of St. Asaph |
Personal | |
Date of death | circa 1392 |
Place of death | Ireland |
Thomas Rushhook (also known as Thomas Rushook, Thomas Rushock, Thomas Rushooke, Thomas Russhock or Thomas Vichor) was an English Dominican, bishop and chaplain[1] to Richard II of England.
He was Provincial of the Dominican Order in England 1373 to 1382, being deposed at one point.[2]. He was Archdeacon of St Asaph 1382-3,[3] bishop of Llandaff on January 16, 1383,[4] and then was transferred to be bishop of Chichester on October 16, 1385.[5]
A supporter of Richard II, he was impeached in 1388.[6] Subsequently he was in Ireland, as bishop of Kilmore, where he died about 1392.[7]
[edit] Notes
- ^ McKisack The Fourteenth Century p. 426.
- ^ Friaries: The house of Black Friars: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 2 (1907), pp. 107-22 Date accessed: 26 July 2007
- ^ British History Online: Archdeacons of Aspagh accessed on August 25, 2007
- ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 293
- ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 239
- ^ McKisack The Fourteenth Century p. 458.
- ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 363
[edit] References
- Concise Dictionary of National Biography, under Thomas Rushook.
- 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.
- McKisack, May The Fourteenth Century
Religious titles | ||
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Preceded by Rodger Cradock |
Bishop of Llandaff 1383–1385 |
Succeeded by William of Bottesham |
Preceded by William Reade |
Bishop of Chichester 1385–1388 |
Succeeded by Richard Mitford |
Preceded by John |
Bishop of Kilmore c1388–c1392 |
Succeeded by Sean o Raighilligh |
Persondata | |
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NAME | Rushhook, Thomas |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rushook, Thomas; Rushock, Thomas; Rushooke, Thomas; Russhock, Thomas; Vichor, Thomas |
SHORT DESCRIPTION | Archdeacon of St. Asaph, Bishop of Llandaff, Bishop of Chichester, Bishop of Kilmore |
DATE OF BIRTH | |
PLACE OF BIRTH | |
DATE OF DEATH | circa 1392 |
PLACE OF DEATH |