William Lenn

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William Lenn
Denomination Catholic
Senior posting
See Diocese of Worcester
Title Bishop of Worcester
Period in office 13681373
Predecessor William Wittlesey
Successor Henry Wakefield
Religious career
Previous bishoprics Bishop of Chichester
Personal
Date of death November 18, 1373

William Lenn was a medieval Bishop of Chichester and Bishop of Worcester.

He was selected to Chichester on May 16, 1362, and was consecrated about August 18, 1362.[1]

He was translated to the see of Worcester on October 11, 1368 and died in that office on November 18, 1373.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 239
  2. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 279

[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. 
Religious titles
Preceded by
Robert Stratford
Bishop of Chichester
13621368
Succeeded by
William Reade
Preceded by
William Wittlesey
Bishop of Worcester
13681373
Succeeded by
Walter Lyghe


Persondata
NAME Lenn, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lynn, William
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Chichester, Bishop of Worcester
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH November 18, 1373
PLACE OF DEATH