Henry Ware (bishop of Chichester)

Henry Ware
Bishop of Chichester
Church	Catholic
See	Diocese of Chichester
In Office	1418–1420
Predecessor	Stephen Patrington
Successor	John Kempe
Personal details
Died	July 1420

Henry Ware (died 1420) was a diplomat and Lord Privy Seal for King Henry V of England from 1416 to 1418,^[1] and later the Bishop of Chichester. Originally from Wales, Ware served as a canon from the 1390s and then studied law, of which he was made a master, at Oxford University. He later became an official in the court at Canterbury and served in diplomatic missions to France in the 1410s. About April 1418 he was elected bishop of Chichester, and was consecrated in July 1418. He died in July 1420, between the 7th and the 26th.^[2]

Notes

^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 95
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 239

References

Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

External links

Ware biography Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Political offices
Preceded by John Wakering	Lord Privy Seal 1416–1418	Succeeded by John Kemp
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Stephen Patrington	Bishop of Chichester 1418–1420	Succeeded by John Kempe

Persondata
Name	Ware, Henry
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Chichester, Lord Privy Seal
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	July 1420
Place of death