Richard FitzJames

Richard FitzJames
Bishop of London

Church	Catholic
See	Diocese of London
In Office	1506–1522
Predecessor	William Barnes
Successor	Cuthbert Tunstall
Personal details
Died	15 January 1522
Previous post	Bishop of Rochester Bishop of Chichester

Richard FitzJames (died 15 January 1522) was a medieval Bishop of Rochester, Bishop of Chichester and Bishop of London.

FitzJames was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University in 1481 and 1491.

FitzJames was nominated to the see of Rochester on 2 January 1497 and consecrated on 21 May 1497. He was translated to the see of Chichester on 29 November 1503.^[1] He was translated from Chichester to the see of London about 5 June 1506.^[2]

The arms shown are those he used as Bishop of London. They were depicted in the ceiling of Old St Paul's Cathedral, London^[3]

FitzJames died while Bishop of London on 15 January 1522.^[4] During his life he had founded a school in Somerset, now called King's School Bruton.

Citations

^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 268
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 240
^ Dingley, Thomas (ca 1680). History from Marble. London. p. 445.
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 259

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.

Academic offices
Preceded by John Lane, William Sutton	Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1481	Succeeded by Robert Wrangwais, William Sutton
Preceded by John Coldale	Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1491	Succeeded by John Coldale
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Thomas Savage	Bishop of Rochester 1497–1503	Succeeded by John Fisher
Preceded by Edward Story	Bishop of Chichester 1503–1506	Succeeded by Robert Sherburne
Preceded by William Barnes	Bishop of London 1506–1522	Succeeded by Cuthbert Tunstall

Bishops of London

Post-Augustine	Mellitus Cedd Wine Earconwald Waldhere Ingwald Ecgwulf Wigheah Eadberht Eadgar Coenwalh Eadbald Heathoberht Osmund Æthelnoth Ceolberht Deorwulf Swithwulf Heahstan Wulfsige Æthelweard Leofstan Theodred Brihthelm Dunstan Ælfstan Wulfstan Ælfhun Ælfwig Ælfweard Robert of Jumièges Spearhafoc

Post-Conquest	William the Norman Hugh d'Orevalle Maurice Richard de Beaumis (uncle) Gilbert Universalis Robert de Sigello Richard de Beaumis (nephew) Gilbert Foliot Richard FitzNeal William of Sainte-Mère-Eglise Eustace of Fauconberg Roger Niger Fulk Basset Henry Wingham Richard Talbot Henry of Sandwich John Chishull Fulke Lovell Richard Gravesend Ralph Baldock Gilbert Segrave Richard Newport Stephen Gravesend Richard de Wentworth Ralph Stratford Michael Northburgh Simon Sudbury William Courtenay Robert Braybrooke Roger Walden Nicholas Bubwith Richard Clifford John Kemp William Grey Robert FitzHugh Robert Gilbert Thomas Kempe Richard Hill Thomas Savage William Warham William Barons Richard FitzJames

Post-Reformation	Cuthbert Tunstall John Stokesley Edmund Bonner Nicholas Ridley Edmund Bonner Edmund Grindal Edwin Sandys John Aylmer Richard Fletcher Richard Bancroft Richard Vaughan Thomas Ravis George Abbot John King George Montaigne William Laud William Juxon Gilbert Sheldon Humphrey Henchman Henry Compton John Robinson Edmund Gibson Thomas Sherlock Thomas Hayter Richard Osbaldeston Richard Terrick Robert Lowth Beilby Porteus John Randolph William Howley Charles Blomfield Archibald Tait John Jackson Frederick Temple Mandell Creighton Arthur Winnington-Ingram Geoffrey Fisher William Wand Henry Campbell Robert Stopford Gerald Ellison Graham Leonard David Hope Richard Chartres

Persondata
Name	FitzJames, Richard
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Rochester; Bishop of Chichester; Bishop of London
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	15 January 1522
Place of death