Richard Fletcher (bishop)

For other people named Richard Fletcher, see Richard Fletcher (disambiguation).

Richard Fletcher
Bishop of London
Personal details
Born	1544/5 Watford
Died	15 June 1596
Previous post	Bishop of Worcester

Richard Fletcher (1544/5, Watford – 15 June 1596) was a Church of England priest and bishop. He was successively bishop of Worcester in 1593–1594 and bishop of London in 1595–1596.

Richard Fletcher was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and became a fellow of Corpus Christi College.^[1] He was the father of playwright John Fletcher.

References

^ Fletcher, Richard in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.

External links

Brett Usher, ‘Fletcher, Richard (1544/5–1596)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 3 Jan 2008

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Bullingham	Bishop of Bristol 1589–1593	Vacant Title next held by John Thornborough
Preceded by Edmund Freke	Bishop of Worcester 1593–1595	Succeeded by Thomas Bilson
Preceded by John Aylmer	Bishop of London 1594–1596	Succeeded by Richard Bancroft

Bishops of London

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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	Fletcher, Richard
Alternative names
Short description	English bishop
Date of birth	1544/5
Place of birth	Watford
Date of death	1596
Place of death