Thomas Bitton

Thomas Bitton
Bishop of Exeter
See	Diocese of Exeter
Elected	between 8 October and 30 November 1291
Reign ended	21 September 1307
Predecessor	Peter Quinel
Successor	Walter de Stapledon
Orders
Consecration	16 March 1291
Personal details
Died	21 September 1307
Denomination	Catholic

Thomas Bitton (sometimes Thomas de Bytton; died 1307) was a medieval Bishop of Exeter.

Life

Bitton was the nephew of William of Bitton I, who was Bishop of Bath from 1248 to 1264.^[1] His brother was William of Bitton II, Bishop of Bath from 1267 to 1274.^[2]

Bitton was elected between 8 October and 30 November 1291 and consecrated on 16 March 1292. He died on 21 September 1307.^[3] In his will, he left funds to give one penny each to 10,212 poor people.^[4]

Notes

^ Shaw "Button, William (d. 1264)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
^ Shaw "Button, William (d. 1274)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 246
^ Moorman Church Life in England p. 206 footnote 4

References

Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Moorman, John R. H. (1955). Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century (Revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Shaw, David Gary. "Button , William (d. 1264)" (Subscription or UK public library membership required). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4236. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4236. Retrieved 15 November 2007.
Shaw, David Gary. "Button , William (d. 1274)" (Subscription or UK public library membership required). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4237. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4237. Retrieved 15 November 2007.

External links

George Oliver, Lives of the Bishops of Exeter, entry for Thomas

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Peter Quinel	Bishop of Exeter 1291–1307	Succeeded by Walter de Stapledon

Persondata
Name	Bitton, Thomas
Alternative names	de Bytton, Thomas
Short description	Bishop of Exeter
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	21 September 1307
Place of death