Thomas Hatfield

For the writer, see Thomas M. Hatfield.

Thomas Hatfield
Bishop of Durham
Church	Catholic
See	Diocese of Durham
In Office	1345–1381
Predecessor	Richard Aungerville
Successor	John Fordham
Personal details
Died	8 May 1381

Thomas Hatfield (died 1381) was Bishop of Durham from 1345 to 1381.

Hatfield was receiver of the chamber when he was selected to be Lord Privy Seal in late 1344. He relinquished that office to his successor in July 1345.^[1]

Hatfield was elected on 8 May 1345 and consecrated on 7 August 1345. He died on 8 May 1381.^[2]

Hatfield College, a constituent college of the University of Durham is named after him.

Notes

^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 94
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 242

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.

Political offices
Preceded by John de Ufford	Lord Privy Seal 1344–1345	Succeeded by John Thoresby
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Richard Aungerville	Bishop of Durham 1345–1381	Succeeded by John Fordham

Bishops and Prince-Bishops of Durham

High Medieval Bishops	Aldhun • Edmund • Eadred • Æthelric • Æthelwine

High Medieval Prince-Bishops	William Walcher • William de St-Calais • Ranulf Flambard • Geoffrey Rufus • William Cumin • William of St. Barbara • Hugh de Puiset • Philip of Poitou • Richard Poore • John de Gray • Morgan • Richard Marsh • William Scot • Richard Poore • Thomas de Melsonby • Nicholas Farnham • Walter of Kirkham • Robert Stitchill • Robert of Holy Island • Antony Bek

Late Medieval Prince-Bishops	Richard Kellaw • Lewis de Beaumont • Richard de Bury • Thomas Hatfield • John Fordham • Walter Skirlaw • Thomas Langley • Robert Neville • Lawrence Booth • William Dudley • John Sherwood • Richard Foxe

Early modern Prince-Bishops	William Senhouse • Christopher Bainbridge • Thomas Ruthall • Thomas Wolsey • Cuthbert Tunstall • James Pilkington • Richard Barnes • Matthew Hutton • Tobias Matthew • William James • Richard Neile • George Montaigne • John Howson • Thomas Morton • John Cosin • Nathaniel Crew • William Talbot • Edward Chandler • Joseph Butler • Richard Trevor • John Egerton • Thomas Thurlow • Shute Barrington • William Van Mildert

Late modern Bishops	Edward Maltby • Charles Longley • Henry Villiers • Charles Baring • Joseph Barber Lightfoot • Brooke Westcott • Handley Moule • Hensley Henson • Alwyn Williams • Michael Ramsey • Maurice Harland • Ian Ramsey • John Habgood • David Jenkins • Michael Turnbull • Tom Wright • Justin Welby

Persondata
Name	Hatfield, Thomas
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Durham; Lord Privy Seal
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	8 May 1381
Place of death