Thomas Vipont

Thomas Vipont
Bishop of Carlisle
See	Diocese of Carlisle
Elected	September 1254
Reign ended	14 October 1256
Predecessor	Silvester de Everdon
Successor	Robert de Chauncy
Other posts	rector of Greystoke
Orders
Consecration	7 February 1255
Personal details
Died	14 October 1256
Denomination	Catholic

Thomas Vipont (died 1256) was a medieval Bishop of Carlisle.

Life

Vipont was a member of the family of the lords of Westmoreland but attained a magister degree from the schools.^[1] He was rector of Greystoke^[2] before he was elected bishop about September 1254, and consecrated on 7 February 1255.^[3] He was elected by the chapter of Carlisle Cathedral over the objections of King Henry III of England who had preferred that the chapter elect his chaplain John of Skipton. Henry did not push the issue, and Thomas was given the temporalities of the see on 24 December 1254.^[1] He died 14 October 1256.^[3]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Summerson "Chaury, Robert (d. 1278) and Thomas Vipont (d. 1256)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
^ British History Online Bishops of Carlisle
^ ^a ^b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 235

References

British History Online Bishops of Carlisle accessed on 20 October 2007
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.
Summerson, Henry. "Chaury, Robert (d. 1278) and Thomas Vipont (d. 1256)" (Subscription or UK public library membership required). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Revised October 2007 ed.). Oxford University Press,. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/95123. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/95124. Retrieved 20 November 2007.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Silvester de Everdon	Bishop of Carlisle 1254–1256	Succeeded by Robert de Chauncy

Persondata
Name	Vipont, Thomas
Alternative names	Vipont, Thomas
Short description	Bishop of Carlisle
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	14 October 1256
Place of death