Ralph Ergham

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Ralph Ergham
Bishop of Bath and Wells
Church	Catholic
See	Diocese of Bath and Wells
Appointed	3 April 1388
Term ended	10 April 1400
Predecessor	Walter Skirlaw
Successor	Richard Clifford
Orders
Consecration	9 December 1375
Personal details
Died	10 April 1400
Previous post	Bishop of Salisbury

Ralph Ergham (or Erghum; died 1400) was the English bishop of Salisbury from 1375 to 1388, and then bishop of Bath and Wells from 1388 to 1400.

Ergham was Chancellor of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster^[1] from 1373 to 1377. On 12 October 1375 he was selected to be Bishop of Salisbury, and was consecrated on 9 December.^[2] On 3 April 1388 he was transferred to the see of Bath and Wells.^[3] Ergham was a member of King Richard II's first council, representing John of Gaunt's interests.^[4] He died on 10 April 1400.^[3]

Citations

↑ Hospitals of St Mary Magdalen, Preston accessed on 24 August 2007
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 270
↑ 3.0 3.1 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 228
↑ McKisack The Fourteenth Century p. 400

References

Hospitals of St Mary Magdalen, Preston
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.
McKisack, May The Fourteenth Century

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Robert Wyville	Bishop of Salisbury 1375–1388	Succeeded by John Waltham
Preceded by Walter Skirlaw	Bishop of Wells 1388–1400	Succeeded by Richard Clifford

v t e Bishops of Bath and Wells

Medieval	see renamed from Bath Roger of Salisbury (previously Bishop of Bath) William of Bitton Walter Giffard William of Bitton (nephew) Robert Burnell William of March Walter Haselshaw John Droxford Ralph of Shrewsbury John Barnet John Harewell Walter Skirlaw Ralph Ergham Richard Clifford Henry Bowet Nicholas Bubwith John Stafford Thomas Beckington Robert Stillington Richard Foxe Oliver King

Early modern	Cardinal Adriano Castellesi Cardinal Thomas Wolsey John Clerk William Knight William Barlow Gilbert Bourne Gilbert Berkeley Thomas Godwin John Still James Montague Arthur Lake William Laud Leonard Mawe Walter Curle William Piers Robert Creighton Peter Mews Thomas Ken Richard Kidder George Hooper John Wynne Edward Willes Charles Moss

Late modern	Richard Beadon George Law Hon Richard Bagot The Lord Auckland Lord Arthur Hervey George Kennion Wynne Willson Francis Underhill William Wand Harold Bradfield Edward Henderson John Bickersteth George Carey Jim Thompson Peter Price Peter Maurice, Bishop suffragan of Taunton (acting diocesan) Peter Hancock (announced)

Persondata
Name	Ergham, Ralph
Alternative names	Erghum, Ralph
Short description	Bishop of Salisbury; Bishop of Bath and Wells
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	10 April 1400
Place of death

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