Robert Mascall

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The Right Reverend Robert Mascall
Bishop of Hereford
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Diocese	Hereford
In office	1404–1416
Predecessor	Thomas Trevenant
Successor	Edmund Lacey
Orders
Consecration	6 July 1404
Personal details
Born	Ludlow, Shropshire
Died	22 December 1416
Nationality	English
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Robert Mascall (or Maschal) (died 1416) was a medieval Carmelite friar who served as the Bishop of Hereford from 1404 to 1416.

Mascall was born at Ludlow, Shropshire, where at an early age he became a Carmelite friar.^[1] He was educated at the University of Oxford, gaining a distinction in philosophy and theology.^[1] Probably in 1400, King Henry IV appointed Mascall his confessor.^[1]

Mascall was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Hereford by papal provision on 2 July and consecrated on 6 July 1404.^[2]^[3]^[4] He received possession of the temporalities of the See of Hereford on 25 September 1404.^[2]^[4]

Mascall died in office on 22 December 1416.^[2]^[4]

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Mascall, Robert". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Barrow 2002, Bishops of Hereford, pp. 1–7.
↑ Eubel 1913, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, volume 1, p. 274.
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 251.

References

Wikisource has the text of the 1885–1900 Dictionary of National Biography's article about Robert Mascall.

Barrow, J. S. (2002). "Bishops of Hereford". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300. Volume 8: Hereford. British History Online.
Eubel, Konrad (1913). Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi (in Latin). Volume 1. Monasterii Sumptibus et typis librariae.
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S. et al., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. |displayeditors= suggested (help)

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Thomas Trevenant	Bishop of Hereford 1404–1416	Succeeded by Edmund Lacey

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Early Medieval	Putta Tyrhtel Torhthere Walhstod Cuthbert of Canterbury Podda Acca Headda Aldberht Esne Ceolmund Utel Wulfheard Beonna Eadwulf Cuthwulf Mucel Deorlaf Cynemund Edgar Tidhelm Wulfhelm Ælfric Athulf

High Medieval	Æthelstan Leofgar Ealdred Walter of Lorraine Robert de Losinga Gerard Roger Reynelm Geoffrey de Clive Richard de Capella Robert de Bethune Gilbert Foliot Robert of Melun Robert Foliot William de Vere Giles de Braose Hugh de Mapenor Hugh Foliot Ralph de Maidstone Michael Peter of Aigueblanche John de Breton Thomas de Cantilupe Richard Swinefield

Late Medieval	Adam Orleton Thomas Charleton John Trilleck Lewis de Charleton William Courtenay John Gilbert Thomas Trevenant Robert Mascall Edmund Lacey Thomas Polton Thomas Spofford Richard Beauchamp Reginald Boulers John Stanberry Thomas Mylling Edmund Audley

Early modern	Adriano Castellesi Richard Mayew Charles Booth Edward Foxe Edmund Bonner John Skypp John Harley Robert Parfew Thomas Reynolds John Scory Herbert Westfaling Robert Bennet Francis Godwin William Juxon Godfrey Goodman Augustine Lindsell Matthew Wren Theophilus Feild George Coke Nicholas Monck Herbert Croft Gilbert Ironside Humphrey Humphreys Philip Bisse Benjamin Hoadly Hon Henry Egerton Lord James Beauclerk Hon John Harley John Butler

Late modern	Folliott Cornewall John Luxmoore George Huntingford Hon Edward Grey Thomas Musgrave Renn Hampden James Atlay John Percival Hensley Henson Linton Smith Charles Carre Richard Parsons Tom Longworth Mark Hodson John Eastaugh John Oliver Anthony Priddis

Persondata
Name	Mascall, Robert
Alternative names	Maschal, Robert
Short description	Bishop of Hereford
Date of birth
Place of birth	Ludlow, Shropshire
Date of death	22 December 1416
Place of death

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