John Blyth

John Blyth
Bishop of Salisbury
Church	Catholic
See	Diocese of Salisbury
In office	1493–1499
Predecessor	Thomas Langton
Successor	Henry Deane
Personal details
Died	23 August 1499
Previous post	Archdeacon of Richmond

North transept of the Salisbury Cathedral with the tomb of John Blyth in the middle.

John Blyth (or John Blythe) was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury.

Blyth was Archdeacon of Richmond from 1485 to 1493^[1] and was Master of the Rolls 5 May 1492-13 February 1494. He was nominated to Salisbury on 13 November 1493 and consecrated on 23 February 1494. He died on 23 August 1499.^[2] His brother Geoffrey was Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry.^[3]

Notes

↑ Jones Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 271
↑ "Blythe, John (d.1499)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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.
Jones, B. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond. Institute for Historical Research.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Thomas Langton	Bishop of Salisbury 1493–1499	Succeeded by Henry Deane

Bishops of Salisbury

see at Old Sarum	merged from Ramsbury & Sherborne Herman Saint Osmund Roger Henry de Sully Philip de Harcourt Josceline de Bohon Hubert Walter Herbert Poore Richard Poore see removed to New Sarum

Medieval	Richard Poore Robert de Bingham William de York Giles of Bridport Walter de la Wyle Robert Wickhampton Walter Scammel Henry Brandeston Lawrence de Awkeburne William de la Corner Nicholas Longespee Simon of Ghent Roger Martival Robert Wyvil Ralph Ergham John Waltham Richard Mitford Nicholas Bubwith Robert Hallam John Chandler Robert Neville William Ayscough Richard Beauchamp Lionel Woodville Thomas Langton John Blyth Henry Deane

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Late modern	John Fisher Thomas Burgess Edward Denison Walter Hamilton George Moberly John Wordsworth Frederick Ridgeway St Clair Donaldson Neville Lovett Geoffrey Lunt William Anderson Joseph Fison George Reindorp John Baker David Stancliffe Nick Holtam