Lionel Woodville

Lionel Woodville
Bishop of Salisbury
Church	Catholic
See	Diocese of Salisbury
In office	1482–1484
Predecessor	Richard Beauchamp
Successor	Thomas Langton
Orders
Consecration	21 April 1482 by Thomas Cardinal Bourchier
Personal details
Born	c. 1446 Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire
Died	23 June 1484

Lionel Woodville (circa 1446 – 23 June 1484) was a Bishop of Salisbury in England.

Life

Woodville was a fourth son of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg; his siblings included Elizabeth Woodville, Queen Consort from 1464 to 1483.

In the late 1470s, Woodville became the first person in recorded history to receive an honorary degree, from the University of Oxford.^[1] He was Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1479–1483.

After a number of more minor clerical positions, Woodville was elected Dean of Exeter in November of 1478, and held the position until 1482, when he became Bishop of Salisbury. He was nominated to Salisbury on 7 January 1482 and consecrated in 21 April 1482.^[2]

Woodville died about 23 June 1484.^[2]

Notes

↑ http://www.oua.ox.ac.uk/enquiries/hondegrees.html
↑ 2.0 2.1 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 271

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.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Richard Beauchamp	Bishop of Salisbury 1482–1484	Succeeded by Thomas Langton
Academic offices
Preceded by Thomas Chaundeler	Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1479–1483	Succeeded by William Dudley

Deans of Exeter

High Medieval	Serlo Roger de Wynkleigh William de Stanwey Roger de Toriz John Noble John Pycot Andrew de Kilkenny

Late Medieval	Henry de Somerset Thomas de Lechlade Bartholomew de Sancto Laurentio Richard de Coleton Richard de Braylegh Reginald de Bugwell Robert Sumpter Thomas Walkyngton Ralph Tregrision Stephen Payn John Cobethorn John Hals Henry Webber Peter Courtenay Lionel Woodville John Arundel

Early modern	Edward Willoughby Thomas Hobbes John Vesey Richard Pace Reginald Pole Simon Haynes James Haddon Thomas Reynolds Gregory Dodds George Carew Stephen Townesend Matthew Sutcliffe William Peterson Seth Ward Edward Young George Cary The Hon Richard Annesley William Wake Lancelot Blackburne Edward Trelawney John Gilbert Alured Clarke William Holmes Charles Lyttleton Jeremiah Milles William Buller Charles Harward

Late modern	Charles Talbot George Gordon John Garnett Whittington Landon Thomas Lowe Charles Ellicott The Viscount Midleton Archibald Boyd Benjamin Cowie Alfred Earle Henry Gamble Walter Matthews Spencer Carpenter Alexander Wallace Marcus Knight Clifford Chapman Richard Eyre Keith Jones Jonathan Meyrick Jonathan Draper

Deans of Wolverhampton

Medieval	Peter of Blois Nicholas Henry Fitz Geoffrey Giles of Erdington Theodosius de Camilla Philip of Everdon John of Everdon Godfrey of Rudham Robert of Silkstone John of Melbourne John of the Chamber Hugh Ellis Philip Weston John of Newnham Amaury Shirland Richard Postell Lawrence Allerthorpe Thomas Stanley Robert Wolveden William Felter John Barningham William Dudley Lionel Woodville Richard Beauchamp Thomas Danett William Bealey John Morgan Christopher Urswick

Modern	Christopher Bainbridge Thomas Hobbes Nicholas West John Vesey John Clerk Richard Sampson William Franklyn Owen Oglethorpe Hugh Weston John Boxall George Carew William Day Robert Bennet Giles Thomson Anthony Maxey Marco Antonio de Dominis Henry Beaumont Matthew Wren Christopher Wren Bruno Ryves John Durell Francis Turner Gregory Hascard Thomas Manningham John Robinson The Lord Willoughby de Broke Peniston Booth The Hon Frederick Keppel The Hon John Harley John Douglas The Hon James Cornwallis Charles Manners-Sutton Edward Legge Henry Hobart

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

Early modern	Edmund Audley Lorenzo Campeggio Nicholas Shaxton John Capon Gasparo Contarini William Petow Francis Mallet John Jewel Edmund Gheast John Piers John Coldwell Henry Cotton Robert Abbot Martin Fotherby Robert Tounson John Davenant Brian Duppa Humphrey Henchman John Earle Alexander Hyde Seth Ward Gilbert Burnet William Talbot Richard Willis Benjamin Hoadly Thomas Sherlock John Gilbert John Thomas (I) The Hon Robert Hay Drummond John Thomas (II) John Hume Shute Barrington John Douglas

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