Richard Bell (bishop)
Richard Bell | |
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Bishop of Carlisle | |
Church | Catholic |
See | Diocese of Carlisle |
In office | 1478–1495 |
Predecessor | Edward Story |
Successor | William Senhouse |
Personal details | |
Died | 1496 |
Richard Bell (died 1496) was a Bishop of Carlisle. He was selected 11 February 1478, and consecrated 26 April 1478. He resigned the see on 4 September 1495, and died in 1496.[1] He served as Prior of Finchale from 1457 to 1464.[2]
Citations
References
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Raines, James, ed. (1837). The Charters of Endowment, Inventories and Account Rolls of the Priory of Finchale in the County of Durham (Google scan). Surtees Society (in Latin) 6. JB Nichols. Retrieved June 2008.
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Preceded by Edward Story |
Bishop of Carlisle 1478–1495 |
Succeeded by William Senhouse |