Richard de Wentworth

Richard de Wentworth
Bishop of London
Church	Catholic
See	Diocese of London
In office	1338–1339
Predecessor	Stephen Gravesend
Successor	Ralph Stratford
Personal details
Died	8 December 1339

Richard de Wentworth (or Richard Bintworth) was a medieval Bishop of London.

Wentworth was a canon of St. Paul's when he was named Lord Privy Seal on 25 March 1337, holding that office until early July 1338.^[1]

Wentworth was elected bishop on 4 May 1338 and consecrated on 12 July 1338.^[2]

Wentworth was named Lord Chancellor of England on 6 July 1338 and held that office until his death.^[3]

Wentworth died on 8 December 1339.^[2]

Notes

↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 94
↑ 2.0 2.1 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 86

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.

Political offices
Preceded by William de la Zouche	Lord Privy Seal 1337–1338	Succeeded by William Kilsby
Preceded by Robert Stratford	Lord Chancellor 1338–1339	Succeeded by John de Stratford
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Stephen Gravesend	Bishop of London 1338–1339	Succeeded by Ralph Stratford

Bishops of London

Post-Augustine	Mellitus Cedd Wine Earconwald Waldhere Ingwald Ecgwulf Wigheah Eadberht Eadgar Coenwalh Eadbald Heathoberht Osmund Æthelnoth Ceolberht Deorwulf Swithwulf Heahstan Wulfsige Æthelweard Leofstan Theodred Brihthelm Dunstan Ælfstan Wulfstan Ælfhun Ælfwig Ælfweard Robert of Jumièges Spearhafoc

Post-Conquest	William the Norman Hugh d'Orevalle Maurice Richard de Belmeis (I.) Gilbert Universalis Robert de Sigello Richard de Belmeis (II.) Gilbert Foliot Richard FitzNeal William of Sainte-Mère-Eglise Eustace of Fauconberg Roger Niger Fulk Basset Henry Wingham Richard Talbot Henry of Sandwich John Chishull Fulke Lovell Richard Gravesend Ralph Baldock Gilbert Segrave Richard Newport Stephen Gravesend Richard de Wentworth Ralph Stratford Michael Northburgh Simon Sudbury William Courtenay Robert Braybrooke Roger Walden Nicholas Bubwith Richard Clifford John Kemp William Grey Robert FitzHugh Robert Gilbert Thomas Kempe Richard Hill Thomas Savage William Warham William Barons Richard FitzJames Cuthbert Tunstall

During the Reformation	John Stokesley Edmund Bonner (1st term) Nicholas Ridley Edmund Bonner (2nd term)

Post-Reformation	Edmund Grindal Edwin Sandys John Aylmer Richard Fletcher Richard Bancroft Richard Vaughan Thomas Ravis George Abbot John King George Montaigne William Laud William Juxon Gilbert Sheldon Humphrey Henchman Henry Compton John Robinson Edmund Gibson Thomas Sherlock Thomas Hayter Richard Osbaldeston Richard Terrick Robert Lowth Beilby Porteus John Randolph William Howley Charles Blomfield Archibald Tait John Jackson Frederick Temple Mandell Creighton Arthur Winnington-Ingram Geoffrey Fisher William Wand Henry Montgomery Campbell Robert Stopford Gerald Ellison Graham Leonard David Hope Richard Chartres

Richard de Wentworth

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