Robert Sherborne

Memorial within Chichester Cathedral

Robert Sherborne^[1] (born c. 1453 Rolleston-on-Dove,^{[2] [3]} died 1536) was bishop of Chichester from 1508 to 1536.

Sherborne was Archdeacon of Huntingdon (1494–1496), Archdeacon of Buckingham and of Taunton (1496–1505)^[4] and Dean of St. Paul's (1499–1505).^[5] Exceptionally, he held ecclesiastical posts prior to ordination: he was made a deacon in 1499 and ordained a priest on 5 March 1501.^[4] From 1505 to 1508 he was bishop of St Davids.^[6]

Sherborne was a patron of the artist Lambert Barnard, commissioning several series of paintings from him. ^{[7] [8]} He founded the Free Grammar School in Rolleston, around 1520.^[9] It continued to 1909.^[10]

References

1. ↑ Sherborn, Shirbirn, Sherburne, Sherburn, Sherbourne.
2. ↑ Bishop Sherborne's own writings quoted in Francis W. Steer, Robert Sherburne Bishop of Chichester: Some Aspects of his Life Reconsidered, Chichester Papers No. 16 (Chichester City Council, 1960), p.2
3. ↑ St Mary's Church, Rolleston-on-Dove
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Christopher Harper-Bill, ‘Sherborn, Robert (c.1454–1536)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2011 Accessed 5 June 2013
5. ↑ Deans of St Paul's | British History Online
6. ↑ Bishops of St. Davids
7. ↑ Croft-Murray, Edward, ‘Lambert Barnard: An English Early Renaissance Painter', Archaeological Journal, Vol. 113, (1957), pp. 108-125
8. ↑ Coke, Karen, Lambert Barnard, Chichester’s Tudor Painter (Chichester, Dean And Chapter of Chichester Cathedral, 2014)
9. ↑ Roehampton - Romsey | British History Online
10. ↑ The Roots of Education

Sources

• Concise Dictionary of National Biography
• Steer, Francis W., Robert Sherburne Bishop of Chichester: Some Aspects of his Life Reconsidered, Chichester Papers No. 16 (Chichester City Council, 1960)

External links

• Biographical notes

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