John Stafford (bishop)

The Most Reverend John Stafford
Archbishop of Canterbury
Appointed	13 May 1443
Installed	unknown
Term ended	25 May 1452
Predecessor	Henry Chichele
Successor	John Kemp
Other posts	Bishop of Bath and Wells
Orders
Consecration	translated 13 May 1443
Personal details
Died	25 May 1452
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Effigy of Emma, mother of Archbishop John Stafford(d.1452), North Bradley Church, Wiltshire. Inscription in ledger-line: hic jacet d(omin)a Emma mater Venerabilissimi patris et domini D(omi)ni Joh(ann)is Stafford dei gra(tia) Cantuariensis Archiepi(scopi) qu(a)e obiit quinto die mensis Septembris anno d(omi)ni Mille(n)simo ccc.mo quadra(gen)s(i)mo vi.o cui(us) anime p(ro)piciet(ur) de(us) am(en) ("Here lies Lady Emma mother of the most venerable father and lord, Lord John Stafford by the grace of God Archbishop of Canterbury, who died on the 5th day of the month of September in the one thousandth three hundredth and sixth year of our Lord, on whose soul may God look with favour amen"

John Stafford (died 25 May 1452) was an English statesman and Archbishop of Canterbury.

Early life and education

Stafford was the illegitimate son of a Wiltshire squire, and required papal permission before he became the rector of Farmborough, vicar of Bathampton and prebendary of Wells.^[1]

Stafford was educated at the University of Oxford.^[2]

Career

Stafford was appointed Dean of Arches in 1419 and served as Archdeacon of Salisbury from 1419 to 1421. From 1423 to 1424 he was Dean of Wells.

Stafford came to note under Henry VI, becoming Lord Privy Seal in 1421^[3] and Lord High Treasurer the following year.^[4] He was Lord Chancellor from 1432 to 1450.^[5]

On 18 December 1424 Pope Martin V made him Bishop of Bath and Wells, and he was consecrated on 27 May 1425.^[6] Pope Eugene IV made him Archbishop of Canterbury in May 1443, a position he held until his death on 25 May 1452.^[7] He steered an even course between parties as a moderate man and useful official.

Citations

↑ Dunning, Robert (2005). A Somerset Miscellany. Tiverton: Somerset Books. pp. 32–33. ISBN 0-86183-427-5.
↑ R. G. Davies, ‘Stafford, John (d. 1452)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 29 July 2013
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 95
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 106
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 87
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 228
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 233

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 John Kemp	Lord Privy Seal 1421–1422	Succeeded by William Alnwick
Preceded by William Kinwolmarsh	Lord High Treasurer 1422–1426	Succeeded by The Lord Hungerford
Preceded by John Kemp	Lord Chancellor 1432–1450	Succeeded by John Kemp
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Nicholas Bubwith	Bishop of Bath and Wells 1424–1443	Succeeded by Thomas Beckington
Preceded by Henry Chichele	Archbishop of Canterbury 1443–1452	Succeeded by John Kemp

Deans of Wells

High Medieval	Ivo Richard de Spakeston Alexander Leonius Ralph of Lechlade Peter of Chichester William of Merton John Saracenus Giles of Bridport Edward of Cnoll Thomas Bytton William Burnell Walter Haselshaw

Late Medieval	Henry Husee John Godelee Richard of Bury Wibert of Littleton Walter of London Thomas Fastolf John of Carleton Stephen Penpel John Fordham Thomas Thebaud Henry Beaufort Nicholas Slake Thomas Tuttebury Richard Courtenay Walter Medeford John Stafford John Forest Nicholas Carent William Witham John Gunthorpe

Early modern	William Cosyn Thomas Wynter Richard Woleman Thomas Cromwell William Fitzjames John Goodman William Turner Robert Weston Valentine Dale John Herbert Benjamin Heydon Richard Meredith Ralph Barlow George Warburton Walter Ralegh Robert Creighton Ralph Bathurst William Grahme Matthew Brailsford Isaac Maddox John Harris Samuel Creswicke Lord Francis Seymour

Late modern	George Lukin Hon Henry Ryder Edmund Goodenough Richard Jenkyns George Johnson Edward Plumptre Thomas Jex-Blake Armitage Robinson Richard Malden Frederic Harton Christopher Woodforde Irven Edwards Patrick Mitchell Richard Lewis John Clarke Andrew Featherstone (Acting)

Archbishops of Canterbury

Pre-Conquest	Augustine Laurence Mellitus Justus Honorius Deusdedit Wighard Theodore of Tarsus Berhtwald Tatwine Nothhelm Cuthbert Bregowine Jænberht Æthelhard Wulfred Feologild Ceolnoth Æthelred Plegmund Athelm Wulfhelm Oda Ælfsige Byrhthelm Dunstan Æthelgar Sigeric the Serious Ælfric of Abingdon Ælfheah Lyfing Æthelnoth Eadsige Robert of Jumièges Stigand

Conquest–Reformation	Lanfranc Anselm Ralph d'Escures William de Corbeil Theobald of Bec Thomas Becket Roger de Bailleul Richard of Dover Baldwin of Forde Reginald Fitz Jocelin Hubert Walter Reginald John de Gray Stephen Langton Walter d'Eynsham Richard le Grant Ralph Neville John of Sittingbourne John Blund Edmund Rich Boniface William Chillenden Robert Kilwardby Robert Burnell John Peckham Robert Winchelsey Thomas Cobham Walter Reynolds Simon Mepeham John de Stratford John de Ufford Thomas Bradwardine Simon Islip William Edington Simon Langham William Whittlesey Simon Sudbury William Courtenay Thomas Arundel Roger Walden Thomas Arundel Henry Chichele John Stafford John Kemp Thomas Bourchier John Morton Thomas Langton Henry Deane William Warham Thomas Cranmer Reginald Pole

Post-Reformation	Matthew Parker Edmund Grindal John Whitgift Richard Bancroft George Abbot William Laud William Juxon Gilbert Sheldon William Sancroft John Tillotson Thomas Tenison William Wake John Potter Thomas Herring Matthew Hutton Thomas Secker Frederick Cornwallis John Moore Charles Manners-Sutton William Howley John Sumner Charles Longley Archibald Tait Edward Benson Frederick Temple Randall Davidson Cosmo Lang William Temple Geoffrey Fisher Michael Ramsey Donald Coggan Robert Runcie George Carey Rowan Williams Justin Welby

Italics indicate a person who was elected but not confirmed.

Bishops of Bath and Wells

Medieval	see renamed from Bath Roger of Salisbury (previously Bishop of Bath) William of Bitton Walter Giffard William of Bitton (nephew) Robert Burnell William of March Walter Haselshaw John Droxford Ralph of Shrewsbury John Barnet John Harewell Walter Skirlaw Ralph Ergham Richard Clifford Henry Bowet Nicholas Bubwith John Stafford Thomas Beckington Robert Stillington Richard Foxe Oliver King

Early modern	Cardinal Adriano Castellesi Cardinal Thomas Wolsey John Clerk William Knight William Barlow Gilbert Bourne Gilbert Berkeley Thomas Godwin John Still James Montague Arthur Lake William Laud Leonard Mawe Walter Curle William Piers Robert Creighton Peter Mews Thomas Ken Richard Kidder George Hooper John Wynne Edward Willes Charles Moss

Late modern	Richard Beadon George Law Hon Richard Bagot The Lord Auckland Lord Arthur Hervey George Kennion Wynne Willson Francis Underhill William Wand Harold Bradfield Edward Henderson John Bickersteth George Carey Jim Thompson Peter Price Peter Maurice, Bishop suffragan of Taunton (acting diocesan) Peter Hancock

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