Thomas Rushhook

Thomas Rushhook
Bishop of Breifne (Kilmore)
Church	Catholic
In office	c. 1388–c. 1392
Predecessor	John
Successor	Sean o Raighilligh
Personal details
Died	c. 1392 Ireland
Previous post	Bishop of Llandaff Bishop of Chichester Archdeacon of St. Asaph

Thomas Rushhook (also known as Thomas Rushook, Thomas Rushock, Thomas Rushooke, Thomas Russhock or Thomas Vichor; died c. 1392) was an English Dominican, bishop and chaplain^[1] to Richard II of England.

Rushhook was Provincial of the Dominican Order in England 1373 to 1382, being deposed at one point.^[2] He was Archdeacon of St Asaph 1382-3,^[3] bishop of Llandaff on 16 January 1383,^[4] and then was transferred to be bishop of Chichester on 16 October 1385.^[5]

A supporter of Richard II, Rushhook was impeached in 1388.^[6] Subsequently he was in Ireland, as bishop of Breifne (Kilmore), where he died about 1392.^[7]

Citations

↑ McKisack The Fourteenth Century p. 426.
↑ Friaries: The house of Black Friars: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 2 (1907), pp. 107-22 Date accessed: 26 July 2007
↑ British History Online: Archdeacons of Aspagh accessed on 25 August 2007
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 293
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 239
↑ McKisack The Fourteenth Century p. 458.
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 363

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.
McKisack, May The Fourteenth Century

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Rodger Cradock	Bishop of Llandaff 1383–1385	Succeeded by William of Bottesham
Preceded by William Reade	Bishop of Chichester 1385–1388	Succeeded by Richard Mitford
Preceded by John	Bishop of Breifne (Kilmore) c. 1388 – c. 1392	Succeeded by Sean o Raighilligh

Bishops of Chichester

High Medieval	Stigand of Selsey Godfrey Ralph de Luffa Seffrid Hilary John of Greenford Seffrid Simon of Wells Nicholas de Aquila Richard Poore Ranulf of Wareham Ralph Neville Robert Passelewe Richard de la Wich John Climping Stephen Bersted Gilbert of St Leonard

Late Medieval	John Langton Robert de Stratford William Lenn William Reade Thomas Rushhook Richard Mitford Robert Waldby Robert Reed Stephen Patrington Henry Ware John Kemp Thomas Polton John Rickingale Thomas Brunce Simon Sydenham Richard Praty Adam Moleyns Reginald Pecock John Arundel Edward Story Richard FitzJames

Early modern	Robert Sherborne Richard Sampson George Day John Scory George Day John Christopherson William Barlow Richard Curteys Thomas Bickley Anthony Watson Lancelot Andrewes Samuel Harsnett George Carleton Richard Montagu Brian Duppa Henry King Peter Gunning Ralph Brideoake Guy Carleton John Lake Simon Patrick Robert Grove John Williams Thomas Manningham Thomas Bowers Edward Waddington Francis Hare Matthias Mawson Sir William Ashburnham

Late modern	John Buckner Robert Carr Edward Maltby William Otter Philip Shuttleworth Ashurst Gilbert Richard Durnford Ernest Wilberforce Charles Ridgeway Winfrid Burrows George Bell Roger Wilson Eric Kemp John Hind Martin Warner

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