Robert Braybrooke
Robert Braybrooke | |
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Bishop of London | |
Appointed | 9 September 1381 |
Term ended | 28 August 1404 |
Predecessor | William Courtenay |
Successor | Roger Walden |
Orders | |
Consecration | 5 January 1382 |
Personal details | |
Died | 28 August 1404 |
Denomination | Catholic |
Robert Braybrooke was a medieval Dean of Salisbury and Bishop of London.
Braybrooke was the son of Sir Gerard Braybrooke of Horsenden, Buckinghamshire & Colmworth, Bedfordshire and his wife, Isabella, the daughter of Sir Roger Dakney of Clophill. He was nominated 9 September 1381 and consecrated on 5 January 1382.[1]
Braybrooke was named Lord Chancellor of England on 20 September 1382 and was out of the office by 11 July 1383.[2]
Braybrooke accompanied King Richard II to Ireland in 1394 and was Lord Chancellor of Ireland for six months in 1397.
Braybrooke died on 28 August 1404,[1] and was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. His tomb was smashed during the Great Fire of London in 1666, and his body was found inside intact and mummified.
See also
Citations
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 | ||
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Preceded by William Trussel |
Secretary of State (England) | Succeeded by John Rrofit |
Preceded by unknown |
Chancellor of Ireland unknown |
Succeeded by unknown |
Preceded by Richard Scrope |
Lord Chancellor 1382–1383 |
Succeeded by Michael de la Pole |
Catholic Church titles | ||
Preceded by William Courtenay |
Bishop of London 1381–1404 |
Succeeded by Roger Walden |
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