Ralph of Shrewsbury
Ralph of Shrewsbury | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Bath and Wells | |
 | |
| Elected | 2 June 1329 |
| Term ended | 14 August 1363 |
| Predecessor | John Droxford |
| Successor | John Barnet |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 3 September 1329 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 14 August 1363 |
| Denomination | Catholic |
Ralph of Shrewsbury[a] (died 1363) was an English medieval bishop and university chancellor.[4]
Life[edit]
From 1328 to 1329, Ralph was Chancellor of the University of Oxford.[3]
On 2 June 1329 Ralph was elected Bishop of Bath and Wells and consecrated on 3 September 1329. He died on 14 August 1363.[5]
Ralph founded Vicars Close.[2]
Notes[edit]
Citations[edit]
- ^ "Ralph of Shrewsbury (Died 1363)". Britannia.com. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ a b "Vicars Close, at Wells" (PDF). monasticmatrix.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ a b Wood, Anthony (1790). "Fasti Oxonienses". The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford. p. 21.
- ^ Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Appendix 5: Chancellors of the University". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. pp. 521–522. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
- ^ Fryde, et al., Handbook of British Chronology, p. 228.
References[edit]
- 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.
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