Summary
Nicholas Bubwith (1355-1424) was a Bishop of London, Bishop of Salisbury and Bishop of Bath and Wells as well as Lord Privy Seal and Lord High Treasurer of England.
Nicholas Bubwith | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Bath and Wells | |
| Appointed | 7 October 1407 |
| Term ended | 27 October 1424 |
| Predecessor | Henry Bowet |
| Successor | John Stafford |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 26 September 1406 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1355[1] |
| Died | 27 October 1424 |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of London Bishop of Salisbury |
Bubwith was collated Archdeacon of Dorset from 1397 - 1399 and again from 1400 - 1406.[2] He was selected as Bishop of London on 14 May 1406 and consecrated 26 September 1406.[3]
Bubwith was Lord Privy Seal from 2 March 1405 to 4 October 1406.[4] He was Lord High Treasurer from 15 April 1407 to 14 July 1408.[5] He also planned the building of St Saviour's Wells hospital but actual construction of the building started after his death.
Bubwith was translated to the see of Salisbury on 22 June 1407.[6]
Bubwith was then translated to the see of Bath and Wells on 7 October 1407. He died 27 October 1424.[7]
Citations edit
- ^ Nicholas Bubwith, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- ^ 'Archdeacons: Dorset', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 3, Salisbury Diocese, ed. Joyce M Horn (London, 1962), pp. 7-9. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol3/pp7-9 [accessed 26 April 2017].
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258
- ^ 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. 271
- ^ 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.