Robert Reed (bishop)

Summary

Robert Reed (or Reade; died 1415) was a Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Bishop of Carlisle and Bishop of Chichester.

Robert Reed
Bishop of Chichester
Appointed5 October 1396
Term endedJune 1415
PredecessorRobert Waldby
SuccessorStephen Patrington
Personal details
DiedJune 1415
DenominationCatholic
Previous post(s)Bishop of Waterford
Bishop of Carlisle

Reed was a Dominican friar.[1] He was selected as Bishop of Waterford on 9 September 1394, and transferred to Carlisle on 26 January 1396.[2]

Reed was translated from Carlisle to Chichester on 5 October 1396.[3]

Reed died in June 1415.[3] Reed requested, in his will, that he wished to be buried at the foot of his predecessor William Rede before the high altar of Chichester cathedral.[4]


Citations edit

  1. ^ Reed, Robert Episcopal register of Robert Rede: ordinis predicatorum, Vol. 8 p. IX
  2. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 376
  3. ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 239
  4. ^ Walcott. The Early Statutes of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Chichester. p. 55

References edit

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  • Walcott, Mackenzie Edward (1877). The Early Statutes of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Chichester With Observations on Its Constitution and History. London: J.B. Nichols and Sons. OCLC 903307542.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Thomas le Reve
Bishop of Waterford and Lismore
1394–1396
Succeeded by
Thomas Sparkford
Preceded by Bishop of Carlisle
1396
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Chichester
1396–1415
Succeeded by