Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 4, Monastic Cathedrals (Southern Province). Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1963.
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'Bishops of Norwich', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 4, Monastic Cathedrals (Southern Province), (London, 1963) pp. 23-25. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol4/pp23-25 [accessed 19 April 2024]
BISHOPS OF NORWICH
John Salmon O.S.B. 1299-1325.
Prov. 15 July 1299 (Reg. Winchelsey 11 688-90). Profession to Canterbury 3 Oct. (ibid. p. 692). Cons. 16 Oct. by abp. at Canterbury (Reg. 11 f. 23). Temps. 19 Oct. (CPR. 1292-1301 p. 442). D. 6 July 1325 (Reg. Salmon f. 119b).
[M. Robert de Baldock D.C.L. 1325.]
William de Ayremynne 1325-1336.
Lic. el. sought 8 and 10 July 1325 (Reg. ix ff. 42, 62). Gr. 13 July (CPR. 1324- 1327 p. 150). Baldock el. 23 July (Reg. ix f. 62), 25 July (Ann. Lond. p. 309). Royal assent 28 July (CPR. 1324-1327 p. 157). Temps. 12 Aug. (CPR. 1324-1327 p. 159). Assent of abp. 14 Aug. (Lamb., Reg. Reynolds f. 278). Spir. 30 Aug. (Reg. ix f. 62b). Res. 3 Sept. because Ayremynne had been prov. four days before el. (Reg. Baldock f. 1). Abp. requested spir. from Baldock 4 Sept. (Reg. ix f. 48). Ayremynne prov. 19/21 July (ibid. ff. 42, 62). Cons. 15 Sept. at St Germain des Prés by bp. of Vienne (R.S.A.). Letter from pope to k. requesting him to receive Ayremynne as bp. 22 Apr. 1326 (CPL. 11 477). Letter to abp. 8 July (ibid. p. 479). Royal assent 9 Nov. (CPR. 1324-1327 p. 342). Temps. 13 Dec. (ibid.). K. gr. bp. issues of temps. 4 Dec. 1325- Nov. 1326, 6 Feb. 1327 (CCR. 1327-1330 p. 24). D. 27 March 1336 (Reg. Ayremynne f. 77).
[Thomas de Hemenhale O.S.B. 1336-1337.]
M. Anthony Bek D.Th. 1337-1343.
Lic. el. gr. 3 Apr. 1336 (CPR. 1334-1338 p. 244). Hemenhale el. 6 Apr. (Reg. Ayremynne f. 77). Res. before 14 March 1337 because bpc. reserved and Bek had been prov. (CPL. 11 541). Cons. 30 March at Avignon by pope Benedict XII (ibid.). Temps. 9 July (CPR. 1334-1338 p. 466). D. 18 Dec. 1343 (Reg. Bek f. 73).
M. William Bateman or de Norwyco D.Cn. & C.L. 1343-1355.
Lic. el. gr. 22 Dec. 1343 (CPR. 1343-1345 p. 158). Prov. 23/24 Jan. 1344 (Reg. Bateman f. 41; CPL. 111 6). Temps. 2 March (CPR. 1343-1345 pp. 200-1). Cons. 23 May by pope at Avignon (R.S.A.). D. 6 Jan. 1355 (Reg. Bateman f. 156).
M. Thomas Percy M.A. 1355-1369.
Lic. el. sought 3 Feb. 1355 (P.R.O., C 84/27/20), gr. 17 Feb. (CPR. 1354-1358 p. 177). Prov. 4 Feb. (CPL. 111 566). Lic. alibi cons. 15 March (ibid. p. 572). Temps. 14 Apr. (CPR. 1354-1358 pp. 199-200). Cons. 3 Jan. 1356 at Waverley abbey by bp. of Winchester (Winchester, Reg. Edington 11 f. 57b). Profession to Canterbury 11 June (Cant., Reg. A f. 270b/230b). D. 8 Aug. 1369 (Reg. Percy f. 87).
M. Henry Despenser B.C.L. 1369-1406.
Lic. el. sought 11 Aug. 1369 (P.R.O., C 84/30/9), gr. 14 Aug. (CPR. 1367-1370 p. 299). Prov. 3 Apr. 1370 (CPL. iv 83). Cons. 20/21 Apr. at Rome (Reg. Despenser f. 1; R.S.A.). Profession to Canterbury 4 June (Lamb., Reg. Wittlesey f. 31). Temps. 14 Aug. (CPR. 1367-1370 p. 459). Enthroned soon after cons. (Wharton 1 415). D. 23 Aug. 1406 (Reg. Despenser f. 335).
Alexander de Totyngton O.S.B. 1406-1413.
Lic. el. gr. 3 Sept. 1406 (CPR. 1405-1408 p. 217). El. 14 Sept. (Wharton 1 415). K. refused to accept el., bp. imprisoned in Windsor (ibid. p. 416). Prov. 19 Jan. 1407 (Lamb., Reg. Arundell 1 f. 39). Lic. alibi cons. 21 Jan. (CPL. vi 112). Cons. 23 Oct. by abp. at St Peter's, Gloucester (Reg. Totyngton f. 1). Temps. s.d. (CPR. 1405- 1408 p. 372). Profession to Canterbury 1 Nov. at Gloucester (Lamb., Reg. Arundell 1 f. 39). D. before 20 Apr. 1413 (ibid. 11 f. 165).
M. Richard Courtenay B.C.L. 1413-1415.
Lic. el. gr. 3 May 1413 (CPR. 1413-1416 p. 2). Prov. 28 June (CPL. vi 453). Lic. alibi cons. 5 Sept. (Cant., Reg. A f. 77b/70b). Temps. 11 Sept. (CPR. 1413-1416 p. 97). Cons. 17 Sept. at Windsor (R.S.A.). D. 14/16 Sept. 1415 (Reg. Chichele 111 347; Lambeth Palace MS. 20 f. 218).
John Wakering 1415-1425.
Lic. el. gr. 3 Nov. 1415 (CPR. 1413-1416 p. 380). Royal assent 24 Nov. (ibid. p. 379). Conf. by abp. 7 May 1416 (Reg. Chichele 1 28, 29). Temps. 27 May (CPR. 1416-1422 p. 33). Lic. alibi cons. 1416 (Cant. Reg. A f. 77b/70b). Cons. 31 May at St Paul's, London, by abp., profession to Canterbury s.d. (Reg. Wakering f. 5). D. 9 Apr. 1425 (ibid. f. 94).
M. William Alnwyk O.S.B., D.C.L. 1425-1436.
Lic. el. sought 13 Apr. 1425 (P.R.O., C 84/43/11), gr. 11 May (CPR. 1422-1429 p. 274). Prov. 27 Feb. 1426 (Reg. Alnwyk f. 17). Temps. 4 May (CPR. 1422-1429 p. 333). Cons. 18 Aug. at Canterbury, profession to abp. s.d. (Reg. Chichele 1 93-4). Enthroned 22 Dec. (Reg. Alnwyk f. 18b). Trans. to Lincoln 19 Sept. 1436.
M. Thomas Brouns D.Cn. & C.L. 1436-1445.
Trans. from Rochester 19 Sept. 1436 (Reg. Chichele 1 121-2). Temps. 16 Feb. 1437 (CPR. 1436-1441 p. 36). Profession to Canterbury n.d. (Reg. Chichele 1 122). D. 6 Dec. 1445 (Wharton 1 417).
[M. John Stanbury D.Th. 1445-1446.]
M. Walter Lyhart D.Th. 1446-1472.
Lic. el. gr. 15 Dec. 1445 (CPR. 1441-1446 p. 407). Stanbury el. but set aside by prov. of Lyhart 24 Jan. 1446 (CPL. ix 513). Custody of temps. gr. 10 Jan. (CPR. 1441-1446 p. 428). Plenary restitution 26 Feb. (ibid. p. 405). Profession to Canterbury 27 Feb., spir. and cons. s.d. (Lamb., Reg. Stafford f. 21; Reg. Lyhart f. 1). Enthroned 3 Apr. (Reg. Lyhart f. 1b). D. 24 May 1472 (ibid. f. 184b).
M. James Goldwell D.Cn. & C.L. 1472-1499.
Lic. el. gr. 2 June 1472 (CPR. 1467-1477 p. 344). Prov. 17 June (Reg. Goldwell f. 20). Cons. at Rome 1 Dec. by bp. of Antivari (ibid.). Temps. 25 Feb. 1473 (CPR. 1467-1477 p. 373). D. Feb. 1499 (Lamb., Reg. Morton 11 f. 2), 23 Nov. (Lambeth Palace MS. 20 f. 240). (fn. 1)
[M. Thomas Savage D.C.L. 1499.]
M. Thomas Jane D.Cn.L. 1499-1500.
Trans. of Savage from London proposed 15 June 1499 (Brit. Mus., Cotton MS. Cleopatra E. iii f. 112), ineffective because Jane prov. 14 June (ibid. f. 111). Temps. 21 July (CPR. 1494-1509 p. 165). Lic. alibi cons. 17 Oct. (Cant., Reg. S ff. 427-427b) Cons. in England 20 Oct. (R.S.A.). Enthroned after 20 Oct. (F. Blomefield, History of Norfolk (1805-10) 111 543). D. Sept. 1500 (Emden, Reg. Ox. 11 1014).
M. Richard Nix D.Cn. & C.L. 1501-1535/6.
Prov. 26 Feb. 1501 (P.R.O., Papal Bulls 27 (30)). Lic. alibi cons. 16 and 17 Apr. (Cant., Reg. R ff. 59, 61). Temps. 24 Apr. (CPR. 1494-1509 p. 228). Cons. 6 July (R.S.A.). D. 29 Dec. 1535/14 Jan. 1536 (L. & P. ix No. 1032; Lambeth Palace MS. 20 f. 159).
M. William Repps or Rugge O.S.B., D.Th. 1536-1550.
Lic. el. gr. 25 May 1536 (Lamb., Reg. Cranmer f. 210). El. 31 May (ibid. f. 209). Royal assent 9 June (ibid.). Assent of abp. 11 June (ibid. f. 212). Cons. by abp. at Canterbury s.d. (ibid. f. 212b). Temps. 19 July (L. & P. xi No. 202 (35) ). Res. before 26 Jan. 1550 (CPR. 1548-1549 p. 358).