John Blyth or John Blythe (before 1460 – 23 August 1499) was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury.
John Blyth | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Salisbury | |
| Appointed | 13 November 1493 |
| Term ended | 23 August 1499 |
| Predecessor | Thomas Langton |
| Successor | Henry Deane |
| Previous post(s) | Archdeacon of Richmond |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 23 February 1494 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 23 August 1499 |
| Denomination | Catholic |
Blyth was Archdeacon of Richmond from 1485 to 1493[1] and was Master of the Rolls 5 May 1492 – 13 February 1494.[2][dubious – discuss] He was nominated to Salisbury on 13 November 1493 and consecrated on 23 February 1494, serving until his death five-and-a-half years later, on 23 August 1499.[3] His brother Geoffrey was Bishop of Lichfield.[4]
Notes
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.
- Jones, B. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond. Institute for Historical Research.
References
edit- ^ Jones Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond
- ^ Haydn, Joseph Timothy; Beatson, Robert (1 January 1851). Beatson's Political index modernised. The book of dignities; containing rolls of the official personages of the British empire, together with the sovereigns of Europe, the peerage of England and of Great Britain; and numerous other lists. p. 237.
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 271
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
