Richard FitzJames (died 15 January 1522) was a medieval Bishop of Rochester, Bishop of Chichester and Bishop of London.
Richard FitzJames | |
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| Bishop of London | |
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| See | Diocese of London |
| Predecessor | William Barnes |
| Successor | Cuthbert Tunstall |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 15 January 1522 |
| Denomination | Catholic |
FitzJames was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University in 1481 and 1491.
FitzJames was nominated to the see of Rochester on 2 January 1497 and consecrated on 21 May 1497. He was translated to the see of Chichester on 29 November 1503.[1] He was translated from Chichester to the see of London about 5 June 1506.[2]
The arms shown are those he used as Bishop of London. They were depicted in the ceiling of Old St Paul's Cathedral, London[3]
FitzJames died while Bishop of London on 15 January 1522.[4] During his life he had founded a school in Somerset, now called King's School Bruton.
Citations
References
- Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
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