Richard FitzJames
Richard FitzJames | |
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Bishop of London | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Appointed | 5 June 1506 |
Term ended | 15 January 1522 |
Predecessor | William Barnes |
Successor | Cuthbert Tunstall |
Orders | |
Consecration | 21 May 1497 |
Personal details | |
Died | 15 January 1522 |
Previous post | Bishop of Rochester Bishop of Chichester |
Coat of arms |
Richard FitzJames (died 15 January 1522) was a medieval Bishop of Rochester, Bishop of Chichester and Bishop of London.
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.
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Academic offices | ||
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Preceded by | Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1481 |
Succeeded by Robert Wrangwais, William Sutton |
Preceded by | Warden of Merton College, Oxford 1482–1507 |
Succeeded by Thomas Harper |
Preceded by | Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1491 |
Succeeded by John Coldale |
Catholic Church titles | ||
Preceded by | Bishop of Rochester 1497–1503 |
Succeeded by John Fisher |
Preceded by | Bishop of Chichester 1503–1506 |
Succeeded by Robert Sherburne |
Preceded by | Bishop of London 1506–1522 |
Succeeded by Cuthbert Tunstall |
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