Whittlesey was educated at Oxford, and owing principally to the fact that he was a nephew of Simon Islip, archbishop of Canterbury, he received numerous ecclesiastical preferments; he held prebends at Lichfield, Chichester and Lincoln, and livings at Ivychurch, Croydon and Cliffe.[1]
Whittlesey was briefly appointed Master of Peterhouse on 10 September 1349 and resigned from that post in 1351.[2] Later he was appointed vicar-general, and then dean of the court of arches by Islip.[1] On 23 October 1360 he became Bishop of Rochester and was consecrated on 6 February 1362.[3] Two years after his consecration he was transferred to the bishopric of Worcester on 6 March 1364.[4] On 11 October 1368 Whittlesey was transferred to the archbishopric of Canterbury in succession to Simon Langham, but his term of office was very uneventful, a circumstance due partly, but not wholly, to his feeble health.[1] He died at Lambeth on the 5th or 6 June 1374.[5]
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william, whittlesey, representative, from, ohio, william, whittlesey, whittlesea, died, june, 1374, bishop, rochester, then, bishop, worcester, then, finally, archbishop, canterbury, also, served, master, peterhouse, cambridge, archbishop, canterburychurchcath. For the U S Representative from Ohio see William A Whittlesey William Whittlesey or Whittlesea died 5 June 1374 was a Bishop of Rochester then Bishop of Worcester then finally Archbishop of Canterbury He also served as Master of Peterhouse Cambridge William WhittleseyArchbishop of CanterburyChurchCatholic ChurchAppointed11 October 1368InstalledunknownTerm ended5 June 1374PredecessorSimon LanghamSuccessorSimon SudburyOther post s Bishop of RochesterBishop of WorcesterOrdersConsecration6 February 1362Personal detailsDied5 June 1374LambethLife editWhittlesey was probably born in the Cambridgeshire village of Whittlesey England Whittlesey was educated at Oxford and owing principally to the fact that he was a nephew of Simon Islip archbishop of Canterbury he received numerous ecclesiastical preferments he held prebends at Lichfield Chichester and Lincoln and livings at Ivychurch Croydon and Cliffe 1 Whittlesey was briefly appointed Master of Peterhouse on 10 September 1349 and resigned from that post in 1351 2 Later he was appointed vicar general and then dean of the court of arches by Islip 1 On 23 October 1360 he became Bishop of Rochester and was consecrated on 6 February 1362 3 Two years after his consecration he was transferred to the bishopric of Worcester on 6 March 1364 4 On 11 October 1368 Whittlesey was transferred to the archbishopric of Canterbury in succession to Simon Langham but his term of office was very uneventful a circumstance due partly but not wholly to his feeble health 1 He died at Lambeth on the 5th or 6 June 1374 5 Notes edit a b c Chisholm 1911 Roach 1959 Fryde et al 1996 p 267 Fryde et al 1996 p 279 Fryde et al 1996 p 233 References edit nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Whittlesea William Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 28 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 615 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 Roach J P C ed 1959 The colleges and halls Peterhouse A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely Volume 3 The City and University of Cambridge pp 334 340 Tait James 1900 Whittlesey William In Lee Sidney ed Dictionary of National Biography Vol 61 London Smith Elder amp Co Swanson R N Wittleseye William d 1374 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 29333 Subscription or UK public library membership required Catholic Church titles Preceded byJohn Sheppey Bishop of Rochester1360 1364 Succeeded byThomas Trilleck Preceded byJohn Barnet Bishop of Worcester1364 1368 Succeeded byWilliam Lenn Preceded bySimon Langham Archbishop of Canterbury1368 1374 Succeeded bySimon Sudbury Academic offices Preceded byRalph de Holbeche Master of Peterhouse Cambridge1349 1351 Succeeded byRichard de Wisbeche Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Whittlesey amp oldid 1206418475, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
