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Thomas Bitton

Thomas Bitton (sometimes Thomas de Bytton; died 1307) was a medieval Bishop of Exeter.

Thomas Bitton
Bishop of Exeter
Electedbetween 8 October and 30 November 1291
Term ended21 September 1307
PredecessorPeter Quinel
SuccessorWalter de Stapledon
Orders
Consecration16 March 1291
Personal details
Died21 September 1307
DenominationCatholic

Life edit

Bitton was the nephew of William of Bitton I, who was Bishop of Bath from 1248 to 1264.[1] His brother was William of Bitton II, Bishop of Bath from 1267 to 1274.[2]

Bitton was elected between 8 October and 30 November 1291 and consecrated on 16 March 1292. He died on 21 September 1307.[3] In his will, he left funds to give one penny each to 10,212 poor people.[4] He was also a benefactor of Dorchester Friary, Dorset.

Citations edit

  1. ^ Shaw "Button, William (d. 1264)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  2. ^ Shaw "Button, William (d. 1274)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  3. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 246
  4. ^ Moorman Church Life p. 206 footnote 4

References edit

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  • Moorman, John R. H. (1955). Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century (Revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 213820968.
  • Shaw, David Gary (2004). "Button [Bitton], William (d. 1264)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4236. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  • —— (2004). "Button [Bitton], William (d. 1274)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4237. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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