Thomas Rushhook
Bishop of Breifne (Kilmore)
In officec.1388c. 1392
PredecessorJohn
SuccessorSean o Raighilligh
Personal details
Diedc. 1392
Ireland
DenominationCatholic
Previous post(s)Bishop of Llandaff
Bishop of Chichester
Archdeacon of St. Asaph

Thomas Rushhook[lower-alpha 1] (died c.1392) was an English Dominican, bishop and chaplain[1] to Richard II of England.

Rushhook was Provincial of the Dominican Order in England 1373 to 1382, being deposed at one point.[2] He was Archdeacon of St Asaph 1382–3,[3] bishop of Llandaff on 16 January 1383,[4] and then was translated to be bishop of Chichester on 16 October 1385.[5]

A supporter of Richard II, Rushhook was impeached in 1388.[6] Subsequently, he was in Ireland, as bishop of Breifne (Kilmore), where he died about 1392.[7]

Notes

  1. Also known as Thomas Rushook, Thomas Rushock, Thomas Rushooke, Thomas Russhock or Thomas Vichor

Citations

  1. McKisack The Fourteenth Century p. 426.
  2. Friaries: The house of Black Friars: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 2 (1907), pp. 107-22 Date accessed: 26 July 2007
  3. British History Online: Archdeacons of Aspagh accessed on 25 August 2007
  4. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 293
  5. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 239
  6. McKisack The Fourteenth Century p. 458.
  7. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 363

References

  • 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.
  • McKisack, May The Fourteenth Century

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