Thomas Bitton

Thomas Bitton
Bishop of Exeter
Elected	between 8 October and 30 November 1291
Term ended	21 September 1307
Predecessor	Peter Quinel
Successor	Walter de Stapledon
Orders
Consecration	16 March 1291
Personal details
Died	21 September 1307
Denomination	Catholic

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

Life

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

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

References

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 , William (d. 1264)" ((subscription or UK public library membership required)). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4236. Retrieved 15 November 2007.
Shaw, David Gary (2004). "Button , William (d. 1274)" ((subscription or UK public library membership required)). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4237. Retrieved 15 November 2007.

External links

"Entry for Thomas" in George Oliver's Lives of the Bishops of Exeter

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Peter Quinel	Bishop of Exeter 1291–1307	Succeeded by Walter de Stapledon

Bishops of Exeter

Bishops of Crediton	Werstan (bishop at Tawton) Putta (bishop at Tawton) Eadwulf Æthelgar Ælfwold I Sideman Ælfric Ælfwold II Ælfwold III Eadnoth Lyfing of Winchester Leofric see translated to Exeter

High Medieval	Leofric Osbern FitzOsbern William Warelwast Robert Warelwast Robert of Chichester Bartholomew Iscanus John the Chanter Henry Marshal Simon of Apulia William Briwere Richard Blund Walter Branscombe Peter Quinel Thomas Bitton

Late Medieval	Walter de Stapledon James Berkeley John Godeley John Grandisson Thomas de Brantingham Edmund Stafford John Catterick Edmund Lacey John Hales George Neville John Booth Peter Courtenay Richard Foxe Oliver King Richard Redman

Early modern	John Arundel Hugh Oldham John Vesey Myles Coverdale John Vesey James Turberville William Alley William Bradbridge John Woolton Gervase Babington William Cotton Valentine Cary Joseph Hall Ralph Brownrigg John Gauden Seth Ward Anthony Sparrow Thomas Lamplugh Sir Jonathan Trelawney Bt Ofspring Blackall Lancelot Blackburne Stephen Weston Nicholas Clagett George Lavington Frederick Keppel John Ross William Buller Reginald Courtenay

Late modern	John Fisher George Pelham William Carey Christopher Bethell Henry Phillpotts Frederick Temple Edward Bickersteth Herbert Edward Ryle Archibald Robertson Lord William Cecil Charles Curzon Robert Mortimer Eric Mercer Hewlett Thompson Michael Langrish John Ford (acting) Nick McKinnel (acting) Robert Atwell

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