Ralph Ergham
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Bishop of Bath and Wells | |
Appointed | 3 April 1388 |
Term ended | 10 April 1400 |
Predecessor | Walter Skirlaw |
Successor | Richard Clifford |
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Salisbury |
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Consecration | 9 December 1375 |
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Died | 10 April 1400 |
Denomination | Catholic |
Ralph Ergham (or Erghum; died 1400) was the English bishop of Salisbury from 1375 to 1388, and then bishop of Bath and Wells from 1388 to 1400.
Ergham was Chancellor of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster[1] from 1373 to 1377. On 12 October 1375 he was selected to be Bishop of Salisbury, and was consecrated on 9 December.[2] On 3 April 1388, he was transferred to the see of Bath and Wells.[3] Ergham was also a member of King Richard II's first council, representing John of Gaunt's interests.[4] He died on 10 April 1400.[3]
The executors of his will are named as: Agnes Rabbas, his sister; Thomas Tery, canon of Wells; and John Podemour.[5]
Citations
- ^ Hospitals of St Mary Magdalen, Preston Archived 28 September 2007 at archive.today accessed on 24 August 2007
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 270
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 228
- ^ McKisack The Fourteenth Century p. 400
- ^ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas: CP 40/561; in 1401; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT2/H4/CP40no561/bCP40no561dorses/IMG_1675.htm; 5th entry, as plaintiffs
References
- Hospitals of St Mary Magdalen, Preston
- 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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Preceded by Robert Wyville | Bishop of Salisbury 1375–1388 | Succeeded by John Waltham |
Preceded by Walter Skirlaw | Bishop of Wells 1388–1400 | Succeeded by Richard Clifford |
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