Hamo Hethe Explained

Type:	Bishop
Hamo Hethe
Bishop of Rochester
Religion:	Catholic
Elected:	18 March 1317
Term End:	early 1352
Predecessor:	Thomas Wouldham
Successor:	John Sheppey
Consecration:	26 August 1319
Death Date:	4 May 1352

Hamo Hethe was a medieval Bishop of Rochester, England. He was born about 1275 in Centuries, Hythe. He was elected on 18 March 1317 and consecrated on 26 August 1319. He resigned the see early 1352 before his death 4 May 1352.^[1]

Hethe, along with Archbishop Melton, John Ross and Stephen Gravesend, alone spoke up in Edward II's defence during the Parliamentary session that deposed Edward.^[2]

References

• Book: Fryde . E. B. . Greenway . D. E. . Porter . S. . Roy . I. . Handbook of British Chronology. Third revised . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1996 . 0-521-56350-X .
• Book: Alison Weir (historian)

. Weir, Alison . Alison Weir (historian). Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery and Murder in Medieval England . Ballantine Books . New York . 2005 . 0-345-45319-0 .

External links

• Book: Hutchinson . John . Men of Kent and Kentishmen . 1892 . Cross & Jackman . Canterbury . 61–62 . Subscription . Hamo of Hythe.

Notes and References

1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 267
2. Weir Queen Isabella p. 257