John Trevenant Explained

Type:	Bishop
John Trevenant
Bishop of Hereford
Religion:	Catholic
Appointed:	5 May 1389
Term End:	29 March 1404
Predecessor:	John Gilbert
Successor:	Robert Mascall
Consecration:	29 June 1389
Death Date:	29 March 1404

John Trevenant (alternatively Trefnant or Tresnant; in some sources named Thomas Trevenant; died 29 March 1404) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford of Welsh descent. He was nominated on 5 May 1389 and consecrated on 20 June 1389.^[1]

Trevenant was from the village Trefnant in North Wales. According to R. G. Davies in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Richard II of England "told the pope that Trefnant was related 'in a close degree' to certain nobles 'assisting at our side, presumed to refer to the Lords Appellant and specifically the earls of Arundel.

In the deposition of Richard II, Trevenant and Richard Scrope played a central part.

References

• Davies . R. G. . Trefnant [Trevenant], John (d. 1404) . 2004 . 10.1093/ref:odnb/41197.
• Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E. . Porter, S. . Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology. Third revised . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge, UK . 1996 . 0-521-56350-X .
• The Visitation of Hereford Diocese in 1397, edited by Ian Forrest and Christopher Whittick (Boydell Press, 2021).

Notes and References

1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 251