Robert Mascall Explained

Type:bishop
Robert Mascall, O.Carm
Bishop of Hereford
Religion:Roman Catholic Church
Appointed:2 July 1404
Term End:22 December 1416
Predecessor:Thomas Trevenant
Successor:Edmund Lacey
Consecration:6 July 1404
Birth Place:Ludlow, Shropshire
Death Date:22 December 1416

Robert Mascall (or Maschal) (died 22 December 1416) was a medieval Carmelite friar who served as the Bishop of Hereford from 1404 to 1416.

Mascall was born at Ludlow, Shropshire, where at an early age he became a Carmelite friar.[1] He was educated at the University of Oxford, gaining a distinction in philosophy and theology.[1] Probably in 1400, King Henry IV appointed Mascall his confessor.[1]

Mascall was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Hereford by papal provision on 2 July and consecrated on 6 July 1404.[2] [3] [4] He received possession of the temporalities of the See of Hereford on 25 September 1404.[2] [4]

Mascall died in office on 22 December 1416.[2] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. 1. Mascall, Robert. Albert Frederick . Pollard. 36.
  2. , Bishops of Hereford, pp. 1–7.
  3. , Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, volume 1, p. 274.
  4. , Handbook of British Chronology, p. 251.