Thomas Rushhook Explained

Type:Bishop
Thomas Rushhook
Bishop of Breifne (Kilmore)
Religion:Catholic
Term: - c. 1392
Predecessor:John
Successor:Sean o Raighilligh
Death Date:c. 1392
Death Place:Ireland
Previous Post:Bishop of Llandaff
Bishop of Chichester
Archdeacon of St. Asaph

Thomas Rushhook (died) was an English Dominican, bishop and chaplain[1] to Richard II of England.

Rushhook was Provincial of the Dominican Order in England 1373 to 1382, being deposed at one point.[2] He was Archdeacon of St Asaph 1382–3,[3] bishop of Llandaff on 16 January 1383,[4] and then was translated to be bishop of Chichester on 16 October 1385.[5]

A supporter of Richard II, Rushhook was impeached in 1388.[6] Subsequently, he was in Ireland, as bishop of Breifne (Kilmore), where he died about 1392.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. McKisack The Fourteenth Century p. 426.
  2. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=40196 Friaries: The house of Black Friars: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 2 (1907), pp. 107-22
  3. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=32461 British History Online: Archdeacons of Aspagh
  4. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 293
  5. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 239
  6. McKisack The Fourteenth Century p. 458.
  7. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 363