Thomas Vipont Explained

Thomas Vipont
Bishop of Carlisle
Elected:September 1254
Consecration:7 February 1255
Ended:14 October 1256
Predecessor:Silvester de Everdon
Successor:Robert de Chauncy
Other Post:rector of Greystoke
Death Date:14 October 1256

Thomas Vipont (died 1256) was a medieval Bishop of Carlisle.

Life

Vipont was a member of the family of the lords of Westmoreland but attained a magister degree from the schools.[1] He was rector of Greystoke[2] before he was elected bishop about September 1254, and consecrated on 7 February 1255.[3] He was elected by the chapter of Carlisle Cathedral over the objections of King Henry III of England who had preferred that the chapter elect his chaplain John of Skipton. Henry did not push the issue, and Thomas was given the temporalities of the see on 24 December 1254.[1] He died 14 October 1256.[3]

References

Notes and References

  1. Summerson "Chaury, Robert and Thomas Vipont" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  2. Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Carlisle: Bishops
  3. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 235