Wulstan Bransford Explained

Type:Bishop
Wulstan de Bransford
Bishop of Worcester
Religion:Catholic
Term End:6 August 1349
Predecessor:Thomas Hemenhale
Successor:John de Thoresby
Consecration:21 March 1339
Death Date:6 August 1349

Wulstan Bransford was a medieval Bishop of Worcester.

Bransford was first elected between 31 August and 8 September 1327 but the election was quashed.[1] He was elected again about 4 January 1339 and consecrated on 21 March 1339. He tonsured the poet William de Rokayle, who was known as William Langland.

Bransford died on 6 August 1349.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 279