Exeter 1300-1541
BISHOPS
Thomas de Bitton 1291-1307.
Petition of chapt. for lic. el. 4 Oct. 1291 (P.R.O., C 84/10/21). Lic. el. 8 Oct.
(CPR. 1281-1292 p. 447). Royal assent to el. 30 Nov. (ibid. p. 461). Abp's conf. 2 Dec.
(P.R.O., C 84/10/27). Temps. s.d. (CPR. 1281-1292 p. 461). Profession of obedience
n.d. (Cant., Reg. A f. 293b/244b). Cons. 16 March 1292 (Annales Monastici (R.S. 36)
iv 332). D. 21 Sept. 1307 (D. & C. Ex. 3625 ff. v, 58).
M. Walter de Stapeldon D.Cn.L. 1307-1326.
Lic. el. 6 Oct. 1307 (CPR. 1307-1313 p. 4). El. 13 Nov. (Reg. Stapeldon pp. 17,
ix n. 4; P.R.O., C 84/15/52). Royal assent 3 Dec. (CPR. 1307-1313 p. 20). Richard de
Plumstok appealed to Rome against el.; k. petitioned pope on Stapeldon's behalf
6 Dec., and Plumstok withdrew appeal (Reg. Stapeldon pp. 14, 18; Foedera 1 iv 101).
Abp's conf. and spir. 13 March 1308 (Reg. Stapeldon pp. 8, 19, 20). Temps. 16 March
(CPR. 1307-1313 p. 52). Cons. 13 Oct. (D. & C. Ex. 3625 f. 58b; Reg. Stapeldon
p. 17). Murdered 15 Oct. 1326 (Annales Monastici (R.S. 36) iv 347; Croniques de
London, ed. G. J. Aungier (Camden Soc., 1844) p. 52; D. & C. Ex. 3625 f. vb).
M. James de Berkeley D.Th. 1326-1327.
El. 5 Dec. 1326 (Murimuth p. 53). Royal assent 12 Dec. (CPR. 1324-1327 p. 342).
K. petitioned pope on Berkeley's behalf 18 Dec. (Foedera 11 ii 170). Abp's conf. and
spir. 8 Jan. 1327 despite papal reservn. of see on 24 Nov. 1326 (Lamb., Reg. Reynolds
f. 151b/152b). Temps. s.d. (CPR. 1324-1327 p. 345). Prov. 10 March (CPL. 11 258).
Cons. 22 March (fn. 1) (Cant., Reg. A f. 293b/244b; Murimuth p. 53). Papal conf. 22 Apr.
(Reg. Grandisson 1 88; CPL. 11 258). D. 24 June (Murimuth p. 54; D. & C. Ex. 3625
f. 58b).
[John de Godeley 1327.]
John de Grandisson 1327-1369.
Petition of chapt. for lic. el. 27 June 1327 (P.R.O., C 84/21/35). Lic. el. 5 July
(CPR. 1327-1330 p. 136). Godeley el.; request for royal assent 22 Aug. (P.R.O.,
C 84/21/36); royal assent 31 Aug. (CPR. 1327-1330 p. 147; Lamb., Reg. Reynolds
f. 158b/159b). Royal mand. to prior and convent of Christ Church, Canterbury, for
his conf., 9 Dec. (CCR. 1327-1330 p. 240; Cant., Reg. Q f. 146/158). El. set aside by
pope, who had made prov. to Grandisson 10 Aug. (fn. 2) (Reg. Grandisson 1 95; Murimuth
p. 54; CPL. 11 485). Grandisson cons. 18 Oct., and pope commended him to the k.
19 Oct. (Reg. Grandisson 1 322; P.R.O., SC 7/56/20). Profession of obedience 5 Feb.
1328 (Cant., Reg. A f. 294/245; Literae Cantuarienses, ed. J. B. Sheppard (R.S. 85)
1 312). Temps. 9 March (CPR. 1327-1330 p. 250). Enthroned 22 Aug. (Reg. Grandisson
1 95). D. 16 July 1369 (Cal. Inquisitions post mortem XII No. 354).
Thomas de Brantyngham 1370-1394.
Petition of chapt. for lic. el. 24 July 1369 (P.R.O., C 84/30/4). Lic. el. 31 July
(CPR. 1367-1370 p. 291). Prov. at k's request 4 March 1370 (A. Murimuth, Continuatio
Chronicarum (R.S. 93) p. 205; Reg. Brantyngham 1 221). Spir. 3 May (Lamb., Reg.
Wittlesey ff. 135b-136). Cons. 12 May (Reg. Brantyngham 1 3). Temps. 16 May
(ibid. p. 4; CPR. 1367-1370 p. 408). D. 23 Dec. 1394 (Eubel 1 243). (fn. 1)
[Roger Walden 1395.]
M. Edmund Stafford D.C.L. 1395-1419.
Prov. to Stafford 23 Jan. 1395 (Eubel 1 243). Lic. el. 26 Jan. (CPR. 1391-1396
p. 527). K. tried to induce chapt. to el. Walden (Anglo-Norman Letters and Petitions,
ed. M. D. Legge (Oxford, 1941) pp. 169-70). Because of threats of violence, canons
feared to proceed with el.; royal mand. to sheriff of Devon 8 Feb. to arrest troublemakers (CCR. 1392-1396 pp. 404-5). Stafford el. 25 Feb.; petition for royal assent to
el., 1 March (P.R.O., C 84/36/11). Royal assent 15 March; custody of temps. 16 May;
royal lic., 11 June, for execution of prov. (CPR. 1391-1396 pp. 559, 569, 580). Cons.
20 June (Reg. Stafford (Ex.) p. vii). Temps. 24 June (CPR. 1391-1396 p. 602). 30 June,
Stafford renounced all words in prov. prejudicial to k. (P.R.O., C 47/15/1 (23)).
D. 3 or 17 Sept. 1419 (Reg. Stafford 11 f. 205; D. & C. Ex. 3550 f. 120/143; D. & C. Ex.
3625 f. v). (fn. 2)
M. John Catryk Lic.Cn.L. 1419.
Lic. el. 30 Sept. 1419 (CPR. 1416-1422 p. 219). El. n.d. (D. & C. Ex. 3550 f.
127/150); royal assent to el. signified to pope, 1 Dec. (D. & C. Ex. 3625 f. 175/183;
CPR. 1416-1422 p. 252). But the pope had already trans. him from Coventry and
Lichfield by prov. 20 Nov. (CPL. VII 134; Reg. Chichele 1 73). D. 28 Dec. (Reg. Lacy
(Ex.) 1 xiii; Reg. Chichele 11 178-80).
M. Edmund Lacy D.Th. 1420-1455.
Lic. el. 13 March 1420 (CPR. 1416-1422 p. 265). Royal assent to el. signified to
pope 5 May (ibid. p. 277). Trans. by prov. from Hereford 3 July (Reg. Lacy (Ex.)
1 42; CPL. VII 158). Temps. 31 Oct. (CPR. 1416-1422 p. 303). Profession of obedience
and spir. 4 Nov. (Reg. Chichele 1 68). Enthroned 29 March 1421 (D. & C. Ex. 3550
f. 127/150). D. 18 Sept. 1455 (Reg. Lacy (Ex.) 1 400).
[M. John Hals B.Th. 1455.]
M. George Neville 1456-1465.
Lic. el. 8 Oct. 1455 (CPR. 1452-1461 p. 282; D. & C. Ex. 2350). Prov. made to
Hals 20 Oct. 1455 (Eubel 11 151), but he refused it (CPL. XI 30; CPR. 1452-1461
p. 281). Prov. made to Neville 4 Feb. 1456, but cons. deferred because under age
(CPL. XI 30). Temps. 21 March (CPR. 1452-1461 p. 281). Spir. 10 Apr. (Reg. Neville
ff. 32-32b). Lic. alibi cons. 29 Nov. 1458 (Cant., Reg. S f. 200b/1b). (fn. 3) Abp. of York
1465.
M. John Booth Lic.C.L. 1465-1478.
Prov. 15 March 1465 (CPL. XII 432). Temps. 12 June (CPR. 1461-1467 p. 455).
Lic. alibi cons. 2 July (Cant., Reg. S ff. 217b/218b-218/219). Cons. 7 July (Reg. Booth
f. 1). D. 5 Apr. 1478 (memorial inscription in East Horsley ch., Surr., Surrey
Archaeol. Coll. xxix 97).
M. Peter Courtenay D.Cn.L. 1478-1487.
El. by 14 June 1478 (D. & C. Ex. 2378). Prov. 9 Sept. (fn. 1) (CPL. XIII ii 657). Temps.
3 Nov. (CPR. 1476-1485 p. 127). Lic. alibi cons. 4 Nov. (Cant., Reg. S f. 290b/98b).
Cons. 8 Nov. (Reg. Courtenay f. 83). Bp. of Winchester 1487.
M. Richard Fox D.C.L. 1487-1492.
Prov. 29 Jan. 1487 (P.R.O., SC 7/37/20; Eubel 11 152; cf. Lamb., Reg. Morton
1 f. 18b). Temps. 2 Apr. (CPR. 1485-1494 p. 168). Lic. alibi cons. 3 Apr. (Lamb., Reg.
Morton 1 f. 18). Profession of obedience and cons. probably 8 Apr. (ibid.; J. Leland,
Collectanea, ed. T. Hearne (London, 1770) IV 209). Bp. of Bath and Wells 1492.
M. Oliver King D.Cn. & C.L. 1492-1495.
Custody of temps. 5 May 1492 (CPR. 1485-1494 p. 389). Prov. 1 Oct. (Lamb.,
Reg. Morton 1 f. 24). Lic. alibi cons. 31 Jan. 1493 (Cant., Reg. S f. 378b). Cons. by
11 Feb. (fn. 2) ; mand. of archdcn. of Canterbury for enthronement s.d. (D. & C. Ex. 2319).
Bp. of Bath and Wells 1495.
M. Richard Redmayn O.Prem. 1495-1501.
Trans. from St Asaph by prov. 6 Nov. 1495 (D. & C. Ex. 2393). Temps. 7 Jan.
1496 (CPR. 1494-1509 p. 47). Bp. of Ely 1501.
M. John Arundel B.Th. 1502-1504.
Custody of temps. 22 Feb. 1502 (CPR. 1494-1509 p. 262). Trans. from Coventry
and Lichfield by prov. 8 Apr. (Eubel 11 152). Plenary restitution of temps. 5 July
(CPR. 1494-1509 p. 269). D. 14 March 1504 (PCC 14 Holgrave; Lamb., Reg. Warham
1 f. 201/206).
M. Hugh Oldham B.Cn. & C.L. 1504-1519.
Prov. 27 Nov. 1504 (Reg. Oldham f. 131). Oath of allegiance to pope n.d.; lic.
alibi cons. 29 Dec,; profession of obedience and cons. 5 Jan. 1505 (Lamb., Reg.
Warham 1 ff. 11-11b; Eubel 111 193). Temps. 6 Jan. (CPR. 1494-1509 p. 389). D. 25
June 1519 (Reg. Oldham f. 81).
M. John Veysey D.C.L. 1519-1551.
Custody of temps. 8 July 1519 (L. & P. 111 i No. 366). Prov. 31 Aug. (Lamb.,
Reg. Warham 1 f. 21b). Lic. alibi cons. 22 Oct. (Cant., Reg. T f. 162; Lamb., Reg.
Warham 1 f. 22). Oath of allegiance to pope, profession of obedience and cons. 6 Nov.
(Reg. Veysey 1 f. 1; Lamb., Reg. Warham 1 ff. 22-22b). Spir. 7 Nov. (Lamb., Reg.
Warham 1 f. 22b). Res. 14 Aug. 1551 (CPR. 1550-1553 pp. 36-7).