Geoffrey Blythe

For his nephew, see Geoffrey Blythe (divine).

Geoffrey Blythe
Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
In office	1503 – c. 1530
Predecessor	John Arundel
Successor	Rowland Lee
Personal details
Born	Norton, Derbyshire
Died	c. 1530
Denomination	Catholic
Parents	William Blythe & wife (née Rotherham)

Geoffrey Blythe (died c. 1530) was the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry.^[1]

Blythe was born at Norton in Derbyshire (now part of Sheffield) to William Blythe and a sister of Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York.^[2] He was schooled at Eton and then entered King's College, Cambridge in 1483.^[3]^[4] He was ordained a priest on 4 April 1496. King Henry VII entertained a high opinion of his abilities, and often employed him in foreign embassies. He was special ambassador on 27 May 1502 to Vladislas II, King of Hungary and Bohemia, and on his return was rewarded with the bishopric of Lichfield and Coventry. From 1512 to 1524 he was appointed president of the Council of Wales and the Marches.

Blythe's elder brother John was Bishop of Salisbury, and Bishops' House in Sheffield is said to be so-named because it was built for the brothers, though there is no evidence that they ever lived there.^[5]

References

↑ "Blythe, Geoffrey (d.1530)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
↑ Cox, John Charles (1903). Derbyshire. London: Methuen & Co. p. 51. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
↑ "Blythe, Geoffrey (BLT483G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ Cooper, Charles Henry; Cooper, Thompson (1858). Athenae Cantabrigienses. Volume I. 1500–1585. London: Bell & Daldy. pp. 40–41. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
↑ "Bishops' House". Museums Sheffield. Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust. Retrieved 2009-03-14.

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Blythe, Geoffrey (d.1530)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by John Arundel	Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield 1503–1530	Succeeded by Rowland Lee

Archdeacons of Cleveland

High Medieval	Hugh the Chanter Ralph de Baro John son of Letold Ralph Jeremy Geoffrey de Muschamp John de Gray Ralph de Kyme Hugh Murdac William of Ely Matthew Scot Serlo/Serlo John de Langeton the elder Roger Rufinus of Tonengo Thomas de Grimston

Late Medieval	Stephen de Mauley Adrian de Fieschi Innocent de Fieschi William de Weston John Ellerker Thomas de Holwell William de Ferriby William de Catton William Kexby Roger de Ripon Robert de Manfeld Adam Spencer John Marshall John Fitzthomas Alexander Herle Thomas Walkington Clement Stanton Richard Pittes William Pelleson William Duffield Stephen Wilton William Brande William Poteman William Constable Henry Carnebull Geoffrey Blythe John Hole Thomas Crossley

Early modern	John Reynald Richard Rawlins James Denton Thomas Bedyll/Bedell William Clyff Richard Langridge John Warner Christopher Malton Ralph Coulton Richard Remington Richard Byrde John Phillips Henry Thurscros Timothy Thurscros John Neale Robert Feild John Lake Barnabas Long John Burton James Fall John Richardson Jaques Sterne Francis Blackburne Robert Peirson

Late modern	Charles Baillie Francis Wrangham Leveson Vernon-Harcourt Henry Todd Edward Churton William Hey Henry Yeoman William Hutchings Thomas Lindsay Basil Carter Edmund Hope George Townley William Palin Stanley Linsley John Southgate Ron Woodley Chris Hawthorn Paul Ferguson Richard Rowling (Acting) Sam Rushton

Bishops of Lichfield (including precursor offices)

Mercia	Diuma Ceollach Trumhere Jaruman

Mercians & Lindisfaras	Chad

Lichfield	Winfrith Seaxwulf Headda Aldwine Witta Hemele Cuthfrith Berhthun Hygeberht (Archbishop of Lichfield) Ealdwulf Herewine Æthelwold Hunberght Cynefrith Tunberht Wulfsige Burgheard Eadberht Wulfred Wilferth Ælfwine Wulfgar Cynesige Wynsige Elphege Godwin Leofgar Brihtmær Wulfsige Leofwin Peter

Chester	Peter Robert de Limesey

Coventry	Robert de Limesey Robert Peche Roger de Clinton Walter Durdent Richard Peche Gerard la Pucelle Hugh Nonant Geoffrey de Muschamp William de Cornhill Alexander de Stavenby

Coventry & Lichfield	Alexander de Stavenby Hugh de Pateshull Roger Weseham Roger de Meyland Walter Langton Roger Northburgh Robert de Stretton Walter Skirlaw Richard le Scrope John Burghill John Catterick James Cary William Heyworth William Booth Nicholas Close Reginald Boulers John Hales William Smyth John Arundel Geoffrey Blythe Rowland Lee

Lichfield & Coventry	Rowland Lee Richard Sampson Ralph Baines Thomas Bentham William Overton George Abbot Richard Neile John Overall Thomas Morton Robert Wright Accepted Frewen John Hacket Thomas Wood William Lloyd John Hough Edward Chandler Richard Smalbroke The Hon Frederick Cornwallis John Egerton Brownlow North Richard Hurd The Hon James Cornwallis The Hon Henry Ryder Samuel Butler

Lichfield	Samuel Butler James Bowstead John Lonsdale George Selwyn William Maclagan The Hon Augustus Legge John Kempthorne Edward Woods Stretton Reeve Kenneth Skelton Keith Sutton Jonathan Gledhill Clive Gregory (acting) Michael Ipgrave (bishop-designate)

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