John Hales (bishop of Coventry and Lichfield)

For other people named John Hales, see John Hales (disambiguation).

John Hales
Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
Church	Catholic
Appointed	20 September 1459
Term ended	between 15 September and 30 September 1490
Predecessor	Reginald Boulers
Successor	William Smyth
Orders
Consecration	25 November 1459
Personal details
Died	September 1490

John Hales (also Hals or Halse; died 1490) was a medieval Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.

Hales was Dean of Exeter between 1457 and 1459.^[1]

Briefly during the restoration of King Henry VI of England in 1470 Hales was named Keeper of the Privy Seal, but he lost the office on the restoration of King Edward IV of England in 1471.^[2]

Hales was nominated on 20 September 1459, and consecrated on 25 November 1459. He died on between 15 September and 30 September 1490.^[3]

Citations

↑ Ursula Radford (1955). "An Introduction to the Deans of Exeter". Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association 87: 1–24.
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 96
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 254

References

Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

Political offices
Preceded by Thomas Rotheram	Lord Privy Seal 1470–1471	Succeeded by Thomas Rotheram
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by John Cobethorn	Dean of Exeter 1457–1459	Succeeded by Henry Webber
Preceded by Reginald Boulers	Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield 1459–1490	Succeeded by William Smyth

Deans of Exeter

High Medieval	Serlo Roger de Wynkleigh William de Stanwey Roger de Toriz John Noble John Pycot Andrew de Kilkenny

Late Medieval	Henry de Somerset Thomas de Lechlade Bartholomew de Sancto Laurentio Richard de Coleton Richard de Braylegh Reginald de Bugwell Robert Sumpter Thomas Walkyngton Ralph Tregrision Stephen Payn John Cobethorn John Hals Henry Webber Peter Courtenay Lionel Woodville John Arundel

Early modern	Edward Willoughby Thomas Hobbes John Vesey Richard Pace Reginald Pole Simon Haynes James Haddon Thomas Reynolds Gregory Dodds George Carew Stephen Townesend Matthew Sutcliffe William Peterson Seth Ward Edward Young George Cary The Hon Richard Annesley William Wake Lancelot Blackburne Edward Trelawney John Gilbert Alured Clarke William Holmes Charles Lyttleton Jeremiah Milles William Buller Charles Harward

Late modern	Charles Talbot George Gordon John Garnett Whittington Landon Thomas Lowe Charles Ellicott The Viscount Midleton Archibald Boyd Benjamin Cowie Alfred Earle Henry Gamble Walter Matthews Spencer Carpenter Alexander Wallace Marcus Knight Clifford Chapman Richard Eyre Keith Jones Jonathan Meyrick Jonathan Draper

Diocese of Exeter

Exeter Cathedral The Palace, Exeter The Old Deanery, Exeter

Office holders	The Bishop of Exeter, Robert Atwell The Bishop suffragan of Plymouth, Nick McKinnel The Bishop suffragan of Crediton, Sarah Mullally AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet The Dean of Exeter, Jonathan Draper The Archdeacon of Plymouth, Ian Chandler The Archdeacon of Exeter, Christopher Futcher The Archdeacon of Barnstaple, Mark Butchers The Archdeacon of Totnes, Douglas Dettmer

Selected deaneries	Deanery of Barnstaple Deanery of Cadbury Deanery of Christianity (Exeter) Deanery of Hartland

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Cornwall (11th century – 1876; became the Diocese of Truro)

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

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