Lionel Woodville

Lionel Woodville
Bishop of Salisbury
Church Catholic
Appointed 7 January 1482
Term ended c. 23 June1484
Predecessor Richard Beauchamp
Successor Thomas Langton
Orders
Consecration 21 April 1482
by Thomas Cardinal Bourchier
Personal details
Born c. 1446
Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire
Died c. 23 June 1484
Arms of Woodville: Argent, a fesse and a canton conjoined gules

Lionel Woodville (c. 1446 – 23 June 1484) was a Bishop of Salisbury in England.

Life

Woodville was a fourth son of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg; his siblings included Elizabeth Woodville, Queen Consort from 1464 to 1483.

In the late 1470s, Woodville became the first person in recorded history to receive an honorary degree, from the University of Oxford.[1] He was Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1479–1483.

After a number of more minor clerical positions, Woodville was elected Dean of Exeter in November of 1478, and held the position until 1482, when he became Bishop of Salisbury. He was nominated to Salisbury on 7 January 1482 and consecrated on 21 April 1482.[2]

Woodville died about 23 June 1484.[2]

Citations

  1. http://www.oua.ox.ac.uk/enquiries/hondegrees.html
  2. 1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 271

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Richard Beauchamp
Bishop of Salisbury
1482–1484
Succeeded by
Thomas Langton
Academic offices
Preceded by
Thomas Chaundeler
Chancellor of the University of Oxford
1479–1483
Succeeded by
William Dudley
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