Thomas Rushhook

Thomas Rushhook
Bishop of Breifne (Kilmore)
Church	Catholic
In office	c. 1388–c. 1392
Predecessor	John
Successor	Sean o Raighilligh
Personal details
Died	c. 1392 Ireland
Previous post	Bishop of Llandaff Bishop of Chichester Archdeacon of St. Asaph

Thomas Rushhook (also known as Thomas Rushook, Thomas Rushock, Thomas Rushooke, Thomas Russhock or Thomas Vichor; died c. 1392) was an English Dominican, bishop and chaplain^[1] to Richard II of England.

Rushhook was Provincial of the Dominican Order in England 1373 to 1382, being deposed at one point.^[2] He was Archdeacon of St Asaph 1382-3,^[3] bishop of Llandaff on 16 January 1383,^[4] and then was transferred to be bishop of Chichester on 16 October 1385.^[5]

A supporter of Richard II, Rushhook was impeached in 1388.^[6] Subsequently he was in Ireland, as bishop of Breifne (Kilmore), where he died about 1392.^[7]

Citations

1. McKisack The Fourteenth Century p. 426.
2. Friaries: The house of Black Friars: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 2 (1907), pp. 107-22 Date accessed: 26 July 2007
3. British History Online: Archdeacons of Aspagh accessed on 25 August 2007
4. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 293
5. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 239
6. McKisack The Fourteenth Century p. 458.
7. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 363

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.
• McKisack, May The Fourteenth Century