Thomas Bitton (sometimes Thomas de Bytton; died 1307) was a medieval Bishop of Exeter.
Thomas Bitton | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Exeter | |
| Elected | between 8 October and 30 November 1291 |
| Term ended | 21 September 1307 |
| Predecessor | Peter Quinel |
| Successor | Walter de Stapledon |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 16 March 1291 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 21 September 1307 |
| Denomination | Catholic |
Life
editBitton was the nephew of William of Bitton I, who was Bishop of Bath from 1248 to 1264.[1] His brother was William of Bitton II, Bishop of Bath from 1267 to 1274.[2]
Bitton was elected between 8 October and 30 November 1291 and consecrated on 16 March 1292. He died on 21 September 1307.[3] In his will, he left funds to give one penny each to 10,212 poor people.[4] He was also a benefactor of Dorchester Friary, Dorset.
Citations
editReferences
edit- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Moorman, John R. H. (1955). Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century (Revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 213820968.
- Shaw, David Gary (2004). "Button [Bitton], William (d. 1264)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4236. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- —— (2004). "Button [Bitton], William (d. 1274)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4237. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
External links
edit- "Entry for Thomas" in George Oliver's Lives of the Bishops of Exeter
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