Thomas Kempe

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Thomas Kempe
Bishop of London
Appointed21 August 1448
Term ended28 March 1489
PredecessorRobert Gilbert
SuccessorRichard Hill
Previous post(s)Archdeacon of Richmond
Orders
Consecration8 February 1450
Personal details
Died28 March 1489
DenominationCatholic

Thomas Kempe was a medieval Bishop of London.

Kempe was the nephew of John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury.

Kempe was provided to London on 21 August 1448 and consecrated on 8 February 1450. He died on 28 March 1489.[1] He had previously held the offices of Archdeacon of York and then Richmond from 1442 to 1448.[2]

There was a memorial to him by the tenth column at the west end of Old St Paul's Cathedral.[3]

Citations

  1. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 259
  2. ^ Jones Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond
  3. ^ "Memorials of St Paul's Cathedral" Sinclair, W. p. 91: London; Chapman & Hall, Ltd; 1909

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.
  • Jones, B. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond. Institute for Historical Research.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of London
1448–1489 		Succeeded by


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