Robert FitzHugh

Robert FitzHugh
Robert FitzHugh
Bishop of London
	Arms of FitzHugh: Azure, three chevrons interlaced in base or a chief of the last
Appointed	30 April 1431
Term ended	15 January 1436
Predecessor	William Grey
Successor	Robert Gilbert
Orders
Consecration	16 September 1431
Personal details
Died	15 January 1436
Denomination	Catholic

Robert FitzHugh (died 1436) was Bishop of London and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

Origins

FitzHugh was the second son of Henry FitzHugh, 3rd Baron FitzHugh (c. 1363-1425), KG, of Ravensworth Castle in North Yorkshire, by his wife Elizabeth Grey (born c. 1363), a daughter of Sir Robert de Grey, a son of John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield.

Career

FitzHugh was provided to the see of London on 30 April 1431 and was consecrated on 16 September 1431.^[1]

Death

FitzHugh died on 15 January 1436.^[1]

Memorial

There was a memorial brass to him in the quire at Old St Paul's Cathedral.^[2]

Citations

1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 259
↑ "Memorials of St Paul's Cathedral" Sinclair, W. p93: 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.

Academic offices

Preceded by

Thomas Cobham

Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
1424–1426

Succeeded by

William Wymbell

Catholic Church titles

Preceded by

William Grey

Bishop of London
1431–1436

Succeeded by

Robert Gilbert

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[Handbook259-1] 1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 259

[2] "Memorials of St Paul's Cathedral" Sinclair, W. p93: London; Chapman & Hall, Ltd; 1909

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