- Lionel Woodville
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name =Lionel Woodville
religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Salisbury
Title =Bishop of Salisbury
Period = 1482–1484
Predecessor =Richard Beauchamp
Successor =Thomas Langton
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bishops =
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date of birth =
place of birth =c 1446
date of death =June 1484
place of death =Lionel Woodville (c. 1446 – 1484) was a
Bishop of Salisbury .Life
He was a younger son of
Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers andJacquetta of Luxembourg ; his siblings includedElizabeth Woodville , Queen Consort from 1464 to 1483.In the late 1470s, he became the first person in recorded history to receive an
honorary degree , from theUniversity of Oxford .After a number of more minor clerical positions, he was elected Dean of Exeter in November of 1478, and held the position until 1482, when he became
Bishop of Salisbury . He was nominatedJanuary 7 1482 and consecrated in April of 1482.Powicke "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 252]ee also
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List of bishops of Salisbury Notes
References
*Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961
External links
* [http://grr.xoc.net/familytree/html/d0084/i1819.html Bishop of Salisbury]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p10751.htm The Peerage:Britains Royal Family]
* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=32238 "Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541": volume 9]###@@@KEY@@@###
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NAME=Woodville, Lionel
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Salisbury
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DATE OF DEATH=June 1484
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