- Michael Northburgh
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Michael Northburgh Bishop of London Church Roman Catholic See Diocese of London In Office 1354–1361 Predecessor Ralph Stratford Successor Simon Sudbury Personal details Died 9 September 1361 Previous post Archdeacon of Suffolk Michael Northburgh, otherwise Michael de Northburgh (Northborough), was the Bishop of London between 1354 and his death in 1361.
Northburgh occupied the office of Lord Privy Seal between 1350 and 1354.[1]
Northburgh was elected bishop on 22 April 1354 and consecrated on 12 July 1355.[2]
Northburgh's most lasting achievement as bishop was in helping to found the Charterhouse. He bought land from Sir Walter de Manny and by his will left £2000 'for the foundation of a House according to the ritual of the Carthusian order in a place commonly called "Newchirchehawe", where there is a church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.' (Ct. H.W. II. 61, and Anc. Deeds, B. 2315.)
Earlier Northburgh was Rector of Pulham St. Mary (1341) and Archdeacon of Suffolk.[1] He may be the same Michael Northburgh who accompanied King Edward III of England on the English expedition to France which included the Battle of Crécy (1346) and who acted as royal clerk, writing an eyewitness account in a newsletter from the English camp, and giving the French casualties as 1,542 "without reckoning the commons and foot-soldiers".
Northburgh died on 9 September 1361.[2]
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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.
Political offices Preceded by
Simon IslipLord Privy Seal
1350–1354Succeeded by
Thomas BramberCatholic Church titles Preceded by
Ralph StratfordBishop of London
1354–1361Succeeded by
Simon Sudbury
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