Nicholas Close

Nicholas Close
Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
Church	Catholic
See	Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield
In Office	1452
Predecessor	William Booth
Successor	Reginald Boulers
Personal details
Died	October 1452
Previous post	Bishop of Carlisle Archdeacon of Colchester

Nicholas Close (died 1452) was an English priest, Bishop of Carlisle from 1450 to 1452. He was provided to the see of Carlisle in January of 1450, and consecrated on 15 March 1450.^[1] He was selected Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield on 30 August 1452 and served for a short time before his death in late October of 1452.^[2] He was educated at King's College, Cambridge, being elected a fellow in 1443,^[3] and served as a commissioner to Scotland in 1449. He was Archdeacon of Colchester before being appointed bishop.

Notes

1. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 236
2. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 254
3. ^ Close, Nicholas in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.

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. 

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Marmaduke Lumley	Bishop of Carlisle 1450–1452	Succeeded by William Percy
Preceded by William Booth	Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield 1452–1453	Succeeded by Reginald Boulers

Persondata
Name	Close, Nicholas
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Carlisle, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	October 1452
Place of death