Thomas Rushhook

Infobox bishopbiog
name = Thomas Rushhook


religion =Catholic
See = Diocese of Kilmore
Title = Bishop of Kilmore
Period = c1388–c1392
Predecessor = John
Successor = Sean o Raighilligh
ordination =
bishops = Bishop of Llandaff
Bishop of Chichester
post = Archdeacon of St. Asaph
date of birth =
place of birth =
date of death =circa 1392
place of death =Ireland

Thomas Rushhook (also known as Thomas Rushook, Thomas Rushock, Thomas Rushooke, Thomas Russhock or Thomas Vichor) was an English Dominican, bishop and chaplain [McKisack "The Fourteenth Century" p. 426.] to Richard II of England.

He was Provincial of the Dominican Order in England 1373 to 1382, being deposed at one point. [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=40196 Friaries: The house of Black Friars: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 2 (1907), pp. 107-22] Date accessed: 26 July 2007] . He was Archdeacon of St Asaph 1382-3, [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=32461 British History Online: Archdeacons of Aspagh] accessed on 25 August 2007] bishop of Llandaff on 16 January 1383,Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 293] and then was transferred to be bishop of Chichester on 16 October 1385.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 239]

A supporter of Richard II, he was impeached in 1388. [McKisack "The Fourteenth Century" p. 458.] Subsequently he was in Ireland, as bishop of Kilmore, where he died about 1392.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 363]

Notes

References

* Concise Dictionary of National Biography, under Thomas Rushook.
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* McKisack, May "The Fourteenth Century"

Persondata
NAME= Rushhook, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Rushook, Thomas; Rushock, Thomas; Rushooke, Thomas; Russhock, Thomas; Vichor, Thomas
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Archdeacon of St. Asaph, Bishop of Llandaff, Bishop of Chichester, Bishop of Kilmore
DATE OF BIRTH=
PLACE OF BIRTH=
DATE OF DEATH=circa 1392
PLACE OF DEATH=