Ralph Ergham

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name =Ralph Ergham


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Bath and Wells
Title =Bishop of Bath and Wells
Period = 1388–1400
Predecessor = Walter Skirlaw
Successor =Richard Clifford
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bishops = Bishop of Salisbury
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date of death =10 April 1400
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Ralph Ergham or Erghum was the English bishop of Salisbury from 1375 to 1388, and then bishop of Bath and Wells from 1388 to 1400.

Ergham was Chancellor of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster [ [http://193.39.212.223/report.asp?compid=38360 Hospitals of St Mary Magdalen, Preston] accessed on 24 August 2007] [http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/chancellors_of_the_duchy_of_lanca.htm, accessed on 24 August 2007] from 1373 to 1377. On 12 October 1375 he was selected to be Bishop of Salisbury, and was consecrated on 9 December.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 270] On 3 April 1388 he was transferred to the see of Bath and Wells.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 228] Ergham was a member of King Richard II's first council, representing John of Gaunt's interests. [McKisack "The Fourteenth Century" p. 400] He died on 10 April 1400.

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* [http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/chancellors_of_the_duchy_of_lanca.htm Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]
* [http://193.39.212.223/report.asp?compid=38360 Hospitals of St Mary Magdalen, Preston]
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* McKisack, May "The Fourteenth Century"

Persondata
NAME= Ergham, Ralph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Erghum, Ralph
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Salisbury; Bishop of Bath and Wells
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DATE OF DEATH=10 April 1400
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