Thomas Vipont

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name =Thomas Vipont


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Carlisle
Title = Bishop of Carlisle
Period = 1254–1256
Predecessor = Silvester de Everdon
Successor =Robert de Chauncy
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post = rector of Greystoke
date of birth =
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date of death =14 October 1256
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Thomas Vipont was a medieval Bishop of Carlisle.

Life

He was a member of the family of the lords of Westmoreland but attained a "magister" degree from the schools.Summerson "Chaury, Robert (d. 1278) and Thomas Vipont (d. 1256)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/95124 Online Edition revised October 2007] accessed 20 November 2007] He was rector of Greystoke [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33856 British History Online Bishops of Carlisle] accessed on 20 October 2007] before he was elected bishop about September of 1254, and consecrated on 7 February 1255.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 235] He was elected by the chapter of Carlisle Cathedral over the objections of King Henry III of England who had preferred that the chapter elect his chaplain John of Skipton. Henry did not push the issue, and Thomas was given the temporalities of the see on 24 December 1254. He died 14 October 1256.

Notes

References

* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33856 British History Online Bishops of Carlisle] accessed on 20 October 2007
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* Summerson, Henry "Chaury, Robert (d. 1278) and Thomas Vipont (d. 1256)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" Oxford University Press, Oct 2007 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/95124 Online Edition revised October 2007] accessed 20 November 2007

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NAME= Vipont, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Vipont, Thomas
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Carlisle
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DATE OF DEATH=14 October 1256
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