Thomas Bitton

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name = Thomas Bitton


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Exeter
Title = Bishop of Exeter
Period = 1291–1307
Predecessor = Peter Quinel
Successor =Walter de Stapledon
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date of death =September 21 1307
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Thomas Bitton (or Thomas de Bytton) was a medieval Bishop of Exeter.

Life

He was the nephew of William of Bitton I, who was Bishop of Bath from 1248 to 1264.Shaw "Button , William (d. 1264)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4236 Online Edition] accessed November 15, 2007] His brother was William of Bitton II, Bishop of Bath from 1267 to 1274.Shaw "Button , William (d. 1274)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4237 Online Edition] accessed November 15, 2007]

He was elected between October 8 and November 30 1291 and consecrated on March 16 1292. He died on September 21 1307.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 246] In his will, he left funds to give one penny each to 10,212 poor people.Moorman "Church Life in England" p. 206 footnote 4]

Notes

References

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* Shaw, David Gary "Button , William (d. 1264)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4236 Online Edition] accessed November 15, 2007
* Shaw, David Gary "Button , William (d. 1274)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4237 Online Edition] accessed November 15, 2007

External links

* [http://www.dsnell.zynet.co.uk/Oliver/14.html Oliver's Lives of the Bishops of Exeter entry for Thomas]

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