Henry le Despencer

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name =Henry le Despencer


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Norwich
Title = Bishop of Norwich
Period = 1370–1406
Predecessor = Thomas Percy
Successor =Alexander Tottington
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date of death =August 23 1406
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Henry le Despencer was a medieval Bishop of Norwich, the younger brother of Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer.

He was nominated April 3 1370 and was consecrated on August 14 1370. Despencer won a reputation as the "Fighting Bishop" for putting down an outbreak of the Peasants' Revolt in Norfolk. However, his "crusade" in Flanders in 1383, nominally directed against the antipope Clement VII, was a fiasco. Upon his return to England, his temporalities were confiscated, but were returned in 1385.zFact|date=September 2008 He died on August 23 1406.Powicke "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 243]

ee also

* List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Norwich, England and its precursor offices

Notes

References

* Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

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