20 February 1496 A.D. Richard Hill Dies—87th Bishop of London; Formerly Archdeacon of Lewes & Dean of the King’s Chapel; Appointed 21 Aug 1489; Received Temporalities 6 Nov 1489; Consecrated 15 Nov 1489

20 February 1496 A.D. Richard Hill Dies—87^th Bishop of London; Formerly Archdeacon of Lewes & Dean of the King’s Chapel; Appointed 21 Aug 1489; Received Temporalities 6 Nov 1489; Consecrated 15 Nov 1489

Richard Hill (bishop)

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Richard Hill
Bishop of London
Church	Catholic
See	Diocese of London
In office	1489–1496
Predecessor	Thomas Kempe
Successor	Thomas Savage
Personal details
Died	20 February 1496

Richard Hill (fl. 10 May 1486; died 20 February 1496)^[1] was a medieval Bishop of London.

Hall was Archdeacon of Lewes from 1486,^[2] until he was provided as Bishop of London on 21 August 1489 and consecrated on 15 November 1489. With a group of supporters around the Court of Arches, including Edward Vaughan, he attempted to undermine the prerogative powers of the Archbishop of Canterbury, at the time John Morton.^[3]

Notes

1.      Jump up ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 259

2.      Jump up ^ Richard, (fl.1486-9).doc Hill, Richard, (fl.1486-9)

3.      Jump up ^ Harper-Bill, Christopher "The Familia, Administrators and Patronage of Archbishop John Morton", Journal of Religious History, Volume 10 Issue 3, pp. 236 – 252, published online 9 October 2007

References

• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 

Further reading

Harper-Bill, Christopher Bishop Richard Hill and the court of Canterbury, 1494–96. Guildhall Studies in London History, 3:1 (1977), 1–12.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Thomas Kempe	Bishop of London 1489–1496	Succeeded by Thomas Savage