17 April 1340 A.D. Ralph Stratford Dies—74th Bishop of London; From Stratford-upon-Avon (Shakespeare's Home); Formerly, Treasure of Salisbury (1336-1340)

17 April 1340 A.D. Ralph Stratford Dies—74^th Bishop of London; From Stratford-upon-Avon (Shakespeare's Home); Formerly, Treasure of Salisbury (1336-1340); Elected 26 Jan, Temporalities Received 13 Feb, and Consecrated 12 Mar 1340;  Died After 14 Years in Office, 17 Apr 1354

Ralph Stratford

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Ralph Stratford
Bishop of London
Church	Catholic
See	Diocese of London
In office	1340–1354
Predecessor	Richard de Wentworth
Successor	Michael Northburgh
Personal details
Born	1300 Warwickshire
Died	17 April 1354 Stepney, London

Ralph Stratford (c. 1300-1354), also known as Ralph Hatton of Stratford, was a medieval Bishop of London.

Contents 

·         1 Early life

·         2 Career

·         3 Death

·         4 Notes

·         5 References

Early life

Ralph was born into the wealthy Stratford Family of Stratford-on-Avon at the beginning of the fourteenth century. His parents may have been Thomas Hatton (of Warwickshire) and a sister of the bishops John de Stratford and Robert Stratford. He is also related, through them, toHenry de Stratford, the Bishop Andrew de Stratford^[1] and the Archdeacon Thomas de Stratford. He attended Oxford University and was regent MA in 1329.^[2]

Career

Stratford's career was closely defined by and linked with his uncles John and Robert. He was elected 26 January 1340 and consecrated on 12 March 1340.^[3] In 1350 the king nominated him for the cardinalate.^[4]

Death

Stratford died at Stepney, on 7 or 17 April 1354, and on the 28th his uncle Robert Stratford, bishop of Chichester, granted forty days' indulgence to those who prayed for his soul. He was buried in St Paul's Cathedral.^[5]

Notes

1.     Jump up^ Blomefield and Parkin An essay towards a topographical history of the county of Norfolk pp. 390

2.     Jump up^ Roy Martin Haines, ‘Stratford , Ralph (c.1300–1354)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 28 May 2014

3.     Jump up^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258

4.     Jump up^ Roy Martin Haines, ‘Stratford , Ralph (c.1300–1354)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 28 May 2014

5.     Jump up^ Roy Martin Haines, ‘Stratford , Ralph (c.1300–1354)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 28 May 2014

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.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Richard de Wentworth	Bishop of London 1340–1354	Succeeded by Michael Northburgh