Marmaduke Lumley

Marmaduke Lumley (died 1450) was an English priest, Bishop of Carlisle from 1429 to 1450, and Knight Commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. He was a son of Ralph de Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley and Eleanor de Neville.[1] He was elected about 5 December 1429, and consecrated on 16 April 1430.[2] He was Bishop of Lincoln for a short time before his death in December 1450.[3] He was educated at University of Cambridge and was appointed Precentor of Lincoln Cathedral in 1425. He also became Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1427 and was Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge from 1429 to 1443. From 1446 to 1449 he served as Lord High Treasurer of England.[4] Lumley's tenure as Lord High Treasurer occurred during the Great Bullion Famine and the Great Slump in England.

Marmaduke Lumley
Bishop of Lincoln
Appointedlate 1450
Term endedDecember 1450
PredecessorWilliam of Alnwick
SuccessorJohn Chadworth
Orders
Consecration16 April 1430
Personal details
DiedDecember 1450
DenominationCatholic
Previous postBishop of Carlisle
Precentor of Lincoln Cathedral

Citations
  1. Milner Records p.15
  2. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 236
  3. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 256
  4. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 106

References
  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  • Milner, E. (1904). Records of the Lumleys of Lumley Castle. Edith Benham, ed. London: George Bell & Sons. Google Books.
Political offices
Preceded by
The Lord Sudeley		 Lord High Treasurer
1446–1449		 Succeeded by
The Lord Saye and Sele
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
William Barrow		 Bishop of Carlisle
1429–1450		 Succeeded by
Nicholas Close
Preceded by
William Alnwick		 Bishop of Lincoln
1450		 Succeeded by
John Chadworth
Academic offices
Preceded by
Henry Wells		 Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
1429–1443		 Succeeded by
Simon Dalling

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