Robert Braybrooke

Robert Braybrooke was a medieval Dean of Salisbury and Bishop of London.

Robert Braybrooke
Bishop of London
Appointed9 September 1381
Term ended28 August 1404
PredecessorWilliam Courtenay
SuccessorRoger Walden
Orders
Consecration5 January 1382
Personal details
Died28 August 1404
DenominationCatholic

Biography

Braybrooke was the son of Sir Gerard Braybrooke of Horsenden, Buckinghamshire & Colmworth, Bedfordshire and his wife, Isabella, the daughter of Sir Roger Dakeny of Clophill. He was nominated 9 September 1381 and consecrated on 5 January 1382.[1]

Braybrooke was named Lord Chancellor of England on 20 September 1382 and was out of the office by 11 July 1383.[2]

Braybrooke accompanied King Richard II to Ireland in 1394 and was Lord Chancellor of Ireland for six months in 1397.

Braybrooke died on 28 August 1404,[1] and was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. His tomb was smashed during the Great Fire of London in 1666, and his body was found inside intact and mummified.[3]

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Citations

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.
Political offices
Preceded by
William Trussel
Secretary of State (England) Succeeded by
John Rrofit
Preceded by
Richard Scrope
Lord Chancellor
1382–1383
Succeeded by
Michael de la Pole
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
William Courtenay
Bishop of London
1381–1404
Succeeded by
Roger Walden

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