William Dudley (bishop)
William Dudley (died 1483) was Dean of Windsor and then Bishop of Durham.
William Dudley | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Durham | |
| Appointed | 31 July 1476 |
| Term ended | 29 November 1483 |
| Predecessor | Laurence Booth |
| Successor | John Sherwood |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | between 1 September and 12 October 1476 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 29 November 1483 |
| Denomination | Catholic |
Born William Sutton, of Dudley, he was a younger son of John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley.[1] He was made a canon of St George's Chapel, Windsor and Dean of the Chapel Royal in 1471 and elevated to Dean of Windsor in 1473, a position which he held with that of Dean of Wolverhampton: thereafter the two posts were customarily held by the same man.
Dudley was nominated to Durham on 31 July 1476 and was consecrated between 1 September and 12 October 1476. In 1483 he supported Richard, Duke of Gloucester, the future King Richard III, in his bid for the Throne of England.[2] In the last months of his life he was Chancellor of Oxford University.[1] Dudley died on 29 November 1483.[3]
Citations
- Loades p. 1
- Ross p. 43
- Fryde, et al. p. 242
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.
- Loades, David (1996): John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland 1504–1553, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 0-19-820193-1
- Ross, Charles (1981): Richard III, Berkeley: University of California Press, ISBN 978-0-520-05075-4
| Catholic Church titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Laurence Booth |
Bishop of Durham 1476–1483 |
Succeeded by John Sherwood |
| Academic offices | ||
| Preceded by Lionel Woodville |
Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1483 |
Succeeded by John Russell |