Thomas Bitton
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Thomas Bitton | |
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| Bishop of Exeter | |
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| Elected | between 8 October and 30 November 1291 |
| Term ended | 21 September 1307 |
| Predecessor | Peter Quinel |
| Successor | Walter de Stapledon |
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| Consecration | 16 March 1291 |
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| Denomination | Catholic |
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Thomas Bitton (sometimes Thomas de Bytton; died 1307) was a medieval Bishop of Exeter.
Life
Bitton was the nephew of William of Bitton I, who was Bishop of Bath from 1248 to 1264.[2] His brother was William of Bitton II, Bishop of Bath from 1267 to 1274.[3]
Bitton was elected between 8 October and 30 November 1291 and consecrated on 16 March 1292. He died on 21 September 1307.[4] In his will, he left funds to give one penny each to 10,212 poor people.[5] He was also a benefactor of Dorchester Friary, Dorset.
Citations
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bedford, W.K. Riland (1897). The blazon of episcopacy (2 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 50.
- ^ Shaw "Button, William (d. 1264)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Shaw "Button, William (d. 1274)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 246
- ^ Moorman Church Life p. 206 footnote 4
References
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Moorman, John R. H. (1955). Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century (Revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 213820968.
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External links
- "Entry for Thomas" in George Oliver's Lives of the Bishops of Exeter
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