Hugh of Pattishall

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Hugh of Pattishall (also Hugh of Pateshull ) († December 8, 1241 in Potterspury , Northamptonshire ) was an English official and clergyman. From 1234 to 1240 he was the treasurer of King Henry III. , after which he was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield .

Origin and advancement to treasurer

Hugh was believed to be from Northamptonshire. He was a son of the royal judge Simon of Pattishall and his wife Amice. Hugh began his career as an official in the Royal Treasury. After his father died around 1217, he inherited parts of his property at Pattishall in Northamptonshire in 1218 . In the treasury he kept the seal, so he had the duties that the Chancellor of the Exchequer later took over. As the successor to the failed Peter de Rivallis , he became the king's treasurer on June 1, 1234. As a reward he received several benefices in Northamptonshire and in 1238 or 1239 another at London's St Paul's Cathedral .

Bishop of Coventry

After the death of Alexander Stavensby , Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield in 1238, choosing a successor was difficult. The cathedral chapter of Lichfield and the cathedral priory of Coventry had concluded an agreement in 1228, according to which the canons of Lichfield and the monks of Coventry could alternately elect the bishops. However, this agreement was not kept. While the canons of Lichfield chose their dean, William of Mancetter , the monks of Coventry preferred Nicholas of Farnham . Ultimately, Hugh of Pattishall was chosen as the alternative candidate. He was ordained bishop on July 1, 1240 at Newark, near Guildford , Surrey . As a bishop, he endeavored to improve the diocese's chronically scarce income. To this end, he himself took over the rights to the church of Wybunbury in Cheshire in 1240 , whose income he later bequeathed to the bishops of Lichfield, and in 1241 the church of St Michael in Coventry. This later became Coventry Cathedral. In 1241 he made a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Edmund in Bury , then on November 30th he attended a council of bishops in Oxford . On the return journey he died after only sixteen months in office in Potterspury in Northamptonshire. He was traditionally buried in Lichfield Cathedral.

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predecessor Office successor
Peter de Rivallis Lord High Treasurer
1234-1240
William Haverhill
Alexander Stavensby Bishop of Coventry
1240–1241
Roger of Wesham