John Blythe

John Blythe , also John Blyth (* around 1450 ; † 23 August 1499 in Ramsbury , Wiltshire ) was an English clergyman and lawyer. He was Bishop of Salisbury from 1493 to 1499 .

Family and education

Blyth was born to William Blyth. His mother was a sister of Thomas Rotherham , Archbishop of York between 1480 and 1500. Blyth's brother Geoffrey was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield from 1503 to about 1530 . His university education Blyth received the King's Hall College of the University of Cambridge , where he 1476-1477 Fellow was and 1488-1498 overseer. In 1485 he received his doctorate as Doctor of Civil Law .

Professional background

In 1477, Thomas Rotherham, as Bishop of Lincoln, gave his nephew the post of Archdeacon of Stow. The following year he took over the archdeaconate of Huntingdon, which he held until 1494. He also worked as a canon in Lincoln Cathedral . After his uncle was named Archbishop of York, Blyth got a job as a canon at York Minster . This employment was connected with very lucrative benefices . On May 5, 1492 he took over the office of Master of the Rolls and on November 13, 1493 Henry VII raised him to Bishop of Salisbury. Between March and August 1499 he sat before several inquisition proceedings in Reading , Sonning and Ramsbury . After his death, Blyth was buried in Salisbury Cathedral. His tomb has been preserved to this day.

literature

• DP Wright: Blyth, John (c.1450-1499). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of May 2009, accessed May 21, 2014.

Web links

• Entry for John Blythe on catholic-hierarchy.org

predecessor	Office	successor
David William	Master of the Rolls 1492-1494	William Warham
Thomas Langton	Bishop of Salisbury 1493–1499	Henry Deane