John of Ufford
John of Ufford († after 1289) was a bishop of the Irish diocese of Annadown .
Ufford was named after the village of Ufford in Suffolk , England , where his older brother Robert was a vassal of the Bishops of Ely and the Earls of Norfolk in the late 13th century. Presumably his brother had inherited these properties from her father before 1256, although the name and status of her father are unknown. John of Ufford embarked on a spiritual career as a younger son. Probably at the end of 1280 or beginning of 1281 he came to Ireland as Master John of Ufford , where his brother was justiciar and thus the king's deputy at that time . Through his brother's influence, John became archdeacon of Annadown , Galway . His brother was replaced in November 1281 and returned to England. In 1283 John of Ufford was elected Bishop of Annadown. However, the temporalities of this diocese had already been transferred to the Archdiocese of Tuam in the 1230s . John traveled to the Pope in Rome to claim the goods for himself, but was unsuccessful there too. Without ever having taken up his office as bishop, he renounced his claim around 1289. It was not until 1306 that Gilbert Ó Tigernaig from Ireland was elected as his successor.
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul Brand: Ufford, Sir Robert of (b. In or before 1235, d. 1298). 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 2004
- ↑ Michael Robson: Gilbert Ó Tigernaig, Bishop of Annaghdown, c.1306-23 . In: Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, 48 (1996), p. 50
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| SURNAME | John of Ufford |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | uncertain: before 1256 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1289 |