Thomas Ringstead

Thomas Ringstead (also de Ringstede ) OP († January 8, 1366 in Shrewsbury ) was an English religious. From 1357 he was Bishop of Bangor .

Origin and studies

Thomas Ringstead probably came from Ringstead , Norfolk . He is said to have studied at Cambridge University , where he graduated with a master's degree before earning a doctorate in theology .

Advancement as a religious

In January 1346 Ringstead entered the Dominican Convent of Cambridge , where he stayed until 1348. He then went on to study in France and Italy. Ringstead was a respected scholar. He is considered the author of a number of theological writings and sermons, of which only two have survived. These are a lecture on the sentences of Peter Lombard , which has been preserved in several copies, as well as different versions of a script for the Book of Proverbs . He had originally given this text as a lecture in Cambridge, later the versions were mistakenly viewed as different texts. This text could also be the work of another Thomas Ringstead , who was a canon at Lincoln Cathedral between 1440 and 1452 .

From 1353 Ringstead lived at the papal court in Avignon . In 1356 Pope Innocent VI sent him . as a messenger to the English King Edward III. in order to get him to negotiate peace in the war with France .

Bishop of Bangor

After the death of Bishop Matthew de Englefeld in 1357, the cathedral chapter elected Ithel ap Robert , an influential local clergyman, as the new bishop of the Welsh diocese of Bangor . Innocent VI. however, rejected the election and instead appointed Ringstead bishop on August 21, 1357. In September Ringstead was ordained bishop in Avignon , and on November 15, 1357, the diocesan spiritualities were given to him . Little is known about his activities as bishop. He died in Shrewsbury Dominican Convent. He was buried either in Blackfriars in London or in the Dominican settlement in Huntingdon , where it is said that his parents had already been buried. In his will he left £ 100 in favor of Bangor Cathedral on the condition that his successor could not be Welsh. He donated a further £ 100 for five young men from his diocese to study at Oxford or Cambridge. Here, too, he stipulated that the money must not be administered by a Welshman and that the recipients should come from the English-born population of Bangor.

Web links

• Glanmor Williams: Ringstead, Thomas (d.1366). 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

predecessor	Office	successor
Matthew de Englefeld	Bishop of Bangor 1357 – around 1366	Gervase de Castro