James Blakedon

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James Blakedon O.P., D.Th. (died 1464) was a medieval prelate who served as Bishop of Achonry from 1442 to 1453, then Bishop of Bangor from 1453 to 1464.

A Dominican friar and Doctor of Theology,^[1] he was born in Blakedon (or Blackdon) in Somerset, England.^[2] He was appointed Bishop of Achonry in Ireland by the Holy See on 15 October 1442,^[3] although it is not known if he ever made a visitation to that diocese. He did act as a suffragan bishop in the English dioceses of Salisbury, Bath & Wells, Exeter, and Worcester between 1442 and 1453.^[3] He was translated to the bishopric of Bangor in Wales on 7 February 1453.^[4] Around that time he also became Master of St Catherine's Hospital at Bedminster, Bristol.^[2] He held those two last appointments until his death, sometime before 3 October 1464.^[4]

References

↑ Jones, B. (1965). "Bishops of Bangor". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 11: The Welsh Dioceses. pp. 3–5.
1 2 Cotton 1850, The Province of Connaught, pp. 101–102.
1 2 Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 329.
1 2 Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 291.

Bibliography

Cotton, Henry (1850). The Province of Connaught. Fasti Ecclesiae Hiberniae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Volume 4. Dublin: Hodges and Smith.
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Jones, B. (1965). The Welsh Dioceses. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541. Volume 11. British History Online.

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Preceded by Tadhg Ó Dalaigh	Bishop of Achonry 1442–1453	Succeeded by Cornelius Ó Mochain
Preceded by John Stanberry	Bishop of Bangor 1453–1464	Succeeded by Richard Edenham

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[jones1965pp3-5-1] Jones, B. (1965). "Bishops of Bangor". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 11: The Welsh Dioceses. pp. 3–5.

[cotton101to102-2] 1 2 Cotton 1850, The Province of Connaught, pp. 101–102.

[handbook329-3] 1 2 Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 329.

[handbook291-4] 1 2 Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 291.

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v t e Bishops of Bangor
Early & High Medieval	Deiniol Elfodd Mordaf Dyfan Revedun Hervey le Breton David the Scot Meurig Arthur of Bardsey Gwion Rotoland Alan Robert of Shrewsbury Cadwgan of Llandyfai Hywel ap Ednyfed Richard Anian
Late Medieval	Gruffydd ap Iorwerth Einion Sais Matthew de Englefeld Ithel ap Robert Thomas de Ringstead Alexander Dalby Gervase de Castro Hywel ab Goronwy John Gilbert Geoffrey Herdeby John Swaffham Lewis Aber Richard Young Lewis Byford Gruffydd Young Benedict Nichols William Barrow John Clederowe Thomas Cheriton John Stanberry James Blakedon Richard Edenham Henry Deane Thomas Pigot John Penny Thomas Skevington John Capon John Bird
Early modern	Arthur Bulkeley William Glyn Maurice Clenock Rowland Meyrick Nicholas Robinson Hugh Bellot Richard Vaughan Henry Rowlands Lewis Bayly David Dolben Edmund Griffith William Roberts Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) William Roberts Robert Price Robert Morgan Humphrey Lloyd Humphrey Humphreys John Evans Benjamin Hoadly Richard Reynolds William Baker Thomas Sherlock Charles Cecil Thomas Herring Matthew Hutton Zachary Pearce John Egerton John Ewer John Moore John Warren William Cleaver John Randolph Henry Majendie Christopher Bethell James Colquhoun Campbell Daniel Lewis Lloyd Watkin Williams
Church in Wales	Watkin Williams Daniel Davies Charles Green (Archbishop of Wales) David Edwardes Davies John Jones Gwilym Williams (Archbishop of Wales) Cledan Mears Barry Morgan Saunders Davies Anthony Crockett Andy John (Archbishop of Wales)