James Goldwell

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James Goldwell
Bishop of Norwich
Appointed	17 July 1472
Term ended	15 February 1499
Predecessor	Walter Hart
Successor	Thomas Jane
Other post(s)	Dean of Salisbury
Orders
Consecration	4 October 1472
Personal details
Died	15 February 1499
Denomination	Roman Catholic

James Goldwell (died 15 February 1499) was a medieval Dean of Salisbury and Bishop of Norwich.

Life
Career
Citations
References
External links

Life

Goldwell was one of the sons of William and Avice Goldwell, both of whom died in 1485. He had a brother, Nicholas Goldwell, who survived him.^[1] He was nominated on 17 July 1472 and was consecrated on 4 October 1472. He died on 15 February 1499.^[2]

Career

Goldwell was educated at All Souls College, Oxford where he graduated B.Can.L. 1449 and D.C.L 1452.

He was appointed:

President of St George's Hall in the Castle, Oxford 1452
Rector of St John the Evangelist, London 1455
Rector of Rivenhall, Essex 1455
Prebendary of Widland in St Paul's Cathedral 1457
Prebendary of Sneating in St Paul's Cathedral 1458
Prebendary of Islington in St Paul's Cathedral 1459–1461
Register of the Order of the Garter 1460
Rector of Cliffe-at-Hoo, Kent
Archdeacon of Essex, 1461
Canon of Hereford Cathedral 1461
Prebenary of Stratford in Salisbury Cathedral 1462
Dean of Salisbury 1463
Principal Secretary of State to King Edward IV
Master of the Rolls 1471
Papal Protonotary
Bishop of Norwich 1472, consecrated at St Blaise, Rome

Goldwell was appointed to the sixth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1460 and held this until 1472.^[3]

Citations

↑ Hayes 2004.
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 262
↑ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

References

Hayes, Rosemary C.E. (2004). "Goldwell, James (d. 1499)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10926.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

External links

Will of James Goldwell, Bishop of Norwich of Bethersden, Kent, proved 15 February 1499, PROB 11/11/565, National Archives Retrieved 30 November 2013
Hutchinson, John (1892). "James Goldwell" . Men of Kent and Kentishmen (Subscription ed.). Canterbury: Cross & Jackman. pp. 55–56.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Walter Hart	Bishop of Norwich 1472–1499	Succeeded by Thomas Jane

v t e Bishops of Norwich
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Bishops of Thetford	Herfast William de Beaufeu Herbert de Losinga see removed to Norwich
High Medieval	Herbert de Losinga Everard of Calne William de Turbeville John of Oxford John de Gray Pandulf Verraccio Thomas Blunville Simon of Elmham William de Raley Walter Suffield Simon Walton Roger Skerning William Middleton Ralph Walpole
Late Medieval	John Salmon Robert Baldock William Ayermin Thomas Hemenhale Antony Bek William Bateman Thomas Percy Henry le Despenser Alexander Tottington Richard Courtenay John Wakering William Alnwick Thomas Brunce Walter Hart James Goldwell Thomas Jane
Early modern	Richard Nykke William Rugg Thomas Thirlby John Hopton John Parkhurst Edmund Freke Edmund Scambler William Redman John Jegon John Overall Samuel Harsnett Francis White Richard Corbet Matthew Wren Richard Montagu Joseph Hall Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Edward Reynolds Anthony Sparrow William Lloyd John Moore Charles Trimnell Thomas Green John Leng William Baker Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Samuel Lisle Thomas Hayter Philip Yonge Lewis Bagot George Horne Charles Manners-Sutton
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Early modern	Thomas Ruthall William Atwater John Longland Cuthbert Tunstall Richard Pace Peter Vannes William Bradbridge Thomas Cole Edmund Freke John Piers John Bridges John Gordon John Williams John Bowle Edmund Mason Richard Baylie Ralph Brideoake Thomas Pierce Robert Woodward Edward Young John Younger John Clarke Thomas Greene Rowney Noel John Ekins
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