John Dunmow

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John Dunmoe BDec (also Dunmow, Dumoe, Dunow or Dunowe) (died 25 January 1489) was a Canon of Windsor from 1450 to 1455 [1] and Archdeacon of Gloucester from 1487 to 1489 and Bishop of Limerick from 1486 to 1489.

Dunmow is described by Canon Begley as a canon of Exeter, Doctor of Laws and acting as ambassador from Henry VII to the Papal court in Rome. He died in 1489 having never visited his diocese. [2] He is also listed as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Exeter. [3]

Career

He was appointed:

He was appointed to the ninth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1476 and held the canonry until 1488.

Notes

  1. ↑ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
  2. ↑ Begley, John (1906). The Diocese of Limerick, Ancient and Medieval. Dublin: Browne & Nolan. p. 307.{{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ↑ [www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdunowe.html "Bishop John Dunowe"]. Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 13 October 2022.{{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)


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