John Hales | |
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| Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield | |
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| Appointed | 20 September 1459 |
| Term ended | between 15 September and 30 September 1490 |
| Predecessor | Reginald Boulers |
| Successor | William Smyth |
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| Consecration | 25 November 1459 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | September 1490 |
| Denomination | Catholic |
John Hales (c. 1400-1490) [2] (alias Hals, Halse, etc.) was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (1459-1490). He was one of the Worthies of Devon of the biographer John Prince (d.1723). [3]
Hales was the second son of John Hals (fl.1423) of Kenedon in the parish of Sherford, Devon (a Justice of the Common Pleas and in 1423 a Justice of the King's Bench) by his first wife, a daughter of the Mewye (alias Mewy [4] ) family of Whitchurch near Tavistock, Devon. [5] His great-uncle was Richard Hals (d.1418), a Canon of Exeter Cathedral in Devon, and Treasurer of Exeter Cathedral in 1400, who in 1414 was sent as Ambassador to Brittany. [6] Bishop Hals appointed his kinsman Edmund Hals as Archdeacon of Salop from an unknown date until 1485 and as Archdeacon of Derby from 1485, probably until his death. [7] The mansion house of the Hals' at Kenedon, originally quadrangular in form, is today represented by a small 16th c. farmhouse known as Keynedon, about 1 mile south of the village of Sherford. [8] The early 15th century gate-tower of the house was demolished in about 1850. [9]
Hales was Provost of Oriel College, Oxford from 1446 to 1449. [10] He was Dean of Exeter between 1457 and 1459. [11] In 1470, during the reign of King Henry VI, Hales was appointed Keeper of the Privy Seal, but lost the office on the restoration of King Edward IV in 1471. [12] Hales was nominated as Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield on 20 September 1459, and was consecrated on 25 November 1459. He died between 15 and 30 September 1490, [13] aged about 90, [14] and was buried in Lichfield Cathedral. [15]
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