Richard de la More

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Richard de la More
Bishop-elect of Winchester
Province Canterbury
Elected6 November 1280
Quashed1282
Term endedresigned before 9 June 1282
Predecessor Robert Burnell
Successor John of Pontoise
Other post(s) Archdeacon of Winchester
Orders
Consecrationnot consecrated
Personal details
Diedafter 3 May 1285
Denomination Roman Catholic

Richard de la More was a medieval clergyman who was Bishop-elect of Winchester from 1280 to 1282. He was also an MP for Gloucestershire from 1290 to 1295.

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Life

Richard was subdean of the diocese of Lincoln as well as Archdeacon of Winchester from before 11 September 1280. [1]

Richard was elected to the see of Winchester on 15 November 1280 but resigned in June 1282 before being consecrated. [2] Archbishop John Peckham of Canterbury withheld his confirmation of the election because Richard was a pluralist. Pope Martin IV also quashed the election in 1282. [3]

Richard still held the office of archdeacon until sometime after 19 June 1283, but was only listed as subdean of Lincoln on 3 May 1285. He died sometime after that date. His death was commemorated on 16 June. [1]

Citations

  1. 1 2 British History Online Archdeacons of Winchester accessed on 2 November 2007
  2. Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 276.
  3. British History Online Bishops of Winchester accessed on 2 November 2007

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Robert Burnell
(bishop-elect)
Bishop-elect of Winchester
1280–1282
Succeeded by