Thomas Kirkham

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Thomas Kirkham O.Cist
Bishop of Sodor and Man
Appointed21 June 1458
In office1458 – before 1478
Predecessor Thomas Burton
Successor Richard Oldham (bishop)
Personal details
Died1480
Buried Vale Royal Abbey
Denomination Roman Catholic
Styles of
Thomas Kirkham, O.Cist.
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Reference style The Right Reverend
Spoken style My Lord
Religious style Bishop

Thomas Kirkham (died 1480) was a pre-Reformation cleric who served as the Bishop of Sodor and Man in the second half of the 15th century.

A Cistercian monk, he became the Abbot of Vale Royal in Cheshire around 1438 or 1439. [1] He was also appointed bishop of the Diocese of Sodor and Man by Pope Callixtus III on 21 June 1458. [2] [3] Twenty years later, he appears to have resigned the see, since his successor Richard Oldham was appointed bishop in 1478. [2]

He died in 1480 and was buried at Vale Royal Abbey. [2] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Elrington, C. R.; Harris, B. E.; Baggs, A. P.; Kettle, Ann J.; Lander, S. J.; Thacker, A. T.; Wardle, David, eds. (1980). "The Abbey of Vale Royal". A History of the County of Chester: Volume 3. British History Online. pp. 156–165.
  2. 1 2 3 Eubel, Konrad (1914). Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi. Vol. 2. Monasterii Sumptibus et typis librariae. pp.  239–240.
  3. ↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 273. ISBN   0-521-56350-X.
  4. ↑ Harrison, William (1879). "Bishops of Sodor and Man". An Account of the Diocese of Sodor and Man. Douglas, Isle of Man: Manx Society. pp. 53–70.
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