Thomas Mylling

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Thomas Mylling
Bishop of Hereford
Appointed22 June 1474
In officec.12 January 1492
Predecessor John Stanberry
Successor Edmund Audley
Orders
Consecration21 August 1474
Personal details
Diedc.12 January 1492
DenominationCatholic

Thomas Mylling (or Milling) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford. [1] He was Abbot of Westminster from 1469 to 1474. [2] He was nominated bishop on 22 June 1474 and consecrated on 21 August 1474. He died about 12 January 1492. [1]

It was most unusual at the time for an abbot to be made a bishop, and the promotion is a mark of the great regard in which Mylling was held by King Edward IV. [3] He had earned the King's special gratitude during the Readeption of Henry VI, when Mylling, then Abbot of Westminster, gave sanctuary to Queen Elizabeth Woodville and her daughters in the Abbey, showed them every kindness, and presided at the birth of the King's eldest son, to whom he stood godfather. [4]

Citations

  1. 1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 251
  2. Weir, Alison "Lancaster and York" Pimlico edition 1998 p.375
  3. Ross, Charles Edward IV Eyre Methuen Ltd. 1974 p.321
  4. Ross p.321

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
John Stanberry
Bishop of Hereford
1474–1492
Succeeded by
Edmund Audley