Thomas de Brantingham

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Thomas de Brantingham
Bishop of Exeter
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Seal of Thomas de Brantingham as Bishop of Exeter. The Bishop is the small standing figure below the enthroned king (Edward III or Richard II)
Appointed5 March 1370
Term ended23 December 1394
Predecessor John Grandisson
Successor Edmund Stafford
Other post(s) Lord Treasurer
Keeper of the Wardrobe
Orders
Consecration12 May 1370
Personal details
Died23 December 1394
Buried Nave of Exeter Cathedral
NationalityEnglish
  1. ↑ Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.473
  2. 1 2 Steel: 419
  3. ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Brantingham, Thomas de"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 431.
  4. ↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 105
  5. 1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 246
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Surtees: 248
  7. 1 2 3 Yonge, Record 107/915
  8. ↑ Savage: 150
  9. ↑ Greenwell: vii
  10. ↑ Greenwell: 165
  11. ↑ Holford and Stringer: 100

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Thomas de Brantingham
Lord Treasurer
In office
27 June 1369 –27 March 1371
Political offices
Preceded by Lord Treasurer
1369–1371		Succeeded by
Preceded by Lord Treasurer
1377–1381		Succeeded by
Preceded by Lord Treasurer
1389		Succeeded by
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Exeter
1370–1394		Succeeded by
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