Thomas de Ringstead

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Thomas de Ringstead (died 1366) was an English Dominican who became Bishop of Bangor. [1]

Life

Ringstead was educated at Cambridge, where he also taught theology. He became a Dominican, studied in France and Italy, and was appointed penitentiary to Pope Innocent VI, who, on 21 August 1357, provided him to the see of Bangor. He died in the Dominican monastery at Shrewsbury on 8 January 1366. [2]

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References

  1. "Ringstead, Thomas (RNGT357T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Ringstead, Thomas de"  . Dictionary of National Biography . 48. London: Smith, Elder & Co.