Richard Beauchamp(died 1481) was a medievalBishop of HerefordandBishop of Salisbury.
Richard Beauchamp | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Salisbury | |
 Beauchamp's tomb in Salisbury Cathedral | |
| Appointed | 14 August 1450 |
| Term ended | 18 October 1481 |
| Predecessor | William Ayscough |
| Successor | Lionel Woodville |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Hereford |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 9 February 1449 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 18 October 1481 |
| Denomination | Catholic |
Beauchamp was the son ofWalter Beauchamp,Speaker of theHouse of Commons of Englandin 1416, and studied atOxford.
After serving asArchdeacon of Suffolkfrom around 1441,[1]Beauchamp was nominated to thesee of Herefordon 4 December 1448 and consecrated as bishop on 9 February 1449.[2]
Beauchamp was translated to thesee of Salisburyon 14 August 1450[3]and in 1477 the new office ofChancellor of the Order of the Garterwas granted to him and his successors.
Beauchamp died on 18 October 1481[3]and was entombed in an elaborategothicchantry chapeloutside the east end of the cathedral. When this was demolished in the 18th century his remains were taken inside the cathedral.
Richard Beauchamp and his family feature in a Channel 4Time Teamprogramme about Salisbury Cathedral, which was first broadcast on 8 February 2009.
Citations
edit- ^"'Archdeacons: Suffolk', Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 4: Monastic cathedrals (southern province) (1963) ".pp. 32–34.Retrieved29 January2012.
- ^Fryde, et al.Handbook of British Chronologyp. 251
- ^abFryde, et al.Handbook of British Chronologyp. 271
References
edit- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996).Handbook of British Chronology(Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.ISBN0-521-56350-X.