Robert Mascall(orMaschal) (died 22 December 1416) was a medievalCarmelite friarwho served as theBishop of Herefordfrom 1404 to 1416.
Robert Mascall,O.Carm | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Hereford | |
| Appointed | 2 July 1404 |
| Term ended | 22 December 1416 |
| Predecessor | Thomas Trevenant |
| Successor | Edmund Lacey |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 6 July 1404 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Died | 22 December 1416 |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Mascall was born atLudlow,Shropshire,where at an early age he became a Carmelite friar.[1]He was educated at theUniversity of Oxford,gaining a distinction inphilosophyandtheology.[1]Probably in 1400,King Henry IVappointed Mascall his confessor.[1]
Mascall was appointed theBishopof theDiocese of Herefordby papal provision on 2 July andconsecratedon 6 July 1404.[2][3][4]He received possession of thetemporalitiesof theSeeof Hereford on 25 September 1404.[2][4]
Citations
edit- ^abcPollard, Albert Frederick (1893). "Mascall, Robert".InLee, Sidney(ed.).Dictionary of National Biography.Vol. 36. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^abcBarrow 2002,Bishops of Hereford,pp. 1–7.
- ^Eubel 1913,Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, volume 1,p. 274.
- ^abcFryde et al. 1986,Handbook of British Chronology,p. 251.
References
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Wikisourcehas the text of the 1885–1900Dictionary of National Biography'sarticle aboutRobert Mascall.
- Barrow, J. S. (2002)."Bishops of Hereford".Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300.Vol. 8: Hereford.British History Online.
- Eubel, Konrad(1913).Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi(in Latin). Vol. 1. Monasterii Sumptibus et typis librariae.
- Fryde, Edmund Boleslav; Greenway, D.E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986).Handbook of British chronology.Offices of the Royal Historical Society: University College.OCLC989682481.
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