Walter Lyghe

	Walter Lyghe Walter Lyghe was a medieval Bishop of Worcester A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ... elect. He was elected on 7 December 1373 but his election was quashed on about 12 September 1375.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 279 Citations References * Bishops of Worcester {{England-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Bishop Of Worcester A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is called episcopacy. Organizationally, several Christian denominations utilize ecclesiastical structures that call for the position of bishops, while other denominations have dispensed with this office, seeing it as a symbol of power. Bishops have also exercised political authority. Traditionally, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles or Saint Paul. The bishops are by doctrine understood as those who possess the full priesthood given by Jesus Christ, and therefore may ordain other clergy, including other bishops. A person ordained as a deacon, priest (i.e. presbyter), and then bishop is understood to hold the fullness of the ministerial priesthood, given responsibility by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	William Lenn William Lenn (also Lenne or de Lynn; died 1373) was a medieval bishop of Chichester and bishop of Worcester. The name ''Lenn'' was the old name for Lynn in Norfolk.Stephens ''Memorials'' pp. 117-118 Lenn went to Rome in his early life and became a doctor of canon law. He was subsequently made an ''auditor of causes'', in the holy court, by Pope Urban V.Coleman ''English Culture'' pp. 50-51 In 1356 Lenn was made dean of Chichester Cathedral, then after the death of Bishop Stratford he was selected for the see of Chichester on 16 May 1362, and was consecrated about 18 August 1362.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 239 Lenn's tenure at Chichester was quite short, but during that time he got into a quarrel with the earl of Arundel, Stephens suggests that it was probably a dispute over land. It seems that the bishop procured a citation from Pope Urban V ordering the earl to appear before a court, in Rome, to answer the charges laid against him. The earl treated t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Henry Wakefield (bishop Of Worcester) Henry Wakefield was a medieval Bishop of Worcester. Wakefield was elected on 12 September 1375 and consecrated on 28 October 1375.Bishops of Worcester, 1268–1543 ''British History Online''Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 279 Wakefield briefly served as Lord High Treasurer The post of Lord High Treasurer or Lord Treasurer was an English government position and has been a British government position since the Acts of Union of 1707. A holder of the post would be the third-highest-ranked Great Officer of State in ... in 1377.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]