Hamo Hethe was a medieval
Bishop of Rochester
The Bishop of Rochester is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury.
The town of Rochester has the bishop's seat, at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was foun ...
, England. He was born about 1275 in
Centuries, Hythe
Centuries is a house in Hythe, Kent, built in the 13th century, possibly earlier. It is the birthplace of Hamo Hethe, b.1275, who became the Bishop of Rochester in 1319. In 1685 it became St. Bartholomew's Hospital, for between ten and thirteen pe ...
. He was elected on 18 March 1317 and consecrated on 26 August 1319. He resigned the see early 1352 before his death 4 May 1352.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 267]
Hethe, along with
Archbishop Melton,
John Ross and
Stephen Gravesend, alone spoke up in
Edward II's defence during the
Parliament
In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...
ary session that deposed Edward.
[Weir ''Queen Isabella'' p. 257]
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Bishops of Rochester
14th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
1270s births
1352 deaths
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