Lionel Woodville (1447 – 23 June 1484) was a Bishop of Salisbury in England.

Life

Woodville was a fourth son of

Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1405 – 12 August 1469), also Wydeville, was the father of Elizabeth Woodville and father-in-law of Edward IV. Early life Born at Maidstone in Kent, Richard Woodville was the son of Richard Wydeville ( ...

and

Jacquetta of Luxembourg Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Dowager Duchess of Bedford and Countess Rivers (1415 or 1416 – 30 May 1472) was a prominent, though often overlooked, figure in the Wars of the Roses. Through her short-lived first marriage to the Duke of Bedford, bro ...

; his siblings included

Elizabeth Woodville Elizabeth Woodville (also spelt Wydville, Wydeville, or Widvile;Although spelling of the family name is usually modernised to "Woodville", it was spelt "Wydeville" in contemporary publications by Caxton, but her tomb at St. George's Chapel, Wind ...

, Queen Consort from 1464 to 1483. In the late 1470s, Woodville became the first person in recorded history to receive an

honorary degree An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or ''ad hono ...

( DCL), from the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

. He was

Chancellor of the University of Oxford This is a list of chancellors of the University of Oxford in England by year of appointment. __TOC__ Chronological list See also *List of vice-chancellors of the University of Oxford *List of University of Oxford people * List of chancello ...

from 1479 to 1483. After a number of more minor clerical positions, Woodville was elected

Dean of Exeter The Dean of Exeter is the head of the Chapter of Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, England. The chapter was established by William Briwere, Bishop of Exeter (1224–44) who set up the offices of dean and chancellor of Exeter Cathedral ...

in November 1478, and held the position until 1482, when he became Bishop of Salisbury.Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas: CP 40/887, in 1484, first defendant, surname as 'Wydevill', in the top entry, in a case of debt; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT3/R3/CP40no887/bCP40no887dorses/IMG_1041.htm ; He was nominated to Salisbury on 7 January 1482 and consecrated on 21 April 1482.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 271 Woodville died about 23 June 1484.

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''Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541'', volume 9
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