__NOTOC__ Richard Blund (or Richard Blundy; died 1257) was a medieval Bishop of Exeter.

Life

Blund's family was an important one in the city of Exeter, as his brother Hilary was mayor of Exeter twice, from 1224 to 1230 and from about 1234 to 1235. Because Richard is given the title of ''magister'' or master, it is assumed that he attended a university, but which one is unknown. He was a canon of Exeter Cathedral.Barlow "Blund, Richard" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' Blund was elected about 30 January 1245 and consecrated on 22 October 1245 at

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by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Boniface of Savoy. Little is known of his activities as bishop, although the medieval chronicler

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considered him a good choice for bishop. Blund died on 26 December 1257.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 246 After his death, a number of his clerks used his seal to forge letters giving away the bishop's property and awarding benefices.Moorman ''Church Life'' p. 173

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Entry for Richard
in George Oliver's ''Lives of the Bishops of Exeter'' Bishops of Exeter 13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops 1257 deaths Year of birth unknown {{England-bishop-stub