Thomas de Brantingham (died 1394) was an English clergyman who served as
Lord Treasurer
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to
Edward III
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and on two occasions to
Richard II
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, and as
bishop of Exeter
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Brantingham family of
North East England
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.
Edward III obtained preferment for him in the church, and from 1361 to 1368 he was employed in France in responsible positions. At an early stage in de Brantingham's career, de Brantingham served as
Keeper of the Wardrobe
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.
[Steel: 419] He was closely associated with
William of Wykeham
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, and while the latter was in power as chancellor, Brantingham was
Lord Treasurer
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to Edward III (from 1369 to 1371), and on two later occasions to
Richard II
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(from 1377 to 1381; and in 1389),
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 105] being appointed
Bishop of Exeter
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consecrated
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as such on 12 May 1370.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 246] De Brantingham died in December 1394, probably on the 23rd,
[ and was buried in the ]nave
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of Exeter Cathedral
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.
Administrator
By 1349 he had been appointed as clerk of the exchequer. In 1359 he was cofferer responsible for finance during the French military campaign and from 1361 to 1368 he was Treasurer of Calais
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. On 27 June 1369 he was appointed treasurer of the realm, but as the war in France deteriorated, he, along with fellow clerics William of Wykeham
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, the Chancellor and Peter Lacy
Peter Graf von Lacy (russian: link=no, Пётр Петро́вич Ла́сси, tr. ; en, Pierce Edmond de Lacy; ga, Peadar (Piarais Éamonn) de Lása; 26 September 1678 – 30 April 1751) was an Irish-born soldier who later served in the I ...
, Keeper of the Privy Seal, was forced by public opinion to resign. However, in 1370 he had been consecrated as Bishop of Exeter.
Bishop of Exeter
While serving as bishop of Exeter, de Brantingham was petitioned by parishioners of "St. Tenion" (which, it has been suggested, may refer to Tinney Hall near Lewannick
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...
, Cornwall)[Yonge, Record 107/915] in the peculiar jurisdiction of St German's, concerning a suit
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carried on by them for eighteen years against the Prior and Convent of St. German's about permission for them to have their own chaplain. The petitioners sought de Brantingham's intervention to settle the dispute, although his decision is now lost.
Personal life
A record of de Brantingham's death, dated 13 December 1394, notes that the bishop was to be buried in the nave
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of Exeter Cathedral
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and lists, among the beneficiaries of his will
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...
, Richard Brantingham and his wife, Joan (presumably de Brantingham's son and daughter-in-law).[Surtees: 248] Nor did De Brantingham forget the village of Brantingham
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, which had given its name to his family
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, bequeathing to the church of Brantingham a pair of vestments
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or one shilling
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. De Brantingham also left a book of decretal
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s to each of Merton Hall
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and Stapledon Hall. De Brantingham's association with Stapledon Hall (now Exeter College, Oxford
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) pre-dated his death to his contribution of 20 pounds to the building of its library.[Savage: 150] As proof of his position in society, de Brantingham also remembered in (or had as a witness to) his will William Hankeford
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, later Chief Justice of the King's Bench
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Richard Brantingham is recorded in the survey of Thomas Hatfield
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, Bishop of Durham
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, completed in 1382, as a "suiter" or lawyer, holding a half a burgage
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for life in Auckland
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and paying six pence
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for any omission, and one penny at the four terms. Bishop Hatfield granted a forest office to the valet
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of his kitchen, Walter Brantingham, presumably a relation.[Holford and Stringer: 100]
External links
Register of Bishop Brantingham, archive.org
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1394 deaths
Bishops of Exeter
14th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
Lord High Treasurers of England
Year of birth unknown
Burials at Exeter Cathedral