Thomas Kempe was a medieval
Bishop of London
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
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Kempe was the nephew of
John Kemp
John Kemp ( – 22 March 1454, surname also spelled Kempe) was a medieval English cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Lord Chancellor of England.
Biography
Kemp was the son of Thomas Kempe, a gentleman of Ollantigh, in the parish ...
,
Archbishop of Canterbury.
Kempe was provided to London on 21 August 1448 and consecrated on 8 February 1450. He died on 28 March 1489.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 259] He had previously held the offices of
Archdeacon of York and then
Richmond from 1442 to 1448.
[Jones ]
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond
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There was a memorial to him by the tenth column at the west end of
Old St Paul's Cathedral.
["Memorials of St Paul's Cathedral" Sinclair, W. p. 91: London; Chapman & Hall, Ltd; 1909]
Citations
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External links
Will of Thomas Kempe*
Bishops of London
1489 deaths
Archdeacons of Richmond
Year of birth unknown
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