William Bottlesham was a medieval
Bishop of Llandaff
The Bishop of Llandaff is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff.
Area of authority
The diocese covers most of the County of Glamorgan. The bishop's seat is in the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (the site of a ...
and
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 ...
.
Bottlesham was made first titular Bishop of Bethlehem in 1385
[ Google Books] and was translated from Bethlehem to
Llandaff
Llandaff (; cy, Llandaf ; from 'church' and '' Taf'') is a district, community and coterminous electoral ward in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It was incorporated into the city in 1922. It is the seat of the Bishop of Llandaff, whose ...
in 1386.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 293] He was then translated from Llandaff to
Rochester
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*Rochester, Kent
** City of Rochester-upon-Medway (1982–1998), district council area
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on 27 August 1389.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 267]
Bottlesham died about 26 February 1400.
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Bishops of Rochester
Bishops of Llandaff
14th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
1400 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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