William of Bitton (died 1274) was a medieval Bishop of Bath and Wells.

Life

William was a son of Sir Adam of Bitton in Gloucestershire and the brother of

Thomas Bitton __NOTOC__ Thomas Bitton (sometimes Thomas de Bytton; died 1307) was a medieval Bishop of Exeter. Life Bitton was the nephew of William of Bitton I, who was Bishop of Bath from 1248 to 1264.Shaw "Button, William (d. 1264)" ''Oxford Dictionary o ...

who was precentor,

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Greenway
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' and Dean of Wells and

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.Shaw "Button, William" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' His uncle was

William of Bitton I William of Bitton (died 1264) was a medieval English Bishop of Bath and Wells. Life William was probably born in Bitton in Gloucestershire.Shaw "Button, William" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' He was a relative of Walter Giffard ...

, Bishop of Bath and Wells. He was

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of Buckland from 1257 and rector of Congresbury in Somerset from 1252.Greenway
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' Before 13 December 1262 he was a canon of Bath and Wells, and was

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of Wells as well as rector of

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in Somerset by 20 April 1263.Greenway
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' William was elected as bishop on 10 February 1267 and consecrated after 17 April 1267.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 228 He was not active in political or governmental events, although he did go to a council in 1269 that objected to ecclesiastical taxation. He, like his uncle, mainly worked in his diocese, and regulated the liturgical life of his cathedral and endowed the cathedral with some property. William died 4 December 1274 and was buried in

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. Some veneration was given to him after his death, but no formal canonization ever occurred. He should not be confused with his uncle the first

William of Bitton William of Bitton (died 1264) was a medieval English Bishop of Bath and Wells. Life William was probably born in Bitton in Gloucestershire.Shaw "Button, William" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' He was a relative of Walter Giffard ...

who was also Bishop of Bath and Wells, but who died in 1264.

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