John Bottlesham
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John Bottlesham was a medieval
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 ...
. Prior to Bottlesham's appointment as bishop, he was Master of
Peterhouse, Cambridge Peterhouse is the oldest constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England, founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely. Today, Peterhouse has 254 undergraduates, 116 full-time graduate students and 54 fellows. It is quite ...
, beginning his term on 27 August 1397 and resigning in 1400.Roach (ed.)
The colleges and halls: Peterhouse
''A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely''
He was nominated as bishop on 9 April 1400 and consecrated on 4 July 1400. He died on 17 April 1404.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 267


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* * Bishops of Rochester 15th-century English Roman Catholic bishops 1404 deaths Masters of Peterhouse, Cambridge Year of birth unknown {{England-bishop-stub