Lawrence de Awkeburne (or Laurence de Hakeburne) was a medieval

Bishop of Salisbury The Bishop of Salisbury is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers much of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset. The see is in the City of Salisbury where the bishop's seat ...

elect. Awkeburne held the

prebend A prebendary is a member of the Roman Catholic or Anglican clergy, a form of canon with a role in the administration of a cathedral or collegiate church. When attending services, prebendaries sit in particular seats, usually at the back of t ...

of Ruscombe in the

diocese of Salisbury The Diocese of Salisbury is a Church of England diocese in the south of England, within the ecclesiastical Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers most of Dorset (excepting the deaneries of Bournemouth and Christchurch, which fall within the ...

before being elected

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on 10 May 1288, but he died at

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on 8 August 1288 before he could be consecrated.British History Online Bishops of Salisbury
accessed on 30 October 2007

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British History Online Bishops of Salisbury
accessed on 30 October 2007 Bishops of Salisbury 1288 deaths Year of birth unknown 13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops {{England-bishop-stub