__NOTOC__ Thomas Bitton (sometimes Thomas de Bytton; died 1307) was a medieval

Bishop of Exeter The Bishop of Exeter is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in the Province of Canterbury. Since 30 April 2014 the ordinary has been Robert Atwell.

Life

Bitton was the nephew of

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 ...

, who was

Bishop of Bath The Bishop of Bath and Wells heads the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Province of Canterbury in England. The present diocese covers the overwhelmingly greater part of the (ceremonial) county of Somerset and a small area of D ...

from 1248 to 1264.Shaw "Button, William (d. 1264)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' His brother was William of Bitton II,

from 1267 to 1274.Shaw "Button, William (d. 1274)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' Bitton was elected between 8 October and 30 November 1291 and consecrated on 16 March 1292. He died on 21 September 1307.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 246 In his will, he left funds to give one penny each to 10,212 poor people.Moorman ''Church Life'' p. 206 footnote 4 He was also a benefactor of

Dorchester Friary Dorchester Friary, also known as Dorchester Priory, was a Franciscan friary formerly located in Dorchester, Dorset, England. The friary stood on the north side of the town (), on the banks of the River Frome, a little east of the site of Dorche ...

, Dorset.

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Entry for Thomas
in George Oliver's ''Lives of the Bishops of Exeter'' Bishops of Exeter 13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops 14th-century English Roman Catholic bishops 13th-century births 1307 deaths Year of birth unknown {{England-bishop-stub