Thomas Rushhook

Thomas Rushhook
Bishop of Breifne (Kilmore)
In office	c. 1388–c. 1392
Predecessor	John
Successor	Sean o Raighilligh
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Llandaff Bishop of Chichester Archdeacon of St. Asaph
Personal details
Died	c. 1392 Ireland
Denomination	Catholic

Thomas Rushhook^[a] (died c. 1392) was an English Dominican, bishop and chaplain^[1] to Richard II of England.

Rushhook was Provincial of the Dominican Order in England 1373 to 1382, being deposed at one point.^[2] He was Archdeacon of St Asaph 1382–3,^[3] bishop of Llandaff on 16 January 1383,^[4] and then was translated to be bishop of Chichester on 16 October 1385.^[5]

A supporter of Richard II, Rushhook was impeached in 1388.^[6] Subsequently, he was in Ireland, as bishop of Breifne (Kilmore), where he died about 1392.^[7]

Notes

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^ Also known as Thomas Rushook, Thomas Rushock, Thomas Rushooke, Thomas Russhock or Thomas Vichor

Citations

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^ McKisack The Fourteenth Century p. 426.
^ Friaries: The house of Black Friars: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 2 (1907), pp. 107-22 Date accessed: 26 July 2007
^ British History Online: Archdeacons of Aspagh accessed on 25 August 2007
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 293
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 239
^ McKisack The Fourteenth Century p. 458.
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 363

References

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Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
McKisack, May The Fourteenth Century

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Rodger Cradock	Bishop of Llandaff 1383–1385	Succeeded by William of Bottesham
Preceded by William Reade	Bishop of Chichester 1385–1388	Succeeded by Richard Mitford
Preceded by John	Bishop of Breifne (Kilmore) c. 1388 – c. 1392	Succeeded by Sean o Raighilligh

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Late Medieval	John of Monmouth Alexander de Monmouth John de Egglescliffe John Paschal Rodger Cradock Thomas Rushhook William Bottlesham Edmund de Bromfield Robert Tideman of Winchcombe Andrew Barret John Burghill Thomas Peverel John de la Zouche John Wells Nicholas Ashby John Hunden John Smith John Marshall John Ingleby
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