John Stafford, Bishop of Bath

Also known as: Iohn Stafford / Iohn bishop of Bath / John Stafford · Family: Church · Role: bishop and arbitrator · First appears: Henry VI 8

Life events

• c. 1424 · The assembled lords pledged to observe their oath of allegiance to Henry VI.(Henry VI 8 · 📍 Leicester)
  • With: Henry VI Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk Thomas Langley, Bishop of Durham Philip Morgan, Bishop of Worcester Humphrey Stafford, Duke of Buckingham William Alnwick Ralph Cromwell, Lord Cromwell
  • “Which oth in manner and forme aboue rehearsed, all the lords aswell spirituall as temporall, being in this parlement at Leicester assembled, the fourth day of March, promised vpon their faith, dutie, and allegiance, which they owe to the king their souereigne lord, truelie to obserue and kéepe, according to the true meaning and purport of the same.”
• 1425 · Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester and Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester submitted their disputes to arbitration.(Henry VI 8)
  • With: Humphrey Duke of Gloucester Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk Thomas Langley, Bishop of Durham Philip Morgan, Bishop of Worcester Humphrey Stafford, Duke of Buckingham William Alnwick Ralph Cromwell, Lord Cromwell
  • “In witnesse of the which thing to this present compromise my said lord of Glocester hath subscribed his name with his owne hand: Humfreie Glocester. And in like forme my lord of Winchester in another compromise hath subscribed with his owne hand vnder the word of his priesthood, to stand at the aduise, ordinance, & arbitrement of the persons abouesaid, Mutatis mutandis.”
• 1445 · Henry Chichele died, and John Stafford succeeded him as archbishop of Canterbury.(Henry VI 35 · 📍 Canturburie)
  • With: Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury
  • “This yeare, after the deceasse of Henrie Chicheleie archbishop of Canturburie, succéeded Iohn Stafford in that sée”

Henry VI 8

• with Humphrey Duke of Gloucester (He is named as an arbitrator in the dispute.) “We Henrie archbishop of Canturburie, Thomas duke of Excester, Iohn duke of Norffolke, Thomas bishop of Duresme, Philip bishop of Worcester, Iohn bishop of Bath, Humfrie earle of Stafford, William Alnwicke kéeper of the kings priuie seale, Rafe lord Cromwell, arbitrators in all maner of causes, matters and quarrels of heauinesses & gréeuances, with all incidents, circumstances, dependents, or connexes being and hanging betwéene the high & worthie prince Humfrie duke of Glocester”
• with Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester (He is named as an arbitrator in the dispute.) “We Henrie archbishop of Canturburie, Thomas duke of Excester, Iohn duke of Norffolke, Thomas bishop of Duresme, Philip bishop of Worcester, Iohn bishop of Bath, Humfrie earle of Stafford, William Alnwicke kéeper of the kings priuie seale, Rafe lord Cromwell, arbitrators in all maner of causes, matters and quarrels of heauinesses & gréeuances, with all incidents, circumstances, dependents, or connexes being and hanging betwéene the high & worthie prince Humfrie duke of Glocester on the one partie, and the worshipful father in God Henrie bishop of Winchester and chancellor of England on the other partie”

Henry VI 35

• with Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury (John Stafford succeeded Henry Chichele as archbishop of Canterbury.) “This yeare, after the deceasse of Henrie Chicheleie archbishop of Canturburie, succéeded Iohn Stafford in that sée, being translated from Bath and Wels.”

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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.