Nicholas Bubwith

Nicholas Bubwith (1355-1424) was a Bishop of London, Bishop of Salisbury and Bishop of Bath and Wells as well as Lord Privy Seal and Lord High Treasurer of England.

Nicholas Bubwith
Bishop of Bath and Wells
Appointed	7 October 1407
Term ended	27 October 1424
Predecessor	Henry Bowet
Successor	John Stafford
Orders
Consecration	26 September 1406
Personal details
Born	1355[1]
Died	27 October 1424
Denomination	Catholic
Previous post	Bishop of London Bishop of Salisbury

Bubwith was collated Archdeacon of Dorset in 1397 and again in 1400.[2] He was selected as Bishop of London on 14 May 1406 and consecrated 26 September 1406.[3]

Bubwith was Lord Privy Seal from 2 March 1405 to 4 October 1406.[4] He was Lord High Treasurer from 15 April 1407 to 14 July 1408.[5] He also planned the building of St Savior's Wells hospital but actual construction of the building started after his death.

Bubwith was translated to the see of Salisbury on 22 June 1407.[6]

Bubwith was then translated to the see of Bath and Wells on 7 October 1407. He died 27 October 1424.[7]

Citations

1. Nicholas Bubwith, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
2. 'Archdeacons: Dorset', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 3, Salisbury Diocese, ed. Joyce M Horn (London, 1962), pp. 7-9. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol3/pp7-9 [accessed 26 April 2017].
3. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258
4. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 95
5. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 106
6. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 271
7. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 228

References

• 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.

Political offices
Preceded by Thomas Stanley	Master of the Rolls 1402–1405	Succeeded by John Wakering
Preceded by Thomas Langley	Lord Privy Seal 1405–1406	Succeeded by John Prophet
Preceded by Thomas Nevill, 5th Baron Furnivall	Lord High Treasurer 1407–1408	Succeeded by John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Roger Walden	Bishop of London 1406–1407	Succeeded by Richard de Clifford
Preceded by Richard Mitford	Bishop of Salisbury 1407–1407	Succeeded by Robert Hallam
Preceded by Henry Bowet	Bishop of Bath and Wells 1407–1424	Succeeded by John Stafford