William Whittlesey
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William Whittlesey (or Whittlesea) (died 5 June 1374) was a Bishop of Rochester, then Bishop of Worcester, then finally Archbishop of Canterbury. He also served as Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Life
Whittlesey was probably born in the Cambridgeshire village of Whittlesey, England.
Whittlesey was educated at Oxford, and owing principally to the fact that he was a nephew of Simon Islip, archbishop of Canterbury, he received numerous ecclesiastical preferments; he held prebends at Lichfield, Chichester and Lincoln, and livings at Ivychurch, Croydon and Cliffe.Template:Sfn
Whittlesey was briefly appointed Master of Peterhouse on 10 September 1349 and resigned from that post in 1351.Template:Sfn Later he was appointed vicar-general, and then dean of the court of arches by Islip.Template:Sfn On 23 October 1360 he became Bishop of Rochester and was consecrated on 6 February 1362.Template:Sfn Two years after his consecration he was transferred to the bishopric of Worcester on 6 March 1364.Template:Sfn On 11 October 1368 Whittlesey was transferred to the archbishopric of Canterbury in succession to Simon Langham, but his term of office was very uneventful, a circumstance due partly, but not wholly, to his feeble health.Template:Sfn He died at Lambeth on the 5th or 6 June 1374.Template:Sfn
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- 1374 deaths
- People from Whittlesey
- Archbishops of Canterbury
- Bishops of Rochester
- Bishops of Worcester
- 14th-century English Roman Catholic archbishops
- Masters of Peterhouse, Cambridge
- Burials at Canterbury Cathedral
- Year of birth unknown