Lionel Woodville

Lionel Woodville (1447 – 23 June 1484) was a Bishop of Salisbury in England.

Lionel Woodville
Bishop of Salisbury
Appointed	7 January 1482
Term ended	c. 23 June 1484
Predecessor	Richard Beauchamp
Successor	Thomas Langton
Orders
Consecration	21 April 1482 by Thomas Cardinal Bourchier
Personal details
Born	c. 1446 Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, Kingdom of England
Died	c. 23 June 1484, c. 38 years old
Denomination	Catholic
Coat of arms

Life

Woodville was a fourth son of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg; his siblings included Elizabeth Woodville, Queen Consort from 1464 to 1483.

In the late 1470s, Woodville became the first person in recorded history to receive an honorary degree (DCL), from the University of Oxford.^[1] He was Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1479 to 1483.

After a number of more minor clerical positions, Woodville was elected Dean of Exeter in November 1478, and held the position until 1482, when he became Bishop of Salisbury.^[2] He was nominated to Salisbury on 7 January 1482 and consecrated on 21 April 1482.^[3]

Woodville died about 23 June 1484.^[3]

Citations

1. "Home".
2. Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas: CP 40/887, in 1484, {Latin} first defendant, surname as 'Wydevill', in the top entry, in a case of debt; {both Oxford & Salisbury are mentioned}
3. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 271

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.

External links

• Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, volume 9
• Profile at catholic-hierarchy.org

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Richard Beauchamp	Bishop of Salisbury 1482–1484	Succeeded by Thomas Langton
Academic offices
Preceded by Thomas Chaundeler	Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1479–1483	Succeeded by William Dudley