Nicholas Close

Nicholas Close
Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
Church	Roman Catholic
Appointed	30 August 1452
Term ended	late October 1452
Predecessor	William Booth
Successor	Reginald Boulers
Orders
Consecration	15 March 1450
Personal details
Died	late October 1452
Previous post	Bishop of Carlisle Archdeacon of Colchester

Nicholas Close (died 1452) was an English priest, Bishop of Carlisle from 1450 to 1452. He was provided to the see of Carlisle in January 1450, and consecrated on 15 March 1450.^[1] He was selected Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield on 30 August 1452 and served for a short time before his death in late October 1452.^[2] He was educated at King's College, Cambridge, being elected a fellow in 1443,^[3] and served as a commissioner to Scotland in 1449. He was Archdeacon of Colchester before being appointed bishop.

Citations

↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 236
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 254
↑ "Close, Nicholas (CLS450N)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

References

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

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Marmaduke Lumley	Bishop of Carlisle 1450–1452	Succeeded by William Percy
Preceded by William Booth	Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield 1452–1453	Succeeded by Reginald Boulers

Bishops of Carlisle

Pre-Reformation	Æthelwold Paulinus of Leeds Bernard Hugh of Beaulieu Walter Mauclerk Silvester de Everdon Thomas Vipont Robert de Sancta Agatha Robert de Chauncy William Langton Ralph of Irton John de Halton William Ayremyn John Ross John Kirkby John Horncastle Gilbert Welton Thomas Appleby Robert Reed Thomas Merke William Strickland Roger Whelpdale William Barrow Marmaduke Lumley Nicholas Close William Percy John Kingscote Richard Scroope Edward Story Richard Bell William Senhouse Roger Leyburn John Penny John Kite Robert Aldrich Owen Oglethorpe

Post-Reformation	Richard Barnes John May Henry Robinson Robert Snoden Richard Milbourne Richard Senhouse Francis White Barnaby Potter James Ussher Richard Sterne Edward Rainbowe Thomas Smith William Nicolson Samuel Bradford John Waugh Sir George Fleming Richard Osbaldeston Charles Lyttelton Edmund Law John Douglas Hon Edward Venables-Vernon Samuel Goodenough Hon Hugh Percy Hon Henry Villiers Hon Samuel Waldegrave Harvey Goodwin John Bardsley John Diggle Henry Williams Thomas Bloomer Cyril Bulley David Halsey Ian Harland Graham Dow James Newcome

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