Thomas Vipont

Thomas Vipont
Bishop of Carlisle
Elected	September 1254
Term ended	14 October 1256
Predecessor	Silvester de Everdon
Successor	Robert de Chauncy
Other posts	rector of Greystoke
Orders
Consecration	7 February 1255
Personal details
Died	14 October 1256

Thomas Vipont (died 1256) was a medieval Bishop of Carlisle.

Life

Vipont was a member of the family of the lords of Westmoreland but attained a magister degree from the schools.^[1] He was rector of Greystoke^[2] before he was elected bishop about September 1254, and consecrated on 7 February 1255.^[3] He was elected by the chapter of Carlisle Cathedral over the objections of King Henry III of England who had preferred that the chapter elect his chaplain John of Skipton. Henry did not push the issue, and Thomas was given the temporalities of the see on 24 December 1254.^[1] He died 14 October 1256.^[3]

Citations

1 2 Summerson "Chaury, Robert and Thomas Vipont" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
↑ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Carlisle: Bishops
1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 235

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.
Greenway, Diana E. (1977). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Carlisle: Bishops. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 20 October 2007.
Summerson, Henry. "Chaury, Robert (d. 1278) and Thomas Vipont (d. 1256)" ((subscription or UK public library membership required)). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Revised October 2007 ed.). Oxford University Press,. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/95123. Retrieved 20 November 2007.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Silvester de Everdon	Bishop of Carlisle 1254–1256	Succeeded by Robert de Chauncy

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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