Hugh de Pateshull

Hugh de Pateschull
Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
Hugh de Pateshull's name is recorded on the brass plate commemorating the dedication of St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne on 24 April 1241.
Elected	1239
Term ended	1241
Predecessor	William de Manchester
Successor	Richard le Gras
Orders
Consecration	1 July 1240
Personal details
Died	December 1241 Potterspury
Buried	Lichfield Cathedral
Denomination	Catholic

Hugh de Pateshull (sometimes Hugh Pattishall or Hugh Pateshull; died December 1241) was a medieval Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.

Pateshull was the son of Simon of Pattishall (a royal justice) and Simon's wife Amice. A royal clerk and a clerk of the exchequer,^[1] Hugh had custody of the Exchequer seal—Pateshull's position was a precursor office to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.^[2] He was also a canon of St. Paul's when he was selected to be Lord High Treasurer in 1234, holding that office until 1240.^[3]

Pateshull was elected bishop in 1239, and consecrated on 1 July 1240. He died on either 7 December or 8 December 1241^[4] at Potterspury and was buried in Lichfield Cathedral.^[1]

Citations

1. Franklin "Pattishall , Hugh of" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2. Vincent "Origins of the Chancellorship of the Exchequer" English Historical Review p. 109
3. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 103
4. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 253

References

• Franklin, M. J. (2004). "Pattishall , Hugh of (d. 1241)" ((subscription or UK public library membership required)). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21540. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
• 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.
• Vincent, Nicholas C. (January 1993). "The Origins of the Chancellorship of the Exchequer". The English Historical Review. 108 (426): 105–121. doi:10.1093/ehr/CVIII.426.105. JSTOR 573551.