William Dudley (bishop)

William Dudley
Bishop of Durham
Church	Catholic
Appointed	31 July 1476
Term ended	29 November 1483
Predecessor	Laurence Booth
Successor	John Sherwood
Orders
Consecration	between 1 September and 12 October 1476
Personal details
Died	29 November 1483

William Dudley (died 1483) was Dean of Windsor and then Bishop of Durham.

Born William Sutton, of Dudley, he was a younger son of John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley,^[1] he was made a canon of St George's Chapel, Windsor, in 1471 and elevated to dean in 1473, a position which he held with that of dean of Wolverhampton: thereafter the two posts were customarily held by the same man.

He was nominated to Durham on 31 July 1476 and was consecrated between 1 September and 12 October 1476. In 1483 he supported Richard, Duke of Gloucester, the future King Richard III, in his bid for the Throne of England.^[2] In the last months of his life he was Chancellor of Oxford University.^[1] Dudley died on 29 November 1483.^[3]

Citations

1 2 Loades p. 1
↑ Ross p. 43
↑ Fryde, et al. p. 242

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.
Loades, David (1996): John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland 1504–1553, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 0-19-820193-1
Ross, Charles (1981): Richard III, Berkeley: University of California Press, ISBN 978-0-520-05075-4

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Laurence Booth	Bishop of Durham 1476–1483	Succeeded by John Sherwood
Academic offices
Preceded by Lionel Woodville	Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1483	Succeeded by John Russell

Deans of Wolverhampton

Medieval	Peter of Blois Nicholas Henry Fitz Geoffrey Giles of Erdington Theodosius de Camilla Philip of Everdon John of Everdon Godfrey of Rudham Robert of Silkstone John of Melbourne John of the Chamber Hugh Ellis Philip Weston John of Newnham Amaury Shirland Richard Postell Lawrence Allerthorpe Thomas Stanley Robert Wolveden William Felter John Barningham William Dudley Lionel Woodville Richard Beauchamp Thomas Danett William Bealey John Morgan Christopher Urswick

Modern	Christopher Bainbridge Thomas Hobbes Nicholas West John Vesey John Clerk Richard Sampson William Franklyn Owen Oglethorpe Hugh Weston John Boxall George Carew William Day Robert Bennet Giles Thomson Anthony Maxey Marco Antonio de Dominis Henry Beaumont Matthew Wren Christopher Wren Bruno Ryves John Durell Francis Turner Gregory Hascard Thomas Manningham John Robinson The Lord Willoughby de Broke Peniston Booth The Hon Frederick Keppel The Hon John Harley John Douglas The Hon James Cornwallis Charles Manners-Sutton Edward Legge Henry Hobart

Bishops and Prince-Bishops of Durham

Bishops of Lindisfarne	Aidan Finan Colmán Tuda United to York Eata Cuthbert Eadberht Eadfrith Æthelwold Cynewulf Higbald Egbert Egfrid Ecgred Eanbert Eardulf See at Chester-le-Street: Eardulf Cutheard Tilred Wilgred Uchtred Sexhelm Aldred Ælfsige Aldhun

High Medieval Bishops of Durham	Aldhun Edmund Eadred Æthelric Æthelwine

High Medieval Prince-Bishops	William Walcher William de St-Calais Ranulf Flambard Geoffrey Rufus William Cumin William of St. Barbara Hugh de Puiset Philip of Poitou Richard Poore John de Gray Morgan Richard Marsh William Scot Richard Poore Thomas de Melsonby Nicholas Farnham Walter of Kirkham Robert Stitchill Robert of Holy Island Antony Bek

Late Medieval Prince-Bishops	Richard Kellaw Lewis de Beaumont Richard de Bury Thomas Hatfield John Fordham Walter Skirlaw Thomas Langley Robert Neville Lawrence Booth William Dudley John Sherwood Richard Foxe

Early modern Prince-Bishops	William Senhouse Christopher Bainbridge Thomas Ruthall Thomas Wolsey Cuthbert Tunstall James Pilkington Richard Barnes Matthew Hutton Tobias Matthew William James Richard Neile George Montaigne John Howson Thomas Morton John Cosin Nathaniel Crew William Talbot Edward Chandler Joseph Butler Richard Trevor John Egerton Thomas Thurlow Shute Barrington William Van Mildert

Late modern Bishops	Edward Maltby Charles Longley Henry Villiers Charles Baring Joseph Barber Lightfoot Brooke Westcott Handley Moule Hensley Henson Alwyn Williams Michael Ramsey Maurice Harland Ian Ramsey John Habgood David Jenkins Michael Turnbull Tom Wright Justin Welby Paul Butler

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