Thomas Hatfield
Thomas Hatfield | |
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Bishop of Durham | |
![]() Hatfield's elaborate tomb in Durham Cathedral | |
Elected | 8 May 1345 |
Term ended | 8 May 1381 |
Predecessor | Richard Aungerville |
Successor | John Fordham |
Previous post(s) | Lord Privy Seal |
Orders | |
Consecration | 7 August 1345 |
Personal details | |
Died | 8 May 1381 |
Denomination | Catholic |
Coat of arms | ![]() |
Thomas Hatfield or Thomas de Hatfield (died 1381) was Bishop of Durham from 1345 to 1381 under King Edward III. He was one of the last warrior-bishops in England.
He was born around 1310, presumably in one of the several British towns named Hatfield. He entered the employment of the king (Edward III) on 26 October 1337.[1]
Hatfield was Receiver of the Chamber when he was selected to be Lord Privy Seal in late 1344. He relinquished that office to his successor in July 1345.[2]
Hatfield was elected on 8 May 1345 in succession to Richard de Bury,[1] and was consecrated on 7 August 1345.[3]
Thomas fought in King Edward's division at the Battle of Crécy on 26 August 1346.[4]
In 1380, he drew up a covenant to leave £3000 (equivalent to £2,800,000 in 2023) to endow Durham College, Oxford, which was the primary endowment of the college and enabled the construction of its quadrangle, chapel and surviving library, now part of the Durham Quadrangle of Trinity College, Oxford.[5]
He died on 8 May 1381.[3]
He is buried near the choir stalls in Durham Cathedral beneath the Bishop's Chair.
Due to his endowment of Durham College, Hatfield's arms appear in the canton of the arms of the University of Durham.[6] Hatfield College, a constituent college of the university, is named after him.
Citations
- ^ a b Barker, Nicholas Andrew (2003). "'If the king had asked for an ass, he would have received his wish, this time: a study of the career of Thomas de Hatfield, bishop of Durham (1345-1381), as a royal servant, 1336-1357" (PDF).
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 94
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 242
- ^ Wrottesley. Crecy and Calais p. 34
- ^ Blakiston, Herbert E. D. (1896), "Some Durham College Rolls", in Burrows, Montagu (ed.), Collectanea, Oxford: Oxford Historical Society, pp. 1–76, retrieved 31 January 2021
- ^ Woodward, John (1894), A Treatise On Ecclesiastical Heraldry, Edinburgh: W. & A. K. Johnston, p. 444, ISBN 9785878640695
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.
- Wrottesley, George (1898). Crecy and Calais. Harrison & Sons.
- Greenwell, William (1857). Bishop Hatfield's survey, a record of the possessions of the see of Durham, made by order of Thomas de Hatfield, bishop of Durham. With an appendix of original documents, and a glossary. https://archive.org/details/bishophatfieldss00durh/page/239/mode/2up
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Preceded by John de Ufford | Lord Privy Seal 1344–1345 | Succeeded by |
Catholic Church titles | ||
Preceded by | Bishop of Durham 1345–1381 | Succeeded by John Fordham |
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rulers of the County Palatine of Durham
- 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
rulers of the County Palatine of Durham
- 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
rulers of the County Palatine of Durham
- 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
- Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth)
- John Cosin
- Nathaniel Crew
- William Talbot
- Edward Chandler
- Joseph Butler
- Richard Trevor
- John Egerton
- Thomas Thurlow
- Shute Barrington
- William Van Mildert
- Edward Maltby
- Charles Longley
- Henry Montagu Villiers
- Charles Baring
- J. B. Lightfoot
- Brooke Foss Westcott
- Handley Moule
- Hensley Henson
- Alwyn Williams
- Michael Ramsey
- Maurice Harland
- Ian Ramsey
- John Habgood
- David Jenkins
- Michael Turnbull
- N. T. Wright
- Justin Welby
- Paul Butler