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Thomas Rushhook

14th-century Bishop of Chichester, Bishop of Llandaff, and Bishop of Kilmore From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Thomas Rushhook[a] (died c.1392) was an English Dominican, bishop and chaplain[1] to Richard II of England.

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Rushhook was Provincial of the Dominican Order in England 1373 to 1382, being deposed at one point.[2] He was Archdeacon of St Asaph 1382–3,[3] bishop of Llandaff on 16 January 1383,[4] and then was translated to be bishop of Chichester on 16 October 1385.[5]

A supporter of Richard II, Rushhook was impeached in 1388.[6] Subsequently, he was in Ireland, as bishop of Breifne (Kilmore), where he died about 1392.[7]

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  1. Also known as Thomas Rushook, Thomas Rushock, Thomas Rushooke, Thomas Russhock or Thomas Vichor

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