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Richard Clifford
Richard Clifford
Bishop of London
Archdiocese	Province of Canterbury
Appointed	22 June 1407
Term ended	20 August 1421
Predecessor	Nicholas Bubwith
Successor	John Kemp
Previous post(s)	Bishop-elect of Bath and Wells; Bishop of Worcester
Orders
Consecration	9 October 1401
Personal details
Died	20 August 1421
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Richard Clifford (died 1421) was a Bishop of London who had previously been Bishop of Worcester, Bishop-elect of Bath and Wells, and Lord Privy Seal.

Clifford's brother was the politician Robert Clifford, who was member of parliament (MP) first for Northumberland and later for Kent.^[1]

Clifford was appointed Lord Privy Seal on 14 November 1397 and resigned on 4 November 1401.^[2] He was Keeper of the Great Wardrobe from 1390 to 1398.

Clifford was elected to the see of Bath and Wells on 12 May 1400, but not consecrated, as he was instead translated to the see of Worcester.^[3] Clifford was elected to the see of Worcester on 19 August 1401 and consecrated on 9 October 1401.^[4]

Clifford was translated to the see of London on 22 June 1407.^[5] He planned to found a college of the University of Oxford which he intended to name London College.^[6] However, he died on 20 August 1421^[5] and his plan did not survive him.^[6]

Citations

^ Roskell, Clark & Rawcliffe 1993, p. 241
^ Fryde et al. 1996, p. 95.
^ Fryde et al. 1996, p. 228.
^ Fryde et al. 1996, p. 279.
^ ^a ^b Fryde et al. 1996, p. 258.
^ ^a ^b Colvin 1983, p. 3.

References

Colvin, H.M. (1983). Unbuilt Oxford. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 3. ISBN 0-300-03016-9.
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.
Roskell, J.S.; Clark, L; Rawcliffe, C, eds. (1993). "Clifford, Robert (d.1423), of Harnham, Northumb. and Well in Ickham, Kent.". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386–1421. Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 0-862-99943-X.

External links

Hutchinson, John (1892). "Richard Clifford" . Men of Kent and Kentishmen (Subscription ed.). Canterbury: Cross & Jackman. p. 35.

Political offices
Preceded by Guy Mone	Lord Privy Seal 1397–1401	Succeeded by Thomas Langley
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Ralph Ergham	Bishop of Bath and Wells 1400–1401	Succeeded by Henry Bowet
Preceded by Robert Tideman of Winchcombe	Bishop of Worcester 1401–1407	Succeeded by Thomas Peverel
Preceded by Nicholas Bubwith	Bishop of London 1407–1421	Succeeded by John Kemp