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Rh, canon of Chichester, was elected 11th Dec. 1327. He accepted the dignity at Chichester on the 21st of the same month, and was presented to the king on the 24th ; who gave his assent to the election at Lichfield 2nd Jan. 1328. Having obtained the King's letters patent of safe conduct 6th Jan., he sailed for the court of Rome on the 17th of that month, and obtained the Pope's confirmation 25th May following , was consecrated 5th June at Avignon in the church of the friars preachers, and received his pall on the 9th of the same month. On his return he landed at Dover 5th Sept., received his temporalities from the King at Lynn on the 19th of the same month , and was enthroned 22nd Jan. 1329. He died 12th Oct. 1333, at Mayfield in Sussex, and was buried in his own cathedral. The license to elect a successor to archbishop Simon is dated 19th Oct.

, bishop of Winchester and chancellor of England, was postulated to this see 3rd Nov. 1333 and the royal assent was given to his translation 18th Nov. ; the temporalities were restored 5th Feb. 1334, and he received his pall 23rd April; he was enthroned 9th Oct. He died at Mayfield x Cal. Sept. (23rd Aug.) 1348 , and was buried in his own cathedral. VOL. I.D