John Blyth or John Blythe (before 1460 – 23 August 1499) was a medieval

Bishop of Salisbury The Bishop of Salisbury is the Ordinary (officer), ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers much of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset. The Episcopal see, see is in the Salisbur ...

. Blyth was

Archdeacon of Richmond The Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven is an archdeacon, archdiaconal post in the Church of England. It was created in about 1088 within the See of York and was moved in 1541 to the Bishopric of Chester, See of Chester, in 1836 to the Diocese of ...

from 1485 to 1493Jones
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond
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Master of the Rolls The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the President of the Court of Appeal (England and Wales)#Civil Division, Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales ...

5 May 149213 February 1494. He was nominated to Salisbury on 13 November 1493 and consecrated on 23 February 1494, serving until his death five-and-a-half years later, on 23 August 1499.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 271 His brother Geoffrey was

Bishop of Lichfield The Bishop of Lichfield is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers 4,516 km2 (1,744 sq. mi.) of the counties of Powys, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and West M ...

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15th-century births 1499 deaths Bishops of Salisbury 15th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Clergy from Sheffield Masters of the Rolls Archdeacons of Richmond Chancellors of the Order of the Garter Date of birth unknown Year of birth unknown Place of birth unknown {{England-bishop-stub