Thomas Kempe was a medieval
Bishop of London
The bishop of London is the Ordinary (church officer), ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury. By custom the Bishop is also Dean of the Chapel Royal since 1723.
The diocese covers of 17 boroughs o ...
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Kempe was the nephew of
John Kemp
John Kemp ( 1380 – 22 March 1454) was a medieval English cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Lord Chancellor of England.
Biography
Kemp was the son of Thomas Kempe, a gentleman of Olantigh, in the parish of Wye near Ashford, Ke ...
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Archbishop of Canterbury
The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the Primus inter pares, ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the bishop of the diocese of Canterbury. The first archbishop ...
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Kempe was provided to London on 21 August 1448 and consecrated on 8 February 1450. He died on 28 March 1489.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 259] He had previously held the offices of
Archdeacon of York and then
Richmond from 1442 to 1448.
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Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond
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There was a memorial to him by the tenth column at the west end of
Old St Paul's Cathedral
Old St Paul's Cathedral was the cathedral of the City of London that, until the Great Fire of London, Great Fire of 1666, stood on the site of the present St Paul's Cathedral. Built from 1087 to 1314 and dedicated to Paul of Tarsus, Saint Paul ...
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["Memorials of St Paul's Cathedral" Sinclair, W. p. 91: London; Chapman & Hall, Ltd; 1909]
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External links
Will of Thomas Kempe*
Bishops of London
1489 deaths
Archdeacons of Richmond
Year of birth unknown
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