Orleton, Adam de, -1345
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Name (Latin)
Orleton, Adam de, -1345
Other forms of name
Orleton, Adam, -1345
Orleton, Adam de, d. 1345
nnaa Adam of Orlton, Bp. of Winchester, d. 1345
Adam, of Orlton, Bishop of Winchester, d. 1345
De Orleton, Adam, d. 1345
Adam, de Orleton, Bishop of Winchester, d. 1345
Orlton, Adam, d. 1345
Date of death
1345
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- Adam Orleton (died 1345) was an English churchman and royal administrator ; Orleton was an effective bishop in Hereford diocese, and reformed the scandalous Wigmore Abbey and also the priory at Abergavenny and St. Guthlac's priory in Hereford. Orleton was translated to be bishop of Worcester on 25 September 1327, and lastly to be bishop of Winchester on 1 December 1333 ( (Site, Wikipedia, viewed June 1st, 2020) )
- Registrum Ade de Orleton, 1908
- Haines, R.M. Calendar of the register of Adam de Orleton, Bishop of Worcester, 1327-1333, 1979:t.p. (Adam de Orleton, Bishop of Worcester)
- Haines, R.M. The church and politics in fourteenth-century England, 1978:t.p. (Adam Orleton, c. 1275-1345)
- LC data base, 08-18-81(hdg.: Adam of Orlton, Bp. of Winchester, d. 1345)
- DNB(Adam of Orlton, d. 1345, successively Bishop of Hereford, Worcester, Winchester)
- Cassan, S.H. The lives of the bishops of Winchester, 1827:v. 1, table of contents (Adam Orlton) p. 183 (Adam de Orlton)
Wikipedia description:
Adam Orleton (died 1345) was an English churchman and royal administrator. He was the Bishop of Winchester (1333–1345), Worcester (1327–1333) and Hereford (1317–1327) of the Catholic Church.
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