Richard le Scrope
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Richard le Scrope was Bishop of Lichfield
then Archbishop of York
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Scrope earned a Doctorate in canon law. He was provided to the see of Coventry and Lichfield on 18 August 1386, and consecrated on 19 August 1386. He was given the temporalities of the see on 15 November 1386. He was consecrated at Genoa. He made a profession of obedience to the Archbishop of Canterbury on 27 March 1387 and was enthroned in his cathedral on 29 June 1387. He was translated to York between 27 February 1398 and 15 March 1398, and given control of the temporalities on 23 June 1398. He was arrested for treason on 29 May 1405 at his Bishopthorpe palace, and was beheaded outside the York city walls on 8 June 1405.
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 of the counties of Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands. The bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of the Blessed...
then Archbishop of York
Archbishop of York
The Archbishop of York is a high-ranking cleric in the Church of England, second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury. He is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and metropolitan of the Province of York, which covers the northern portion of England as well as the Isle of Man...
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Scrope earned a Doctorate in canon law. He was provided to the see of Coventry and Lichfield on 18 August 1386, and consecrated on 19 August 1386. He was given the temporalities of the see on 15 November 1386. He was consecrated at Genoa. He made a profession of obedience to the Archbishop of Canterbury on 27 March 1387 and was enthroned in his cathedral on 29 June 1387. He was translated to York between 27 February 1398 and 15 March 1398, and given control of the temporalities on 23 June 1398. He was arrested for treason on 29 May 1405 at his Bishopthorpe palace, and was beheaded outside the York city walls on 8 June 1405.