Thomas de Lisle

Thomas de Lisle
Bishop of Ely
Elected	15 July 1345
Term ended	23 June 1361
Predecessor	Simon Montacute
Successor	Simon Langham
Orders
Consecration	July 1345
Personal details
Born	c. 1298
Died	23 June 1361
Denomination	Catholic

Thomas de Lisle (c. 1298–1361) was a medieval Bishop of Ely.

Lisle was elected to Ely on 15 July 1345 and consecrated in July 1345. He had his servants burn down some of the houses belonging to Blanche of Lancaster. He was rebuked by Edward III and ordered to pay damages, but after that he had her servant William Holm murdered in 1355. Edward then confiscated Lisle's possessions and made him beg for forgiveness.

Lisle died on 23 June 1361.

References

• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

Further reading

• Haines, Roy, "Lisle, Thomas (c.1298–1361)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004