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Fulk Basset (bishop of London)

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Fulk Basset
Bishop of London
Elected1241
Term ended21 May 1259
PredecessorRoger Niger
SuccessorHenry Wingham
Orders
Consecration9 October 1244
Personal details
Died21 May 1259
Buried25 May 1259
DenominationCatholic

Fulk Basset (died 1259) was a medieval Bishop of London.

Life

Basset was elected in 1241, probably in December, and consecrated on 9 October 1244. He died on 21 May 1259.[1] His death was commemorated on 21 May 1259 and he was buried on 25 May 1259. His nephew Richard Talbot was elected Bishop of London in 1262, but died before he could be consecrated.[2]

Citations

  1. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258
  2. ^ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Bishops

References

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  • Greenway, Diana E. (1968). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Bishops. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 29 October 2007.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of London
1241–1259
Succeeded by