medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Andrew Larsen wrote:
>
> In the 1380s, the Dominican William Bottlesham was appointed by Bishop
> Wykeham of Winchester as suffragan bishop of Nantes, despite the fact
> that there already was a bishop of Nantes. Whether Bottlesham had
> successors to his office I don't know, but Bottlesham was considered
> a legitimate bishop in England. He participated in the Blackfriars
> Council in 1381 as a bishop.
"Nanatensis". That's a distinct oddity - at some point he became bishop of
Bethlehem (Bottlesham?) and subsequently Llandaff and then Rochester.
Perhaps somebody with access to the ODNB can throw light on this?
John Briggs
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