Abby, couldn't this simply mean "a bishop from France," rather than THE
bishop of a certain place? John P.
On Tue, 4 May 1999, Abigail Ann Young wrote:
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> In an account book of the 1420s for the English port town of Dover, I
> found a reference to a person just called 'bishop of France'
> (episcopus ffranciae). I am at a loss to know what diocese in 15th
> century France might have been sufficiently pre-eminent for its holder
> to be called 'bishop of France' and in my attempts to unravel this, it
> occurs to me to ask if any of you has seen that expression elsewhere
> and if so in what context....
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