Prelates.
Tideman de Winchcomb, was made by R. 2. Ab∣bot of Benle, Bishop of Landaff, then of Worcester. He was also the Kings Physician; having a Plura∣lity of Cures both in Number and Kind.
Anglorum speculum, or The worthies of England, in church and state Alphabetically digested into the several shires and counties therein contained; wherein are illustrated the lives and characters of the most eminent persons since the conquest to this present age. Also an account of the commodities and trade of each respective county, and the most flourishing cities and towns therein.
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- Anglorum speculum, or The worthies of England, in church and state Alphabetically digested into the several shires and counties therein contained; wherein are illustrated the lives and characters of the most eminent persons since the conquest to this present age. Also an account of the commodities and trade of each respective county, and the most flourishing cities and towns therein.
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Jo. Chedworth, Bishop of Lincoln was joyned in Commission by King Hen. 6. with the Bishop of Winch. to Regulate the Statutes of Eaton and Kings Colledges in Camb. He dyed An. 1471.
Jo. Carpenter, born at Westbury was Bishop of Wor∣cester. He could not procure to himself the Ti∣tle of Bishop of Worcester and Westbury. He dyed 1475.
Th. Ruthal, born in Chichester was made by King Hen. 7. Bishop of Durham, and by H. 8. Privy Coun∣cellour. He was grossly mistaken when in stead of a Breviate of the State of England, which he had drawn up, he presented H. 8. with his own Estate amounting to an invidious Sum, viz. of 100000 l. his Enemy Card. Woolsey glad at the mistake, told the King, he knew now where a Mass of Money was, in case he needed it. This broke Ruthal's Heart, who had paid the third part of the cost of making the Bridge of New-Castle over Tyne, and intended many more Benefactions, had not Death (1523) on this occasion surprised him.