This text has been selected for inclusion in the EEBO-TCP: Navigations collection, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication ( http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.
Thomas Vipont, descended of those ancient Barons who were Hereditary Lords of this County, was by the Canons of Carlile elected their Bishop, though King Henry 3. with great importunity (why not Authori∣ty?) commended John Prior of Newbury to them. He enjoyed his place but one year, and dyed 1256.
John de Kirby, born at Kirkby Lansdale (or Stephens) was first Canon, afterwards Bishop of Carlile, 1332.
He, with the Assistance of Thomas Lucy and Robert Ogle, (persons of prime power in those parts) fight∣ing in an advantagious place, utterly routed and ruined the Scot•…•… who invaded England, with an Army of 30000 Men, under the Conduct of William Dougl••••, and had taken, and burnt Carlile. He dyed 1353.
Thomas de Appleby was legally chosen Bishop of Car∣lile, yet he durst not own the choice, till he had ob∣tained his Confirmation from the Court of Rome. He was consecrated 1363, and deceased 1395.
Robert de Appleby went over into Ireland, and there became Prior of St. Peter near Trimme, hence he was by the Pope preferred Bishop of Ossory in that Kingdom. He dyed 1404.
W. of Strickland, descended of a right Worshipful Family, was elected Bishop of Carlile, yet Robert Read was by King Richard 2. and the Pope preferred to the place, which affront Strickland bore with much moderation. He was afterwards (during a vacancy) chosen again, and Consecrated Bishop of Carlile 1400. For the Town of Perith in Cumberland, he cut a pas∣sage from the Town into the River Petteril, for the conveyance of Boatage into the Irish Sea. He dyed 1419.
Nich. Close, born at Bibreke, was one of the six O∣riginal Fellows, whom King Henry 6. placed in his new Colledge (Kings Colledge) in Cambridge, having committed the building of that house to his fidelity. He was first Bishop of Carlile, then of Lichfield, where he dyed within a year after his Consecration, viz. an. 1453.