Thomas Rushhook
English Dominican, bishop and royal chaplain
About Thomas Rushhook
Lived 1350 – 1393 (aged 42–43). Thomas Rushhook was a catholic priest, catholic bishop and bishop.
Thomas Rushhook (died ) was an English Dominican, bishop and chaplain to Richard II of England.
Rushhook was Provincial of the Dominican Order in England 1373 to 1382, being deposed at one point. He was Archdeacon of St Asaph 1382–3, bishop of Llandaff on 16 January 1383, and then was translated to be bishop of Chichester on 16 October 1385.
A supporter of Richard II, Rushhook was impeached in 1388. Subsequently, he was in Ireland, as bishop of Breifne (Kilmore), where he died about 1392.
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English Dominican, bishop and royal chaplain
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Thomas Rushhook was born in 1350 in Worcestershire.
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Thomas Rushhook died in 1393.
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Thomas Rushhook was a catholic priest, catholic bishop and bishop.
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