Robert Reed
Bishop of Chichester
Appointed5 October 1396
Term endedJune 1415
PredecessorRobert Waldby
SuccessorStephen Patrington
Personal details
DiedJune 1415
DenominationCatholic
Previous post(s)Bishop of Waterford
Bishop of Carlisle

Robert Reed (or Reade; died 1415) was a Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Bishop of Carlisle and Bishop of Chichester.

Reed was a Dominican friar.[1] He was selected as Bishop of Waterford on 9 September 1394, and transferred to Carlisle on 26 January 1396.[2]

Reed was translated from Carlisle to Chichester on 5 October 1396.[3]

Reed died in June 1415.[3] Reed requested, in his will, that he wished to be buried at the foot of his predecessor William Rede before the high altar of Chichester cathedral.[4]


Citations

  1. ^ Reed, Robert Episcopal register of Robert Rede: ordinis predicatorum, Vol. 8 p. IX
  2. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 376
  3. ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 239
  4. ^ Walcott. The Early Statutes of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Chichester. p. 55

References

Catholic Church titles Preceded byThomas le Reve Bishop of Waterford and Lismore 1394–1396 Succeeded byThomas Sparkford Preceded byThomas Appleby Bishop of Carlisle 1396 Succeeded byThomas Merke Preceded byRobert Waldby Bishop of Chichester 1396–1415 Succeeded byStephen Patrington


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