Hugh de Pateshull

Hugh de Pateshull^[a] (died December 1241) was a medieval Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.

Pateshull was the son of Simon of Pattishall (a royal justice) and Simon's wife Amice. A royal clerk and a clerk of the exchequer,^[1] Hugh had custody of the Exchequer seal—Pateshull's position was a precursor office to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.^[2] He was also a canon of St. Paul's when he was selected to be Lord High Treasurer in 1234, holding that office until 1240.^[3]

Pateshull was elected bishop in 1239, and consecrated on 1 July 1240. He died on either 7 December or 8 December 1241^[4] at Potterspury and was buried in Lichfield Cathedral.^[1]

Notes

^ Sometimes Hugh Pattishall or Hugh Pateshull

Citations

^ a b Franklin "Pattishall , Hugh of" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
^ Vincent "Origins of the Chancellorship of the Exchequer" English Historical Review p. 109
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 103
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 253

References

Franklin, M. J. (2004). "Pattishall [Pateshull], Hugh of". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21540. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Vincent, Nicholas C. (January 1993). "The Origins of the Chancellorship of the Exchequer". The English Historical Review. 108 (426): 105–121. doi:10.1093/ehr/CVIII.426.105. JSTOR 573551.