Richard Hill (bishop)

For other uses, see Richard Hill (disambiguation).

Richard Hill
Predecessor	Thomas Kempe
Successor	Thomas Savage
Personal details
Died	20 February 1496
Denomination	Catholic

Richard Hill (died 20 February 1496) was a medieval Bishop of London.

Hill was provided on 21 August 1489 and consecrated on 15 November 1489. With a group of supporters around the Court of Arches, including Edward Vaughan, he attempted to undermine the prerogative powers of the Archbishop of Canterbury, at the time John Morton.

References

• Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

Further reading

• Harper-Bill, Christopher Bishop Richard Hill and the court of Canterbury, 1494–96. Guildhall Studies in London History, 3:1 (1977), 1–12.