William Dudley | |
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| Bishop of Durham | |
Dudley's tombstone inBrinkburn Priory. The Latin inscription reads "Here lies William former Bishop of Cluny and Suffragan of Durham and Prior of the Monastery whose soul has returned to God. He died AD 1484." | |
| Appointed | 31 July 1476 |
| Term ended | 29 November 1483 |
| Predecessor | Laurence Booth |
| Successor | John Sherwood |
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| Consecration | between 1 September and 12 October 1476 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | (1483-11-29)29 November 1483 |
| Denomination | Catholic |
William Dudley (died 1483) wasDean of Windsor and thenBishop of Durham.
Born William Sutton, of Dudley, he was a younger son ofJohn Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley.[1] He was made acanon ofSt George's Chapel, Windsor andDean of the Chapel Royal in 1471 and elevated toDean of Windsor in 1473, a position which he held with that ofDean of Wolverhampton: thereafter the two posts were customarily held by the same man.
Dudley was nominated to Durham on 31 July 1476 and was consecrated between 1 September and 12 October 1476. In 1483 he supportedRichard, Duke of Gloucester, the future King Richard III, in his bid for theThrone of England.[2] In the last months of his life he wasChancellor of Oxford University.[1] Dudley died on 29 November 1483.[3][4]
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Durham 1476–1483 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1483 | Succeeded by |
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