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Bransford, Wulstan de (1284 - 1349)

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Birth Date: 1284 (possibly born in this year)
Death Date: 1349-08-06

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Titles

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Prior of St. Mary's Priory, Worcestershire 1317 -11 -23 (date elected; installed 30 Nov. 1317) 1339 -03 -28 date enthroned as Bishop Successor elected 12 April 1339
Bishop of Worcester, Worcester Diocese 1338 -12 -28 (date licence to elect granted) 1349 -08 -6 Royal assent to election 12 Jan. 1338/9; temporalities restored 17 Feb. 1338/9; consecrated 21 March 1338/9; enthroned 28 March 1339. Unsuccessfully claimed bishopric in 1317

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Prior's House, St. Mary's Priory, Worcester, Worcestershire
    Acquired: 1317
    Divested: 1339
  • Bishop's Palace, Worcester, Worcestershire
    Acquired: 1339
    Divested: 1349-08
  • Hartlebury Castle, Worcestershire
    Acquired: 1339
    Divested: 1349-08

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - The More, The More, Worcestershire Prior [of Worcester]'s Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Prior [of Worcester]'s Minstrel/s Bransford, Wulstan de (1284 - 1349) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Haines, R.M. A Calendar of the Register of Wolstan de Bransford, Bishop of Worcester 1339--49. London: HMSO, 1966
  • Klausner, David N., ed. Herefordshire, Worcestershire. Toronto, Buffalo and London: U of Toronto P, 1990
  • Le Neve, John. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300--1541. 1716. 12 vols. London: Athlone Press, 1962--7
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • The Victoria History of the County of Worcester. 4 vols and Index. London: Constable & Co [vols 1--3]; St. Catherine's P [vol 4 and Index], 1901--26