Robert Blyth (bishop)

Robert Blyth, OSB (b Norton, Derbyshire 1470 - d Cambridge 1547) was a Bishop of Down and Connor[1] in the first half of the sixteenth century.[2]

Also the Abbot of Thorney Abbey,[3] he was first appointed on 16 April 1520; but accepted royal supremacy in 1539. He was deposed by Pope Paul III. Blyth also acted as a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Ely[4] from 1539 to 1541.

References
  1. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. pp 202 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  2. Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 0713642556
  3. "Houses of Benedictine monks: Abbey of Thorney". British History Online. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  4. Sweeting, W.D. (2012). The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See. tredition. ISBN 9783842498464. Retrieved 10 September 2017.


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