14th-century Bishop of Rochester
Hamo Hethe was a medieval Bishop of Rochester, England. He was born about 1275 in Centuries, Hythe. He was elected on 18 March 1317 and consecrated on 26 August 1319. He resigned the see early 1352 before his death 4 May 1352.[1]
Hethe, along with Archbishop Melton, John Ross and Stephen Gravesend, alone spoke up in Edward II's defence during the Parliamentary session that deposed Edward.[2]
Citations
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 267
- ^ Weir Queen Isabella p. 257
References
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Weir, Alison (2005). Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery and Murder in Medieval England. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-45319-0.
External links
- Hutchinson, John (1892). "Hamo of Hythe" . Men of Kent and Kentishmen (Subscription ed.). Canterbury: Cross & Jackman. pp. 61–62.