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James Goldwell (died 15 February 1499) was a medieval Dean of Salisbury and Bishop of Norwich.

Life

Goldwell was one of the sons of William and Avice Goldwell, both of whom died in 1485. He had a brother, Nicholas Goldwell, who survived him.^[1] He was nominated on 17 July 1472 and was consecrated on 4 October 1472. He died on 15 February 1499.^[2]

Career

Goldwell was educated at All Souls' College, Oxford where he graduated B.Can.L. 1449 and D.C.L 1452.

He was appointed:

• President of St George’s Hall in the Castle, Oxford 1452


• Rector of St John the Evangelist, London 1455


• Rector of Rivenhall, Essex 1455


• Prebendary of Widland in St Paul’s Cathedral 1457


• Prebendary of Sneating in St Paul’s Cathedral 1458


• Prebendary of Islington in St Paul’s Cathedral 1459 - 1461


• Registrar of the Order of the Garter 1460


• Rector of Cliffe-at-Hoo, Kent


• 
  Archdeacon of Essex, 1461


• Canon of Hereford Cathedral 1461


• Prebenary of Stratford in Salisbury Cathedral 1462


• 
  Dean of Salisbury 1463


• Principal Secretary of State to King Edward IV
  


• Master of the Rolls 1471


• Papal Protonotary


• 
  Bishop of Norwich 1472, consecrated at St Blaise, Rome

Goldwell was appointed to the sixth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1460 and held this until 1472.^[3]

Citations

References

• 
  Hayes, Rosemary C.E. (2004). "Goldwell, James (d. 1499)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10926..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
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• 
  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.
  

External links

• 
  Will of James Goldwell, Bishop of Norwich of Bethersden, Kent, proved 15 February 1499, PROB 11/11/565, National Archives Retrieved 30 November 2013

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