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��1397 Robert Reade^^, bishop of Carlisle^ was translated to 20Ric.Il. this see by papal bull dated 5th Oct. 1396-*^; and made his profession of obedience 12th March i396-7'2i. The temporalities were restored to him 6th May^"^. He died in June 1415-3. His will is dated loth Aug. 14 14, and was proved 6th July 141 5^^. A conge d'elire vice bishop Reade issued 21st June 1415^^, and the custody of the bishopric was granted 1st Julv-*'; and on the 2nd of that month another li- cense to elect a bishop in the room of Robert Reade issued 27, the first not having been complied with.
1415 Stephen Patington or Patrixgton, bishop ofSt.Da- 3 Hen. V. ^;^o?^s, was appointed to the see of Chichester ; but he died before his translation could be perfected. His will, dated 16th Nov. 1417, was proved 29th Dec. 141728. His epitaph, however, as given in Wcever p. 438, states that he died 22nd Sept. 14172^. The license to elect a bishop in the stead of Stephen Pa- trington is dated Feb. 3rd 1417-1830.
14 1 8 Hexry Ware, LL.D., canon of Chichester, was pro-
6Hen. V. vided to this see by pope Martin V. 6th April 1418^1,
and obtained restitution of the temporalities 13th
May3'2; and he made his profession to the archbishop
��19 His register is the oldest in the cathedral, and begins loth Feb. 1396-7 and ends 13th April 1414.
20 Bulla papal, in Turr. Lond. '^^ Reg. Arundel.
22 Pat. 20 Ric. II. p. 2. m. 3.
2>^ The spiritualities were seiz- ed into the hands of the arch- bishop 29th June 1 41 5 (Reg. Chichel. fol. 276), and granted to John Blounham, precentor of Chichester, and William Piers, dean of the collegiate church of Southampton, on the following day. Ibid. 288.
24 Reg. Chichel. fol. 276.
��25 Pat. 3 Hen. V. p. 2. m. 39.
26 Ibid. p. 4. m.3.
27 Ibid. p. I. ra. 4. 2S Reg. Chichel.
2" The see was certainly va- cant 30th Sept. 141 7. Privy Signet Bills temp. Hen. V. See also Fuller'sWorthies,Yorkshire, p. 196.
30 Pat. 5 Hen. V. m. 5.
31 Reg. Chichel.
32 Pat. 6 Hen. V. m. 20. The King addressed a letter under his signet to the bishop of Dur- ham, chancellor of England; in which he says, that " Master Henry Ware, elect to the bishop-
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