Richard Fletcher (bishop)

16th-century English Anglican bishop

For other people named Richard Fletcher, see Richard Fletcher (disambiguation).

The Right Reverend

Richard Fletcher

Bishop of London
Church| Church of England
Province| Canterbury
Diocese| London
Elected| 30 December 1594
In office| 10 January 1595 – 15 June 1596
Predecessor| John Aylmer
Successor| Richard Bancroft
Previous post(s)| Bishop of Worcester
Bishop of Bristol
Dean of Peterborough
Orders
Consecration| 14 December 1589
Personal details
Born| c. 1544/5

Watford

Died| 15 June 1596 (aged approximately 51–52)
Nationality| English
Denomination| Anglican
Children| John Fletcher

Richard Fletcher (1544/5, Watford – 15 June 1596) was a Church of England priest and bishop. He was successively Dean of Peterborough (1583–89), bishop of Bristol (1589–93), Bishop of Worcester (1593–95) and Bishop of London (1595–96).

Fletcher was educated at Norwich School[1] and at Trinity College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1562, graduating B.A. 1566\. Moving to Corpus Christi College, where he gained a fellowship in 1569, he graduated M.A. 1569, B.D. 1576, D.D. 1580.[2] He was the father of playwright John Fletcher.

During Fletcher's time as Dean of Peterborough Cathedral he was present at the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots on 8 February 1587,[2] described by Fraser as "pray(ing) out loud and at length, in a prolonged and rhetorical style as though determined to force his way into the pages of history" (1969:584), and presided over her initial funeral and burial at Peterborough Cathedral.[3]

Fletcher was elected Bishop of Bristol on 13 November 1589 and consecrated on 14 December 1589.[4] He was translated to the bishopric of Worcester on 10 February 1593,[5] and to the bishopric of London on 10 January 1595.[6]

Fletcher died in office on 15 June 1596.[6]

## References

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1. ^ Harries, Cattermole & Mackintosh 1991, p. 170
2. ^ a b "Fletcher, Richard (FLTR562R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
3. ^ Fraser, A. (1969). Mary Queen of Scots. London: World Books. pp. 583–586, 594.
4. ^ Horn, Bishops of Bristol, vol. 8, pp. 9–15
5. ^ Horn, Bishops of Worcester, vol. 7, pp. 105–109
6. ^ a b Horn, Bishops of London, vol. 1, pp. 1–4

## Sources

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* Harries, R.; Cattermole, P.; Mackintosh, P. (1991). A History of Norwich School: King Edward VI's Grammar School at Norwich. Norwich: Friends of Norwich School. ISBN 978-0-9518561-1-6.
* Horn, J. M. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857. Institute of Historical Research.

## External links

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* Usher, Brett, ‘Fletcher, Richard (1544/5–1596)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 3 Jan 2008
* Hutchinson, John (1892). "Richard Fletcher" . Men of Kent and Kentishmen (Subscription ed.). Canterbury: Cross & Jackman. p. 49.

Church of England titles

Preceded by

William Latymer

|  Dean of Peterborough
1583–1589  | Succeeded by

Thomas Nevile

Preceded by

John Bullingham

|  Bishop of Bristol
1589–1593  | Vacant

Title next held by

John Thornborough
Preceded by

Edmund Freke

|  Bishop of Worcester
1593–1595  | Succeeded by

Thomas Bilson

Preceded by

John Aylmer

|  Bishop of London
1595–1596  | Succeeded by

Richard Bancroft

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