Hugh de Pateshull

Hugh de Pateschull
Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
Hugh de Pateshull's name is recorded on the brass plate commemorating the dedication of St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne on 24 April 1241.
Elected1239
Term ended1241
PredecessorWilliam de Manchester
SuccessorRichard le Gras
Orders
Consecration1 July 1240
Personal details
DiedDecember 1241
Potterspury
BuriedLichfield Cathedral
DenominationCatholic
Treasurer
In office
1234–1240
MonarchHenry III of England
Preceded byPeter des Rivaux
Succeeded byWilliam Haverhill

Hugh de Pateshull[a] (died December 1241) was a medieval Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.

Pateshull was the son of Simon of Pattishall (a royal justice) and Simon's wife Amice. A royal clerk and a clerk of the exchequer,[1] Hugh had custody of the Exchequer seal—Pateshull's position was a precursor office to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.[2] He was also a canon of St. Paul's when he was selected to be Lord High Treasurer in 1234, holding that office until 1240.[3]

Pateshull was elected bishop in 1239, and consecrated on 1 July 1240. He died on either 7 December or 8 December 1241[4] at Potterspury and was buried in Lichfield Cathedral.[1]


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  1. ^ a b Franklin "Pattishall , Hugh of" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  2. ^ Vincent "Origins of the Chancellorship of the Exchequer" English Historical Review p. 109
  3. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 103
  4. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 253