Thomas Arundel


Thomas Arundel
Archbishop of Canterbury
Late-14th-century illumination depicting Arundel[1]
ChurchCatholic Church
Appointed25 September 1396
Term ended19 February 1414
PredecessorWilliam Courtenay
SuccessorHenry Chichele
Other post(s)
Orders
Consecration9 April 1374
by William Whittlesey
Personal details
Born1353 (1353)
Etchingham, Sussex, Kingdom of England
Died19 February 1414(1414-02-19) (aged 60–61)

Thomas Arundel (1353 – 19 February 1414) was an English clergyman who served as Lord Chancellor and Archbishop of York during the reign of Richard II, as well as Archbishop of Canterbury in 1397 and from 1399 until his death, an outspoken opponent of the Lollards. He was instrumental in the usurpation of Richard by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, who became Henry IV.

  1. ^ MS Laud Misc 165, fol. 5.