Thomas Ruthall

Thomas Ruthall
Bishop of Durham
ChurchRoman Catholic
DioceseDiocese of Durham
In office1509–1523
PredecessorChristopher Bainbridge
SuccessorThomas Wolsey
Other post(s)Dean of Bocking (1495–?)
Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1503–1504)
Dean of Salisbury (1505–1508)
Dean of Wimborne (c. 1508–1509)
Lord Privy Seal (1516–1523)
Orders
Ordination1490 (deacon)
Consecration1509
Personal details
Born
Died(1523-02-04)4 February 1523 (aged c. 55)
Westminster, Middlesex, England
BuriedSt John's Chapel, Westminster Abbey
NationalityEnglish
DenominationCatholic
ResidenceDurham Place (at death)
Alma materUniversity of Oxford

Thomas Ruthall (also spelled Ruthal, Rowthel or Rowthall; died 4 February 1523) was an English churchman, administrator and diplomat. He was a leading councillor of Henry VIII of England.[1]

  1. ^ G. R. Elton, The Tudor Revolution in Government (1953), p. 122.