Nicholas Bubwith (1355-1424) was a Bishop of London, Bishop of Salisbury and Bishop of Bath and Wells as well as Lord Privy Seal and Lord High Treasurer of England.
Bubwith was collated Archdeacon of Dorset from 1397 - 1399 and again from 1400 - 1406.'Archdeacons: Dorset', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 3, Salisbury Diocese, ed. Joyce M Horn (London, 1962), pp. 7-9. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol3/pp7-9 [accessed 26 April 2017]. He was selected as Bishop of London on 14 May 1406 and consecrated 26 September 1406.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258
Bubwith was Lord Privy Seal from 2 March 1405 to 4 October 1406.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 95 He was Lord High Treasurer from 15 April 1407 to 14 July 1408.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 106 He also planned the building of St Saviour's Wells hospital but actual construction of the building started after his death.
Bubwith was translated to the see of Salisbury on 22 June 1407.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 271 As such, he participated in the Council of Constance together with Robert Hallam.There, alongside Robert Hallam and Amedeo di Saluzzo, he ordered a Latin translation and commentary of Dante's Divine Comedy executed by Giovanni da Serravalle. Digital version:
Bubwith was then translated to the see of Bath and Wells on 7 October 1407. He died 27 October 1424.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 228
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