Richard Hill (bishop)

Richard Hill (fl. 10 May 1486; died 20 February 1496)Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 259 was a medieval Bishop of London.

Hill was Archdeacon of Lewes from 1486,Richard, (fl.1486-9).doc Hill, Richard, (fl.1486-9) until he was provided as Bishop of London on 21 August 1489 and consecrated on 15 November 1489. He also served as Dean of the Chapel Royal between 1485 and 1489.

With a group of supporters around the Court of Arches, including Edward Vaughan, he attempted to undermine the prerogative powers of the Archbishop of Canterbury, at the time John Morton.Harper-Bill, Christopher "The Familia, Administrators and Patronage of Archbishop John Morton", Journal of Religious History, Volume 10 Issue 3, pp. 236 – 252, published online 9 October 2007

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Further reading Harper-Bill, Christopher Bishop Richard Hill and the court of Canterbury, 1494–96. Guildhall Studies in London History, 3:1 (1977), 1–12.