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Thomas Kempe
 
d.28 Mar 1489
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Name Thomas Kempe
Gender Male
Death[1] 28 Mar 1489
Probate[2] Oct 1489
Reference Number? Q7791474?


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Thomas Kempe was a medieval Bishop of London.

Kempe was the nephew of John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury.

Kempe was provided to London on 21 August 1448 and consecrated on 8 February 1450. He died on 28 March 1489. He had previously held the offices of Archdeacon of York and then Richmond from 1442 to 1448.

There was a memorial to him by the tenth column at the west end of Old St Paul's Cathedral.

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References
  1. Thomas Kempe, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. Will of Thomas Kempe Bishop of London of Staplehurst, Kent, in Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Prerogative Court. Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Probate Records, 1384-1858
    PROB 11/8/408.