William Ayscough

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William Ayscough
Bishop of Salisbury
Church Catholic
Appointed 11 February 1438
Term ended 29 June 1450
Predecessor Robert Neville
Successor Richard Beauchamp
Orders
Consecration 20 July 1438
Personal details
Died 29 June 1450

William Ayscough (or Aiscough) was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury.

Ayscough was nominated on 11 February 1438 and consecrated on 20 July 1438.[1]

Ayscough was murdered on 29 June 1450 by an angry mob during Jack Cade’s rebellion, as he had married Henry VI and the deeply unpopular Margaret of Anjou.

Citations

  1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 271

References

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Salisbury
1438–1450
Succeeded by
Richard Beauchamp

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