William Whittlesey
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William Whittlesey (or Whittlesea) (died 5 June 1374) was a Bishop of Rochester, then Bishop of Worcester, then finally Archbishop of Canterbury. He also served as Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Life
[edit]Whittlesey was probably born in the Cambridgeshire village of Whittlesey, England.
Whittlesey was educated at Oxford, and owing principally to the fact that he was a nephew of Simon Islip, archbishop of Canterbury, he received numerous ecclesiastical preferments; he held prebends at Lichfield, Chichester and Lincoln, and livings at Ivychurch, Croydon and Cliffe.Template:Sfn
Whittlesey was briefly appointed Master of Peterhouse on 10 September 1349 and resigned from that post in 1351.Template:Sfn Later he was appointed vicar-general, and then dean of the court of arches by Islip.Template:Sfn On 23 October 1360 he became Bishop of Rochester and was consecrated on 6 February 1362.Template:Sfn Two years after his consecration he was transferred to the bishopric of Worcester on 6 March 1364.Template:Sfn On 11 October 1368 Whittlesey was transferred to the archbishopric of Canterbury in succession to Simon Langham, but his term of office was very uneventful, a circumstance due partly, but not wholly, to his feeble health.Template:Sfn He died at Lambeth on the 5th or 6 June 1374.Template:Sfn
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