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THOMAS DE BRANTINGHAM (d. 1394)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 431 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THOMAS DE BRANTINGHAM (d. 1394)  ,
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English lord treasurer and bishop of Exeter, came of a Durham
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family . An older relative, Ralph de Brantingham, had served
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Edward II. and Edward III., and Thomas was made a clerk in the
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treasury . Edward III•. obtained preferment for him in the church, and from 1361 to 1368 he was employed in France in responsible positions . He was closely associated with William of Wykeham, and while the latter was in power as chancellor, Brantingham was lord treasurer (1369-1371, and 1377-1381), being made bishop of Exeter in 1370 . He continued to
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play a prominent
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part in public affairs under Richard II., and in 1389 was again lord treasurer for a few months . He died in 1394 and was buried in Exeter
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cathedral .

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