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Robert Blyth,
OSB (b
Norton, Derbyshire 1470 - d
Cambridge 1547) was a
Bishop of Down and Connor
[1] in the first half of the sixteenth century.
[2]
Also the
Abbot of
Thorney Abbey,
[3] he was first appointed on 16 April 1520; but accepted
royal supremacy in 1539. He was
deposed by
Pope Paul III. Blyth also acted as a
suffragan bishop in the
Diocese of Ely
[4] from 1539 to 1541.
References
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^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3"
Cotton, H. pp 202
Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
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^ Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge,
CUP, 1996
ISBN
0-521-56350-X, 0713642556
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^
"Houses of Benedictine monks: Abbey of Thorney". British History Online. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
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^ Sweeting, W.D. (2012).
The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See. tredition.
ISBN
9783842498464. Retrieved 10 September 2017.