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Biography of Cardinal John of Thoresby -1373

On 23rd May 1347 Cardinal John of Thoresby was appointed Bishop of St David's. he wa consecrated on 23rd September 1347.

In 1349 Cardinal John of Thoresby was appointed Lord Chancellor.

On 4th September 1349 Cardinal John of Thoresby was translated to Bishop of Worcester.

On 16th August 1352 Cardinal John of Thoresby was appointed Archbishop of York.

On 17th September 1361 Cardinal John of Thoresby was appointed Cardinal.

On 6th November 1373 Cardinal John of Thoresby died.

Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke [-1360]. Moreover, in this year [1352], the lord William de la Zouche, Archbishop of York, of pious memory, departed from this world; and in his place, Master John de Thoresby, Bishop of Worcester and Chancellor of the Realm, was translated.

Preterea isto anno pie memorie dominus Willelmus de la Zowche, archiepiscopus Eboracensis, ab hoc mundo migravit; et in suum locum magister Iohannes de Thursby, episcopus Wircestrie et regni cancellarius, fuerat translatus.