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John Dunmow

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John Dunmoe BDec (also Dunmow, Dumoe, Dunow or Dunowe) (died 25 January 1489) was a Canon of Windsor from 1450 to 1455[1] and Archdeacon of Gloucester from 1487 to 1489 and Bishop of Limerick from 1486 to 1489.

Dunmow is described by Canon Begley as a canon of Exeter, Doctor of Laws and acting as ambassador from Henry VII to the Papal court in Rome. He died in 1489 having never visited his diocese.[2] He is also listed as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Exeter.[3]

Career

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He was appointed:

He was appointed to the ninth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1476 and held the canonry until 1488.

Notes

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  1. ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
  2. ^ Begley, John (1906). The Diocese of Limerick, Ancient and Medieval. Dublin: Browne & Nolan. p. 307.
  3. ^ "Bishop John Dunowe". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 13 October 2022.