Thomas Vipont

Thomas Vipont (died 1256) was a medieval Bishop of Carlisle.

Thomas Vipont
Bishop of Carlisle
Elected	September 1254
Term ended	14 October 1256
Predecessor	Silvester de Everdon
Successor	Robert de Chauncy
Other post(s)	rector of Greystoke
Orders
Consecration	7 February 1255
Personal details
Died	14 October 1256

Life

Vipont was a member of the family of the lords of Westmoreland but attained a magister degree from the schools. He was rector of Greystoke before he was elected bishop about September 1254, and consecrated on 7 February 1255. He was elected by the chapter of Carlisle Cathedral over the objections of King Henry III of England who had preferred that the chapter elect his chaplain John of Skipton. Henry did not push the issue, and Thomas was given the temporalities of the see on 24 December 1254. He died 14 October 1256.

References

• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
• Greenway, Diana E. (1977). "Carlisle: Bishops". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300. Vol. 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces). Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 20 October 2007.
• Summerson, Henry (2004). "Vipontde, Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/95123. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)