William Senhouse (died 1505), also called William Sever, was an English priest, successively Bishop of Carlisle, 1495–1502, and Bishop of Durham, 1502–1505.
William Senhouse | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Durham | |
| Appointed | 27 June 1502 |
| Term ended | 1505 |
| Predecessor | Richard Foxe |
| Successor | Christopher Bainbridge |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Carlisle |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1496 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1505 |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Senhouse was educated at the University of Oxford and became a Benedictine monk at St Mary's Abbey, York, being elected abbot in 1485. He was selected as bishop of Carlisle on 4 September 1495, and consecrated in 1496.[1] He was translated to Durham on 27 June 1502.[2]
Senhouse died in 1505.[2]
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edit- 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.
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