Ralph Baldock (or Ralph de Baldoc) was a medieval Bishop of London.

Ralph Baldock
Bishop of London
Elected24 February 1304
Term ended24 July 1313
PredecessorRichard Gravesend
SuccessorGilbert Segrave
Orders
Consecration30 January 1306
Personal details
Died24 July 1313
DenominationCatholic

Baldock was elected on 24 February 1304,[1] confirmed 10 May,[citation needed] and consecrated on 30 January 1306.[1]

Baldock served as Lord Chancellor of England from 21 April 1307 to 2 August 1307.[2] He licensed Bow Church on 17 November 1311 as a chapel of ease.[citation needed] He died on 24 July 1313.[1]

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b c Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258.
  2. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology pp. 85-86.

References

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  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

Further reading

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  • Tipping, H. A. "‘Baldock, Ralph (d. 1313)’", rev. M. C. Buck, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 8 November 2007
Political offices
Preceded by Lord Chancellor
1307
Succeeded by
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of London
1304–1313
Succeeded by