John Blyth (bishop)

{{Short description|Bishop of Salisbury (died 1499)}}

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{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = Bishop

| name = John Blyth

| title = Bishop of Salisbury

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| religion = Catholic

| appointed = 13 November 1493

| term_end = 23 August 1499

| predecessor = Thomas Langton

| successor = Henry Deane

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| consecration = 23 February 1494

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| death_date = 23 August 1499

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| previous_post = Archdeacon of Richmond

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John Blyth or John Blythe (before 1460 – 23 August 1499) was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury.

Blyth was Archdeacon of Richmond from 1485 to 1493Jones [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol6/pp25-27 Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond] and was Master of the Rolls 5 May 1492{{snd}}13 February 1494.{{Cite book|title = Beatson's Political index modernised. The book of dignities; containing rolls of the official personages of the British empire, together with the sovereigns of Europe, the peerage of England and of Great Britain; and numerous other lists|url = https://archive.org/details/beatsonspolitic00beatgoog|date = 1851-01-01|language = en|first = Joseph Timothy|last = Haydn|first2 = Robert|last2 = Beatson|page = [https://archive.org/details/beatsonspolitic00beatgoog/page/n258 237]}}{{Dubious|John Blyth/John Blithe|reason=may be a different person|date=September 2018}} He was nominated to Salisbury on 13 November 1493 and consecrated on 23 February 1494, serving until his death five-and-a-half years later, on 23 August 1499.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 271 His brother Geoffrey was Bishop of Lichfield.{{DNB Cite|wstitle=Blythe, John (d.1499)}}