Henry Chichele (1364-12 April 1443) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 28 April 1414 to 12 April 1443, succeeding Thomas Arundel and preceding John Stafford. He also founded All Souls College in Oxford.
Biography[]
Henry Chichele was born in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England in 1364, and he attended New College, Oxford and Winchester College. He rose rapidly in the ranks of the legal world, and he was made Archdeacon of Dorset in 1397. In 1404, he became a prebend at Lincoln, and he became Bishop of St. David's in 1407. In 1414, Chichele became Archbishop of Canterbury, and he tempted King Henry V of England into invading France in order to distract Parliament from confiscating the property of the Catholic Church at home. During the Siege of Rouen, he negotiated the surrender of the city, and he crowned Queen Catherine of Valois. He died in 1443.