Geoffrey Blythe

Geoffrey Blythe (died c. 1530) was the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.[2] He was schooled at Eton and then entered King's College, Cambridge in 1483.King Henry VII entertained a high opinion of his abilities, and often employed him in foreign embassies.He was special ambassador on 27 May 1502 to Vladislas II, King of Hungary and Bohemia, and on his return was rewarded with the bishopric of Coventry and Lichfield.Blythe's elder brother John was Bishop of Salisbury, and Bishops' House in Sheffield is said to be so named because it was built for the brothers, though there is no evidence that they ever lived there.
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