Robert Mascall
# Robert Mascall

Robert Mascall (or Maschal) (died 22 December 1416) was a medieval Carmelite friar who served as the Bishop of Hereford from 1404 to 1416.

Mascall was born at Ludlow, Shropshire, where at an early age he became a Carmelite friar. He was educated at the University of Oxford, gaining a distinction in philosophy and theology. Probably in 1400, King Henry IV appointed Mascall his confessor.

Mascall was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Hereford by papal provision on 2 July and consecrated on 6 July 1404. He received possession of the temporalities of the See of Hereford on 25 September 1404.

Mascall died in office on 22 December 1416.

## Citations

* 1 2 3 Pollard, Albert Frederick (1893). "Mascall, Robert". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 36. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
* 1 2 3 Barrow 2002, Bishops of Hereford, pp. 1–7.
* ↑ Eubel 1913, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, volume 1, p. 274.
* 1 2 3 Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 251.
