Thomas Kempe was a medieval Bishop of London.
Kempe was the nephew of John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Kempe was provided to London on 21 August 1448 and consecrated on 8 February 1450. He died on 28 March 1489.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 259 He had previously held the offices of Archdeacon of York and then Richmond from 1442 to 1448.Jones Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond
There was a memorial to him by the tenth column at the west end of Old St Paul's Cathedral."Memorials of St Paul's Cathedral" Sinclair, W. p. 91: London; Chapman & Hall, Ltd; 1909
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