Editing Richard Foxe (section)

{{short description|15th and 16th-century Bishop of Bath and Wells, Exeter, Durham, and Winchester}}
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{{similar names|Richard Fox (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| name = Richard Foxe
| title = [[Bishop of Winchester]]
| image = Richard Foxe from NPG.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = 
| religion = [[Roman Catholic]]
| appointed = 20 August 1501
| term_end = 5 October 1528
| predecessor = [[Thomas Langton]]
| successor = [[Thomas Wolsey]]
| ordination = 
| ordinated_by = 
| consecration = 8 April 1487
| consecrated_by = [[John Morton (cardinal)|John Morton]]
| birth_date = [[Wiktionary:circa|c.]] 1448
| birth_place = [[Ropsley]], [[Lincolnshire]], England
| death_date = 5 October {{Death year and age|1528|1448}}
| death_place = England
| previous_post = [[Bishop of Exeter]]<br>[[Bishop of Bath and Wells]]<br>[[Bishop of Durham]]
| church = [[Roman Catholic]]
| honorific_prefix = [[The Right Reverend]]
| image_size = 200px
| coat_of_arms = Arms RichardFoxe BishopOfWinchester Died1528.svg
}}

[[File:RichardFoxe BishopOfWinchester NPGLondon.jpg|thumb|Richard Foxe, portrait after Johannes Corvus, late 16th century, [[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]], London. At left are the arms of the [[See of Exeter]] impaling Foxe (''Azure, a pelican in her piety or'') at right are the arms of the [[See of Winchester]] impaling Foxe, the whole circumscribed by the [[Order of the garter|Garter]]]]
[[File:Arms RichardFoxe BishopOfWinchester Died1528.svg|thumb|Arms of Richard Foxe: ''Azure, a pelican in her piety on her nest proper''<ref>[[Richard Izacke|Izacke, Richard]]  (c.1624–1698), (improved and continued to the year 1724 by Samuel Izacke), ''Remarkable Antiquities of the City of Exeter'', 3rd Edition, London, 1731, ''A Perfect Catalogue of all the Bishops of this Church ... together with the Coats of Armory and Mottoes Described'', pp.25-50 [https://books.google.com/books?id=Q29bAAAAQAAJ&dq=horton+arms+bends+engrailed+canton&pg=PA262][https://archive.org/details/remarkableantiq00izacgoog/page/n42/mode/2up]</ref> with pelican often shown ''or'']]
'''Richard Foxe''' (sometimes '''Richard Fox''') ({{circa|lk=yes}} 1448&nbsp;– 5 October 1528)<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Fox, Richard | volume= 10 |last1= Pollard |first1= Albert Frederick |author1-link= Albert Pollard | pages = 766&ndash;767 |short=1}}</ref> was an English churchman, the founder of [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]]. He was successively Bishop of [[bishop of Exeter|Exeter]], [[Bishop of Bath and Wells|Bath and Wells]], [[Bishop of Durham|Durham]], and [[Bishop of Winchester|Winchester]], and became also [[Lord Privy Seal]].