Ralph Stratford

Ralph Stratford
Bishop of London
Church	Catholic
Elected	26 January 1340
Term ended	17 April 1354
Predecessor	Richard de Wentworth
Successor	Michael Northburgh
Orders
Consecration	12 March 1340
Personal details
Born	c. 1300 Warwickshire
Died	7 or 17 April 1354 Stepney, London

Ralph Stratford (c. 1300-1354), also known as Ralph Hatton of Stratford, was a medieval Bishop of London.

Ralph was born into the wealthy Stratford Family of Stratford-on-Avon at the beginning of the fourteenth century. His parents may have been Thomas Hatton (of Warwickshire) and a sister of the bishops John de Stratford and Robert Stratford. He is also related, through them, to Henry de Stratford, Sir Andrew de Stratford and the Archdeacon Thomas de Stratford. He attended Oxford University and was regent MA in 1329.

Stratford's career was closely defined by and linked with his uncles John and Robert. He was elected 26 January 1340 and consecrated on 12 March 1340. In 1350 the king nominated him for the cardinalate.

Stratford died at Stepney, on 7 or 17 April 1354, and on the 28th his uncle Robert Stratford, bishop of Chichester, granted forty days' indulgence to those who prayed for his soul. He was buried in St Paul's Cathedral.

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