William Ayscough | |
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Bishop of Salisbury | |
Church | Catholic |
Appointed | 11 February 1438 |
Term ended | 29 June 1450 |
Predecessor | Robert Neville |
Successor | Richard Beauchamp |
Orders | |
Consecration | 20 July 1438 |
Personal details | |
Died | 29 June 1450 |
William Ayscough (or Aiscough) was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury.
Ayscough was nominated on 11 February 1438 and consecrated on 20 July 1438.
Ayscough was murdered on 29 June 1450 by an angry mob during Jack Cade’s rebellion, as he had married Henry VI and the deeply unpopular Margaret of Anjou.