Thomas Brunce
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Thomas Brunce (otherwise Thomas Brouns, sometimes incorrectly Thomas Brown) (c. 1388 – 6 December 1445) was a 15th century Bishop of Rochester and then Bishop of Norwich.
Thomas was the son of William Brunce of Brunce's Court in Sutton Courtenay in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). He studied at Oxford, possibly at New College, where he became friends with Thomas Beckington (later Bishop of Bath and Wells). He entered the Church and held a number of posts in Lincolnshire and undertook diplomatic missions on the Continent for King Henry V. In 1429, he was elected Bishop of Chichester, but the position was given to Simon Sydenham instead. Six years later, the Pope wanted to make him Bishop of Worcester, but the King had other ideas and he was made Bishop of Rochester instead. In just over a year, he was transferred to Norwich, where he is remembered for upholding the rights of the Cathedral over the townsfolk and for erecting the great rood loft. He died on December 6, 1445 at the Episcopal manor of Hoxne in Suffolk.
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