Robert Reed (bishop, died 1415)

Robert Reed (or Reade; died 1415) was a Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Bishop of Carlisle and Bishop of Chichester.

Reed was a Dominican friar.Reed, Robert Episcopal register of Robert Rede: ordinis predicatorum, Vol. 8 p. IX He was selected as Bishop of Waterford on 9 September 1394, and transferred to Carlisle on 26 January 1396.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 376

Reed was translated from Carlisle to Chichester on 5 October 1396.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 239

Reed died in June 1415. Reed requested, in his will, that he wished to be buried at the foot of his predecessor William Rede before the high altar of Chichester cathedral.Walcott. The Early Statutes of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Chichester. p. 55

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