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Thomas Bitton (sometimes Thomas de Bytton; died 1307) was a medieval Bishop of Exeter.
Life Bitton was the nephew of William of Bitton I, who was Bishop of Bath from 1248 to 1264.Shaw "Button, William (d. 1264)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography His brother was William of Bitton II, Bishop of Bath from 1267 to 1274.Shaw "Button, William (d. 1274)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Bitton was elected between 8 October and 30 November 1291 and consecrated on 16 March 1292. He died on 21 September 1307.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 246 In his will, he left funds to give one penny each to 10,212 poor people.Moorman Church Life p. 206 footnote 4 He was also a benefactor of Dorchester Friary, Dorset.
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External links "Entry for Thomas" in George Oliver's Lives of the Bishops of Exeter