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Richard Mitford (died 1407) was an English bishop of Chichester from 17 November 1389 and consecrated on 10 April 1390 and then bishop of Salisbury. He was translated to the see of Salisbury on 25 October 1395.The earliest record of him is Richard Medeford of Hakebourne clerk in 1349. The cartulary of Cirencester Abbey records the Metfords of Hakebourne (modern name East Hagbourne Berks.) as a leading freeman tenant family of the village.
