Geoffrey Rufus
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Geoffrey Rufus, also called Galfrid Rufus[1] (died 1141) was a medieval Bishop of Durham and Lord Chancellor of England.
Life
Rufus' parentage and upbringing is unknown. The origin of the nickname "Rufus" has not been discovered either.
Rufus was nominated to the
When King
Rufus died on 6 May 1141.[10] Rufus was married, and had at least one daughter,[5] who married Robert of Amundeville.[2] His son Geoffrey seems not to have been involved in politics, although he held an estate in Dorset of 18 and a half hides.[12] His grave was identified and excavated in the 19th century inside Durham Chapter House.[13]
Citations
- ^ Eneas Mackenzie, Marvin Ross, An Historical, Topographical, and Descriptive View of the County Palatine of Durham, 1834
- ^ a b c d e Dalton "Geoffrey Rufus" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ a b Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Durham: Bishops
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 83
- ^ a b c d Barlow English Church pp. 88–89
- ^ Green Government of England p. 167
- ^ Green Government of England pp. 255–256
- ^ a b Hollister Henry I pp. 361–363
- ^ Green Government of England p. 27
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 241
- ^ Huscroft Ruling England p. 134
- ^ Mooers "Familial Clout and Financial Gain" Albion p. 280
- ^ Carver "Early Medieval Durham" Medieval Art and Architecture p. 13
References
- ISBN 0-582-50236-5.
- Carver, M. O. H. (1980). "Early Medieval Durham: the Archaeological Evidence". Medieval Art and Architecture at Durham Cathedral. British Archaeological Association Conference Transactions for the year 1977. Leeds, UK: British Archaeological Association. pp. 11–19. OCLC 13464190.
- Dalton, Paul (2004). "Geoffrey Rufus". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24259. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ISBN 0-521-37586-X.
- Greenway, Diana E. (1971). "Durham: Bishops". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300. Vol. 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces). Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 25 October 2007.
- Huscroft, Richard (2005). Ruling England 1042–1217. London: Pearson/Longman. ISBN 0-582-84882-2.
- Mooers, Stephanie L. (Winter 1982). "Familial Clout and Financial Gain in Henry I's Later Reign". JSTOR 4048517.
Further reading
- Dalton, Paul (April 1996). "Eustace Fitz John and the Politics of Anglo-Norman England: The Rise and Survival of a Twelfth-Century Royal Servant". S2CID 155189020.
- JSTOR 567061.
- Stacy, N. E. (February 1999). "Henry of Blois and the Lordship of Glastonbury". JSTOR 579913.
- Yoshitake, Kenji (1988). "The Arrest of the Bishops in 1139 and its Consequences". .