Geoffrey de Burgh
Geoffrey de Burgh | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Ely | |
| Elected | June 1225 |
| Term ended | December 1228 |
| Predecessor | John of Fountains |
| Successor | Hugh of Northwold |
| Other post(s) | Archdeacon of Norwich |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 29 June 1225 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1180 |
| Died | December 1228 |
| Buried | Ely Cathedral |
| Denomination | Catholic |
Geoffrey de Burgh (English: Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent.
Life
Geoffrey de Burgh was the younger brother of
Burgh next Aylsham or Burgh Castle
.
Geoffrey was
Geoffrey was once more elected to
see of Norwich in 1226.[1]
John of England's cruelty: Geoffrey was thrown into prison and fitted with a lead cloak and starved to death. However, this cannot be Geoffrey de Burgh since the bishop died many years after John's death. The historian Sidney Painter suggested that the real victim may have been another Geoffrey of Norwich, known to be a justice of the Jews.[6]
Arms
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See also
- Hiberno-Normandynasty founded in 1193
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d e Karn "Burgh, Geoffrey de" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Norwich: Archdeacons of Norwich
- ^ a b Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Ely: Bishops Archived 14 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 244
- ^ Sayers "Once 'Proud Prelate'" Journal of the British Archaeological Association p. 77
- ^ Poole Domesday Book to Magna Carta p. 427 footnote 1
Bibliography
- 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.
- Greenway, Diana E. (1971). "Ely: Bishops". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300. Vol. 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces). Institute of Historical Research. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2007.
- —— (1971). "Norwich: Archdeacons of Norwich". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300. Vol. 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces). Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 25 October 2007.
- Karn, Nicholas. "Burgh, Geoffrey de". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/95140. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ISBN 0-19-821707-2.
- Sayers, Jane (2009). "A Once Proud Prelate: An Unidentified Episcopal Monument in Ely Cathedral". Journal of the British Archaeological Association. 162: 67–87. .
