Osbern FitzOsbern
Osbern FitzOsbern | |
|---|---|
Leofric | |
| Successor | William Warelwast |
| Other post(s) | royal chaplain |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 27 May 1072 by Lanfranc |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1103 |
| Denomination | Catholic |
Osbern FitzOsbern (d. 1103) was a
Osbern was present at the church councils held in 1072 and 1075.[3] Osbern was present at the first Christmas court held by King William II of England after his accession.[6] Osbern did not attend the church council held by Anselm, the new Archbishop of Canterbury in 1102, as he was ill.[7]
Osbern became embroiled in a dispute with the monks of Battle Abbey, who had established a priory in Exeter. The cathedral chapter of Exeter objected to the priory establishing a graveyard or ringing their bells, and both sides appealed to Anselm, who ruled in Battle's favour on the bell issue. The dispute over the graveyard was still ongoing in 1102, when Pope Paschal II wrote to Osbern ordering him to allow the priory to establish a graveyard for their benefactors.[8]
Osbern died in 1103,[5] having gone blind before his death.[9] Frank Barlow, a medieval historian, described Osbern as "unsociable".[10]
Citations
- ^ Barlow Edward the Confessor p. 164
- ^ a b Douglas William the Conqueror pp. 166–167
- ^ a b c d Kinsford "Osbern" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Barlow William Rufus pp. 178–179
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 246
- ^ Barlow William Rufus p. 66
- ^ Vaughn Anselm of Bec pp. 246–247 and footnote 165
- ^ Brett English Church pp. 93–94
- ^ Barlow English Church p. 80
- ^ Barlow William Rufus p. 326
Sources
- ISBN 0-520-01671-8.
- ISBN 0-582-50236-5.
- ISBN 0-520-04936-5.
- Brett, M. (1975). The English Church under Henry I. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-821861-3.
- OCLC 399137.
- 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.
- Kingsford, C. L. (2004). "Osbern (d. 1103)". In Costambeys, Marios (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. required)
- Vaughn, Sally N. (1987). Anselm of Bec and Robert of Meulan: The Innocence of the Dove and the Wisdom of the Serpent. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-05674-4.
External links
- "Entry for Osbern" in George Oliver's Lives of the Bishops of Exeter