Reginald Fitz Jocelin
Reginald fitz Jocelin | |
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Bishop of Bath | |
Orders | |
Consecration | 23 June 1174 |
Personal details | |
Died | 26 December 1191 Dogmersfield, Hampshire |
Buried | Bath Abbey |
Parents | Josceline de Bohon |
Reginald Fitz Jocelin
Early life
Reginald was the son of
Reginald probably studied at Paris sometime during 1163 or 1164, as he had a letter of introduction from Pope Alexander III to Hugues de Champfleury, Bishop of Soissons, the chancellor of Louis VII. Reginald did not complete his studies for the title of master, however, as he was in service with the King of England by 1167.[5] He served King Henry II as a royal messenger to Rome during the crisis with Becket in 1167.[2][b] For the next four years, Reginald would be embroiled in the dispute and with trying to find a diplomatic solution to it.[8] While serving Henry, Reginald incurred Becket's displeasure enough that Becket called Reginald "that offspring of fornication, that enemy to the peace of the Church, that traitor."[1] However, John of Salisbury always maintained friendly relations with both Reginald and his father, even though John was a partisan of Becket's.[4]
Reginald took part in the negotiations in August and September 1169 that attempted to reach a settlement between Henry and Becket. These negotiations included
Bishop of Bath
Reginald was elected Bishop of Bath in late April 1173, and was consecrated 23 June 1174.[11] However, Henry the Young King challenged the election, on the grounds of illegitimacy and an uncanonical election. Reginald went to Rome in the company of Richard of Dover, who had just been elected Archbishop of Canterbury and was facing a challenge from the Young King to his election.[5] Reginald was confirmed by Pope Alexander III on 18 April 1174[12] with Walter Map alleging bribery as the only reason the election was confirmed. Ralph de Diceto, however, states that Reginald swore an oath that he was uninvolved in the death of Becket and that his birth took place before his father became a priest.[5] During the dispute, Reginald's friend Peter of Blois wrote him a letter, which is still extant,[c] encouraging him to persevere.[14]
As a bishop, Reginald was kept busy attending the king's councils and the royal court, but also took part in the 1178 mission to
Archbishop of Canterbury
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b Quoted in Warren Henry II p. 535
- ^ a b Warren Henry II p. 535
- ^ a b Spear "Norman Empire and the Secular Clergy" Journal of British Studies p. 4
- ^ a b Barlow Thomas Becket p. 78
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Duggan "Reginald fitz Jocelin" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Greenway "Archdeacons of Wiltshire" Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 4: Salisbury
- ^ Barlow Thomas Becket p. 107
- ^ a b Barlow Thomas Becket p. 175
- ^ Barlow Thomas Becket pp. 189–92
- ^ Barlow Thomas Becket pp. 223–4
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 228
- ^ a b Greenway "Bishops" Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 7: Bath and Wells
- ^ Wahlgren "Peter of Blois" English Historical Review p. 1202
- ^ Wahlgren "Peter of Blois" English Historical Review pp. 1202–4
- ^ Powell and Wallis House of Lords p. 97
- ^ Barlow Feudal Kingdom p. 375
- ^ a b c Wahlgren "Peter of Blois" English Historical Review pp. 1204–5
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 232
- ^ Knowles Monastic Order pp. 477–8
- ^ Quoted in Bartlett England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings p. 607
- ^ Bartlett England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings p. 607
References
- ISBN 0-582-49504-0.
- ISBN 0-520-07175-1.
- ISBN 0-19-822741-8.
- Duggan, Charles (2004). "Reginald fitz Jocelin (c.1140–1191)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (May 2006 revised ed.). Oxford University Press. required)
- 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. (1991). "Archdeacons of Wiltshire". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300. Vol. 4: Salisbury. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 10 September 2007.
- Greenway, Diana E. (2001). "Bishops". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300. Vol. 7: Bath and Wells. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 10 September 2007.
- ISBN 0-521-05479-6.
- OCLC 463626.
- Spear, David S. (Spring 1982). "The Norman Empire and the Secular Clergy, 1066–1204". S2CID 153511298.
- Wahlgren, Lena (November 1996). "Peter of Blois and the Later Career of Reginald fitzJocelin". JSTOR 575856.
- ISBN 0-520-03494-5.
Further reading
- Church, C. M. (January 1887). "Reginald, Bishop of Bath (1174–1191): His Episcopate and his Share in the Building of Wells". Archaeologia (50): 259–360, 348. .