Richard le Grant
Richard le Grant | |
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| Archbishop of Canterbury | |
| Appointed | 19 January 1229 |
| Term ended | 3 August 1231 |
| Predecessor | Walter d'Eynsham |
| Successor | Ralph Neville |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 10 June 1229 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 3 August 1231 |
| Buried | San Gemini, Italy |
Richard le Grant[a] was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1229 to 1231.
Biography
Grant was a native of
see of Lincoln when Henry III nominated him to be Archbishop of Canterbury in opposition to Walter d'Eynsham in 1229.[2] He had been chancellor of Lincoln since at least 16 December 1220, when he first occurs in documents in that office.[3] He was also a distinguished writer.[4] and teacher.[1]
Grant was provided to the
Hubert de Burgh, the Justiciar, over the wardship of the de Clare estates at Towbridge, which conflict the archbishop lost after King Henry III of England sided with his justiciar.[1]
Grant then attempted to implement reforms in the clergy over the issue of pluralism and the employment of the clergy in the royal government. In pursuit of this aim, he journeyed to Rome to enlist the papacy's aid, but after a favourable reception at the Curia, he died on his return journey to England on 3 August 1231[1][5] in Italy.[6] He was buried in San Gemini in Umbria.[1]
It has been speculated that he is the same as Richard of Wetheringsett, the earliest known chancellor of the University of Cambridge, who served some time between 1215 and 1232, and author of the summa Qui bene presunt.[7]
Notes
- ^ Also known as Richard Grant or Richard Wethershed
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f Lawrence "Grant, Richard" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ a b c Powell and Wallis House of Lords pp. 150–151
- ^ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 3: Lincoln: Chancellors
- ^ Moorman Church Life p. 162
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 233
- ^ Powell and Wallis House of Lords p. 157
- ^ Goering "Summa Qui bene presunt Literature and Religion pp. 143-159
References
- 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.
- Goering, Joseph W. (1995). "The Summa Qui bene presunt and its Author". In Newhauser, Richard G.; Alford, John A. (eds.). Literature and Religion in the Later Middle Ages: Philological Studies in Honor of Siegfried Wenzel. Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies. Binghamton, NY: Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies. pp. 143–159. ISBN 0-86698-172-1.
- Greenway, Diana E. (1977). "Chancellors". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300. Vol. 3: Lincoln. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 11 September 2007.
- Lawrence, C. H. (2004). "Grant, Richard (d. 1231)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11283. Retrieved 8 November 2007. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- OCLC 213820968.
- OCLC 463626.
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