Robert Waldby

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Robert Waldby
Roman Catholic

Robert Waldby (died 1397) was a native of

Richard II. He was a firm opponent of John Wycliffe
, wrote a book denouncing him, and was a member of the Synod which assembled at Oxford in 1382 to judge his orthodoxy.

There is a possibility that Waldby was

archbishopric of Dublin in Ireland on 14 November 1390, with the strong support of King Richard.[1] He received the temporalities of the See in July 1391. He was given money and troops to defend Leinster, the one province under more or less secure English rule, against hostile Irish clans, and succeeded in relieving Naas, County Kildare. He was apparently most unhappy in Ireland, and was even prepared to accept a junior English bishopric in order to come home. After five years in Dublin, he translated to the bishopric of Chichester in England on 25 October 1395,[2] and finally became Archbishop of York on 5 October 1396.[3]

Waldby died on 29 December 1397 with his bishopric being sede vacante on 6 January 1398.[3][4] He was buried in the Chapel of St. Edmund in Westminster Abbey, where his monumental brass still remains.[5][6]

Citations

  1. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology, p. 351
  2. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology, p. 239
  3. ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology, p. 282
  4. ^ Jones Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae pp. 3–5
  5. ^ Thornbury Old and New London pp. 341–350
  6. ^ "Robert Waldeby". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

References

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Jean de Montaut
Bishop of Aire

1386–1390
Succeeded by
Maurice Usk
Preceded by
Archbishop of Dublin

1390–1395
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Chichester
1395–1397
Succeeded by
Robert Reade
Preceded by Archbishop of York
1397–1398
Succeeded by