Robert de Limesey
Robert de Limesey | |
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Bishop of Chester |
Robert de Limesey
Robert was a chaplain to King
William I of England before the king nominated Robert to the see of Chester on 25 December 1085.[2] He may have come from a baronial family, as his surname derives from a territorial location.[3] Robert was consecrated in 1086.[1] At some point during the last years of Archbishop Lanfranc of Canterbury, Robert took over the abbey of Coventry as the seat of his bishopric, and managed to establish himself there permanently after Lanfranc's death. Coventry was a wealthy abbey, richer than Chester, and by making Coventry the cathedral, Robert increased the revenue of his see by a large amount.[4]
In 1102, Robert was one of the bishops, along with
Ralph Luffa, Bishop of Chichester; Gerard, Archbishop of York; and Herbert de Losinga, Robert in 1106 wrote to Anselm, who was then in exile over the investiture crisis, asking the archbishop to return to England.[9] In 1106, with the settlement between the pope and the king, the pope pardoned Robert and the other bishops.[10]
Robert died on 1 September 1117.[1]
Notes
- ^ Or Robert de Limesy, Robert de Limesi or Robert of Limesy
Citations
- ^ a b c Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 253
- ^ Barlow English Church p. 64
- ^ Barlow William Rufus pp. 178–179
- ^ Knowles Monastic Order p. 132
- ^ Barlow English Church pp. 299–300
- ^ Hollister Henry I p. 150
- ^ Vaughn Anselm of Bec and Robert of Meulan p. 241
- ^ Vaughn Anselm of Bec and Robert of Meulan p. 244
- ^ Cantor Church, Kingship, and Lay Investiture pp. 255–256 and footnote 134
- ^ Barlow English Church p. 301
References
- ISBN 0-582-50236-5.
- ISBN 0-520-04936-5.
- OCLC 186158828.
- 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.
- ISBN 0-300-08858-2.
- ISBN 0-521-05479-6.
- 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.
Further reading
- Franklin, M. J. (May 2009). "Limesey, Robert de (d. 1117)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. required)