Robert de Stratford
Robert de Stratford | |
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Bishop of Chichester | |
Elected | between 23 July and 18 August 1337 |
Term ended | 9 April 1362 |
Predecessor | John Langton |
Successor | William Lenn |
Orders | |
Consecration | 30 November 1337 |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1292 Warwickshire |
Died | 9 April 1362 (aged 69-70) Aldingbourne, Sussex |
Denomination | Catholic |
Robert de Stratford (c. 1292 – 9 April 1362) was an English bishop and was one of Edward III's principal ministers.
Early life
Stratford was born into the landed
Career
Stratford served for a time as deputy to his brother John.[5] From 1329 he served as Prebend of Aylesbury[6] and then from 1331 to 1334 he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and from March to July 1338 as Lord Chancellor.[7] He was dismissed as chancellor in 1338[7] but regained the office for six months in 1340.
From 1335 to 1338, Stratford was
From 1334 to 1337, Stratford was Archdeacon of Canterbury.[9] He was elected Bishop of Chichester between 23 July and 18 August 1337, and was consecrated 30 November 1337.[10]
Death
Stratford made his will and died at his manor of Aldingbourne in Sussex on 9 April 1362.[11] Probate was granted on the 26th. His recumbent effigy lies in the south choir aisle of Chichester Cathedral.[4]
Citations
- ^ Bedford, WK Riland. "The Blazon of Episcopacy" 1858
- ^ 'The borough of Stratford-upon-Avon: Manors', A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 3: Barlichway hundred (1945), pp. 258-266. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=57019 Date accessed: 29 May 2014.
- ^ Blomefield and Parkin An essay towards a topographical history of the county of Norfolk pp. 390
- ^ a b Roy Martin Haines, ‘Stratford, Robert (c.1292–1362)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 28 May 2014
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26648. Retrieved 7 December 2011. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Lipscomb, George (1847). The history and antiquities of the county of Buckingham (1847).
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 86
- ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
- ^ Wood, Anthony (1790). "Fasti Oxonienses". The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford. pp. 22–23.
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology, p. 239.
- ^ Dalloway, James. "A History of the Western Division of the County of Sussex, Volume 1" 1815, p.53
References
- Haines, Roy. "Stratford, Robert". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26648. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.