Robert of Bath
Robert of Bath | |
|---|---|
Reginald fitz Jocelin | |
| Other post(s) | monk of Lewes Priory Possibly Prior of Winchester |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | probably March 1136 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | England |
| Died | 31 August 1166 |
| Buried | Bath Abbey |
Robert or sometimes Robert of Lewes (died 1166) was a medieval English
Stephen
's life.
Life
Robert was a native of England, but his ancestry was
Pipe Roll, and a 15th-century historian.[2] He was named Bishop of Bath through the influence of Henry of Blois,[4][5] and was consecrated probably in March 1136.[6]
Robert was instrumental in reorganizing his diocese as well as building and restoration work at Wells. He was the bishop that set up the territorial organization of the
archdeacons of the diocese.[2] Contemporaries considered him pious as well as a man of business.[7] Robert continued the building work on church building at Bath, and gave borough status to the town of Wells.[2] He also reorganized the church at Wells, which had previously been the cathedral for the diocese prior to John of Tours moving the episcopal seat to Bath.[8]
In 1138, during
Stephen of England, Robert was in charge of the defenses of Bath. He captured Geoffrey Talbot, who was a supporter of Robert of Gloucester's, but when he went out to parley with another group of Gloucester's supporters, the bishop was captured even though he had been offered a safe conduct for the parley. The bishop was then exchanged for Geoffrey Talbot.[9] In 1141, he was at the gathering where Henry of Blois changed allegiance to the Empress Matilda at Winchester.[10][11]
Robert died 31 August 1166R. H. C. Davis in 1962. While it is not certain that Robert was the author, the outlook of the work certainly fits with the known outlook of Robert.[2]
Citations
- ^ a b c Bartlett England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings pp. 400–401
- ^ a b c d e Ramsey "Lewes, Robert of" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Ramsey "Robert of Lewes" Belief and Culture p. 251
- ^ a b c d e Greenway "Bishops" Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 7: Bath and Wells
- ^ Crouch Reign of King Stephen p. 46
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 228
- ^ Barlow English Church pp. 92–93
- ^ Ramsey "Robert of Lewes" Belief and Culture pp. 252–253
- ^ Appleby Troubled Reign p. 50
- ^ Davis King Stephen p. 52
- ^ Appleby Troubled Reign p. 98
- ^ Huscroft Ruling England p. 200
- ^ Bartlett England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings p. 99
References
- Appleby, John T. (1995). The Troubled Reign of King Stephen 1135–1154. New York: Barnes & Noble. ISBN 1-56619-848-8.
- ISBN 0-582-50236-5.
- ISBN 0-19-822741-8.
- ISBN 0-582-22657-0.
- ISBN 0-582-04000-0.
- 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. (2001). "Bishops". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300. Vol. 7: Bath and Wells. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 23 September 2007.
- Huscroft, Richard (2005). Ruling England 1042–1217. London: Pearson/Longman. ISBN 0-582-84882-2.
- Ramsey, Frances (2004). "Lewes, Robert of (d. 1166)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/50341. Retrieved 15 November 2007.(subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- Ramsey, Frances (2001). "Robert of Lewes, Bishop of Bath, 1136–1166: A Cluniac Bishop in his Diocese". In Gameson, Richard; Leyser, Henrietta (eds.). Belief and Culture in the Middle Ages: Studies Presented to Henry Mayr-Harting. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. pp. 251–263. ISBN 0-19-820801-4.
Further reading
- JSTOR 561540.