Thomas of Corbridge
Thomas of Corbridge | |
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Archbishop of York | |
Elected | 12 November 1299 |
Term ended | 22 September 1304 |
Predecessor | Henry of Newark |
Successor | William Greenfield |
Other post(s) | Chancellor of York |
Orders | |
Consecration | 28 February 1300 by Boniface VIII |
Personal details | |
Died | 22 September 1304 Laneham, Nottinghamshire |
Buried | Southwell Minster |
Thomas of Corbridge (sometimes Thomas Corbridge; died 1304) was Archbishop of York between 1299 and 1304.
Life
Some sources state that Thomas' grandfather was the master-carpenter in charge of building the
Thomas was elected archbishop of York on 12 November 1299.[6] Traveling to Rome for confirmation and the pallium, his election was set aside by Pope Boniface VIII who promptly provided him to the see and consecrated Thomas himself on 28 February 1300.[2] Thomas was given the temporalities of the see on 30 April 1300.[4]
The archbishop died on 22 September 1304[6] at Laneham in Nottinghamshire.[2] He died right after having been admonished and punished by King Edward I of England, because the archbishop had not put the king's nominee into a clerical post for which there was also a papal nominee. Walter of Guisborough, the chronicler, felt that the king's treatment of the archbishop so scared the archbishop that Thomas fell sick and died as a result.[7] During the four and a half years that Thomas was archbishop, he never left his diocese except for parliaments because he was so busy visiting his diocese.[8] Thomas was buried in Southwell Minster.[2]
Citations
- ^ Moorman Church Life p. 158
- ^ a b c d Smith "Corbridge, Thomas of" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 6: York: Prebendaries: Stillington
- ^ a b Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 6: York: Archbishops
- ^ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 6: York: Chancellors
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 282
- ^ Prestwich Edward I p. 547
- ^ Moorman Church Life p. 186
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.
- Greenway, Diana E. (1999). "Archbishops". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300. Vol. 6: York. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
- Greenway, Diana E. (1999). "Chancellors". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300. Vol. 6: York. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
- Greenway, Diana E. (1999). "Prebendaries: Stillington". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300. Vol. 6: York. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
- OCLC 213820968.
- ISBN 0-300-07157-4.
- Smith, David M. (2004). "Corbridge, Thomas of (d. 1304)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6303. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)