Waldric
Waldric | |
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Lord Chancellor | |
In office 1102–1107 | |
Monarch | Henry I of England |
Preceded by | Roger of Salisbury |
Succeeded by | Ranulf |
Waldric
At the battle of Tinchebray (1106), Orderic Vitalis states, Waldric capellanus regis captured Robert Curthose, Henry I of England's brother and leader of the opposing forces as Duke of Normandy.[7]
As bishop he was greedy and violent,[8] unconventional in his habits and joking, a prodigal spender on himself; he is portrayed in very unflattering terms in the 1115 chronicle Monodiae of Guibert of Nogent. He had Gerard of Quierzy murdered[9] in the very cathedral of Laon.
His election as bishop was contested; he had been hurried into
Isengrin, making it of literary-historical value.[12]
Notes
- ^ Gauldric, Gaudry, Guadri, Galdric, Goldric, Gualdricus, Waldricus.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, accessed 24 Nov 2012
- ^ His attestations of charters show that Waldric entered the office between 13 April and 24 May 1103.
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- ^ Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 81
- ^ Johnson 1936.
- ^ Frank Barlow, The Feudal Kingdom of England 1042-1216 (4th edition 1988), p. 177.
- ^ Medieval Europe, by H. W. C. Davis | HISTORION Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Brian Stock, The Implications of Literacy: Written Language and Models of Interpretation (1983), p. 509.
- ^ Marjorie Chibnall, The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis (1978), note p. 90.
- ^ Barlow, p. 261.
- ^ Jill Mann, Nivardus, Ysengrimus: Text (1987), note p. 2.
References
- Davis, H. W. C., "Waldric, the Chancellor of Henry I" The English Historical Review Vol. 26, No. 101 (January 1911), pp. 84-89
- Powicke, F. Mauriceand E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961