William of Sainte-Mère-Église
William of Sainte-Mère-Église | |
|---|---|
Dean of St Martin le Grand | |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 23 May 1199 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 27 March 1224 |
| Denomination | Catholic |
William of Sainte-Mère-Église[a] was a medieval Bishop of London.
Life
William's family originated from
In 1193, William, along with the bishop of Salisbury
Jewish moneylenders, and worked in Walter's new system of supervision to reduce fraud.[3]
William was elected to the
See of London on 16 September 1198 and consecrated on 23 May 1199. He resigned the see on 25 January 1221[4] and retired to the Augustinian St Osyth's Priory in Essex.[5] He died on 27 March 1224.[1][4]
Notes
- ^ Or William de St Mariæ Ecclesiâ or William of Saint Mere Eglise
Citations
- ^ a b c Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Bishops
- ^ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Prebendaries: Ealdstreet
- ^ Stacey "Walter, Hubert" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258
- ^ Turner "Religious Patronage" Albion p. 12
References
- 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.
- Greenway, Diana E. (1968). "Bishops". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300. Vol. 1, St. Paul's, London. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 29 October 2007.
- Greenway, Diana E. (1968). "Prebendaries: Ealdstreet". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300. Vol. 1, St. Paul's, London. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 29 October 2007.
- Stacey, Robert C. (2004). "Walter, Hubert". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28633. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Turner, Ralph V. (Spring 1986). "Religious Patronage of Angevin Royal Administrators, c. 1170–1239". JSTOR 4048700.