24 March 1224 A.D. William of Sainte-Mere-Eglise Dies—60th Bishop of London; Formerly, a Prebend of St. Paul’s, London; Consecrated 23 May 1199; Died in Office

24 March 1224 A.D. William of Sainte-Mere-Eglise Dies—60^th Bishop of London;  Formerly, a Prebend of St. Paul’s, London;  Consecrated 23 May 1199;  Died in Office

William of Sainte-Mère-Église

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William of Sainte-Mère-Église
Bishop of London
Diocese	Diocese of London
Elected	16 September 1198
Term ended	25 January 1221 resigned
Predecessor	Richard FitzNeal
Successor	Eustace of Fauconberg
Other posts	Dean of St Martin le Grand
Personal details
Died	27 March 1224
Denomination	Catholic

William of Sainte-Mère-Église (or William de St Mariæ Ecclesiâ or William of Saint Mere Eglise) was a medieval Bishop of London.

Life

William's family originated from Cotentin in Normandy,^[1] and he held the prebend of Ealdstreet in the diocese of London as well as being dean of St Martin le Grand in London.^[2] He also held a prebend in the diocese of York.^[1]

In 1193, William, along with the bishop of Salisbury Hubert Walter, found King Richard I of England where he was being held captive at Ochsenfurt in Germany. He was also named the clerk of the exchequer who was responsible for overseeing the 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 priory of St Osyth's.^[5]He died on 27 March 1224.^[1][4]

Notes

1.     ^ Jump up to:^a b c British History Online Bishops of London accessed on 29 October 2007

2.     Jump up^ British History Online Prebends of Ealdstreet accessed on 29 October 2007

3.     Jump up^ Stacey "Walter, Hubert (d. 1205)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online Edition accessed 8 November 2007

4.     ^ Jump up to:^a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258

5.     Jump up^ Turner "Religious Patronage" Albion p. 12

References

·         British History Online Bishops of London accessed on 29 October 2007

·         British History Online Prebends of Ealdstreet accessed on 29 October 2007

·         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.

·         Stacey, Robert C. "Walter, Hubert (d. 1205)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press, 2004 Online Edition accessed 8 November 2007

·         Turner, Ralph V. (Spring 1986). "Religious Patronage of Angevin Royal Administrators, c. 1170–1239". Albion 18 (1): 1–21.doi:10.2307/4048700. JSTOR 4048700.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Richard FitzNeal	Bishop of London 1198–1221	Succeeded by Eustace of Fauconberg