April 1051-1075 A.D. William the Norman—50th Bishop of London; Died in Office (Post-Norman Conquest)

April 1051-1075 A.D.  William the Norman—50^th Bishop of London; Died in Office (Post-Norman Conquest)

 

William the Norman

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William
Bishop of London
Diocese	Diocese of London
Appointed	1051
Term ended	1075
Predecessor	Spearhafoc
Successor	Hugh d'Orevalle
Orders
Consecration	1051
Personal details
Died	1075
Denomination	Catholic

William (or William the Norman; died 1075) was a medieval Bishop of London.

William was consecrated in 1051.^[1] He, along with Ralf the Staller and a royal priest, supervised the submission of the English in East Anglia soon after the Norman Conquest in 1066.^[2] He attended the Council of London in 1075.^[3] He died in 1075.^[1]

Notes

1.     ^ Jump up to:^a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 220

2.     Jump up^ Williams English and the Norman Conquest p. 13

3.     Jump up^ British History Online Bishops of London accessed on 28 October 2007

References

·         British History Online Bishops of London accessed on 28 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.

·         Williams, Ann (2000). The English and the Norman Conquest. Ipswich: Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-708-4.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Spearhafoc	Bishop of London 1051–1075	Succeeded by Hugh d'Orevalle