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BISHOPS.
WORCESTER.

10th Sept. 121874, he was consecrated 7th Oct. following, and enthroned on the 28th of that month[1]. He died 18th Aug. 1236[2].

1237 WALTER DE CANTILUPE was elected 30th Aug. 1236, 21 Hen.III. and confirmed 20th Sept.[3], on the 9th of which month the royal assent was given to his election [4], and the temporalities were restored to him 30th Jan. 1236-7[5]. He was ordained deacon by the Pope at Viterbo 4th April, priest on the 18th of the same month, and consecrated 3rd May[6]. He died 12th Feb.1265-6[7], and was buried in Worcester cathedral. The congé d'élire, vice bishop Cantilupe, bears date 21st Feb. 1265-6[8].

1266 NICHOLAS, archdeacon of Ely, obtained the royal assent 50Hen. III. to his election 8th June 1266[9], and the temporalities were restored to him on the 18th of the same month[10]. He was consecrated on the Sunday before Michaelmas[11] (26th Sept.); and on 24th Feb. 1267-8, he was translated to Winchester.

1268 GODFREY GIFFARD, archdeacon of Wells and chancellor 5:Hen. III. of England, succeeded bishop Nicholas, and received the temporalities of the see 13th June 1268[12]; he was enthroned 25th Dec. following. He died 26th Jan. 1301-2[13], and was buried 4th Feb. in Worcester cathedral[14]. On 5th Feb.1301-2 the prior and chapter of Worcester report the death of Godfrey, their late bishop, and pray the King to issue his congé d'élire[6],

  • r74 Pat. 2 Hen. III. m. 2.
  • r80 Annal. Margan.
  1. ↑ Annal. Theokesb.
  2. ↑ Annal. Wigorn. Other authorities place his death on 17th Aug.
  3. ↑ Ibid.
  4. ↑ Pat. 20 Hen. III. m. 2.
  5. ↑ Pat. 21 Hen. III. m. 11.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lett. in Turr. Lond. S. 157.
  7. ↑ Annal. Wigorn. Matthew Paris says 5th Feb. 1267; but the custody of the bishopric was granted 12th Feb. 1266.
  8. ↑ Pat. 50 Hen. III. m. 26.
  9. ↑ Ibid. m. 13.
  10. ↑ Ibid.
  11. ↑ According to some he was consecrated 23rd May 1266, and to others 19th Sept. in the same year.
  12. ↑ Pat. 52 Hen. III. m. 12.
  13. ↑ Lett. in Turr. Lond. et Inq. p. m. 31 Edw. I. No. 41.
  14. ↑ Annal. Wigorn.
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