Robert of Holy Island
Robert of Holy Island | |
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Bishop of Durham | |
Elected | 24 September 1274 |
Term ended | 7 June 1283 |
Predecessor | Robert Stitchill |
Successor | Antony Bek |
Orders | |
Consecration | 9 December 1274 |
Personal details | |
Died | 7 June 1283 Bishop Middleham |
Buried | 10 June 1283 Durham Cathedral in the chapter house |
Denomination | Catholic |
Robert of Holy Island (or Robert de Insula; died 1283) was a medieval Bishop of Durham.
Robert was the son of crofters and was a native of the island of Lindisfarne.[1] He had a brother, Henry, who became Robert's executor. He became a Benedictine monk at Durham, where he served as sacrist from 1265 to 1269. He was prior of Durham's dependent monastic cell at Finchale Priory by 1272. Robert was sent as a representative of the Durham cathedral chapter to the Second Council of Lyon in 1274.[2] He was elected to the see of Durham on 24 September 1274.[3] He was consecrated on 9 December 1274 at York.[2]
While Robert was bishop, in 1281 the Archbishop of York, William Wickwane, declared that he was going to inspect the cathedral chapter at Durham. The monks claimed an exemption from oversight by the archbishops of York and were supported by Robert as bishop. When the archbishop attempted to enter the cathedral chapter in June 1281, he found the doors shut and locked. Both sides sued each other and the resulting litigation dragged on for years. In fact, it was never technically resolved and is one of the longest law cases on record.[2]
Robert died on 7 June 1283[4] at Bishop Middleham. He was buried in the chapter house at Durham Cathedral on 10 June 1283.[2] In the 19th century, a grave identified as his was excavated in the chapter house.[5]
Citations
- ^ Moorman Church Life p. 25
- ^ a b c d "Robert of Holy Island", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Durham: Bishops
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 242
- ^ Carver "Early Medieval Durham" Medieval Art and Architecture p. 13
References
- Carver, M. O. H. (1980). "Early Medieval Durham: the Archaeological Evidence". Medieval Art and Architecture at Durham Cathedral. British Archaeological Association Conference Transactions for the year 1977. Leeds, UK: British Archaeological Association. pp. 11–19. OCLC 13464190.
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Greenway, Diana E. (1971). "Durham: Bishops". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300. Vol. 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces). Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 25 October 2007.
- Moorman, John R. H. (1955). Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century (Revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 213820968.
- Piper, A. J. (2004). "Holy Island, Robert of [Robert de Insula]". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14434. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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Preceded by | Bishop of Durham 1274–1283 | Succeeded by Antony Bek |
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rulers of the County Palatine of Durham
- Walcher
- William de St-Calais
- Ranulf Flambard
- Geoffrey Rufus
- William Cumin
- William of St. Barbara
- Hugh de Puiset
- Philip of Poitou
- Richard Poore
- John de Gray
- Morgan
- Richard Marsh
- William Scot
- Richard Poore
- Thomas de Melsonby
- Nicholas Farnham
- Walter of Kirkham
- Robert Stitchill
- Robert of Holy Island
- Antony Bek
rulers of the County Palatine of Durham
- Richard Kellaw
- Lewis de Beaumont
- Richard de Bury
- Thomas Hatfield
- John Fordham
- Walter Skirlaw
- Thomas Langley
- Robert Neville
- Lawrence Booth
- William Dudley
- John Sherwood
- Richard Foxe
rulers of the County Palatine of Durham
- William Senhouse
- Christopher Bainbridge
- Thomas Ruthall
- Thomas Wolsey
- Cuthbert Tunstall
- James Pilkington
- Richard Barnes
- Matthew Hutton
- Tobias Matthew
- William James
- Richard Neile
- George Montaigne
- John Howson
- Thomas Morton
- Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth)
- John Cosin
- Nathaniel Crew
- William Talbot
- Edward Chandler
- Joseph Butler
- Richard Trevor
- John Egerton
- Thomas Thurlow
- Shute Barrington
- William Van Mildert
- Edward Maltby
- Charles Longley
- Henry Montagu Villiers
- Charles Baring
- J. B. Lightfoot
- Brooke Foss Westcott
- Handley Moule
- Hensley Henson
- Alwyn Williams
- Michael Ramsey
- Maurice Harland
- Ian Ramsey
- John Habgood
- David Jenkins
- Michael Turnbull
- N. T. Wright
- Justin Welby
- Paul Butler