Hugh de Mapenor

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Hugh de Mapenor
Denomination Catholic
Senior posting
See Diocese of Hereford
Title Bishop of Hereford
Period in office 1216–1219
Predecessor Giles de Braose
Successor Hugh Foliot
Religious career
Previous post Dean of Hereford
Personal
Date of death April 1219

Hugh de Mapenor (or Hugh de Mapenore) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford.

[edit] Life

He was the son of Robert de Mapenore and his wife Matilda, who lived in Herefordshire at Hampton, Herefordshire near Leominster.[1] He served William de Braose as a clerk from 1189 to 1196, and then served William's son Giles de Braose, Bishop of Hereford. He occupied the office of Dean of Hereford before September 29, 1202.[2]

He was elected to the see of Hereford on February 3, 1216.[3] King John of England objected to the election, and took the case to Pope Honorius III, but the king died before the case was decided.[1] Hugh was consecrated on December 18, 1216[3] by Sylvester Bishop of Worcester.[1]

He died in April of 1219, probably on the 16th.[3]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c British History Online Bishops of Hereford accessed on October 26, 2007
  2. ^ British History Online Deans of Hereford accessed on October 26, 2007
  3. ^ a b c Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 250

[edit] References

Religious titles
Preceded by
Giles de Braose
Bishop of Hereford
1216–1219
Succeeded by
Hugh Foliot
Persondata
NAME Mapenor, Hugh de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mapenore, Hugh de
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Hereford
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH April 1219
PLACE OF DEATH