Robert of Chichester

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Robert of Chichester
Senior posting
Denomination	Catholic
See	Diocese of Exeter
Title	Bishop of Exeter
Period in office	1155–1160
Predecessor	Robert Warelwast
Successor	Bartholomew Iscanus
Religious career
Previous post	Dean of Salisbury
Personal
Date of death	March 10, 1160

Robert of Chichester was a medieval Bishop of Exeter.

He is often confused with his predecessor, Robert Warelwast. His surname comes from a single source, one of his successors. He was a relative of David fitzGerald, bishop of St David's, but the exact relationship is unknown. He held a prebend at Islington in the diocese of London, and was Dean of Salisbury from 1148.^[1] He was consecrated on June 5, 1155^[2] or perhaps on June 3.^[1]

John of Salisbury felt that he gained the bishopric by simony, and his rule seems to have been unpopular. He brought in a number of clergy from the diocese of Salisbury, and acted as a patron to his successor Bartholomew Iscanus as well as Baldwin of Exeter, who was later to become Archbishop of Canterbury.

He died on March 10, 1160 according to the Handbook of British Chronology,^[2] but other sources just say he died before April 18, 1161. His burial site is unknown.^[1]

[edit] Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Barlow "Chichester, Robert of (d. 1160?)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
^ ^a ^b Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 246

[edit] References

Barlow, Frank (2004). "Chichester, Robert of (d. 1160?)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology, Third Edition, revised, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.