Silvester de Everdon
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Denomination | Catholic |
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Senior posting | |
See | Diocese of Carlisle |
Title | Bishop of Carlisle |
Period in office | 1246–1254 |
Predecessor | Walter Mauclerk |
Successor | Thomas Vipont |
Religious career | |
Previous post | Archdeacon of Chester |
Personal | |
Date of death | Spring of 1254 |
Place of death | Northampton |
Silvester de Everdon was a medieval Bishop of Carlisle and Lord Chancellor of England.
[edit] Life
He came from the town of Everdon in Northamptonshire, but other than the fact that he was related to a locally prominent family of Thorp, nothing else is known of his ancestry.[1] He was a priest in Northamptonshire from 1219. In 1229 he entered the service of Ralph Neville, who was Bishop of Chichester and Lord Chancellor, as a chancery clerk and continued on in the chancery until his election to Carlisle.[2][1] In 1244 he became Lord Chancellor (holding the post until 1246)[3] and in 1245 he became the Archdeacon of Chester.[4] He was elected to the see of Carlisle about September 1, 1246 but declined the see.[4] He probably declined the see because of concerns over being rewarded for secular work with a clerical office.[1]
King Henry III of England] seems to have persuaded him that election was canonical, and he was elected again in November of 1246 and accepted.[1] Earlier, Matthew Paris had described Silvester as "the king's faithful clerk, dear and close, obtaining the first place in the chancery, where he served him wisely" and certainly Henry would have had the ability to persuade Silvester to accept the bishopric.[5] He was consecrated on October 13, 1247.[4] During his time as bishop he worked to settle a long standing dispute over the finances of the see between the bishop and the canons.[1] He also served as a royal justice and attended parliament.[1] He died in the spring of 1254,[6] after being thrown from a horse[2] near Northampton while on his way to the royal court.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g Summerson "Everdon, Silvester of (d. 1254)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online Edition accessed November 20, 2007
- ^ a b Prestwich Plantagenet England p. 62
- ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 85
- ^ a b c British History Online Bishops of Carlisle accessed on October 20, 2007
- ^ quoted in Summerson "Everdon, Silvester of (d. 1254)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online Edition accessed November 20, 2007
- ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 235
[edit] References
- British History Online Bishops of Carlisle accessed on October 20, 2007
- 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.
- Prestwich, Michael Plantagenet England 1225-1360 Oxford: Oxford University Press 2005 ISBN 978-0-19-922687-0
- Summerson, Henry "Everdon, Silvester of (d. 1254)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press, 2004 Online Edition accessed November 20, 2007
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Ralph Neville |
Lord Chancellor 1244–1246 |
Succeeded by John Maunsell |
Roman Catholic Church titles | ||
Preceded by Walter Mauclerk |
Bishop of Carlisle 1246–1254 |
Succeeded by Thomas Vipont |
Persondata | |
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NAME | Everdon, Silvester de |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
SHORT DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Carlisle, Lord Chancellor |
DATE OF BIRTH | |
PLACE OF BIRTH | |
DATE OF DEATH | 1254 |
PLACE OF DEATH | Northampton |