Henry Marshal

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Henry Marshal
Bishop of Exeter
See	Diocese of Exeter
Appointed	circa (c.) 10 February 1194
Reign ended	1206
Predecessor	John the Chanter
Successor	Simon de Apulia
Other posts	Dean of York
Orders
Consecration	c. 28 March 1194 by Hubert Walter
Personal details
Born	1150
Died	1206
Buried	Exeter Cathedral
Denomination	Catholic

Henry Marshal (1150-1206) was a medieval Bishop of Exeter.

1 Life
2 Notes
3 References
4 External links

Life

Marshal was a younger son of John Marshal and Sybilla, the sister of the earl of Salisbury, Patrick. This made him a younger brother of William Marshal, the advisor to Kings Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III. Henry probably owed his appointment as Dean of York to his brother, and he took office as dean on 15 September 1189. He had only been consecrated a deacon that day. As Dean, he quarrelled with his superior, Geoffrey, Archbishop of York, and also served as a royal justice.^[1]

In 1194, probably owing the patronage of his brother, as well as Hubert Walter, who was Archbishop of Canterbury, Marshal was selected to fill the see of Exeter which had been vacant since 1191.^[1] He was nominated about 10 February 1194 and consecrated about 28 March 1194^[2] at Canterbury by Hubert Walter.^[1] While bishop, he gave to his cathedral chapter and built churches in his diocese. He supposedly finished the construction of Exeter Cathedral.^[1]

Marshal died in 1206, possibly on 1 November.^[2] His tomb in Exeter Cathedral is still extant and has the bishop's effigy on it.^[1]^[3]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Barlow "Marshal, Henry (d. 1206)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
^ ^a ^b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 246
^ Bartlett England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings p. 599

References

Barlow, Frank (2004). "Marshal, Henry (d. 1206)" (Subscription or UK public library membership required). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (May 2007 revised ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/94379. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/94379. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
Bartlett, Robert C. (2000). England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings: 1075–1225. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-822741-8.
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.

External links

George Oliver, Lives of the Bishops of Exeter, entry for Henry Marshal

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by John the Chanter	Bishop of Exeter 1194–1206	Succeeded by Simon de Apulia

Persondata
Name	Marshal, Henry
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Exeter; Dean of York
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	1206
Place of death

Henry Marshal

Contents

Life

Notes

References

External links