Richard de Capella

Richard de Capella
Bishop of Hereford
Diocese	Diocese of Hereford
Elected	7 January 1121
Reign ended	15 August 1127
Predecessor	Geoffrey de Clive
Successor	Robert de Bethune
Orders
Consecration	16 January 1121 by Ralph d'Escures, Archbishop of Canterbury
Personal details
Died	15 August 1127 Ledbury
Denomination	Catholic

Richard de Capella or Richard of the Chapel^[1] (died 1127) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford.

Life

Capella was a member of the chancery in charge of the king's seal during the reign of King Henry I of England before being elected bishop.^[2] He was elected to the see of Hereford on 7 January^[3] or just before 2 February 1121. He was consecrated on 16 January 1121 at Lambeth by Archbishop Ralph d'Escures of Canterbury.^[2]

Capella attended the legatine council held by the new Archbishop of Canterbury, William de Corbeil, at London in 1127. At this council, Urban, Bishop of Llandaff brought charges against both Richard and Bernard, Bishop of St David's for intruding into the jurisdiction of Llandaff. However, nothing concrete was decided at the council and Urban appealed to the papacy.^[4] Richard also attempted to improve the financial condition of the diocese and obtained Henry I's gift of the right to hold a fair in Hereford. Only a few charters exist from when he was bishop.^[5]

Capella died on 15 August 1127^[3] at Ledbury.^[2] He was buried in Hereford Cathedral.^[5]

Notes

^ Chrimes Introduction to the Administrative History p. 25
^ ^a ^b ^c Barrow Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: volume 8: Hereford: Bishops
^ ^a ^b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 250
^ Brett English Church Under Henry I p. 81
^ ^a ^b Barrow "Richard de Capella (d. 1127)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

References

Barrow, J. S. (2002). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: volume 8: Hereford: Bishops. Institute of Historical Research. http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34422. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
Barrow, Julia (2004). "Richard de Capella (d. 1127)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/23506. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23506. Retrieved 30 June 2008. Subscription or UK public library membership required
Brett, M. (1975). The English Church under Henry I. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-821861-3.
Chrimes, S. B. (1966). An Introduction to the Administrative History of Mediaeval England (Third ed.). Oxford, UK: Basil Blackwell.
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.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Geoffrey de Clive	Bishop of Hereford 1121–1127	Succeeded by Robert de Bethune

Persondata
Name	Capella, Richard de
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Hereford
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	15 August 1127
Place of death	Ledbury