Geoffrey de Burgh

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Geoffrey de Burgh
Bishop of Ely
See	Diocese of Ely
Elected	June 1225
Term ended	December 1228
Predecessor	John of Fountains
Successor	Hugh of Northwold
Other posts	Archdeacon of Norwich
Orders
Consecration	29 June 1225
Personal details
Born	circa 1180
Died	December 1228
Buried	Ely Cathedral
Denomination	Catholic

Geoffrey de Burgh (circa 1180 – 8 December 1228) was a medieval Bishop of Ely.

Life

Geoffrey was the brother of Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent,^[1] and William de Burgh, Lord of Connacht.^{[citation needed]} He was born no later than 1180 or so, based on his appointment as archdeacon in 1200. The name of his father is not known, but his mother's name was Alice and the family was from Norfolk and was of knightly status.^[1]

Geoffrey was canon of Salisbury Cathedral and a treasurer of the Exchequer before being named Archdeacon of Norwich in 1200.^[2] He was elected to the see of Ely in 1215, but the election was quashed by Pope Honorius III before May 1219 due to a competing election with Robert of York.^[3] The pope quashed both elections, and ordered a new election, where the monks elected John of Fountains, who was a Cistercian and the abbot of Fountains Abbey.^[1]

Geoffrey was once more elected to Ely in June 1225.^[3] He owed his election to his brother Hubert, who was Justiciar at the time.^[1] He was consecrated Bishop of Ely on 29 June 1225 and died between 8 December and 17 December 1228.^[4] He was buried in Ely Cathedral in the north choir. Besides his brothers, he also had a nephew, Thomas Blunville, who Hubert had elected to the see of Norwich in 1226.^[1] Although he was buried in Ely Cathedral, no surviving tomb or monument has been identified as his.^[5]

Roger of Wendover told the story of a Geoffrey, archdeacon of Norwich who was a victim of King John of England's cruelty. The story goes that Geoffrey was thrown into prison and fitted with a lead cloak and starved to death. However, this cannot be this Geoffrey, for the bishop died well after John. The historian Sidney Painter suggested that the real victim may have been another Geoffrey of Norwich, known to be a justice of the Jews.^[6]

Family tree

 Walter de Burgh of Burgh Castle, Norfolk.  
 =Alice
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 William de Burgh, died 1205.    Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent, d. 1243.   Geoffrey de Burgh, d. 1228.  Thomas de Burgh
                                         (issue; John and Hubert)

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Karn "Burgh, Geoffrey de (d. 1228)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
↑ British History Online Archdeacons of Norwich
↑ 3.0 3.1 British History Online Bishops of Ely
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 244
↑ Sayers "Once 'Proud Prelate'" Journal of the British Archaeological Association p. 77
↑ Poole Domesday Book to Magna Carta p. 427 footnote 1

References

British History Online Archdeacons of Norwich accessed on October 25, 2007
British History Online Bishops of Ely accessed on October 25, 2007
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.
Karn, Nicholas (May 2007). "Burgh, Geoffrey de (d. 1228)" ((subscription or UK public library membership required)). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/95140. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
Poole, Austin Lane (1955). From Domesday Book to Magna Carta, 1087–1216 (Second ed.). Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-821707-2.
Sayers, Jane (2009). "A Once Proud Prelate: An Unidentified Episcopal Monument in Ely Cathedral". Journal of the British Archaeological Association 162: 67–87. doi:10.1179/006812809x12448232842376.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Eustace	Bishop of Ely Election quashed 1215–1219	Succeeded by Robert of York
Preceded by John of Fountains	Bishop of Ely 1225–1228	Succeeded by Hugh of Northwold

v t e Bishops of Ely

High Medieval	Hervey le Breton Nigel Geoffrey Ridel William Longchamp Eustace Robert of York John of Fountains Geoffrey de Burgh Hugh of Northwold William of Kilkenny Hugh de Balsham John Kirkby William of Louth John Salmon/John Langton Ralph Walpole

Late Medieval	Robert Orford John Ketton John Hotham Simon Montacute Thomas de Lisle Simon Langham John Barnet Thomas Arundel John Fordham Philip Morgan Lewis of Luxembourg Thomas Bourchier William Grey John Morton John Alcock

Early modern	Richard Redman James Stanley Nicholas West Thomas Goodrich Thomas Thirlby Richard Cox Martin Heton Lancelot Andrewes Nicholas Felton John Buckeridge Francis White Matthew Wren Benjamin Lany Peter Gunning Francis Turner Simon Patrick John Moore William Fleetwood Thomas Green Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Matthias Mawson Edmund Keene James Yorke

Late modern	Thomas Dampier Bowyer Sparke Joseph Allen Thomas Turton Harold Browne Thomas Browne Lord Alwyne Compton Frederic Chase Leonard White-Thomson Bernard Heywood Edward Wynn Noel Hudson Edward Roberts Peter Walker Stephen Sykes Anthony Russell

Persondata
Name	Burgh, Geoffrey de
Alternative names	Burgo, Geoffrey de
Short description	Bishop of Ely
Date of birth	circa 1180
Place of birth
Date of death	8 December 1228
Place of death

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