John Salmon

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John Salmon
Bishop of Norwich
Diocese	Diocese of Norwich
Appointed	June 1298
Term ended	6 July 1325
Predecessor	Ralph Walpole
Successor	Robert Baldock
Other posts	Bishop-elect of Ely Lord Chancellor
Orders
Consecration	15 November 1299
Personal details
Died	6 July 1325 Folkestone
Buried	Norwich Cathedral
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Parents	Salomon & Alice

John Salmon (died 1325) was a medieval Bishop of Norwich.

Life

Salmon's family was hereditary goldsmiths to the diocese of Ely. His parents were Salomon and Alice, and he was the eldest of three brothers. He entered the Benedictine priory of Ely sometime before 1291.^[1] He was subprior of Ely Cathedral before his election to be Prior of Ely in 1292.^[2]

Salmon was elected to the see of Ely in 1298^[3] but King Edward I of England objected, wanting the monks to elect his chancellor John Langton instead.^[1] Each side appealed to Rome, and both elections were quashed by Pope Boniface VIII on 5 June 1299.^[1]^[3] As a consolation, he was provided to the see of Norwich between 5 June and 18 June 1299^[1]^[4] as he was still prior on 5 June.^[5] He was consecrated on 15 November 1299.^[4]

In 1307 Salmon helped arrange the marriage of the new king, Edward II, and in 1309 he was sent by the king to Rome to obtain the return from exile of Piers Gaveston.^[1] On 20 March 1311 he was elected one of the Lords Ordainers to help King Edward II govern.^[6] Over the next few years he was often in the king's service, being sent on diplomatic missions and negotiating with the earl of Lancaster for the king.^[1]

Salmon occupied the office of Lord Chancellor of England from 1320 to 1323.^[7] He accompanied the king on his travels, and helped negotiate with France and Scotland. He resigned the office in 1323 due to ill health, but continued to work on the king's behalf.^[1]

Salmon died on 6 July 1325^[4] at Folkestone while returning from a diplomatic mission in France. He was buried in Norwich Cathedral.^[1]

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Buck "Salmon, John (d. 1325)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
↑ British History Online Priors of Ely
↑ 3.0 3.1 British History Online Bishops of Ely
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 261
↑ British History Online Bishops of Norwich
↑ Powell and Wallis House of Lords p. 275 and footnote 78
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 86

References

British History Online Bishops of Ely accessed on 25 October 2007
British History Online Bishops of Norwich accessed on 29 October 2007
British History Online Priors of Ely accessed on 29 October 2007
Buck, M. C. (2004). "Salmon, John (d. 1325)" ((subscription or UK public library membership required)). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (January 2008 revised ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24553. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
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.
Powell, J. Enoch; Wallis, Keith (1968). The House of Lords in the Middle Ages: A History of the English House of Lords to 1540. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson.

Political offices
Preceded by John Hotham	Lord Chancellor 1320–1323	Succeeded by Robert Baldock
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by William of Louth	Bishop of Ely Election quashed 1298–1299	Succeeded by John Langton
Preceded by Ralph Walpole	Bishop of Norwich 1299–1325	Succeeded by Robert Baldock

Wikisource has the text of the 1885–1900 Dictionary of National Biography's article about Salmon, John.

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

v t e Bishops of Norwich

High Medieval	Herbert de Losinga Everard of Calne William de Turbeville John of Oxford John de Gray Pandulf Masca Thomas Blunville Simon of Elmham William de Raley Walter Suffield Simon Walton Roger Skerning William Middleton Ralph Walpole

Late Medieval	John Salmon Robert Baldock William Ayermin Thomas Hemenhale Antony Bek William Bateman Thomas Percy Henry le Despenser Alexander Tottington Richard Courtenay John Wakering William Alnwick Thomas Brunce Walter Hart James Goldwell Thomas Jane

Early modern	Richard Nykke William Rugg Thomas Thirlby John Hopton John Parkhurst Edmund Freke Edmund Scambler William Redman John Jegon John Overall Samuel Harsnett Francis White Richard Corbet Matthew Wren Richard Montagu Joseph Hall Edward Reynolds Anthony Sparrow William Lloyd John Moore Charles Trimnell Thomas Green John Leng William Baker Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Samuel Lisle Thomas Hayter Philip Yonge Lewis Bagot George Horne Charles Manners-Sutton

Late modern	Henry Bathurst Edward Stanley Samuel Hinds John Pelham John Sheepshanks Bertram Pollock Percy Herbert Launcelot Fleming Maurice Wood Peter Nott Graham James

Persondata
Name	Salmon, John
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Norwich; Lord Chancellor of England; Bishop of Ely elect
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	6 July 1325
Place of death	Folkestone

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