Richard de Capella

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Richard de Capella
Bishop of Hereford
Diocese	Diocese of Hereford
Elected	7 January 1121
Term 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] As such "he was respnsible for the preparation and validation of all royal charters, including many grants for major ecclesiastics, who were quickly recognising the financial rewards to be realised from markets and fairs."^[3] This was a good qualification for his future role in developing Herefordshire economically.

He was elected to the see of Hereford on 7 January^[4] 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.^[5] The ultimate decision, after Richard's death, was in Hereford's favour.

Richard also attempted to improve the financial condition of the diocese and obtained from Henry I confirmation of the right to hold a fair in Hereford, an institution dating from well before the Conquest.^[6] He also co-operated with the king in building the first bridge across the Wye at Hereford, and in the re-establishment of the minster at Leominster.^[7] Only a few charters exist from when he was bishop.^[8] It was probably during his episcopate that towns were founded on the episcopal manors of Leominster, Ledbury, Bromyard, and Ross-on-Wye.^[9]

Capella died on 15 August 1127^[4] at Ledbury.^[2] He was buried in Hereford Cathedral.^[8]

Notes

↑ Chrimes Introduction to the Administrative History p. 25
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Barrow Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: volume 8: Hereford: Bishops
↑ J. Hillaby, Bishop Richard de Capella and the foundation of Herefordshire's market towns, in Woolhope Naturalists Field Club,Essays in honour of Jim and Muriel Tonkin, 2011
↑ 4.0 4.1 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 250
↑ Brett English Church Under Henry I p. 81
↑ Hillaby, op. cit.
↑ Hillaby, op.cit.
↑ 8.0 8.1 Barrow "Richard de Capella (d. 1127)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
↑ Joe Hillaby, Ledbury, A Medieval Borough, Logaston Press, 1997

References

Barrow, J. S. (2002). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: volume 8: Hereford: Bishops. Institute of Historical Research. 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. 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. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)

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

v t e Bishops of Hereford

Early Medieval	Putta Tyrhtel Torhthere Walhstod Cuthbert of Canterbury Podda Acca Headda Aldberht Esne Ceolmund Utel Wulfheard Beonna Eadwulf Cuthwulf Mucel Deorlaf Cynemund Edgar Tidhelm Wulfhelm Ælfric Athulf

High Medieval	Æthelstan Leofgar Ealdred Walter of Lorraine Robert de Losinga Gerard Roger Reynelm Geoffrey de Clive Richard de Capella Robert de Bethune Gilbert Foliot Robert of Melun Robert Foliot William de Vere Giles de Braose Hugh de Mapenor Hugh Foliot Ralph de Maidstone Michael Peter of Aigueblanche John de Breton Thomas de Cantilupe Richard Swinefield

Late Medieval	Adam Orleton Thomas Charleton John Trilleck Lewis de Charleton William Courtenay John Gilbert Thomas Trevenant Robert Mascall Edmund Lacey Thomas Polton Thomas Spofford Richard Beauchamp Reginald Boulers John Stanberry Thomas Mylling Edmund Audley

Early modern	Adriano Castellesi Richard Mayew Charles Booth Edward Foxe Edmund Bonner John Skypp John Harley Robert Parfew Thomas Reynolds John Scory Herbert Westfaling Robert Bennet Francis Godwin William Juxon Godfrey Goodman Augustine Lindsell Matthew Wren Theophilus Feild George Coke Nicholas Monck Herbert Croft Gilbert Ironside Humphrey Humphreys Philip Bisse Benjamin Hoadly Hon Henry Egerton Lord James Beauclerk Hon John Harley John Butler

Late modern	Folliott Cornewall John Luxmoore George Huntingford Hon Edward Grey Thomas Musgrave Renn Hampden James Atlay John Percival Hensley Henson Linton Smith Charles Carre Richard Parsons Tom Longworth Mark Hodson John Eastaugh John Oliver Anthony Priddis

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

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