Robert Stitchill

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Robert Stitchill
Bishop of Durham
See	Diocese of Durham
Elected	30 September 1260
Term ended	4 August 1274
Predecessor	Walter of Kirkham
Successor	Robert of Holy Island
Orders
Consecration	13 February 1261 by Godfrey Ludham
Personal details
Died	4 August 1274
Buried	Savigny Abbey
Denomination	Catholic

Robert Stitchill (sometimes Robert Stichel; died 1274) was a medieval Bishop of Durham in England.

Life

Stitchill probably came from the village of Stichill in Roxburghshire. His father was a priest, and may have been the William Scot who was elected to the see of Durham in 1226. William Scot was never confirmed as bishop, for his election was quashed by Pope Gregory IX in 1227.^[1] Stitchill was a monk at Durham Cathedral and prior of a monastic cell at Finchale^[2] before he was elected to the see of Durham on 30 September 1260.^[3] His dispensation for his illegitimate birth had already been obtained from the pope.^[1] He was consecrated bishop on 13 February 1261^[3] at Southwell by Godfrey Ludham, the Archbishop of York.^[1]

While bishop, Stitchill gave 1,300 acres (5.3 km²) of land to the monks of his cathedral chapter for their support, as well as books and other gifts. However, there were disputes with the monks over the retirement of their prior, and also over the right of the bishop to oversee the affairs of the chapter. He also founded a hospital at Greatham that survived into the modern age. He defended the rights of the bishop to the palatinate of Durham, securing a number of court decisions that upheld the palatinate rights of the bishop.^[1]

Stitchill attended the Second Council of Lyon in 1274, where he obtained the permission of Pope Gregory X to resign his see.^[1] He died on 4 August 1274^[3] near Lyons, before he was able to return to Durham to resign. He was buried at Savigny Abbey, although his heart was sent to Durham to be buried there.^[1]

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Piper "Stichill, Robert of (d. 1274)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
↑ British History Online Bishops of Durham
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 242

References

British History Online Bishops of Durham accessed on 25 October 2007
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Piper, A. J. (2004). "Stichill, Robert of (d. 1274)" ((subscription or UK public library membership required)). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26522. Retrieved 2 February 2008.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Walter of Kirkham	Bishop of Durham 1260–1274	Succeeded by Robert of Holy Island

v t e Bishops and Prince-Bishops of Durham

High Medieval Bishops	Aldhun Edmund Eadred Æthelric Æthelwine

High Medieval Prince-Bishops	William Walcher William de St-Calais Ranulf Flambard Geoffrey Rufus William Cumin William of St. Barbara Hugh de Puiset Philip of Poitou Richard Poore John de Gray Morgan Richard Marsh William Scot Richard Poore Thomas de Melsonby Nicholas Farnham Walter of Kirkham Robert Stitchill Robert of Holy Island Antony Bek

Late Medieval Prince-Bishops	Richard Kellaw Lewis de Beaumont Richard de Bury Thomas Hatfield John Fordham Walter Skirlaw Thomas Langley Robert Neville Lawrence Booth William Dudley John Sherwood Richard Foxe

Early modern Prince-Bishops	William Senhouse Christopher Bainbridge Thomas Ruthall Thomas Wolsey Cuthbert Tunstall James Pilkington Richard Barnes Matthew Hutton Tobias Matthew William James Richard Neile George Montaigne John Howson Thomas Morton John Cosin Nathaniel Crew William Talbot Edward Chandler Joseph Butler Richard Trevor John Egerton Thomas Thurlow Shute Barrington William Van Mildert

Late modern Bishops	Edward Maltby Charles Longley Henry Villiers Charles Baring Joseph Barber Lightfoot Brooke Westcott Handley Moule Hensley Henson Alwyn Williams Michael Ramsey Maurice Harland Ian Ramsey John Habgood David Jenkins Michael Turnbull Tom Wright Justin Welby Paul Butler

Persondata
Name	Stitchill, Robert
Alternative names	Stichel, Robert
Short description	Bishop of Durham
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	4 August 1274
Place of death

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