Ralph of Irton

Ralph of Irton
Bishop of Carlisle
See	Diocese of Carlisle
Elected	14 December 1278
Predecessor	William de Rotherfeld
Successor	John de Halton
Other posts	Prior of Gisborough
Orders
Consecration	before 9 April 1280
Personal details
Died	1 March 1292 London
Buried	Carlisle Cathedral

Ralph of Irton (or Ralph de Ireton or Ralph Ireton; died 1292) was a medieval Bishop of Carlisle.

Life

Ralph was a canon of Gisborough Priory, an Augustinian foundation, sometime before 1257. Between 1257 and 1261 he was elected prior of Gisborough.^[1] He was elected to the see of Carlisle on 14 December 1278. However, King Edward I of England objected to the election because no new license had been obtained from the king after William de Rotherfeld refused the see. Ralph appealed to Pope Nicholas III and the election was quashed, however Nicholas then provided Ralph to the see and he was consecrated before 9 April 1280.^[2]

Ralph imposed taxation in his diocese to secure the completion of Carlisle Cathedral. He also served Edward as a diplomat in the negotiations over the proposed marriage of the future Edward II to Margaret, the Maid of Norway, which never came to pass after Margaret's death soon after the marriage was arranged.^[1] Ralph died on 1 March 1292^[3] while attending a parliament at London, from a burst vein. His will provided that most of his belongings be left to his successors at Carlisle. He was buried in Carlisle Cathedral, but his tomb was destroyed soon after his burial by a fire in the cathedral.^[1]

Citations

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Summerson "Irton, Ralph of" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
↑ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Carlisle: Bishops
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 235

References

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.
Greenway, Diana E. (1977). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Carlisle: Bishops. Institute for Historical Research. Retrieved 20 October 2007.
Summerson, Henry (2004). "Irton , Ralph of (d. 1292)" ((subscription or UK public library membership required)). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14454. Retrieved 20 November 2007.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by William de Rotherfeld	Bishop of Carlisle 1278–1292	Succeeded by John de Halton

Bishop of Carlisle

Pre-Reformation	Æthelwold Paulinus of Leeds Bernard Hugh of Beaulieu Walter Mauclerk Silvester de Everdon Thomas Vipont Robert de Sancta Agatha Robert de Chauncy William Langton Ralph of Irton John de Halton William Ayremyn John Ross John Kirkby John Horncastle Gilbert Welton Thomas Appleby Robert Reed Thomas Merke William Strickland Roger Whelpdale William Barrow Marmaduke Lumley Nicholas Close William Percy John Kingscote Richard Scroope Edward Story Richard Bell William Senhouse Roger Leyburn John Penny John Kite Robert Aldrich Owen Oglethorpe

Post-Reformation	Richard Barnes John May Henry Robinson Robert Snoden Richard Milbourne Richard Senhouse Francis White Barnaby Potter James Ussher Richard Sterne Edward Rainbowe Thomas Smith William Nicolson Samuel Bradford John Waugh Sir George Fleming Richard Osbaldeston Charles Lyttelton Edmund Law John Douglas Hon Edward Venables-Vernon Samuel Goodenough Hon Hugh Percy Hon Henry Villiers Hon Samuel Waldegrave Harvey Goodwin John Bardsley John Diggle Henry Williams Thomas Bloomer Cyril Bulley David Halsey Ian Harland Graham Dow James Newcome