Walter of Kirkham

Walter of Kirkham

Infobox bishopbiog
name =Walter of Kirkham


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Durham
Title = Bishop of Durham
Period = 1249–1260
Predecessor = Nicholas Farnham
Successor =Robert Stitchill
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bishops =
post =Dean of York
date of birth =
place of birth =
date of death =9 August 1260
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Walter of Kirkham was a medieval Bishop of Durham. He was probably a native of Kirkham, Yorkshire.Piper "Kirkham, Walter of (d. 1260)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"] From about January of 1224 Walter held the office of Keeper of the Wardrobe jointly with Walter Brackley. Brackley was out of office by February of 1229, but Kirkham continued to hold the office until 15 August 1231. He held the office again from May of 1234 until October of 1236.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 79] The record of office for Kirkham and Brackley from 1224 to 1227 is the first records of the king's Wardrobe to survive. The Wardrobe at this time was responsible not only for the household expenses of the king, but also for the expenses of military campaigns and also court festivals.Chrimes "Introduction to the Administrative History of England" p. 102-103] He held the office of dean of St. Martin's-le-Grand in London by about 1229. He was a canon of York Minster before being named Dean of York by 21 June 1232. [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=10458 British History Online Deans of York] accessed on 25 October 2007]

He was elected to the see of Durham on 21 April 1249, and was consecrated on 5 December 1249.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 242] King Henry III of England had tried to secure the election of the king's half brother, Aymer de Valence, but did not succeed. Walter was consecrated at York by Walter de Gray, the Archbishop of York. While bishop, in 1255 he ordered an inquiry made into the state of theological knowledge of his clergy. This inquiry was to determine whether the clergy understood the basic dogma of the church and whether they were capable of explaining it to their parishioners.Moorman "Church Life" p. 92] He also issued instructions on how the sacramental wine and bread were to be treated,Moorman "Church Life" p. 226] and forbade the sale of them.Moorman "Church Life" p. 228] Some doubt has recently been cast on the authorship of the statutes that were assigned to his time, they may have been the work of Farnham instead.

Walter attempted to reduce the amount that was going to support his retired predecessor Farnham, but even though he secured the support of the prior of Durham, they were unsuccessful. He did confirm Farnham's gifts to the monks of Durham, and increased them with gifts of his own. His conflict with John Balliol over a manor both claimed, after an ambush where the bishop's servants were kidnapped, led to Walter imposing a penance on Balliol to support poor scholars at Oxford. This was one of the first steps towards the founding of Balliol College.

In 1257 Walter was part of an embassy to Scotland during King Alexander III of Scotland's minority. Walter's house in London was used by Simon de Montfort during 1258. Walter may have supported Simon in Simon's dispute with King Henry III, for In 1258, Walter refused to come to court and quarrelled with the king. The cause of the quarrel may have been Walter's support of Simon.

He died on 9 August 1260 [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33859 British History Online Bishops of Durham] accessed on 25 October 2007] at Howden. He was buried in the Durham Cathedral chapter house on 17 August 1260.

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References

* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33859 British History Online Bishops of Durham] accessed on 25 October 2007
* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=10458 British History Online Deans of York] accessed on 25 October 2007
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* Piper, A. J. "Kirkham, Walter of (d. 1260)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15668 Online Edition] accessed 2 February 2008

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