Robert Warelwast

Robert Warelwast

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name = Robert Warelwast


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Exeter
Title = Bishop of Exeter
Period = 1138–1155
Predecessor = William Warelwast
Successor =Robert of Chichester
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date of birth =
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date of death =c. March 28 1155
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Robert Warelwast was a medieval Bishop of Exeter.

Life

He and his successor, Robert of Chichester are often confused.Barlow "English Church 1066-1154" p. 93] Warelwast was the nephew of the previous bishop, William Warelwast, and was appointed archdeacon of Exeter by his uncle.Crouch "Reign of King Stephen" p. 302] He had been educated at Laon,Chibnall "Anglo-Norman England" p. 128] sent there by his uncle to study under Master Anselm of Laon.Barlow "Warelwast, Robert de (d. 1155)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"]

He was nominated on April 10 1138 at a royal council held at Northampton.Appleby "Troubled Reign of King Stephen" p. 47] Probably, he was elected by the cathedral chapter and his election was formally accepted by King Stephen of England at Northampton. He was consecrated on December 18 1138 by the papal legate Alberic, because the archbishopric of Canterbury was vacant.

He went to the Lateran Council held by Pope Innocent II in 1139.Appleby "Troubled Reign of King Stephen" p. 61] Barlow "English Church 1066-1154" p. 112] During the Anarchy, he was forced to recognize Baldwin de Redvers as earl of Cornwall, but continued to date his charters by King Stephen's regnal years.Matthew "King Stephen" p. 121-122] He seems to have favored Stephen, but his diocese was not strategically significant in the civil war and he was little bothered by the Anarchy. He did excommunicate Matilda's half-brother Reginald fitz Roy whom she had made earl of Cornwall, but this was because Richard had ravaged church lands.

Warelwast failed to attend the Council of Rheims in 1148, and was suspended from his bishopric by Pope Eugenius III for this. Warelwast was a patron of Baldwin of Exeter, the future Archbishop of Canterbury, sending Baldwin to Italy to study law.

He died about March 28 1155.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 246] He was still alive on February 7 1155 when he oversaw the translation of relics at Launceston Priory, but died soon after that. He was buried in his cathedral.

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External links

* [http://www.dsnell.zynet.co.uk/Oliver/04.html Oliver's Lives of the Bishops of Exeter entry for Robert]

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