Robert de Sigello
Bishop of London
Appointed1141
Term ended1150
PredecessorAnselm of St Saba
SuccessorRichard de Beaumis II
Orders
Consecration1141
Personal details
Diedprobably either 28 or 29 September 1150
DenominationCatholic
Keeper of the Great Seal
In office
1141–1150
MonarchStephen
Preceded byGeoffrey Rufus
Succeeded byRoger le Poer

Robert de Sigello (died 1150) was a medieval Bishop of London and Lord Chancellor of England.

Life

Robert was keeper of the king's seal, usually known as Lord Chancellor from 1133 to 1135.[1] He at one point was a monk at Reading Abbey, where he may have forged charters in favour of the abbey.[2]

Robert was nominated to the see of London by the Empress Matilda[3] and consecrated in 1141, possibly about July.[4] He died in 1150, and as his death was commemorated on both 28 September and 29 September, he probably died on one of those dates in 1150.[3]

See also

Citations

  1. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 83
  2. ^ Clanchy From Memory to Written Record p. 318
  3. ^ a b Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Bishops
  4. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258

References

  • Clanchy, C. T. (1993). From Memory to Written Record: England 1066–1307 (Second ed.). Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 978-0-631-16857-7.
  • 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.
  • Greenway, Diana E. (1968). "Bishops". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300. Vol. 1, St. Paul's, London. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
Political offices Preceded byGeoffrey Rufus Keeper of the Great Seal 1133–1135 Succeeded byRoger le Poer Catholic Church titles Preceded byAnselm of St Saba Bishop of London 1141–1150 Succeeded byRichard de Beaumis II


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