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at Vaudreuil in Normandy loth Aug. iigy'^^, but was not consecrated until the fourth Sunday in Lent (8th March) 1 197-8. He died at Reading 4th Feb.^'^ (ii Non. Febr.) 12 14 5-', and was buried in the church of Ely, near the altar of St. Mary-'. On the death of bishop Eustace, Geoifrey de Burgh, archdeacon of Norwich, was elected ; but before the publication of his election, the monks elected Robert of York-\ who possessed himself of the spiritualities without consecration, and held them for nearly five years; but king Henry IIL appealing to the Pope on the subject-*^ his Holiness quashed both elections-, and 1220 John, abbot of Fountains^ commonly called John dp:
4 Hen. III. FoNTiBus, was elected, and the royal assent given to his election 24th Dec. 1 2 19'-"*. He was consecrated 8th March 121920 (in medio (puidragesima?)-, and enthroned on the 25th of the same month--'; died 6th May (ii Non. Maii) 1225, and was buried in his own J|
cathedral -J". The custody of the temporalities was granted 10th May to Thomas Blunville ", and the license to elect a new bishop issued nth May 1225-^-, in pursuance of which 1225 Geoffrey de Bukgh (de Bru(;o)^-*, archdeacon of
9 Hen. III. Norivich, wsls again chosen. He received the royal assent 2nd June 12 25 3^, and was consecrated on the 29th of that month ^. On 17th Dec. 1228^6 he
2' Monach. Eliens. 29 Chron. Walt, de Coventr.
-2 Some writers place his death ^"^ Hist. Eliens. p. 635.
3rd Feb. 1214-5, others on the 31 Pat. 9 Hen. IH. m. 5.
2nd of that month, and others '^ Ibid. m. 4.
30th Jan. -^3 He was a brother of Hubert
23 Pat. 15 Joh. m. 12. de Burgh, earl of Kent, and chief
2^ MS. Eliens. justiciar of England.
25 Pat. 16 Joh. pp. 132. 145. 34 Pat. 9 Hen. HI. m. 4.
26 Glaus. 3 Hen. HI. m. 13. in 35 Higt_ Eliens. dorso. 36 Some accounts place his
27 Chron. Petrob. ad an. 1219. death 8th Dec, some on the 12th 27* Pat. 4 Hen. HI. m. 7. of that month, and others 17th
28 Matt. Paris, et Matt.Westm. May 1229.
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