William of Louth

William of Louth
Bishop of Ely
William of Louth's seal, now in the British Museum
Elected	12 May 1290
Term ended	25 or 27 March 1298
Predecessor	John Kirkby
Successor	John Salmon
Other posts	Archdeacon of Durham
Orders
Ordination	23 September 1290^[1]
Consecration	1 October 1290
Personal details
Died	25 or 27 March 1298
Buried	Ely Cathedral
Denomination	Catholic

William of Louth (died 1298) was a medieval Bishop of Ely.

Life

William probably was born in Louth, Lincolnshire but his parentage is unknown.^[2] William attended a university and held a university degree.^[3] He probably held an office in the chancery under King Henry III of England.^[2] Soon after the coronation of King Edward I of England, Edward appointed William cofferer of the wardrobe, on 18 October 1274.^[4] The cofferer was in charge of the money of that department of the administration.^[3] In 1278 through 1280, William was put in charge of the construction of the town and castle at Rhuddlan by the king.^[2]

William held prebends in the dioceses of Lincoln, London, Wells, and York as well as the deanery of St Martin le Grand in London before being named Archdeacon of Durham by 22 August 1284.^[5] In 1286 he was sent on a diplomatic mission to France by the king.^[3]

William was elected to the see of Ely on 12 May 1290 and consecrated on 1 October 1290. He died on 25 March 1298 or 27 March.^[1]^[6] He was buried in Ely Cathedral. His only known relative was a nephew William Tuchet, who was his heir.^[2] His tomb, with an elaborate canopy, still is located close to where it was originally placed near the high altar in the south choir aisle near the entrance to the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral.^[7]

Citations

1 2 Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Ely: Bishops
1 2 3 4 Martin "Louth, William of" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
1 2 3 Prestwich Edward I pp. 139–140
↑ Prestwich Edward I p. 92
↑ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Durham: Archdeacons of Durham
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 244
↑ Sayers "Once 'Proud Prelate'" Journal of the British Archaeological Association pp. 79–80

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. (1971). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Ely: Bishops. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 25 October 2007.
Greenway, Diana E. (1971). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Durham: Archdeacons of Durham. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 25 October 2007.
Martin, G. H. (2004). "Louth, William of (c.1240–1298)" ((subscription or UK public library membership required)). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (January 2008 revised ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/60124. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
Prestwich, Michael (1997). Edward I. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-07157-4.
Sayers, Jane (2009). "A Once Proud Prelate: An Unidentified Episcopal Monument in Ely Cathedral". Journal of the British Archaeological Association. 162: 67–87. doi:10.1179/006812809x12448232842376.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by John Kirkby	Bishop of Ely 1290–1298	Succeeded by John Salmon

Bishops of Ely

High Medieval	Hervey le Breton Nigel Geoffrey Ridel William Longchamp Eustace Robert of York John of Fountains Geoffrey de Burgh Hugh of Northwold William of Kilkenny Hugh de Balsham John Kirkby William of Louth John Salmon/John Langton Ralph Walpole

Late Medieval	Robert Orford John Ketton John Hotham Simon Montacute Thomas de Lisle Simon Langham John Barnet Thomas Arundel John Fordham Philip Morgan Lewis of Luxembourg Thomas Bourchier William Grey John Morton John Alcock

Early modern	Richard Redman James Stanley Nicholas West Thomas Goodrich Thomas Thirlby Richard Cox Martin Heton Lancelot Andrewes Nicholas Felton John Buckeridge Francis White Matthew Wren Benjamin Lany Peter Gunning Francis Turner Simon Patrick John Moore William Fleetwood Thomas Green Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Matthias Mawson Edmund Keene James Yorke

Late modern	Thomas Dampier Bowyer Sparke Joseph Allen Thomas Turton Harold Browne James Woodford Lord Alwyne Compton Frederic Chase Leonard White-Thomson Bernard Heywood Edward Wynn Noel Hudson Edward Roberts Peter Walker Stephen Sykes Anthony Russell

Archdeacons of Durham

High Medieval	Sole archdeacons: Leobwine Thurstan Turgot of Durham Michael Senior archdeacons: Robert Wazo Vacant Burchard du Puiset Aimeric Simon de Ferlington William of Laneham Archdeacons of Durham: Robert de Cortuna Robert de Sancta Agatha Antony Bek William of Louth William de St Botulph

Late Medieval	Thomas de Goldesburgh Amaury de Beaumont Robert de Taunton Thomas de Neville William de Westle John de Kyngeston John de Stokes Alexander Neville Giacomo Cardinal Orsini Agapitus Cardinal de Colonna Pileus Cardinal de Prata Marius Cardinal Bulcano John Maundour Hugh Herle Thomas de Weston Alan de Newark John Hovyngham John Kemp Gabriel Cardinal Condulmier Robert Gilbert Robert Rolleston William Scrope George Neville Thomas Rotherham Ralph Booth Thomas Colston Roger Leyburn William Franklyn

Early modern	Bernard Gilpin John Ebden John Pilkington William Morton Gabriel Clark Denis Granville Robert Booth George Sayer Samuel Dickens Benjamin Pye Richard Prosser Charles Thorp

Late modern	Edward Prest Henry Watkins John Quirk, Bishop of Jarrow Samuel Knight, Bishop of Jarrow James Gordon, Bishop of Jarrow Egbert Lucas John Cobham Michael Perry Derek Hodgson Trevor Willmott Stephen Conway Ian Jagger

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