William of Sainte-Mère-Église

William of Sainte-Mère-Église
Bishop of London
Elected	16 September 1198
Term ended	25 January 1221 resigned
Predecessor	Richard FitzNeal
Successor	Eustace of Fauconberg
Other post(s)	Dean of St Martin le Grand
Orders
Consecration	23 May 1199
Personal details
Died	27 March 1224
Denomination	Catholic

William of Sainte-Mère-Église^[a] was a medieval Bishop of London.

Life

William's family originated from Sainte-Mère-Église, in the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy,^[1] and he held the prebend of 'Ealdstreet' in the diocese of London, as well as being dean of St Martin le Grand in London.^[2] He also held a prebend in the diocese of York.^[1]

In 1193, William, along with the bishop of Salisbury Hubert Walter, found King Richard I of England where he was being held captive at Ochsenfurt in Germany. He was also named the clerk of the exchequer who was responsible for overseeing the Jewish moneylenders, and worked in Walter's new system of supervision to reduce fraud.^[3]

William was elected to the See of London on 16 September 1198 and consecrated on 23 May 1199. He resigned the see on 25 January 1221^[4] and retired to the Augustinian St Osyth's Priory in Essex.^[5] He died on 27 March 1224.^[1][4]

Notes

1. Or William de St Mariæ Ecclesiâ or William of Saint Mere Eglise

Citations

1. Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Bishops
2. Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Prebendaries: Ealdstreet
3. Stacey "Walter, Hubert" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
4. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258
5. Turner "Religious Patronage" Albion p. 12

References

• 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 29 October 2007.
• Greenway, Diana E. (1968). "Prebendaries: Ealdstreet". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300. Vol. 1, St. Paul's, London. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 29 October 2007.
• Stacey, Robert C. (2004). "Walter, Hubert". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28633. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• Turner, Ralph V. (Spring 1986). "Religious Patronage of Angevin Royal Administrators, c. 1170–1239". Albion. 18 (1): 1–21. doi:10.2307/4048700. JSTOR 4048700.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Richard FitzNeal	Bishop of London 1198–1221	Succeeded by Eustace of Fauconberg