Robert FitzRalph

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Robert FitzRalph
Bishop of Worcester
Elected1 July 1190
Term ended1193
Predecessor William of Northall
Successor Henry de Sully
Orders
Consecration5 May 1191
Personal details
Died1193
DenominationCatholic
Previous post Archdeacon of Nottingham

Robert FitzRalph (sometimes known as Robert son of William FitzRalph) was a medieval Bishop of Worcester.

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Life

FitzRalph was the son of William FitzRalph, who was a landowner in Derbyshire and was High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests 1170–1180 and was seneschal of Normandy 1178–1200. Robert held a prebend in the diocese of York before he was Archdeacon of Nottingham in 1185. He also held a prebend in the diocese of Lincoln. [1]

FitzRalph was elected to the see of Worcester on 1 July 1190 [2] and consecrated on 5 May 1191. He died in 1193, probably on 27 June [3] but possibly on 14 July. [2]

Citations

  1. British History Online Archdeacons of Nottingham accessed on 3 November 2007
  2. 1 2 British History Online Bishops of Worcester accessed on 3 November 2007
  3. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 278

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
William of Northall
Bishop of Worcester
1190–1193
Succeeded by
Henry de Sully