Walter de Coutances

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  1. Coutances is a town of Normandy. [1]
  2. Also called Walter of Rouen, [2] or Walter of Coutances.
  3. It is possible that Roger was a brother-in-law instead of a brother. Roger is occasionally called Roger FitzReinfrey. [5]
  4. His death was commemorated on 14 November at Beaulieu and on 20 November at St. Evroul. [21]
  5. The election of John to Worcester in 1196 may have been an attempt by King Richard to mend his relationship with the archbishop, which had been damaged during the dispute over Andali. [52]

Citations

  1. Warren King John p. 42
  2. Scammel Hugh du Puiset p. 53
  3. 1 2 3 Spear "Norman Empire" Journal of British Studies p. 8
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Turner "Coutances, Walter de" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  5. Duggan "Roman, Canon, and Common Law" Historical Research p. 25
  6. Turner English Judiciary p. 62
  7. Turner "Changing Perceptions" Judges, Administrators and the Common Law p. 241
  8. Lyon Constitutional History p. 266
  9. 1 2 Peltzer "Henry II and the Norman Bishops" English Historical Review pp. 1222–1225
  10. Joliffe Angevin Kingship pp. 144–145
  11. Schriber Dilemma of Arnulf of Lisieux p. 116
  12. Greenway "Archdeacons of Oxford" Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 3: Lincoln
  13. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 84
  14. Joliffe Angevin Kingship p. 208 footnote 4
  15. Schriber Dilemma of Arnulf of Lisieux pp. 118–119
  16. Coredon Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases p. 237
  17. Warren Henry II p. 559 and footnote 4
  18. 1 2 3 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 255
  19. 1 2 Greenway "Bishops of Lincoln" Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 3: Lincoln
  20. Scammell Hugh du Puiset p. 70
  21. 1 2 3 Spear Personnel of the Norman Cathedrals p. 199
  22. Turner "Richard Barre and Michael Belet" Judges, Administrators and the Common Law p. 181 footnote 4
  23. Warren Henry II p. 610
  24. Gillingham Richard I pp. 94–98
  25. Gillingham Richard I p. 104
  26. 1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 36
  27. Turner "Clerical Judges" Judges, Administrators and the Common Law p. 163
  28. 1 2 Young Hubert Walter pp. 31–32
  29. Young Hubert Walter p. 13
  30. 1 2 Barlow Feudal Kingdom of England pp. 374–377
  31. 1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 71
  32. 1 2 Turner English Judiciary pp. 65–66
  33. West Justiciarship in England p. 75
  34. Heiser "Households of the Justiciars" Haskings Society Journal pp. 226–228
  35. Turner and Heiser Reign of Richard Lionheart pp. 130–131
  36. Lyon Constitutional History p. 277
  37. West Justiciarship in England p. 77
  38. Powicke Loss of Normandy p. 95
  39. Gillingham Richard I pp. 247–248 and footnote 94
  40. Poole Domesday Book to Magna Carta p. 369
  41. Heiser "Households of the Justiciars" Haskings Society Journal p. 234
  42. 1 2 Gillingham Richard I pp. 301–304
  43. Powicke Loss of Normandy pp. 113–115
  44. Poole Domesday Book to Magna Carta p. 375
  45. Richardson and Sayles Governance of Mediaeval England pp. 339–340.
  46. Turner King John p. 114
  47. Turner King John p. 94
  48. Powicke Loss of Normandy p. 264
  49. Powicke Loss of Normandy p. 277
  50. Quoted in Turner "Coutances, Walter de" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  51. Greenway "Bishops of Worcester" Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces)
  52. Turner "Richard Lionheart and English Episcopal Elections" Albion p. 10
  53. Gillingham Richard I p. 111
  54. Turner and Heiser Reign of Richard Lionheart p. 125
  55. 1 2 Poole Domesday Book to Magna Carta p. 242

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Walter de Coutances
Archbishop of Rouen
Notre-Dame de Rouen.JPG
The front of Rouen Cathedral. The left tower (except the last storey) and the side doors (except the tympans) date from the 12th century, and already existed in Coutances' lifetime.
Appointed17 November 1184
Term ended16 November 1207
Predecessor Rotrou
SuccessorRobert III Poulain
Other post(s) Bishop of Lincoln
Archdeacon of Oxford
Orders
Ordination11 June 1183
Consecration3 July 1183
by  Richard of Dover, Archbishop of Canterbury
Personal details
Born
Died16 November 1207
Chief Justiciar of England
de facto
In office
1191–1193
Political offices
Preceded by Chief Justiciar
de facto

1191–1193
Succeeded by
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Lincoln
1183–1184
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of Rouen
1184–1207
Succeeded by
Robert III Poulain