Walter_(Bishop_of_Rochester)

Walter (bishop of Rochester)

Walter (bishop of Rochester)

12th-century Bishop of Rochester

Walter was a medieval Bishop of Rochester.

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Walter was the brother of Theobald of Bec, who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1139 to 1161.[1] Theobald selected Walter to be Archdeacon of Canterbury soon after Theobald's election, and it was Theobald who secured Walter's election to Rochester.[2]

Walter was elected on 27 January 1148[3] and consecrated on 14 March 1148. He died on 26 July 1182.[4]

Citations

  1. [1]
    British History Online Archdeacons of Canterbury accessed on 30 October 2007
  2. [2]
    Bartlett England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings p. 401
  3. [3]
    British History Online Bishops of Rochester accessed on 30 October 2007
  4. [4]
    Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 267

References

  • Bartlett, Robert C. (2000). England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings: 1075–1225. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-822741-8.
  • British History Online Archdeacons of Canterbury accessed on 30 October 2007
  • British History Online Bishops of Rochester accessed on 30 October 2007
  • 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.
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