Waldric

Waldric [Gauldric, Gaudry, Guadri, Galdric, Goldric, Gualdricus, Waldricus.] was the eighth Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of England, from 1102 to 1107. He was also Bishop of Laon from 1106 to 1112.Powicke "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 81]

Life

At the battle of Tinchebray (1106) he captured Robert Curthose, Henry I of England's brother and leader of the opposing forces as Duke of Normandy [Frank Barlow, "The Feudal Kingdom of England 1042-1216" (4th edition 1988), p. 177.] .

As bishop he was greedy and violent [ [http://historion.net/davis-medieval-europe/ix-the-free-towns.html Medieval Europe, by H. W. C. Davis | HISTORION ] ] ; he is portrayed in very unflattering terms in the 1115 chronicle "Monodiae" of Guibert of Nogent. He had Gerard of Quierzy murdered [Brian Stock, "The Implications of Literacy: Written Language and Models of Interpretation" (1983), p. 509.] . His election as bishop was contested - at the time of the battle he was in minor orders only - but it was upheld by Pope Paschal II at the Council of Langres [Marjorie Chibnall, "The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis" (1978), note p. 90.] . He was murdered, beneath Laon Cathedral, by citizens of Laon who had set up a commune in the city [Barlow, p. 261.] . Guibert's account of this event alludes to Isengrin, making it of literary-historical value [Jill Mann, "Nivardus, Ysengrimus: Text" (1987), note p. 2.] . .

ee also

* List of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers

Notes

References

* Davis, H. W. C. , "Waldric, the Chancellor of Henry I" "The English Historical Review Vol. 26, No. 101 (January 1911), pp. 84-89
* Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

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