Silvester de Everdon

Infobox bishopbiog
name =Silvester de Everdon


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Carlisle
Title = Bishop of Carlisle
Period = 1246–1254
Predecessor = Walter Mauclerk
Successor =Thomas Vipont
ordination =
bishops =
post =Archdeacon of Chester
date of birth =
place of birth =
date of death =Spring of 1254
place of death =Northampton

Silvester de Everdon was a medieval Bishop of Carlisle and Lord Chancellor of England.

Life

He came from the town of Everdon in Northamptonshire, but other than the fact that he was related to a locally prominent family of Thorp, nothing else is known of his ancestry.Summerson "Everdon, Silvester of (d. 1254)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9002 Online Edition] accessed 20 November 2007] He was a priest in Northamptonshire from 1219. In 1229 he entered the service of Ralph Neville, who was Bishop of Chichester and Lord Chancellor, as a chancery clerk and continued on in the chancery until his election to Carlisle.Prestwich "Plantagenet England" p. 62] In 1244 he became Lord Chancellor (holding the post until 1246)Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 85] and in 1245 he became the Archdeacon of Chester. [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33856 British History Online Bishops of Carlisle] accessed on 20 October 2007] He was elected to the see of Carlisle about 1 September 1246 but declined the see. He probably declined the see because of concerns over being rewarded for secular work with a clerical office.

King Henry III of England] seems to have persuaded him that election was canonical, and he was elected again in November of 1246 and accepted. Earlier, Matthew Paris had described Silvester as "the king's faithful clerk, dear and close, obtaining the first place in the chancery, where he served him wisely" and certainly Henry would have had the ability to persuade Silvester to accept the bishopric.quoted in Summerson "Everdon, Silvester of (d. 1254)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9002 Online Edition] accessed 20 November 2007] He was consecrated on 13 October 1247. During his time as bishop he worked to settle a long standing dispute over the finances of the see between the bishop and the canons. He also served as a royal justice and attended parliament. He died in the spring of 1254,Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 235] after being thrown from a horse near Northampton while on his way to the royal court.

Notes

References

* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33856 British History Online Bishops of Carlisle] accessed on 20 October 2007
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* Prestwich, Michael "Plantagenet England 1225-1360" Oxford: Oxford University Press 2005 ISBN 978-0-19-922687-0
* Summerson, Henry "Everdon, Silvester of (d. 1254)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9002 Online Edition] accessed 20 November 2007

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NAME= Everdon, Silvester de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Carlisle, Lord Chancellor
DATE OF BIRTH=
PLACE OF BIRTH=
DATE OF DEATH= 1254
PLACE OF DEATH=Northampton