Hugh of Carlisle

Infobox bishopbiog
name =Hugh


religion =Catholic
See =Bishop of Carlisle
Title =
Period = 1218–1223
Predecessor = Bernard
Successor =Walter Mauclerk
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post =Abbot of Beaulieu
date of birth =
place of birth =
date of death =4 June 1223
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Hugh or Hugh of Beaulieu was a medieval Bishop of Carlisle.

Life

He was the abbot of the Cistercian Beaulieu Abbey before he was selected for the see of Carlisle. [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=38100 The Victoria County History of Hampshire: Cistercian Houses] accessed on 24 August 2007] In 1214 and 1216, Hugh was censured by the Chapter General of the Cistercian Order for the ostentation of his lifestyle.Moorman "Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century" p. 276] He was accused of eating off silver plate, keeping a guard dog in his bedroom with a silver chain, and of too much revelry with earls and knights.Knowles "Monastic Order in England" p. 659] While abbot, he attended the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215.Moorman "Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century" p. 237] He had been deposed as abbot before he was chosen as bishop, [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33856 British History Online Bishops of Carlisle] accessed on 20 October 2007] at some point shortly before 1218. He was elected about 1 August 1218, and consecrated on 24 February 1219.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 235] He was not the choice of the chapter of Carlisle, and his election was forced on them.Moorman "Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century" p. 162] He died on 4 June 1223.

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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* Knowles, Dom David "The Monastic Order in England: From the Times of St. Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council" Second Edition Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1976 reprint ISBN 0-521-05479-6
* Moorman, John R. H. "Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century" Revised Edition Cambridge:Cambridge University Press 1955
* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=38100 The Victoria County History of Hampshire: Cistercian Houses] accessed on 24 August 2007

Persondata
NAME=Hugh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Hugh of Beaulieu
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Carlisle, Abbot of Beaulieu
DATE OF BIRTH=
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DATE OF DEATH=4 June 1223
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