Peter of Lichfield

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name =Peter


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Lichfield
Diocese of Chester
Title = Bishop of Lichfield
Bishop of Chester
Period = 1072–1085
Predecessor = Leofwin
Successor =Robert de Limesey
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date of death =1085
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Peter was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield. He moved the see from Lichfield to Chester in 1075.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 253]

He had been a royal chaplain before being nominated to the see of Lichfield. Nothing else is known of his background, although presumably he was a Norman, as were most of King William I of England's episcopal appointments.Powell "The House of Lords in the Middle Ages" p. 36] He may have been a royal clerk of King Edward the Confessor,Barlow "English Church 1000-1066" pp. 117-118] although one charter of 1065 which lists his name is a forgery.Barlow "English Church 1000-1066" p. 121] He was the custodian of the see of Lincoln, before his elevation to the episcopate.Cooke "Peter (d. 1085)" revised by Marios Costambeys, "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"] He was consecrated after May 1072 and died in 1085. It is possible that it was Peter, and not Robert his successor, who pillaged the abbey of Coventry and was censured by Archbishop Lanfranc of Canterbury.Barlow "The English Church 1066-1154" p. 62 footnote 52] Peter was buried at Chester.

Notes

References

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* Barlow, Frank "The English Church 1066-1154" London:Longman 1979 ISBN 0-582-50236-5
* Cooke, Alice M. "Peter (d. 1085)" revised by Marios Costambeys, "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22011 Online Edition] accessed 13 January 2008
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* Powell, J. Enoch and Keith Wallis "The House of Lords in the Middle Ages: A History of the English House of Lords to 1540" London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1968

Further reading

* Cherry, J. "The lead seal matrix of Peter, bishop of Chester" "Antiquaries Journal" Vol. 65 (1985), p. 472–3 and pl. CVI b

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