Robert of Chichester

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name = Robert of Chichester


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Exeter
Title = Bishop of Exeter
Period = 1155–1160
Predecessor = Robert Warelwast
Successor =Bartholomew Iscanus
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date of death =March 10 1160
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Robert of Chichester was a medieval Bishop of Exeter.

He is often confused with his predecessor, Robert Warelwast. His surname comes from a single source, one of his successors. He was a relative of David fitzGerald, bishop of St David's, but the exact relationship is unknown. He held a prebend at Islington in the diocese of London, and was Dean of Salisbury from 1148.Barlow "Chichester, Robert of (d. 1160?)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"] He was consecrated on June 5 1155 or perhaps on June 3.

John of Salisbury felt that he gained the bishopric by simony, and his rule seems to have been unpopular. He brought in a number of clergy from the diocese of Salisbury, and acted as a patron to his successor Bartholomew Iscanus as well as Baldwin of Exeter, who was later to become Archbishop of Canterbury.

He died on March 10 1160 according to the "Handbook of British Chronology",Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 246] but other sources just say he died before April 18 1161. His burial site is unknown.

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* [http://www.dsnell.zynet.co.uk/Oliver/04.html Oliver's Lives of the Bishops of Exeter entry for Robert]

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