Reynelm

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name =Reynelm


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Hereford
Title = Bishop of Hereford
Period = 1102–1115
Predecessor = Roger
Successor =Geoffrey de Clive
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date of death =October 1115
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Reynelm (or Reinhelm or Reinelm or Rainald or Regenhelm) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford.

Life

His origins are unknown, but Gundulf of Rochester, the Bishop of Rochester, may have been his patron, as a letter of 1101 implies that Gundulf ordained him a priest.Barrow " [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/95040 Reinhelm (d. 1115)] " "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"] He was the chancellor to Queen Matilda of England, wife of King Henry I before September 3 1101. He was also prior of the church of Rochester. He was nominated to the see of Hereford around Christmas of 1102 and invested, or given the symbols of the office along with the temporalities of the see, with the bishopric by the king. Anselm, the Archbishop of Canterbury, refused to consecrate Reynelm then, because Reynelm had been invested by the king. The archbishop and the king were involved in the Investiture Crisis, where the church objected to the secular powers giving the symbols of ecclesiastical office to clerics. King Henry then persuaded the Archbishop of York to consecrate the bishops that had been elected but whom Anselm refused to consecrate because they had been invested by the king.Vaughn "Anselm of Bec" pp. 248-249] Reynelm refused to be consecrated by Gerard, Archbishop of York,Barlow "English Church 1066-1154" p. 80] and the king exiled Reynelm from England in retaliation.Hollister "Henry I" pp. 166-167] Reynelm resigned the temporalities back into the king's control before March 29 1103 because of concerns over having received investiture by the king.

He was consecrated by Archbishop Anselm on August 11 1107, [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34422 British History Online Bishops of Hereford] accessed on October 26, 2007] at Canterbury. Reynelm made a written profession of obedience to Anselm also.Vaughn "Anselm of Bec" p. 309] The profession is the only charter or other document to survive from his episcopate. He probably was responsible for the rebuilding of Hereford Cathedral as a Romanesque cathedral. Reynelm also assisted at the consecration of Llanthony Priory in the see of Llandaff in 1108.

He died in October of 1115, either on the 27th or the 28th,Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 250] of gout. He was buried in Hereford Cathedral, but the effigy on his tomb dates from the 14th century.

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ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Reinhelm; Reinelm
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Hereford
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DATE OF DEATH=October 1115
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