Henry de Sully, Abbot of Fécamp

Infobox Archbishop of York
name = Henry de Sully


birth_name =
consecration = never consecrated
began = never enthroned
term_end = 1140
predecessor = Waltheof
successor = Saint William of York
birth_date =
birthplace =
death_date = 1189
deathplace = Fécamp
tomb =

Henry de Sully was a medieval Abbot of Fécamp and Bishop of Salisbury-elect and Archbishop of York-elect.

Life

He was the son of William, count of Chartres the eldest brother of King Stephen of England and Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester.Davis "King Stephen" p. 97] William was best suited for an administrative post at Sully, France where he was retired and married to Agnes De Sully a woman of admirable beauty attached to the court of Adela Blois, William's mother. William was at first groomed to inherit the comptal throne, but proved to be too aggressive, namely through an incident where he threatened to kill Bishop Ivo of Chartres over a jurisdictional dispute. His mother, Adela of Blois acting as Countess and Lord, replaced him with her second eldest son Thibaud, who ruled well therafter.LoPrete, Kimberly "Adela Countess and Lord" pp216ff]

The marriage of William and Agnes was a happy one and several children were born. The most famous of the children, Henry de Sully, was thus the nephew of the king of England as well as being a Cluniac monk. He was nominated in March of 1140 by his other uncle Henry of Blois to be Bishop of Salisbury, but the nomination was quashed. [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=34219 British History Online Bishops of Salisbury] accessed on 14 September 2007] Davis "King Stephen" p. 44] As compensation, Henry of Blois then named Henry de Sully the abbot of Fécamp Abbey in Normandy. Later in 1140, after his grandmother's death, Henry was nominated to become Archbishop of York, [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=8457 British History Online Archbishops of York] accessed on 14 September 2007] but his election was again quashed this time by Pope Innocent II because Henry, like his uncle the Bishop of Winchester and Abbot of Glastonbury, wished to hold two posts simultaneously, Fécamp along with the archbishopric.Huscroft "Ruling England 1042-1217" p. 134] Barlow "The English Church 1066-1154" p. 96] He died at Fécamp in 1189.

Notes

References

* LoPrete, Kimberly (historian) "Adela Countess and Lord" Dublin:Fourcourts Press, 2007 ISBN 978-1-85182-563-9
* Barlow, Frank "The English Church 1066-1154" London:Longman 1979 ISBN 0-582-50236-5
* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=8457 British History Online Archbishops of York] accessed on 14 September 2007
* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=34219 British History Online Bishops of Salisbury] accessed on 14 September 2007
* Davis, R. H. C. "King Stephen 1135-1154" Third Edition London:Longman 1990 ISBN 0-582-04000-0
* Huscroft, Richard "Ruling England 1042-1217" London: Pearson Longman 2005 ISBN 0-582-84882-2

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NAME=Sully, Henry de
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Salisbury; Archbishop of York; Abbot of Fécamp
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DATE OF DEATH=1189
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