Walter de Lucy

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name = Walter de Lucy


religion = Catholic
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location = England
Title = Abbot of Battle
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date of death = June 21 1171
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Walter de Lucy (sometimes Walter de Luci) was the brother of Richard de Luci, who was Chief Justiciar of England. Walter was a monk at Lonlé Abbey, before being elected Abbot of Battle Abbey in Sussex, England. He was elected on January 8 1139. He died while still abbot on June 21 1171.Knowles, David; Brooke C. N. L.; and London, Vera C. M. "The Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales 940-1216" Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1972 ISBN 0-521-08367-2 p. 29] While abbot, he became involved in a dispute with Hilary, bishop of Chichester, who was the bishop who held jurisdiction over Battle Abbey.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 p. 589] Battle had never received a papal exemption, and instead relied on its status as a royal foundation by King William I of England and its status as a eigenkirche.Warren, W. L. "Henry II" Berkeley: University of California Press 1973 ISBN 0-520-03494-5 p. 429-432] Hilary obtained from both Pope Eugenius III and Pope Hadrian IV orders to obey the bishop, but in 1157, Walter brought the case before King Henry II of England at a council held at Colchester. The foundation charter of William I and the confirmation by King Henry I of England, who was Henry II's grandfather, were produced Walter, and were admitted as genuine. Both documents freed the abbey from ecclesiastical oversight, and Henry II had at his coronation confirmed all his grandfather's charters. However, Hilary argued that only a papal privilege could exempt a monastery from episcopal oversight, and that Battle had no such privilege. Henry was not impressed by this argument, for it impinged on his royal rights. Thomas Becket, then Henry's chancellor, was one of the main opponents of Hilary at this council.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 p. 79 and footnote 45]

ee also

* Richard de Luci
* Godfrey de Luci

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