| Denomination | Catholic |
|---|---|
| Senior posting | |
| See | Diocese of Ely |
| Title | Bishop of Ely |
| Period in office | 1173–1189 |
| Predecessor | Nigel |
| Successor | William Longchamp |
| Religious career | |
| Previous post | Archdeacon of Canterbury |
| Personal | |
| Date of death | August 21, 1189 |
Geoffrey Ridel (died 1189) was the nineteenth Lord Chancellor of England, from 1162 to 1173. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland [1]
Life
He was probably the great-nephew of Geoffrey Ridel, who died in 1120 and was a royal justice. He was a royal clerk by about 1156, when he first starts witnessing charters. [2] He was a king's clerk before he was Archdeacon of Canterbury, which office he held by March 1163. The Archdeacon of Canterbury is an office-holder in the Diocese of Canterbury in the Church of England. [3] He performed the duties of the chancellor's office after Thomas Becket's resignation of the office, but no documents explicitly name him to the office. St Thomas Becket (c 1118 &ndash December 29, 1170) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170 [4] He also served as a royal judge. [5] By 1165, Ridel was a baron of the Exchequer. The Exchequer of Pleas or Exchequer was one of the three common-law courts of Medieval and Early Modern England and Wales. [2]
During the controversy between King Henry II of England and Archbishop Thomas Becket, Geoffrey supported the king. [6] Ridel went to Rome in 1164 to represent the king before the papal curia, and in 1166 opposed Becket once more. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 By 1169 he was urging King Louis VII of France to no longer give refuge to Becket. Louis VII, called the Younger or the Young (Louis le Jeune 1120 – 18 September 1180) was King of France, the son and successor [2] Becket's supporters called Ridel the "archidiabolus",[7] or "our archdevil", a play on the office of archdeacon which Ridel held. Ridel also urged King Henry's son, Henry the Young King, to refuse to see the archbishop in 1170, telling the prince that Becket wished to disinherit the prince. Henry the Young King ( 28 February 1155 – 11 June 1183) was the second of five sons of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine [2]
After the controversy was resolved, he was rewarded with a bishopric. [8] He was elected to the see of Ely in late April of 1173 and consecrated on October 6, 1174[9] at Canterbury. The Diocese of Ely is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury. Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Canterbury ( ˈkæntəbɹ̩i is a City in eastern Kent in the South East region of England. [2] For a number of years previous to his election he had been the custodian of the see, and had received the episcopal revenues. [7] He resigned the chancellorship when he became a bishop. [10] He continued to be involved in governmental affairs, attending councils and escorting King Henry II's daughter Joanna to Provence when the princess was sent to Sicily to marry King William II of Sicily. William II (French language Guillaume II, 1155 &ndash November 11 1189 Palermo) called the Good, was king of Sicily He also continued to hold the office of baron of the exchequer at least as late as 1185. [2]
He died on either August 21, 1189 or August 20. Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine [9][11] After his death, King Richard I of England confiscated his personal property,[12] because Geoffrey had died without a will. Richard I (8 September 1157 &ndash 6 April 1199 was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death The bishop's estate at his death included over 3000 marks in coins, as well as agricultural supplies and gold and silver plate. [13] He was buired in Ely Cathedral. Ely Cathedral (in full The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely) is the principal church of the Diocese of Ely During his time as bishop, he built much of the western transept of Ely Cathedral. [2]
Notes
- ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 84
- ^ a b c d e f g Duggan "Ridel, Geoffrey (d. 1189)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ British History Online Archdeacons of Canterbury accessed on October 25, 2007
- ^ Warren Henry II p. 307
- ^ Barlow The English Church 1066-1154 p. 256
- ^ Bartlett England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings p. 401
- ^ a b Warren Henry II p. 535
- ^ Poole Domesday Book to Magna Carta p. 220
- ^ a b Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 244
- ^ Huscroft Ruling England p. 191
- ^ British History Online Bishops of Ely accessed on October 25, 2007
- ^ Poole Domesday Book to Magna Carta p. 190 footnote3
- ^ Gillingham Richard I p. 115
References
- Barlow, Frank (1979). Frank Barlow (born 1911 is a British historian known particularly for biographies of medieval figures The English Church 1066-1154: A History of the Anglo-Norman Church. New York: Longman. ISBN 0-582-50236-5.
- Bartlett, Robert C. (2000). Professor Robert Bartlett (born 1950 MA (Cantab DPhil (Oxon FRHistS FBA FRSE FSA is an English Historian and Medievalist. England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings: 1075-1225. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-822741-8.
- British History Online Archdeacons of Canterbury accessed on October 25, 2007
- British History Online Bishops of Ely accessed on October 25, 2007
- Duggan, A. J. (2004). "Ridel, Geoffrey (d. 1189)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. DOI:10.1093/ref:odnb/23618. A digital object identifier ( DOI) is a permanent identifier given to an Electronic document. Retrieved on 2008-03-08. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
- Fryde, E. B. ; Greenway, D. E. ; Porter, S. ; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology, Third Edition, revised, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Gillingham, John (1999). Richard I. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-07912-5.
- Huscroft, Huscroft (2005). Ruling England 1042-1217. London: Pearson/Longman. ISBN 0-582-84882-2.
- Poole, Austin Lane (1955). Austin Lane Poole ( 6 December[[ 889]] - 22 February[[ 963]] was a British mediaevalist From Domesday Book to Magna Carta, 1087-1216, Second Edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-821707-2.
- Warren, W. L. (1973). Henry II. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-03494-5.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Thomas Becket |
Lord Chancellor 1162–1173 |
Succeeded by Ralph de Warneville |
| Roman Catholic Church titles | ||
| Preceded by Nigel |
Bishop of Ely 1173–1189 |
Succeeded by William Longchamp |
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ridel, Geoffrey |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Ely; Lord Chancellor of England |
| DATE OF BIRTH | |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1189 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |