William of Kilkenny

William of Kilkenny
Bishop of Ely
Memorial to Bishop William de Kilkenny in Ely Cathedral
Elected	c. 29 September 1254
Term ended	21 September 1256
Predecessor	Hugh of Northwold
Successor	Hugh of Balsham
Orders
Consecration	15 August 1255 by Boniface of Savoy
Personal details
Died	21 September 1256 Spain
Denomination	Catholic

William of Kilkenny (died 21 September 1256) was a Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Ely.

Life

William may be the same William of Kilkenny who was elected Bishop of Ossory in 1231, but resigned the office in 1232 before being consecrated. Whether that William is the same William that later became Bishop of Ely, the man who later became bishop was a king's clerk by 1234. He was sent to Rome on royal business twice, once in 1234–1235 and again in 1237. In 1238 he left royal service, and was employed by two successive bishops of Durham, Nicholas of Farnham and Richard Poore. By May 1247 he was back in royal service, for in that month King Henry III of England sent him overseas.^[1]

William was Archdeacon of Coventry,^[2] from November 1247,^[1] as well as controller of the wardrobe from 1249 to 1252, and chancellor from 1250 to 1255.^[3]

William was elected to the see of Ely about 29 September 1254^[4] and consecrated on 15 August 1255 at Bellay in Savoy by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Boniface of Savoy.^[1]

William died on 21 September 1256,^[4] in Spain where he had gone on a diplomatic mission for the king. His heart was sent to Ely for burial in Ely Cathedral. His only known relative was a nephew who held land in Waterford and was knighted in 1254.^[1] He had constructed an elaborate tomb that remained empty, and is now located near the high altar in the north choir aisle of Ely Cathedral. His heart was buried near the altar of Saint Etheldreda.^[5]

Citations

1 2 3 4 Stacey "Kilkenny, William of" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
↑ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Ely: Bishops
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 85
1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 244
↑ Sayers "Once 'Proud Prelate'" Journal of the British Archaeological Association pp. 77–78

References

Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Greenway, Diana E. (1971). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Ely: Bishops. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 25 October 2007.
Sayers, Jane (2009). "A Once Proud Prelate: An Unidentified Episcopal Monument in Ely Cathedral". Journal of the British Archaeological Association. 162: 67–87. doi:10.1179/006812809x12448232842376.
Stacey, Robert C. (2004). "Kilkenny, William of (d. 1256)" ((subscription or UK public library membership required)). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15527. Retrieved 2 April 2008.

Political offices
Preceded by Sir John Lexington	Lord Chancellor 1250–1255	Succeeded by Henry Wingham
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Hugh of Northwold	Bishop of Ely 1254–1256	Succeeded by Hugh of Balsham

Bishops of Ely

High Medieval	Hervey le Breton Nigel Geoffrey Ridel William Longchamp Eustace Robert of York John of Fountains Geoffrey de Burgh Hugh of Northwold William of Kilkenny Hugh de Balsham John Kirkby William of Louth John Salmon/John Langton Ralph Walpole

Late Medieval	Robert Orford John Ketton John Hotham Simon Montacute Thomas de Lisle Simon Langham John Barnet Thomas Arundel John Fordham Philip Morgan Lewis of Luxembourg Thomas Bourchier William Grey John Morton John Alcock

Early modern	Richard Redman James Stanley Nicholas West Thomas Goodrich Thomas Thirlby Richard Cox Martin Heton Lancelot Andrewes Nicholas Felton John Buckeridge Francis White Matthew Wren Benjamin Lany Peter Gunning Francis Turner Simon Patrick John Moore William Fleetwood Thomas Green Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Matthias Mawson Edmund Keene James Yorke

Late modern	Thomas Dampier Bowyer Sparke Joseph Allen Thomas Turton Harold Browne James Woodford Lord Alwyne Compton Frederic Chase Leonard White-Thomson Bernard Heywood Edward Wynn Noel Hudson Edward Roberts Peter Walker Stephen Sykes Anthony Russell

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