| Order Number | CCA-DCc/ChAnt/D/108 |
| Title | Letter |
| PreviousNumbers | 46? (late medieval?); M 199 (Norris); D 107 (late 19th c) |
| Date | [18 Feb 1145x12 Oct 1146] |
| Description | From: Robert de Bethune, bishop of Hereford
To: Pope Eugenius III
He has heard that Bernard, bishop of St David's, wishes to withdraw from his obedience to the archbishop of Canterbury. Bernard's predecessors were obedient to previous archbishops, were consecrated by them and were bound to them by deeds of profession. Bernard was consecrated by Archbishop Ralph [d'Escures] and made a deed of profession to him which is still known to be at Canterbury. Since Robert has been bishop, he has known Bernard often to answer the summons of Archbishop William [of Corbeil] and to obey his instructions, like any other suffragan. He also attended and assisted at the consecration of Archbishop Theobald at the summons of Alberic, bishop of Ostia. Robert asks the pope not to listen to Bernard's claims, which are fabulous. No date. [Date: as in English Episcopal Acta, cited below.]
Endorsed with description as the testimony of Robert bishop of Hereford against Bernard bishop of St David's who did not wish to remain subject to Canterbury in late 12th or early 13th cent hand. |
| Extent | 1 doc |
| Physical Description | Parchment, 1m, seal tongue and wrapping tie torn away, badly stained, crude repair to tear |
| Language | Latin |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Open |
| Related Material | Related letters: CCA-DCc-ChAnt/C/136; CCA-DCc-ChAnt/C/137; CCA-DCc-ChAnt/D/107
Bernard's deed of profession: CCA-DCc-ChAnt/C/115/14 |
| Publication Note | Transcribed and discussed in J Barrow, English episcopal acta VII, Hereford 1079-1234 (British Academy, Oxford, 1996), pp14-16
Translated in J C Davies, Episcopal Acts and Cognate Documents Relating to Welsh Diocese, 1066-1272 vol 1 (1946), pp263-264
Discussed in A Saltman, Theobald Archbishop of Canterbury, (1956), pp110-113
Noted in M Richter, Giraldus Cambrensis. The Growth of the Welsh Nation, 2nd ed (Aberwrystwyth, 1976), p131
Noted in W Holtzmann, Papsturkunden in England, vol 2 (Berlin, 1935), p14
Summarised in Historical Manuscripts Commission Fifth Report (London, 1876), Appendix, p453 |