13
July 1205 A.D. Hugh
Walter Dies—Bishop of Salisbury and 43rd of 105 Archbishops of
Canterbury
Bevans, G. M. “Hugh Walter (Died 1205).” Brittania.com. N.d. http://www.britannia.com/bios/abofc/hwalter.html. Accessed 17 May 2014.
Bevans,
Portraits of the Archbishops of
Canterbury. Toronto, ONT: University
of Toronto Libraries, 2011. Available here: http://www.amazon.com/Portraits-Archbishops-Canterbury-Gladys-Bevan/dp/B005HI57FS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1399493248&sr=8-1&keywords=bevans+portraits+of+archbishops+of+canterbury
Hubert Walter
(Died 1205)
Bishop of Salisbury
Archbishop of Canterbury
Died: 1205
(Died 1205)
Bishop of Salisbury
Archbishop of Canterbury
Died: 1205
Hubert was the son of Norman parents who had
settled in East Anglia. He grew up in the household of Ranulf de Glanville, his
uncle, the Chief Justiciar of England, and held various offices under the
Crown, besides the Deanery of York, before his consecration as Bishop of
Salisbury in 1189. In the following year, he accompanied King Richard I to the
Holy Land.
On his return from the Crusade, he took an active
part in collecting the ransom demanded for Richard and was elected, at the
instance of the King, to the vacant See of Canterbury (1193). The same year, he
became Justiciar, and, during Richard's prolonged absence, the chief
responsibility of government devolved upon him. It was no easy task to keep
Prince John in check, to provide for the national defence and to adjust the
taxation, yet Hubert, whilst ruling the State with diligence and prudence, was
not unmindful of his ecclesiastical duties. He resigned the Justiciarship in
1198 but, the following year, accepted the office of Chancellor. How great an
influence he continued to exercise in the State is shown by the words which
King John is said to have uttered when tidings were brought to him, in 1205, of
the death of the Archbishop: "Now, for the first time, am I truly King of
England."
Edited from G.M. Bevan's
"Portraits of the Archbishops of Canterbury" (1908).
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