Elected 16 July 1185 Died June 24, 1214 Consecration September 29, 1185 Name Gilbert Glanvill Ordination September 21, 1185 | Denomination Catholic Predecessor Waleran Successor Benedict of Sausetun Term ended June 24, 1214 | |
Other posts Archdeacon of Lisieux | ||
Gilbert Glanvill or Gilbert de Glanville was a medieval Bishop of Rochester.
Life
Glanvill was a clerk of Archbishop Baldwin of Canterbury and the archdeacon of the Lisieux. He was elected bishop of Rochester on 16 July 1185. He was ordained as a priest on 21 September and consecrated 29 September of the same year.
In 1201, 5 acres of King John's demesne wood in Ospringe were given to him. He was forced to flee England with Bishop Herbert of Salisbury in 1207 during the dispute between King John and Pope Innocent III over the election of the new archbishop of Canterbury.
Glanvill died on 24 June 1214.
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