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1 1 74 JoHX DE Grexefokd, deau of Chichester^ was elected !o Hen. II. in 1 173^ and consecrated at Lambeth 6th Oct. 1 1 74 ^-. He died in 1180^^.

1 1 80 Seffride II, archdeacon and dean of Chichester, was 6 Hen. II. consecrated i6th Nov. 11 80^4, jje died in 1204^^.

1204 Simon de Wells, archdeacon of Wells, was elected be-

6 Joh. tween the ist and 9th April 1204-^6. and made pro- fession of obedience nth July 1204^7. He made extensive reparations in Chichester cathedral, and obtained the King's license to convey marble from Purbeck for that purpose ^^. He died in 1207^9, Nicholas de Aquila is said to have succeeded Simon de Wells in this see, but there is no evidence of such an appointment. It appears, on the contrary, that the see was vacant 7th Dec. 1207; 25th Feb. 1209-10; 12th June 1213 ; and 30th Sept. 1214. Richard Poore, dean of Salisbury, was chosen ^^, and made his profession of obedience to archbishop Ste- phen at Reading in Jan. 1 2 1 4-15. He was consecrated on the 25th of the same month^i ; and translated to Salisbury in 1217^^. The custody of the bishopric of Chichester was granted 27th June 121 7 to Richard bishop of Salisbury, (late bishop of Chichester 6-^.)

1 21 7 Ralph de Warham, i^rior of Norwich, had the royal 5 Hen. III. assent to his election 17th Dec. 1217^4. He made his profession to archbishop Simon, and was consecrated 7th Jan. 1 21 7-1 8 65. He died 14th Sept. 1222^6. The

''2 Rad. de Diceto. ^8 Pat. 6 Joh. m. 2. et Pat.

S3 Matt. Westm. 8 Joh. m. 4.

5-1 In Ordinatione Sancti yEl- ^^ Pat. 9 Joh. m. 5. et Chron.

fegi consecratus est Seinfridus Walt. Coventr. Cicestrensis Episcopus. Chron. 6" Pat. 16 Joh. m. 8. p. 126. Gerv. col. 1457; Other writers ^i Matt. Westm. says on 22nd

say that he was consecrated 17th Feb. Oct. (xvi Cal. Nov.) ; but that 62 Annal. Suthwerc. must be incorrect, as that day 63 Pat. i Hen. III. m. 5. fell on Friday in the year 1180. 64 Pat. 2 Hen. III. p.i. m. 8.

55 Annal. Winton. et AVaverl. 65 Annal. Wigorn.

56 Chart. 5 Joh. m. 8. 66 Hist. Brev. Gerv. 5' Rot. Profess. Autogr.

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