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12 to the Pope, relative to a dispute with the King. He was buried in the monastery of the Friars Minors at St. Gemma, but a MS. authority states that his body was brought to England and buried in Christ Church, Canterbury.

, bishop of Chichester, and the King's chancellor, was chosen by the monks, and the royal assent given to his election 24th Sept. 1231. That prelate however refused the primacy, and the monks appealed to Rome; but the King having written to the Pope by the advice of his chancellor, complaining that the monks had elected an archbishop without obtaining the royal license, and praying the Pope to annul such election, the holy see acceded to the King's request and set aside the election. The King in the meanwhile issued his congé d'élire dated 7th March 1232, and

, the sub-prior of Canterbury, was chosen, and the royal assent was given to his election 22nd May 1232 ; but the Pope annulled the election and the King issued a second congé d'élire 2nd Aug., and