Walter d'Eynsham: Difference between revisions

{{Infoboxshort description|13th-century Archbishop of Canterbury|-elect}}

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HeWalter was a monk of [[Christ Church Priory]] in Canterbury, when he was chosen to be the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] on 3 August 1228 by his fellow monks of the cathedral chapter.<ref name=BHOCant>Greenway ''[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=33853 BritishFasti HistoryEcclesiae OnlineAnglicanae Archbishops1066–1300: ofVolume Canterbury]2: accessedMonastic onCathedrals September(Northern 11,and 2007Southern Provinces): Canterbury: Archbishops]''</ref> His appointment was overruledover-ruled by King [[Henry III of England|King Henry III]] and Pope [[Pope Gregory IX|Gregory IX]] on 5 January 1229.<ref name=Handbook233>Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 233</ref> He was examined by a group of cardinals on theological matters and declared to have answered badly, thus allowing the pope to declare him ineligible for the office.<ref name=Powell150>Powell and Wallis ''The House of Lords in the Middle Ages'' p. 150</ref>

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* {{cite book |author1= Powell, J. Enoch and Keith|author-link1= Enoch Powell |author2=Wallis, Keith|title= ''The House of Lords in the Middle Ages: A History of the English House of Lords to 1540'' London|url= https://archive.org/details/houseoflordsinmi0000powe |url-access= registration |year=1968 |publisher= Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1968|location=London|oclc= 463626 }}

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