Eustace of Fauconberg

Eustace of Fauconberg was a medieval English Bishop of London from 1221 to 1228 and was also Lord High Treasurer.

Key Information

Eustace of Fauconberg
Bishop of London
Elected	26 February 1221
Term ended	October 1228
Predecessor	William of Sainte-Mère-Eglise
Successor	Roger Niger
Other post	Prebendary of Holbourn
Orders
Consecration	25 April 1221
Personal details
Died	October 1228 (1228-11)
Denomination	Catholic


6th Lord High Treasurer
In office 4 November 1217 – 1228
Monarch	Henry III
Preceded by	William of Ely
Succeeded by	Walter Mauclerk

Biography

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Eustace was the son of Walter de Fauconberg of Rise-in-Holderness in the East Riding of the English county of Yorkshire.

Eustace was selected as treasurer in 1217, probably on 4 November, and held the office until his death.^[1] He held the prebend of Holbourn in the diocese of London^[2] before being elected to the see of London on 26 February 1221 and consecrated on 25 April 1221.^[3]

Eustace died between 24 and 31 October 1228.^[3] There was a tomb memorial to him in the quire at Old St Paul's Cathedral.^[4]

Citations

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^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 103
^ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Bishops
^ ^a ^b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258
^ "Memorials of St Paul's Cathedral" Sinclair, W. p93: London; Chapman & Hall, Ltd; 1909

References

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Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Greenway, Diana E. (1968). "Bishops". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300. Vol. 1, St. Paul's, London. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 29 October 2007.

Political offices
Preceded by William of Ely	Lord High Treasurer 1217–1228	Succeeded by Walter Mauclerk
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by William of Sainte-Mère-Eglise	Bishop of London 1221–1228	Succeeded by Roger Niger

v t e Bishops of London
Post-Augustine	Mellitus Cedd Wine Earconwald Waldhere Ingwald Ecgwulf Wigheah Eadberht Eadgar Coenwalh Eadbald Heathoberht Osmund Æthelnoth Ceolberht Deorwulf Swithwulf Heahstan Wulfsige Æthelweard Leofstan Theodred Brihthelm Dunstan Ælfstan Wulfstan Ælfhun Ælfwig Ælfweard Robert of Jumièges Spearhafoc
Post-Conquest	William the Norman Hugh d'Orevalle Maurice Richard de Belmeis I Gilbert Universalis Anselm (quashed) Robert de Sigello Richard de Belmeis II Gilbert Foliot Richard FitzNeal William of Sainte-Mère-Église Eustace of Fauconberg Roger Niger Fulk Basset Henry Wingham Richard Talbot Henry of Sandwich John Chishull Fulke Lovell Richard Gravesend Ralph Baldock Gilbert Segrave Richard Newport Stephen Gravesend Richard de Wentworth Ralph Stratford Michael Northburgh Simon Sudbury William Courtenay Robert Braybrooke Roger Walden Nicholas Bubwith Richard Clifford John Kemp William Grey Robert FitzHugh Robert Gilbert Thomas Kempe Richard Hill Thomas Savage William Warham William Barons Richard FitzJames Cuthbert Tunstall
During the Reformation	John Stokesley Edmund Bonner (1st) Nicholas Ridley Edmund Bonner (2nd)
Post-Reformation	Edmund Grindal Edwin Sandys John Aylmer Richard Fletcher Richard Bancroft Richard Vaughan Thomas Ravis George Abbot John King George Montaigne William Laud William Juxon Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) William Juxon Gilbert Sheldon Humphrey Henchman Henry Compton John Robinson Edmund Gibson Thomas Sherlock Thomas Hayter Richard Osbaldeston Richard Terrick Robert Lowth Beilby Porteus John Randolph William Howley Charles James Blomfield Archibald Campbell Tait John Jackson Frederick Temple Mandell Creighton Arthur Winnington-Ingram Geoffrey Fisher William Wand Henry Montgomery Campbell Robert Stopford Gerald Ellison Graham Leonard David Hope Richard Chartres Pete Broadbent (Acting) Sarah Mullally

v t e English lord high treasurers under the House of Plantagenet (1216–1399)
Henry III (1216–1272)	Eustace of Fauconberg (1217–1228) Walter Mauclerk (1228–1233) Peter de Rivaux (1233–1234) Hugh de Pateshull (1234–1240) William Haverhill (1240–1252) Philip Lovel (1252–1258) John Crakehall (1258–1260) John of Caux (1260–1263) Nicholas of Ely (May–July 1263) Henry, Prior of St. Radegund (July–November 1263) John Chishull (November 1263) Roger de la Leye (November 1263–1264) Henry, Prior of St. Radegund (1264–1265) Thomas Wymondham (1265–1270) John Chishull (1270–1271) Philip of Eye (1271–1272)
Edward I (1272–1307)	Philip of Eye (1272–1273) Sir Joseph of Chauncy (1273–1280) Richard of Ware (1280–1283) John Kirkby (1284–1290) William of March (1290–1295) John Droxford (August–September 1295) Walter Langton (1295–1307)
Edward II (1307–1327)	Walter Reynolds (1307–1310) John Sandale (1310–1311) Walter Norwich (1311–1312) Walter Langton (January–May 1312) Walter Norwich (May–October 1312) John Sandale (October 1312–1314) Walter Norwich (1314–1317) John Hotham (1317–June 1318) John Walwayn (June–November 1318) John Sandale (November 1318–1319) Walter Norwich (1319–1320) Walter de Stapledon (1320–1321) Walter Norwich (1321–1322) Walter de Stapledon (1322–1325) William Melton (1325–1326) John de Stratford (1326–January 1327)
Edward III (1327–1377)	Adam Orleton (January–March 1327) Henry Burghersh (1327–1328) Thomas Charlton (1328–1329) Robert Wodehouse (1329–1330) William Melton (1330–1331) William Ayermin (1331–1332) Robert Ayleston (1332–1334) Richard de Bury (March–August 1334) Henry Burghersh (August 1334–1337) William Zouche (1337–1338) Robert Wodehouse (March–December 1338) William Zouche (December 1338–May 1340) Sir Robert Sadington (May–June 1340) Roger Northburgh (June–December 1340) Sir Robert Parning (January–October 1341) William Cusance (October 1341–1344) William Edington (1344–1356) John Sheppey (1356–1360) Simon Langham (1360–1363) John Barnet (1363–1369) Thomas de Brantingham (1369–1371) 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton (1371–1375) Sir Robert de Ashton (1375–January 1377) Henry Wakefield (January–July 1377)
Richard II (1377–1399)	Thomas de Brantingham (July 1377–February 1381) Sir Robert Hales (February–June 1381) Sir Hugh Segrave (August 1381–January 1386) John Fordham (January–October 1386) John Gilbert (October 1386–May 1389) Thomas de Brantingham (May–August 1389) John Gilbert (August 1389–1391) John Waltham (1391–1395) Roger Walden (1395–January 1398) Guy Mone (January–September 1398) William Scrope, Earl of Wiltshire (September 1398–July 1399)

v t e Chancellors of the exchequer under the House of Plantagenet (1216–1399)
Henry III (1216–1272)	Eustace of Fauconberg (c. 1221–?) John Maunsell (c. 1234–?) Ralf de Leicester (?–1248) Edward of Westminster (1248–?) Albric de Fiscamp (?–1263) John Chishull (1263–1265) Walter Giffard (1265–1266) Godfrey Giffard (1266–1268) John Chishull (1268–1269) Richard Middleton (1269–1272)
Edward I (1272–1307)	Roger de la Leye & Geoffrey de Neuband (?–1283) Philip de Willoughby (1283–1305) John de Benstede (1305–1306)
Edward II (1307–1327)	John Sandale (1307–1308) John of Markenfield (1309–1312) John Hotham (1312–1316) Hervey de Stanton (1316–1323) Walter de Stapleton (1323–1324) Hervey de Stanton (1324–1327)
Edward III (1327–1377)	Adam de Harvington (1327–1330) Robert Wodehouse (1330–1331) Robert de Stratford (1331–1334) John Hildesle (c. 1338–?) William de Everdon (c. 1341–?) William Askeby (1363–?) Robert de Ashton (1375–1377)
Richard II (1377–1399)	Walter Barnham (1377–1399)

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