Robert of Shrewsbury
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Robert of Shrewsbury (died 1212) was Bishop of Bangor from 1197 to his death.
Robert appears to have been Dean of St Mary's College, Shrewsbury and prebendary of the church at Wolverhampton, then dedicated to the Virgin Mary but now St Peter's Collegiate Church. He was appointed Bishop of Bangor by Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury, apparently without being elected, and was consecrated by the Archbishop on 16 March 1197. Giraldus Cambrensis records the efforts of a person named only as "R.", subprior of Aberconwy Abbey, to be recognised as the true bishop-elect of Bangor. As he refused to resign his earlier appointments, Peter of Blois, the Dean of Wolverhampton, wrote to Robert, denouncing his behaviour in strong terms[1] and commending the virtues of apostolic poverty.[2]
In 1211, King John of England invaded Gwynedd in an attempt to subdue Llywelyn the Great. John was excommunicated at the time, and consequently Robert refused to meet him. John retaliated by sending a troop of soldiers from Brabant who burnt the city of Bangor and seized the Bishop from the high altar of the cathedral. Robert had to pay a fine of two hundred hawks to recover his liberty. Robert died the following year (though some sources say 1213) and was buried at Shrewsbury.
References
- J. E. Lloyd (1911) The history of Wales from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest (Longmans, Green & Co.)
- ^ M W Greenslade, R B Pugh (Editors), G C Baugh, Revd L W Cowie, Revd J C Dickinson, A P Duggan, A K B Evans, R H Evans, Una C Hannam, P Heath, D A Johnston, Professor Hilda Johnstone, Ann J Kettle, J L Kirby, Revd R Mansfield, Professor A Saltman (1970). "Colleges: Wolverhampton, St Peter". A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) See especially footnote 35. - ^ Giles, I.A. (1847). Petri Blesensis Bathoniensis archidiaconi opera omnia, Oxford, Volume 2, p.74
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