Robert 15 () the Lotharingian, or Robert de Losinga, d. 1095, bishop of Hereford
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Notes: Julia Barrow, ?Robert the Lotharingian (d. 1095)?, ODNB.

Factoid List

Personal Information (1)

piety (1)

 WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iv.165.1 (Robert 15 had a special devotion to St Wulfstan 55)

Office (1)

Bishop (1)

 WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iv.148.5

Personal Relationship (2)

Robert 15 Friend (General relationship) of ~ (2)

 of Wulfstan 55: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iv.148.5
 of Wulfstan 55: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iv.165

Event (8)

Burial (1)

 Wulfstan 55.burial: The corpse of Wulfstan 55 lay on a bier before the altar, decked in the episcopal robes, without any covering. Waves of people poured in, made their offerings, reverenced the body, and left grieving. On the fourth day the body was buried by Robert 15 bishop of Hereford, long bound to him in holy friendship. It lies between two pyramids, under a beautiful stone arch.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iv.148.4-5

Charter-witnessing (3)

 Witnessing Ivo 1 granting land to Spalding: Ivo 1 Taillebois’s grant to Spalding.: TRW Non-royal charters/Spalding    (1087 x 1092)
 Witnessing Robert 15 leasing land to Roger 14: Robert 15 the Lotharingian, bishop of Hereford, to Roger 14 de Lacy; lease for one life of Holme Lacy, Herefs.. At a different meeting Rogert 14 gave 20 solidi in exchange (see separate record).: TRW Non-royal charters/Hereford1    (1085)
 Witnessing Roger 14 paying Robert 15 for his lease: Roger 14 de Lacy gave Bishop Robert 15 20 solidi for the lease on Holme Lacy, Herefs..: TRW Non-royal charters/Hereford1    (1085)

Church-going (1)

 Wulfstan 55.burial: The corpse of Wulfstan 55 lay on a bier before the altar, decked in the episcopal robes, without any covering. Waves of people poured in, made their offerings, reverenced the body, and left grieving. On the fourth day the body was buried by Robert 15 bishop of Hereford, long bound to him in holy friendship. It lies between two pyramids, under a beautiful stone arch.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iv.148.4-5

Confirmation of land/privileges (1)

 Bates306 - writ of William 1 in favour of Westminster, St Peter's: King William 1 notifies Bishop Hugh 7 of London and all the bishops who will succeed him, Geoffrey 5 de Mandeville, and the sheriff and all future sheriffs, French and English nobles, barons and citizens of London that he has confirmed to the abbey of Westminster all the lands and customs in London which King Edward 15 had granted to the abbey.: Bates306    (1081)

Expulsion (1)

 Bates39 - writ of William 1 concerning the adjudication of a dispute between Herfast and Bury St Edmunds: King William 1 informs all the faithful men of his kingdom that Bishop Herfast 1’s claim that the abbey of Bury St Edmunds should be his episcopal church has been brought to his attention and that he has decided that the matter should be heard in his court. On the set day, the bishop made his case eloquently, but produced neither written documents nor witnesses. Abbot Baldwin 5 then told how King Cnut 3 expelled the clerks and introduced monks, how the church had then been dedicated to on that king’s order by Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 of Canterbury, how the first abbot [Ufi 4] had been consecrated by the bishop of London [Ælfwig 13], the second [Leofstan 24] by the bishop of Winchester [Ælfwine 45], and Baldwin 5 himself by the archbishop of Canterbury [Stigand 1], and how the monks had been ordained by the bishops of their choice over a period of fifty-three years without any objection from Herfast 1’s predecessors. He also produced orders of King Cnut 3 and Edward 15 the Confessor which granted that the monastery should be free of all episcopal domination. Those present then decided in Bury St Edmunds favour.: Bates39    (1081)

Friendship-making (1)

 Wulfstan 55.burial: The corpse of Wulfstan 55 lay on a bier before the altar, decked in the episcopal robes, without any covering. Waves of people poured in, made their offerings, reverenced the body, and left grieving. On the fourth day the body was buried by Robert 15 bishop of Hereford, long bound to him in holy friendship. It lies between two pyramids, under a beautiful stone arch.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iv.148.4-5

Grant and Gift (2)

 Bates306 - writ of William 1 in favour of Westminster, St Peter's: King William 1 notifies Bishop Hugh 7 of London and all the bishops who will succeed him, Geoffrey 5 de Mandeville, and the sheriff and all future sheriffs, French and English nobles, barons and citizens of London that he has confirmed to the abbey of Westminster all the lands and customs in London which King Edward 15 had granted to the abbey.: Bates306    (1081)
 Witnessing Ivo 1 granting land to Spalding: Ivo 1 Taillebois’s grant to Spalding.: TRW Non-royal charters/Spalding    (1087 x 1092)

Judicial decision/review (2)

 Bates146 - plea regarding claims of William 18 de Briouze and Fécamp: Record of a plea heard before King William 1 at Lacock, Wilts., regarding the claims which William 18 de Briouze had made in respect of the possessions of the abbey of Fécamp.: Bates146    (1086)
 Bates39 - writ of William 1 concerning the adjudication of a dispute between Herfast and Bury St Edmunds: King William 1 informs all the faithful men of his kingdom that Bishop Herfast 1’s claim that the abbey of Bury St Edmunds should be his episcopal church has been brought to his attention and that he has decided that the matter should be heard in his court. On the set day, the bishop made his case eloquently, but produced neither written documents nor witnesses. Abbot Baldwin 5 then told how King Cnut 3 expelled the clerks and introduced monks, how the church had then been dedicated to on that king’s order by Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 of Canterbury, how the first abbot [Ufi 4] had been consecrated by the bishop of London [Ælfwig 13], the second [Leofstan 24] by the bishop of Winchester [Ælfwine 45], and Baldwin 5 himself by the archbishop of Canterbury [Stigand 1], and how the monks had been ordained by the bishops of their choice over a period of fifty-three years without any objection from Herfast 1’s predecessors. He also produced orders of King Cnut 3 and Edward 15 the Confessor which granted that the monastery should be free of all episcopal domination. Those present then decided in Bury St Edmunds favour.: Bates39    (1081)

Lease (2)

 Witnessing Robert 15 leasing land to Roger 14: Robert 15 the Lotharingian, bishop of Hereford, to Roger 14 de Lacy; lease for one life of Holme Lacy, Herefs.. At a different meeting Rogert 14 gave 20 solidi in exchange (see separate record).: TRW Non-royal charters/Hereford1    (1085)
 Witnessing Roger 14 paying Robert 15 for his lease: Roger 14 de Lacy gave Bishop Robert 15 20 solidi for the lease on Holme Lacy, Herefs..: TRW Non-royal charters/Hereford1    (1085)

Monastic reform (1)

 Bates39 - writ of William 1 concerning the adjudication of a dispute between Herfast and Bury St Edmunds: King William 1 informs all the faithful men of his kingdom that Bishop Herfast 1’s claim that the abbey of Bury St Edmunds should be his episcopal church has been brought to his attention and that he has decided that the matter should be heard in his court. On the set day, the bishop made his case eloquently, but produced neither written documents nor witnesses. Abbot Baldwin 5 then told how King Cnut 3 expelled the clerks and introduced monks, how the church had then been dedicated to on that king’s order by Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 of Canterbury, how the first abbot [Ufi 4] had been consecrated by the bishop of London [Ælfwig 13], the second [Leofstan 24] by the bishop of Winchester [Ælfwine 45], and Baldwin 5 himself by the archbishop of Canterbury [Stigand 1], and how the monks had been ordained by the bishops of their choice over a period of fifty-three years without any objection from Herfast 1’s predecessors. He also produced orders of King Cnut 3 and Edward 15 the Confessor which granted that the monastery should be free of all episcopal domination. Those present then decided in Bury St Edmunds favour.: Bates39    (1081)

Patronage (1)

 Bates305 - writ of William 1 in favour of Westminster, St Peter's: King William 1 notifies all his archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, sheriffs, and all his barons and officers, both French and English, throughout England in all the shires in which Westminster has lands and men that he has taken the abbey under his protection.: Bates305    (1076)

Writ-issuing/sending (3)

 Bates305 - writ of William 1 in favour of Westminster, St Peter's: King William 1 notifies all his archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, sheriffs, and all his barons and officers, both French and English, throughout England in all the shires in which Westminster has lands and men that he has taken the abbey under his protection.: Bates305    (1076)
 Bates306 - writ of William 1 in favour of Westminster, St Peter's: King William 1 notifies Bishop Hugh 7 of London and all the bishops who will succeed him, Geoffrey 5 de Mandeville, and the sheriff and all future sheriffs, French and English nobles, barons and citizens of London that he has confirmed to the abbey of Westminster all the lands and customs in London which King Edward 15 had granted to the abbey.: Bates306    (1081)
 Bates39 - writ of William 1 concerning the adjudication of a dispute between Herfast and Bury St Edmunds: King William 1 informs all the faithful men of his kingdom that Bishop Herfast 1’s claim that the abbey of Bury St Edmunds should be his episcopal church has been brought to his attention and that he has decided that the matter should be heard in his court. On the set day, the bishop made his case eloquently, but produced neither written documents nor witnesses. Abbot Baldwin 5 then told how King Cnut 3 expelled the clerks and introduced monks, how the church had then been dedicated to on that king’s order by Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 of Canterbury, how the first abbot [Ufi 4] had been consecrated by the bishop of London [Ælfwig 13], the second [Leofstan 24] by the bishop of Winchester [Ælfwine 45], and Baldwin 5 himself by the archbishop of Canterbury [Stigand 1], and how the monks had been ordained by the bishops of their choice over a period of fifty-three years without any objection from Herfast 1’s predecessors. He also produced orders of King Cnut 3 and Edward 15 the Confessor which granted that the monastery should be free of all episcopal domination. Those present then decided in Bury St Edmunds favour.: Bates39    (1081)

Factoids linked indirectly to Robert 15 (5)

Status (5)

Man of Robert 15 (5)

 Eadric 71: Bates349   
 Leofwine 98: TRW Non-royal charters/Hereford1   
 Ælfweard 46: TRW Non-royal charters/Hereford1   
 Sæwulf 3: TRW Non-royal charters/Hereford1   
 Alwine 2: TRW Non-royal charters/Hereford1