Ralph of Irton (died 1292) was a medieval
Bishop of Carlisle
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The diocese covers the county of Cumbria except for Alston Moor and the former Sedbergh Rural District. The Episcop ...
.
Life
Ralph was a
canon
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of
Gisborough Priory
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, an
Augustinian foundation, sometime before 1257. Between 1257 and 1261 he was elected
prior
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of Gisborough.
[Summerson "Irton, Ralph of" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''] He was elected to the
see of Carlisle on 14 December 1278. However, King
Edward I of England
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objected to the election because no new licence had been obtained from the king after
William de Rotherfeld refused the
see. Ralph appealed to Pope
Nicholas III and the election was quashed, however Nicholas then provided Ralph to the see and he was consecrated before 9 April 1280.
[Greenway ]
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Carlisle: Bishops
'
Ralph imposed taxation in his diocese to secure the completion of
Carlisle Cathedral
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. He also served Edward as a diplomat in the negotiations over the proposed marriage of the future
Edward II
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to
Margaret, the Maid of Norway
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, which never came to pass after Margaret's death soon after the marriage was arranged.
[ Ralph died on 1 March 1292][Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 235] while attending a parliament
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at London, from a burst vein. His will provided that most of his belongings be left to his successors at Carlisle. He was buried in Carlisle Cathedral, but his tomb was destroyed soon after his burial by a fire in the cathedral.[
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Bishops of Carlisle
1292 deaths
13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
Year of birth unknown