Robert de Mariscis ''(Robert Marsh)'' was a

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in the

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Career

Robert de Mariscis first appears in April 1242 as an "official" (most likely a

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) of the

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Robert is recorded as a "

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's official" from around June 1243/1244 to the 24 July 1253 or later. Between 1245 and 1250 he is shown as vicar-general during the aforementioned

's absences He is shown as a

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on the 13 October 1244 at

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and Prebendary of Aylesbury on the resignation of Roger de Wesenham from the deanery in 1245. He is shown as

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from 1254 during which time, specifically 5 Jan 1258, he is still shown as Prebendary of Aylesbury but also

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of Wells and vicar of Hemingbury. He is then

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on 9 July 1259 until his death in 1262.

References

* * * Year of birth unknown 1262 deaths {{RC-clergy-stub