Robert FitzRalph (sometimes known as Robert son of William FitzRalph) was a medieval

Bishop of Worcester The Bishop of Worcester is the Ordinary (officer), head of the Church of England Anglican Diocese of Worcester, Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title can be traced back to the foundation of the diocese in the ...

Life

FitzRalph was the son of

William FitzRalph William FitzRalph was the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests from 1169 to 1177.

, who was a landowner in

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south a ...

and was

High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests The Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests is a position established by the Normans in England. The sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in t ...

1170–1180 and was seneschal of

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1178–1200. Robert held a

prebend A prebendary is a member of the Catholic or Anglican clergy, a form of canon with a role in the administration of a cathedral or collegiate church. When attending services, prebendaries sit in particular seats, usually at the back of the choir ...

in the

diocese of York The Diocese of York is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York. It covers the city of York, the eastern part of North Yorkshire, and most of the East Riding of Yorkshire. The diocese is headed by the ar ...

before he was

Archdeacon of Nottingham The Archdeacon of Nottingham is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, who exercises supervision of clergy and has responsibility for church buildings within the Archdeaconry of Nottingham. ...

in 1185. He also held a prebend in the

diocese of Lincoln The Diocese of Lincoln forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. The present diocese covers the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire. History The diocese traces its roots in an unbroken line to the Pre-Reformation Diocese of Leice ...

.British History Online Archdeacons of Nottingham
accessed on 3 November 2007 FitzRalph was elected to the

see of Worcester The Diocese of Worcester forms part of the Church of England (Anglican) Province of Canterbury in England. The diocese was founded around 679 by St Theodore of Canterbury at Worcester to minister to the kingdom of the Hwicce, one of the many ...

on 1 July 1190British History Online Bishops of Worcester
accessed on 3 November 2007 and consecrated on 5 May 1191. He died in 1193, probably on 27 JuneFryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 278 but possibly on 14 July.

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References

British History Online Archdeacons of Nottingham
accessed on 3 November 2007
British History Online Bishops of Worcester
accessed on 3 November 2007 * Archdeacons of Nottingham Bishops of Worcester 12th-century English Roman Catholic bishops 1193 deaths Year of birth unknown {{England-bishop-stub