Henry Marshal (abt. 1156 - 1206)

Born about 1156 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 1206 at about age 50 in England [uncertain]

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Biography

Henry Marshal, Dean of York, Bishop of Exeter

Henry was a son of John FitzGilbert (The Marshal) and, it is presumed, his second wife Sybil de Salisbury.^[1][2][3][4]

He was appointed Dean of York on 16 September 1189.^[2]

As Henry, dean of York, he was the first-named of a group of justices who visited Yorkshire and Cumberland in 1192.^[2]

Described as bishop-elect of Exeter on 10 February 1194:^[2][5]

"Henricus Marescallus frater W[illelmi] Marescalli senioris, fit episcopus Exoniensis"

He died in 1206:^[3][6]

"Obiit Henricus Marescallus Exoniæ episcopus"

His tomb is in Exeter Cathedral:^[7][8]

"After governing his church for about twelve years and a half. Bishop Marshal died on 26th October, 1206, and was interred on the north side of his cathedral-choir under an altar-tomb of grey marble. Two seals of the prelate are extant : one resembling the effigy on his tomb ; the crosier as tall as his figure, but very simple in form."

Sources

1. ↑ Complete Peerage. Vol X, 1945, Appendix G p 95 (footnote f) Family Search.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Clay, C T. Notes on the chronology of the Early Deans of York. Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. Vol. XXXIV, 1939, pp 372-374 Internet Archive.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Earls of Pembroke [Marshal]. Medieval Lands FMG.
4. ↑ The Marshal Family of Hamsted. In: The Acts and Letters of the Marshal Family: Marshals of England and Earls of Pembroke, 1145—1248. Crouch, D. (Ed.). Camden Fifth Series, Volume 47, 2015.
5. ↑ Matthi Parisiensis : monachi Santi Albani, Chronica majora. A.D. 1067 to A.D. 1216. Henry Richards Luard (Ed.). Vol. II, 1874, p 407 Internet Archive.
6. ↑ Annales Monastici. Henry Richards Luard (Ed.). Vol. I, 1864, p 28 Internet Archve.
7. ↑ Oliver, G. Lives of the Bishops of Exeter and a History of the Cathedral. 1861, pp 29-31 Internet Archive.
8. ↑ English episcopal acta. Vol XI. Exeter, 1046-1184. Frank Barlow (Ed.). The British Academy, 1996, p xliv Internet Archive.

See also:

• Henry Marshal (bishop of Exeter) Wikipedia.
• Freeman, P. The Architectural History of Exeter Cathedral. 1888, p 47 pdf.
• Bartlett, R. England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings. 2002, p 599.