bishop july medieval france archbishop_of_canterbury england son thomas count owed initial ecclesiastical posts father members family brother succeeded father count niece married king henry iii england married king louis france henry secured election archbishop tenure office spent time continent clashed bishops nephew marriage managed eliminate debt inherited taking office struggle initially helped cause later supported king death tomb object cult eventually early life elder brother count sons thomas count margaret geneva confused nephew fellow member count son elder born eleventh child parents sources state young age joined evidence unusual nobleman enter order strict discipline brother named earl richmond brother william candidate england ecclesiastical career prior father died received castle inheritance surrendered inheritance marriage niece eleanor king henry iii england henry attempted elected unable cathedral chapter elect february nominated canterbury pope confirmed appointment september attempt henry come england present following year consecrated january returned england november returned helped arrange marriage sister queen eleanor charles brother king louis france medieval chronicler said noted birth brains showed little concern spiritual duties office behaviour combined fact offended english heavily involved advancing fortunes family continent spent fourteen years archbishop outside england efforts free office debt inherited debt marks managed clear debt death securing right tax clergy seven years number bishops refused pay suspended office worked papal court exile rejected selected grounds nominated candidate richard king objected pope confirmed richard election objected selection bishop tried elevate instead hugh appealed rome upheld hugh election held church councils reform clergy london provincial court established canterbury presiding appointed controversies energetic defending liberties clashed king henry election henry clerk examined found unfit episcopal office election involved disputes king half brothers especially bishop winchester bishops resented attempts supervise affairs closely attempted province disturbed bishops protested taking amounts money visits appealed pope reaffirmed right conduct set limit taken monastery church left england returned pope decided bishops appeal favour return continued assert rights settled number disputes bishops secured obedience bishops consecrated time archbishop set court canterbury heard appeals ecclesiastical courts bishops clashed henry half brothers arrived england competed lands promotions queens relatives quarrel hospital led archbishop palace plundered kidnapped dispute settled early absent england october november spent time attempted help brothers rescue eldest brother thomas held captive member council conducted business council consisted leicester gloucester norfolk count peter actions council send exile april worked richard cornwall broker peace king henry prince edward accompanied queen prince edward marriage edward eleanor edward held church council series ecclesiastical laws published denounced royal limitations ecclesiastical courts royal consent ecclesiastical revolt royal authority similar opposition movement begun second barons war sided english bishops king henry later sided henry went france barons opposing king summoned parliament london january abroad triumph king party returned england arriving death aftermath early english gothic chapel palace dates work carried archbishop left england november returned died july buried family abbey left houses diocese canterbury differing provisions burial depending died england france near alps oddly official seal included head pagan god usual depiction archbishop death tomb center cult tomb opened body found perfectly preserved tomb destroyed french revolution remains new tomb built pope feast day july disapproved modern historians seen responsible archbishop historian says respected reforming archbishop episcopal registers survive
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