hugh wells hugh wells died february medieval began career diocese bath served successive bishops joining royal service king john england served royal administration elected lincoln john pope innocent iii november hugh went exile france remained returned england continued serve john john son king spent time diocese introduced new administrative methods diocese working improve educational financial clergy secure predecessor saint medieval writer accused hugh opposed monastic houses monks little evidence bishop biased death february parts estate left religious houses including early life hugh son edward wells elder brother wells bishop bath hugh year birth unknown probably old man death fact left residence march death implies impaired old age appears witness documents late death hugh continued service bishop end hugh canon hugh brother given title implying attended university hugh called making unlikely received schooling hugh keeper king seal serving deputy simon wells wells keeper great seal simon relative hugh helped secure positions hugh royal administration hugh royal clerk royal named wells april held diocese lincoln diocese london service involved administrative innovations term chancellor episcopal appointments hugh rewarded somerset including treasurer house primary residence right collect taxes fines hundreds somerset served royal diocese lincoln vacant collecting revenues went king bishop hugh royal diocese bath similarly vacant hugh elected lincoln april papal command cathedral chapter elect new bishop lincoln bishop summer hugh brother king john urging king settle pope innocent iii pope king negotiations papal representatives got king november hugh brother continued support king john years fellow bishops deserted king late year hugh left king service went exile election aroused papal suspicions royal influence innocent sent exiled archbishop_of_canterbury investigate hugh circumstances election investigate rumours hugh daughters results investigation satisfactory hugh consecrated december performed hugh exile france returned england july known activity exile writing dated november drawn near paris hugh attended papal held rome number english bishops english soon return council hugh served royal judge serving justices royal justice later employed king ambassador helping negotiate king louis viii france status hugh worked secure predecessor saint occurred affairs archbishop_of_canterbury hugh ordered refrain contact jews decree royal decree county affected ordering residents refused interact jews activities hugh active diocese including supervising monastic houses resulted hugh abbot 12th chronicler accused hugh biased monks called monks hammer religious little evidence hugh singled monks persecution reason paris dislike bishop fact chronicler abbey compromise hugh legal disputes dealing right appoint hugh credited creating new diocese largely basis surviving documents dealing known research shown number assumed founded instead earlier foundations hugh augmented hugh worked improve educational level clergy refusing allow candidates installed lack education bishop worked improve conditions poorer clergy diocese attempting ensure clergy diocese live previously thought hugh sent set articles inquiry clergy articles shown produced hugh successor administration diocese hugh introduced new methods recording documents system modelled introduced separate registers registers rolls charters like roll royal undertook survey diocese hugh supported building campaign ordering money collected diocese likewise ordered similar collections parish churches diocese churches benefited sorts collections bishop offered helped build bridges death legacy hugh died february episcopal residence park buried february north aisle written new mentions brother niece named left family household number monasteries diocese left specific divided poor religious houses students teachers oxford_university jewish converts poor episcopal hugh register survives lincoln cathedral archives parts published canterbury records person receiving clerical status new holder
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