John Eaglescliff

John Eaglescliff (also Eaglescliffe or Eglescliffe ) OP († January 2, 1347 ) was an English religious. In 1318 he was appointed Bishop of Glasgow and in 1323 Bishop of Connor . From 1323 he was Bishop of Llandaff .

origin

The origin of John Eaglescliff is unclear. Perhaps he came from a family named after Eaglescliffe, near Yarm , County Durham . Or it could come from the village of Goldclive in Monmouthshire , Southeast Wales , which is alternatively called Eclesclif .

Appointment as bishop

In December 1316 or early 1317 that had cathedral chapter of Glasgow Stephen de Donydouer as the new bishop of the Diocese of Glasgow selected. Donydouer traveled to Avignon to receive papal confirmation of his election. Pope John XXII. however, refused to do so and sent Donydouer back to Scotland. Donydouer probably died during the trip in France in August 1317. The Pope had now reserved the appointment of a new bishop for Glasgow himself. However, the Glasgow Cathedral Chapter, apparently unaware of the papal reservation, chose Canon John de Lindesay as the new bishop. When Lindesay also appeared in Avignon to receive papal confirmation of his election, the Pope also declared this election invalid. Instead, he appointed the papal penitentiary and Dominican Father Eaglescliff as the new bishop before July 17, 1318 . Shortly afterwards Eaglescliff was consecrated bishop in Avignon by Cardinal Niccolò Alberti . Since England and Scotland were still at war , the Englishman Eaglescliff never came to Glasgow and could not be installed as bishop. Finally, at the request of the English king, the Pope appointed Eaglescliff bishop of the Irish diocese of Connor in March 1323 . Only a few months later, Eaglescliff was elected bishop of the Welsh diocese of Llandaff on June 25, 1323 . The English king Edward II. Agreed to the election on July 15, but only on August 13, 1324 were his temporalities handed over to the diocese.

Role at the funeral of Edward II.

The Dominican Order was generally friendly to King Edward II. After the fall of Edward II in the autumn of 1326, Eaglescliff was one of the prelates who swore in the London Guildhall in January 1327 to support Queen Isabelle and the heir to the throne Edward . On February 2, 1327 he took part in the coronation of Edward III. part. After the death of Edward II, who died in captivity in September 1327, Eaglescliff, together with William de Beauciare and others, examined the body. At Queen Isabelle's request, Eaglescliff, as a Dominican, was one of the people from October 21st to supervise the body of the ex-king in Gloucester until he was buried. On December 20, 1327, he attended the burial of the body. Nevertheless, rumors that Edward II did not die in September 1326, but that he was able to escape captivity, never stopped.

Last years

Although Eaglescliff was still alive, Pope Clement VI appointed. on February 20, 1344 John Paschal as the new Bishop of Llandaff. However, Paschal served as the suffragan bishop of Bishop Bateman of Norwich until Eaglescliff's death . As a Dominican, Eaglescliff was buried in the Church of the Order's branch in Cardiff after his death .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Kathleen Edwards: The social origins and provenance of the English bishops during the reign of Edward II . In: Transactions of the Royal Historical Society , 9 (1959), p. 71.
2. ^ John Dowden: Bishops of Scotland . Maclehose, Glasgow 1912, p. 309.
3. ^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 354.
4. ^ John Dowden: Bishops of Scotland . Maclehose, Glasgow 1912, p. 310.
5. ^ Bishops of Llandaff . In: B. Jones (ed.): Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 11, the Welsh Dioceses (Bangor, Llandaff, St Asaph, St Davids) . University of London, London 1965, p. 21. ( Online )
6. ↑ Seymour Phillips: Edward II . New Haven, Yale University Press 2010. ISBN 978-0-300-15657-7 , pp. 532.
7. ↑ Seymour Phillips: Edward II . New Haven, Yale University Press 2010. ISBN 978-0-300-15657-7 , pp. 539.
8. ↑ Seymour Phillips: Edward II . New Haven, Yale University Press 2010. ISBN 978-0-300-15657-7 , pp. 554.
9. ↑ Alison Weir: Isabella. She-Wolf of France, Queen of England . London, Pimlico 2006. ISBN 0-7126-4194-7 , p. 297.
10. ^ Ian Mortimer: The greatest traitor. The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, Ruler of England, 1327-1330. Pimlico, London 2003, ISBN 0-7126-9715-2 , p. 186.
11. ↑ CL Kingsford, Mario Costambeys: Paschal, John (d 1361st). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004

predecessor	Office	successor
John de Lindesay (elect)	Bishop of Glasgow 1318-1323	John de Lindesay
James de Couplith	Bishop of Connor 1323	Robert Wirsop
John Monmouth	Bishop of Llandaff 1323–1347	John Paschal