Richard de Capella
Richard de Capella († August 15, 1127 in Ledbury ) was an English civil servant and clergyman. From 1121 he was Bishop of Hereford .
The origin of Richard de Capella is unknown. He served as the royal chaplain and from 1112 at the latest as the keeper of the seals of Ranulf , the chancellor of King Heinrich I. During his reign, the royal chancellery was still relatively unorganized, so that Richard is often referred to as a simple official. In 1121 the king proposed him as the new bishop of the Diocese of Hereford , whereupon he was elected on January 7, 1121 in Westminster and on January 16 in Lambeth was ordained bishop.
Little is known about Richard's tenure as bishop, and apparently it was of no great political importance. As bishop, only one documentary testimony for the king is secured. The few surviving documents, which he himself issued as bishop, do not provide a clear picture of his activities. When the King donated the Leominster Church and property to its new founding Reading Abbey in 1123 , Richard conducted an investigation to determine the limits of the donation. Apparently Richard tried to secure his position as bishop by seeking the proximity of Walter de Gloucester , a powerful local nobleman. In 1121 the king granted him a three-day fair at Hereford , through which the diocese had additional income. At the council presided over by the papal legate Giovanni da Crema from 13 to 16 May 1127 in Westminster, Urban , the bishop of the diocese of Llandaff , Ergyng and Ystradŵr , bordering on the west of Hereford , claimed that they had previously belonged to the diocese of Hereford. However, Urban could not convince the council participants to support his claims. Richard died on the episcopal estate at Ledbury and was buried in Hereford Cathedral.
Web links
- Julia Barrow: Richard de Capella (d. 1127). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Geoffrey de Clive |
Bishop of Hereford 1121–1127 |
Robert de Bethune |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Capella, Richard de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English official and clergyman, Bishop of Hereford |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 15, 1127 |
| Place of death | Ledbury |