Richard de Havering

Richard de Havering († 1341 ) was an English civil servant and clergyman. From 1307 to 1310 he was elected Archbishop of Dublin .

Richard de Havering was a son of John de Havering . His father was a knight and served King Edward I as a military man and high-ranking official. After his death around 1309 Richard became his heir.

Richard de Havering was the Precentor of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin in 1307 . However, he was serving as a senior civil servant and in command of Bordeaux in Gascony , where his father served as a seneschal at the time. In late 1306 or early 1307 he was elected by the cathedral chapter of St. Patrick's Cathedral as the new bishop of the Archdiocese of Dublin . Although the cathedral chapter of the Holy Trinity Cathedral, rivaling St. Patrick's Cathedral , had chosen an opposing candidate with Nicholas Butler , a brother of the Irish magnate Edmund Butler , Edward I sat down with the Curia in favor of Havering. Although both elections were legal, the Pope followed the recommendation of the English king and on July 10, 1307 confirmed the election of Havering. On September 13, 1307 Havering was given the temporalities of the archdiocese. However, until now he had only been ordained a deacon and not a priest. In the next few years he received the income of the archdiocese, but he made no effort to receive the ordination of priests and bishops. He was ordained a priest before autumn 1310, but in November 1310 he refused to be elected archbishop for reasons of conscience. In July 1311 he finally handed over the temporalities, which he had still administered, to a representative of the newly elected Archbishop John Lech . Havering became archdeacon of Chester in 1315 and held that office until his death.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The National Archvies: Petitioners: Richard de Havering, son and heir of John de Havering. Retrieved November 7, 2017 . 
2. ^ Geoffrey J. Hand: The rivalry of the cathedral chapters in medieval Dublin . In: Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland , 92 (1962), p. 204.
3. ^ Aubrey Gwynn: The medieval university of St Patrick's, Dublin . In: Studies: an Irish Quarterly Review, 27 (1938), p. 205.
4. ^ Aubrey Gwynn: The medieval university of St Patrick's, Dublin . In: Studies: an Irish Quarterly Review, 27 (1938), p. 206.
5. ^ Archdeacons: Chester . In: B. Jones: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 10, Coventry and Lichfield Diocese , University of London, London 1964, p. 12 ( online )

predecessor	Office	successor
Richard of Ferings	Archbishop of Dublin (elect) 1307–1310	John Lech