Fulk Basset (died 4 May 1271) was

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. He was the elder brother of

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, who was also Archbishop of Dublin from 1284 to 1290. He was called Fulk de Sandford and also Fulk Basset, owing to his relationship to the prominent landowning

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and

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. Having been

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and treasurer and chancellor of

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, London, he was appointed archbishop of Dublin by

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in 1256. He took some slight part in the government of Ireland under Henry III and died at

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on 4 May 1271. He was buried in

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; his brother John was buried in the same

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in 1294. His death led to a long struggle between rival candidates for the See,

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and

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, which was not resolved until 1279, when they were both passed over in favour of

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, who died in England before he could assume office as Archbishop. His successor was Fulke's brother John, who preferred to use the surname de Sandford.

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* Year of birth missing 1271 deaths Archdeacons of Middlesex Archbishops of Dublin 13th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Ireland Burials at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin Chancellors of St Paul's Cathedral {{Ireland-RC-archbishop-stub