Geoffrey de Clive (or Geoffrey de Clyve; died 1119) was a medieval

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Life

Clive's nationality and origins are unknown.Barrow "Reinhelm" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' He was a royal clerk or chaplain for King

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before being nominated to the

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.Barrow
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 8: Hereford: Bishops
''Brett ''English Church'' p. 107 He was consecrated on 26 December 1115Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 250 at

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by Archbishop

Ralph d'Escures Ralph d'Escures (also known as RadulfEadmer. ''Eadmer’s History of Recent Events in England = Historia Novorum in Anglia''. Translated by Geoffrey Bosanquet. London: Cresset Press, 1964. ) (died 20 October 1122) was a medieval abbot of Séez, ...

. He died on 2 February or 3 February 1119. He was buried in

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, where his effigy dates from the fourteenth century. The historian Frank Barlow says Clive "was remembered as an austure man who was not over-generous to the poor."Barlow ''English Church'' p. 83 There is some evidence that he cut back the number of

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s for the cathedral chapter, as well as attempting to improve the episcopal manors. The only document dating from his time as bishop is his profession of obedience to Archbishop Ralph.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Clive, Geoffrey de Bishops of Hereford 12th-century English Roman Catholic bishops 1119 deaths Burials at Hereford Cathedral Year of birth unknown